Hi - I log in once in a while - finally finished a tune after messing around for a long time. If you've got some time check it out.
 
Done in cakewalk, used some Melodyne on the vocal. I'm a hack (compared to many on the site) but I'm still at it!
 
https://youtu.be/qUDmzj5GfVY
 
 
Manny

Hi Manny, we don't see you very often here, but I remember you've always been very supportive about the stuff I've posted over the years. Good to see you.
 
This is a really well written song, it's goes in directions I wouldn't expect, in a good way. Very nice melodies and arrangement. Lovely work, and you have a great singer to work with.

Sounds like it belongs on Harrison's Cloud Nine album. What a great song.
 
I think the lead vox could be brightened a bit.
 
Excellent!

Bill

Manny
This is really good. We need more songs like this - upbeat and appreciative of the small things in life. Keep it up!

Hey guys - thanks for the positive feedback. James - yes, I remember liking your material a lot! It's odd but since I retired (two years ago) I find that I spend less time doing music - I'd expected it to be the opposite. Hopefully I'll get rejuvenated! Thanks again (Bill and Bjorn)

Nicely written song, cool vocal, perhaps a little to much reverb but that can be a personal choice, nice to see you back Manny.

I remember Manny! Welcome back.
 
this song is killer. The melody that goes on an unexpected course is truly wonderful.
The overall arrangement seems filled with those kind of unusual choices that make it, well . . . so beautiful.
 
She has a great voice I think. Do you hear her voice hitting a compressor or something just a little hard? Some very gentle distortion might be great on some voices . . .  but hers I would prefer to hear clear as a bell. Just a thought - it's so barely there (the distortion) that I'm not positive I'm hearing it. Did you grunge it up just a tad? Or am I hearing things (again) ?
 
but really nice songwriting here.
 
cheers,
-Tom
 
 
 
 

Wookie thanks a lot. I kind of messed up on the vocals. I’m no engineer. I may revisit them for a variety of reasons.

Tom. We’re on the road at the moment but I just wanted to thanks for such positive input. I did mess up the vocal a bit. She only had an hour, the song doesn’t have an intuitive melody so there was lot of stop and go, uneven volume and pitch problems. So between the melodyne and compression I did a crap job (being that I really don’t know how to use either of those tools). Maybe I’ll try again.

When we get back home I have to do some listening to everyone’s tracks again.

The Mayans are back. Will check it out Monday. I remember thinking the lyrics were very clever.

Lovely song.
I agree with the George Harrison reference above.

Nice song... the unpredictableness reminded me a bit of Squeeze.  Yet, the melodies flowed nicely from progression to progression.   Well done.