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New song: "I'm Standing At The End Of The World"
This song was inspired by an Interview that was read with Tom Petty about George Harrison and him, in Rolling Stone. Tom ended up not using a a line "I'm standing On The Edge Of the World" due to advise from George Harrison. This is a part of the interview: "I Won't Back Down," on "Full Moon Fever," is more like a mantra than a song. That put me off when I wrote it. It's so bare, without any ambiguity. There was nothing there but truth. There was another issue going on, though. Someone had tried to kill me, with the arson at my house. [In 1987, someone set fire to Petty's home in Encino, California.] I took that personally. Surviving something like that makes you feel alive. That was my mind-set: I will survive, I will move on. It blurted out of my mouth. I changed one thing. There was a line I was singing, "I'm standing on the edge of the world." When we cut the record, George Harrison was there. He played and sang on that track. And he goes, "Tom, what the **** is it with 'standing on the edge of the world'?" I was like, "Oh, busted."By a Beatle, too. I went, "Yeah, you're right. That doesn't mean anything." I thought for a minute and went, "How about, 'There ain't no easy way out?'" George went, "Much better." Check out "I'm standing At The Edge Of The World @ http://www.reverbnation.com/silverbeat Cheers, Terry
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Re: New song: "I'm Standing At The End Of The World"
2013/08/20 02:18:14
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Well Terry, That was cool. A little different, but cool. Hope no one sets my house on fire!! Peace and Blessings, John
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Re: New song: "I'm Standing At The End Of The World"
2013/08/20 08:06:50
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☼ Best Answerby groveendroad 2013/08/20 16:05:02
I tend to like the tunes you do and I think this has potential. I hear dissonance in the tune between the synth bass and the piano in a few places. Like they are in 2 different scales. It is also pretty heavy on the reverb. I like the change at 2:36 nice piano and strings......
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Re: New song: "I'm Standing At The End Of The World"
2013/08/20 09:26:51
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Hi Terry, I like the melody. I agree with a comment above that there is discord in the instrumental breaks. Two scales going there at once which needs fixing IMO. I like the bridge. Are you checking your lead vocal for pitch? There are some places it could use a tweek or two. I like your creativity. Rimshot
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groveendroad
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Re: New song: "I'm Standing At The End Of The World"
2013/08/20 16:08:27
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Re: New song: "I'm Standing At The End Of The World"
2013/08/21 07:58:50
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It seems like you are switching from major to minor when you come out of the singing. On the instrumental break.... which occurs 3x.... divide it into 2 licks and the first one is just fine. In a minor mode. The issue I have is with the second part. In particular, the second and third note. They kinda fit but they kinda don't either. The verb in this section is also still heavy, like the piano player has pressed the damper pedal and kept it down the entire time.
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Re: New song: "I'm Standing At The End Of The World"
2013/08/21 12:37:28
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Re: New song: "I'm Standing At The End Of The World"
2013/08/21 16:23:47
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digging the synthy 80's vibe bro
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Re: New song: "I'm Standing At The End Of The World"
2013/08/22 14:51:53
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Vox sound too compressed to me. Actually the whole song sounds like it was recorded in dolby and the dollby was turned off for the mixdown. Muddy and pumping are the words that comes to mind.
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Re: New song: "I'm Standing At The End Of The World"
2013/08/22 15:54:48
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note wise, that works better.
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Re: New song: "I'm Standing At The End Of The World"
2013/08/25 08:43:57
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Thanks guitarhacker. I changed the pad to get less reverb as well, but i'm taking that it's still to much
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Re: New song: "I'm Standing At The End Of The World"
2013/08/29 00:28:51
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Terry, I was the first to comment and was trying to be nice, but this new version is much better and you have fixed it so that it all blends together nicely. I hate being the first to comment and a lot of the time I wait, unless I have commented on every thread, which is usually the case. I like what you have done here and its very creative, based on your story of the original post. Nicely done and some nice lyrics and vocals. Sorry I didn't comment properly the first time and wasn't more helpful. Good one for sure. Peace and Blessings, John
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Re: New song: "I'm Standing At The End Of The World"
2013/08/31 14:19:09
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I must have heard the "new and improved" version because this works for me. You have one of the most unique and recognizable voices on this forum, and you continue to use it well. This is good songwriting, and you apparently have taken and used suggestions very well. Rock on!
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Re: New song: "I'm Standing At The End Of The World"
2013/09/11 21:02:43
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I really like this a lot Terry, It sounds like the parts where you aren't singing need more bass, kinda a breakaway type of thing. Probably not explaining what I am saying here well. Listen to U2's New Years Day when the singing ends on the verses and you'll know what I am talking about. Either way I really enjoyed hearing this very much!! Bobby
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Re: New song: "I'm Standing At The End Of The World"
2013/09/17 10:06:12
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This song sounds really good to me. I love the ultra-dirty synth, spacy piano and organ, the laid back pop vibe, and the vocals work well too. One small rhythmic nitpick - seems like there's a slight hitch in the drums a few times, at 0:14, 1:16, and 2:32. Sounds like a possible quantize error.
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