a well crafted and delicious piece. the oyster/pearl theme has universal appeal. very cool to hear the Spanish/Latin influence w/ bongos. tasty bridge section which makes listener look forward to the main hook again. your mixes are always well balanced and create a pleasing aural space like a comfortable stereophonic cocoon, and this is no exception + it has a danceability factor that would be wonderful to exploit in a video eg maybe a flamenco dancer on a moonlit beach. sounds great on my system and in headphones. dig the harmonies and melodic nuances. you're a great songwriter Lynn. Keep 'em coming. :-) 

Daren, thanks so much for adding your ears to this song.  I'm pleased you hear the Latin influence, and in the next version I hope to play that up a bit.  Your words mean a lot to me.

LpMIke75, I'm happy to hear from you.  In regard to the ending, my original thinking was to put this song between two songs that fade out for some variety.   At this point, I really don't know where this song will end up, so I may create two endings for this.  Thanks for your time.

I enjoyed, very nice. I can sort of envision a couple dancing to this in a ballroom setting. I like the rhythm.

I want to thank everyone who helped me with this project.  I've taken many of your ideas and incorporated them into the new mix which is entitled "Oyster Of Life 2".  It can be found here:  http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=11812564&q=hi&newref=1

Both versions can be found in my first post.

Thank you, Daren :)

Well done Lynn. Great stuff.

great but the short synth riffs are not correct for my taste. like i said all in all very good Track !!! Especially the outro (ORIGINAL) :-) BEST REGARDS

Very entertaining Lynn, I really enjoyed that one.

Thanks to all of you for stopping by to listen.

Boomin36Beatz, thanks for your comments.  These short synth riffs are the best I can think of at the moment.  However, I will think about them in more detail, now.  Thanks for contributing.

Guitarpima,  I appreciate you taking the time to relisten.  You're the only one who commented on the vocal going from wet to dry to wet again.  Good ears.  That, BTW, is an old production trick from the late 60's, afaik.  I'm happy you like the new version.

Clean, thank you for your comment.

Guitarplayer, thank you for listening.  I have only my fellow forum members to thank for the revised intro and outro.

Vicente,  thanks for stopping in here and taking the time to listen and reply.  I know what you mean by being a bit repetitive, I guess I had too many lyrics.

vechung


Sounds great and nicely produced.  You do have a great voice.  The song repeats part A five times and part B three times.  It is a bit repetitive.

It's good to hear from you, Janet.  Thanks for you words about both of my songs.

Really cool, different tune.  Somehow it doesn't feel as "full sounding" as most of your stuff but it could just be me at this moment.   The more I listen, though, the more I like it.

Markno999, thanks for having a listen and your comments.  After consideration of your comment and Tim's, I decided to change that line in the chorus to "sometimes the words from you go through me like a knife".  It's still a bit of a cliche, but it doesn't echo the Bryan Adams line, and it conveys the sentiment that I want to convey which is integral to the song.  But, now you've done it; you have now become a coproducer of this tune.  Thank you.

markno999


Lynn,
 
Quite a difference between the original version and current version.  Sounds good, good beat and instrumentation, ups and downs in the arrangement.   I agree with Timbo on the Cuts Like a Knife line, a bit cliche in an otherwise very original lyric.  It is a really good song though.  Since you have mentioned oysters and sponges, watching that guest spot of David Hasselhoff on Spongebob Squarepants had to be as painful as getting cut with a knife, no? 
 
Good one.

Regards

One of the really nice things about becoming involved in this forum, I am now listening to things that aren't really my bag and enjoying them... I really enjoyed this Lynn... I love the Latin feel to it.  

I haven't heard the original but I found the Horns really cool.

The Vocal puts me in mind of Chris Rea..... No bad thing :-) 

Enjoy....

Road to Hell is pretty much his most famous album.