Nothing Reminds Me Of You - song not the production

Song was so good I had to listen it twice!  Thanks for sharing. :-)

For how and where it was recorded, it's great.

Love the birds. :)

When you do this in the studio, you need to add them in. Seriously. They make the song.

Bub.

Nice (as I said in the CH earlier)

Well, thank you so much guys. I thought I was going in for a rough ride. I guess putting a song out there brings out the insecurities in us from time to time. However if you believe your song puts over what you were trying to say, then that is success of a kind.

Panup - So glad it made you go back for more

Old 55 - Thanks, the garden source meant it was pointless spending too much time on preparing it as is only intended as a sketchpad for both a performance and a full production recording. However a little eq and reverb can make it a little sweeter if used sparingly

Bub - I will remember the birds on a production version, perhaps an emblem of hope in a melancholic song !

Philz - So kind, guitar is my first instrument, but like many of us I can turn my hand to most things as required. Yes I will pm you. Thanks, I am getting more productive with my music again nowadays. Nice point on the key, we could always try it out up a full tone.

Bapu - Thanks...

Rimshot - Thanks too - the song is the thing as they say...


 

Thanks so much Beagle. 

Yes as I mentioned in my post Beag, I submitted this as a 'song' to the song forum rather than a production. The point being, sometimes, a fast workflow under less than ideal recording circumstances can often benefit creativity. The craft of production at a later stage is an entirely different beast. 
 
I think we sometimes spend too much time trying to compose at the DAW instead of perhaps getting the whole song structure right first. I had also never written in this genre before although I listen to a lot. I think I may have found a good workflow here. I want to make a full production version of this. The positive vibes I have received about my song here, especially from the calibre of musicians / songwriters on the forum here has been very encouraging in this regard.

Garry

Hi Garry,

Very nice song.  Janette has a lovely voice, too.

Joni Mitchell would love this. Instantly brought me back to the early 70s listening to my older sister's 45s.

That's a really nice song Garry. As mentioned, keep the birds, also keep the laughs at the end, lose the wind I could hear a nice folk backing for this, mandolin, accordian, maybe a solo fiddle.

Manny - Thats a great suggestion, I think it could easily be overproduced and  instrumented too. Will probably do some guide tracks to a click in my studio proper v soon and not even sure if percussion will enhance this song, as you say, its got lightness and possibly not appreciate being 'driven' along. Maybe some light hand percussion?

Geeare - Thank you. Yes Janette is really good, and as a challenge I wrote this song with her voice in mind

Scoobie - Paul Simon or James Taylor vibe - well that's more than good enough for me ! Thank you

James Yoyo - If there was a vibe I wanted to capture with this song, that would be it !

Julibee - Thank you for the song and guitar playing comments. My guitar playing is a little more percussive than normal here simply for the timing and cues as this was only the SECOND time we performed it all the way through - A more laid back vibe for a keeper track in the Kiosk Studio I think. Didn't think of a folk vibe at all when I wrote it, interesting...  PS I went for SoundCloud primarily because of the Cakewalk connection now in X1E, seemed like the right thing to do...

James G - You picked up on that too, which makes it doubly interesting. Will have to think about that actually

Twisted - You are not the first person to say that about Janette's voice, and, as I wrote this song with her voice in mind, maybe that's how these things work.

Thx v much

Garry Kiosk

Hi Garry
+1 on the Karen Carpenter. Great tune love the chord progression. Very well written lyrics with a catchy hook. I like that Janette changes her vocals and goes higher then just singing along with the guitar chords. GREAT piece!


Kev

As I said to you privately Garry, you could go anywhere you want with this, but there is much to be said for keeping it simple. It's easy to tell that Janette is someone who is comfortable with singing and she makes it sound easy - always the sign of true talent. Keep the birdies and the laughs too - gives the whole thing a very relaxed feel. Looking forward to hearing the "proper" version and also some more of your work if this is anything to go by.

I like the song, and love the singer's voice...

This is just great Garry.  Great song, great lyrics, great playing and she's got such a great voice.  Pretty amazing to get this down so well so quickly.

I'd have to listen a few more times to think about production ideas.  But of course a piano would be nice. :)

 
You've got a winner of a tune on your hands there Garry
 
And you were certainly right about Janette, she has a beautiful voice.
 
Personally, I wouldn't do a lot to it in the studio. Maybe a harmony here and there but keep the simple guitar/vocals thing really.
 
Nice

Strummy - Thanks for the comments, I think you have confirmed my original thoughts when I wrote this, which is to keep it acoustic and simple, so that's the way I am going to go with this song.

Wookiee - Everyone needs a mate like you ! - and thanks...