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My Little Dove - Country Pop Rock
A while back I wrote and recorded "My Little Dove." It's a country pop rock, love and heartbreak tune. The stem files were treated in MixBus 2 for saturation. According to most music industry professionals that I submitted to, the tune isn't strong enough for mainstream radio. However, in spite of that, the tune is being considered for TV, commercials and film. It just took some extra work finding a honest song publisher:) Therefore, never give up, and don't let the music industry ratings get you down. https://www.reverbnation....-dove-country-pop-rock
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Re: My Little Dove - Country Pop Rock
2016/02/16 17:51:01
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very nice song - sounds ready to roll to me
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Re: My Little Dove - Country Pop Rock
2016/02/16 23:09:35
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This is a really nice song. The vibe is really smooth.
IMO, the lyrics are wrong. Instead of a focus on a girl you like, change the concept to a daughter. It just seems strange to meet love and tell he to fly off. Though if your talking about your daughter from birth to her leaving the nest, as it were, that would be a great concept.
Either way, Excellent.
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slincoln
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Re: My Little Dove - Country Pop Rock
2016/02/17 01:19:03
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Guitarpima
This is a really nice song. The vibe is really smooth.
IMO, the lyrics are wrong. Instead of a focus on a girl you like, change the concept to a daughter. It just seems strange to meet love and tell he to fly off. Though if your talking about your daughter from birth to her leaving the nest, as it were, that would be a great concept.
Either way, Excellent.
The song is about falling in love with a woman, then, things fall apart "September rain came." The woman started out being happy, "flies so high," free spirited. However, the relationship doesn't workout for her, therefore, "broken wings." The man makes a choice to set her free to fly away, because her loves her that much. Love is a two way street. It has to be given freely, otherwise, it's like trying to keep a bug in a jar. They always end up dying.
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Re: My Little Dove - Country Pop Rock
2016/02/17 08:44:44
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The mix come across well here, wish you success with the adventure, thanks for sharing.
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Re: My Little Dove - Country Pop Rock
2016/02/17 10:00:13
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The mix come across well here, wish you success with the adventure, thanks for sharing.
If I may ask, what are you using for headphones or monitors? I would like to get a idea how the mix translates on the listeners end.
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Re: My Little Dove - Country Pop Rock
2016/02/17 10:02:36
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daryl1968
very nice song - sounds ready to roll to me
I'm glad that you like the tune. Are you listing with headphones or monitors? If so, what are they? Glad that the tune translates good on your end:)
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Re: My Little Dove - Country Pop Rock
2016/02/17 10:22:20
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Wookiee
The mix come across well here, wish you success with the adventure, thanks for sharing.
If I may ask, what are you using for headphones or monitors? I would like to get a idea how the mix translates on the listeners end.
I listened on a Adam's A7x's in the control room of my studio. The monitors are mounted on proper speaker stands which have spikes on the feet to decouple from the floor, the monitors themselves sit on isolating spikes on the stands platform. The back wall is about 2' behind them and they are 2' from the side walls. The tweeter unit is just level with my furry ears. The room is treated for reflections and some bass control.
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Re: My Little Dove - Country Pop Rock
2016/02/17 10:39:44
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<3 Very nice! Well done! Sounds even good on my crappy notebook speakers ;-)
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Re: My Little Dove - Country Pop Rock
2016/02/17 11:20:05
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daryl1968
very nice song - sounds ready to roll to me
I'm glad that you like the tune. Are you listing with headphones or monitors? If so, what are they? Glad that the tune translates good on your end:)
Monitors. Genelec monitors in a pretty well set up room. Nice bass response and separation throughout your mix
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Re: My Little Dove - Country Pop Rock
2016/02/17 12:53:05
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<3 Very nice! Well done! Sounds even good on my crappy notebook speakers ;-)
I'm glad to hear that:)
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Re: My Little Dove - Country Pop Rock
2016/02/18 14:37:11
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Crappy little Labtec PC headphones here - sounds good! Well balanced as mentioned previously.
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Re: My Little Dove - Country Pop Rock
2016/02/18 15:37:09
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Crappy little Labtec PC headphones here - sounds good! Well balanced as mentioned previously.
Glad to hear that the tune translates good with your Labtec PC headphones.
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Re: My Little Dove - Country Pop Rock
2016/02/18 16:00:04
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I didn't read any other comments...
The song is well recorded -- was it done at Galen Breen's Gatorhole studio? -- everything is fine arrangement-wise. But -- the big but here -- is that the lyric is generic and that will be a hindrance in getting a cut. I'd bet that with a different lyric you might get something going with it. :)
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Re: My Little Dove - Country Pop Rock
2016/02/18 19:58:33
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ABull
I didn't read any other comments...
The song is well recorded -- was it done at Galen Breen's Gatorhole studio? -- everything is fine arrangement-wise. But -- the big but here -- is that the lyric is generic and that will be a hindrance in getting a cut. I'd bet that with a different lyric you might get something going with it. :)
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So far I'm getting interest for placement in TV, Commercials and Film. I really can't complain about that. It's funny about things like lyrics, here in the Minneapolis area, most people like the lyrics better than the music.
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Re: My Little Dove - Country Pop Rock
2016/02/23 16:55:28
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Maxwell has a song with the same subject called "Pretty Wings". I think this is lovely, bitter and sweet!
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