New original song - "Free"

Great song Dave... very well done ... the only thing that bothers me is that dominate 7 (2nd to last note) in the lead line... try a c# instead of the d note...

Hi Dave,

Great song, man. Your guitar sounds fantastic.

Love your vocal...especially at the end. Very nice.

Very nice, Dave!

i think your best yet. great clear, clean mix, well-balanced, and a catchy tune too.

You know after 5+ years on the forum, it's still an intimidating thing to post something I wrote. I'm honored and humbled to have so many world class musicians and songwriters critique my work and offer advice.

Frank - yeah that C# 6th is probably more normal. But I like the dominent 7th. Guess I'm weird.

Tap - thank you sir! Lyrics are not my strength. I can't force it. In this case, I came home from church, took a nap, woke up and wrote this song in about 15 minutes. Maybe in another 6 months it will happen again! I'm really glad you like them.

Gr - thanks man! I was happy with how the guitar sounded - it was nice and full and I hadn't changed my strings in a long time. It was even a "one take" track, which never happens for me!

Vicente - thanks! Yes, we plan on playing it in service in a few weeks. I'll try to get a live recording from the board.

Thanks Scott!

Philip, my man! Believe it or not, I thought about you when finalizing this sound. I actually thought "what would Philip think about these lyrics". You've always given very good advice and don't hold back your opinions, and slowly but surely it's sinking in!! So I'm so glad I got your approval!

Thanks Mark! This was the last song recorded for the CD and I felt we were just starting to get in the swing of things. Guess it's time for the next one!! Actually we are planning on doing some "non worship songs" next, just for fun.

Why thank you Janet! They're not in the league of your strings, but they did help fill it out. And you didn't bash my piano playing programming, so it must have been okay.

Thanks again everyone!!

Hi Dave,  nice one.  Good vocals and nice mix, like the sparse instrumentation.

Greetings, Rik

Bob that means a lot coming from you - thanks a lot!!!

Thanks Rik!!

Rick - I thought about building it up more (and thanks for the comments on my bass playing!) and when we play it in church we might end up doing that. For the group of songs we're including on the CD, I think it works better keeping it sparse. Thanks for listening!!

 
Wonderfully clear mix Dave.
 
Outstanding vocals.

Dave, the songwriting is solid here. I love the very spare piano part. Heath's vocals sound fine. And the listener is sure to tune in to the next song to see what follows. Well done.

Nice tune Dave.  You've got those acoustic guitars sounding very nice.

Lovely mix Dave, vocal sounds particularly good, really tight and clear.

Very nicely done guys. I really like it at the end where he lets rip with the vox a bit more- sounds great !

Very nice with wonderfully constructed lyrics and meaningful words.

Nice work, it blessed me.
 
Piano seems a little stiff but it fills the hole that would be there without it. Thanks for sharing.
 
Julien

Good tune, Sounds nice and clear.  Nice performance!