Lucky Star 2.0 - remixed 9/27/12

Yeah! What a great song. I love the orchestration that keeps on driving right through the piece with all the variation to keep the listener grabbed from beginning to end. And the lyrics are wonderful. I am always reluctant to give quality composers like you any suggestions - but I will anyway! Perhaps just bring the vocals forward a bit and drop the orchestration back a bit when you are singing. My speakers aren't that great and perhaps it works better on quality speakers, but your voice became a bit drowned on occasion - and I really wanted to hear you! Love it.

beautiful song.. nice rhythm and arrangement.. sounds good

Lynn- I am so impressed with this! Sounds like something off a Peter Gabriel album.  There really isn't much to critique technically; this is one to simply enjoy. Ya know, the chorus reminds me a bit of Mr. Mister too (the 'Broken Wings' band from the 80s..a song i have always really liked) The prominence of the bass is great here as well as tonally it has nicely rounded corners around all that full-bodiness. String outro is a neat touch. Very well done.

funny at first i thought this was going to be a Madonna cover ;p 


-Daren  

Malcolmb, you have good ears, my friend.  I will boost the lead vocal because it became apparent to me when you pointed it out.  Thanks for the suggestion.

Daryl, thanks for having a listen.  I appreciate your comments.

Makke, thank you very much for stopping by and your comments.

Ed, I appreciate your comments, especially about the bass.  As for the rhythm change in the chorus, I thought about that and decided to go with a textural change there instead, for contrast.  I will revisit this later.  Thanks for the idea.

Daren, thanks for your kind comments.  The reference to Peter Gabriel and Mr. Mister are too kind, but, in truth, I did have Peter Gabriel in the back of my mind when I recorded the vocals.  What a great inspiration he is, and good ears to you for hearing that.

Kev, you and Malcolmb are right about the vocal being too low in spots.  The chorus effect did sweep away some definition, and I'll address that soon.  My bass setup is simple - I used a Fender Prophesy bass into a Focusrite Platinum Voice Master preamp with no EQ and light compression (2:1 ratio).  I thank you for your time and invaluable ears.

To all of you, thanks so much, my friends.

Lovely tune, nice balanced mix. I could be persuaded that this was a new release from Gabriel.

Wookie, thanks for stopping by and listening.  Much appreciated.

thalweg, it's a pleasure to hear from you.  Thank you for your time and reply.

Frank, it's an honor to hear from you.  Thank you so much for your kind comments.

It said this was Indian music? But I don't hear a tabla or anything? Are you sure you got the Genera right? I didn't care much for the drum sounds and the percussive synths. But that's just personal. The lead guitar is pretty cool, and your voice has its typical quality which I find very pleasing. Kind of Steve Miller meets Roger Waters (to me).

The drums and percussion, seem to need to do more during the verse, and on the chorus, they're just buggin me.  The song is cool though, and very original, good job.

It said Indie on the genera? And it's like they say, you can please some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time? But you can never please my ex...

Yep, very Gabriel like.  I like it Lynn.  The percussion was fine to my ears.  I did have a little trouble in spots, as others have mentioned, picking out the vocals.  Overall great feel.

Hi Lynn, this is an excellent production all round.

 Rik

GREAT piece!  Love the flow of the percussion work playing with the bass line. I agree with the others on the Peter Gabriel vibe. The guitar tones also add a Police/ Andy Summers overtone.  Your vocals add warmth and the harmonies are smooth.  Looking forward to hearing your next piece.


Kev

Mike, thank you for having a listen and replying.  The vocal has been addressed but not posted.  Check back in a week or so.

Guitarpima, it's good to hear from you.  Thanks about the bass.  I actually wrote this song around the bass track.  As for the strings, I tried legato first, but it sounded less natural to my ears than the way I went.  But, I think more experimentation in this area is justified.  Thanks for your time.

Rikkie, that means a lot coming from you.

Vicente, thank you for coming by.  I really had something of a dilemma with the ending, and I tried out several variations before going with this.  Sometimes it's just a crapshoot.  Again, thank you so much for you comments, and if I think of something better, I'll let you know.

Kev, you truly flatter me.  I had Peter in the back of my mind when I recorded this, but I just simplified the guitar part as much as I could because my fingers are getting stiffer all the time.  Thank you.

Randy, I've been following your music for some time on these various forums, and I'm glad you dropped in.  Thank you for your kind comments and taking the time to listen.  The guitar is just my 1975 Strat miking a Line 6 AX2-212 with a Shure 57 into a Focusrite Platinum Voicemaster.  As for the ending, I will spend some time with that in the next few days.  I just want to avoid my typical fade out.  And, to all, Peter Gabriel was a large influence on me, and I can hardly believe that I evoked him to you,  But, I am so grateful.

spacealf, thanks for your time and comments.  The voice will rise in the next go round.

Daryl, thanks for having a listen.  I've been rethinking the ending for several days.  I know there's something better just outside my perception at the moment.  I can think of several alternatives, but nothing that shakes my core, yet.  It'll come.  Thank you for your kind comments.  If I played guitar as well as you, there would be more guitar.  At the moment it's better to play up to my strengths than weaknesses.

Hi Kenny, thank you for dropping by and you nice comments.  I especially appreciate your comment about the bass which this song was written on.  BTW, congratulations on your latest video!