hairyjamie


Absolutely stunning , 'nuff said.

Thanks Beaker!

not nuff ^

Scotty, this one didn't do your skills justice. You didn't put into it what you do your others.

First, the guy's voice carried most of the song pretty well unadorned with fills.  You could have filled up gaps with fills. You're good at that, but you didn't do it here. His voice isn't stunning enough to carry the song the way he does.

Even your instruments seem to match his rhythm.  That gets boring.  I wanted to hear counter rhythms and countermelodies, and I didn't. 

At the end, we could have heard a reprisal of the melody with your instruments, but you just shimmered all your instruments kinda how Jewish music does.  I was waiting to hear a really sappy reprisal.

That underlying arpeggiated stuff that you play sounds nice, but it's not enough.  It gets old when it doesn't build much from that. 

I'm accustomed to hearing out-of-the-box stuff from you.  This one stayed in the box.

Sue,
Thanks for the listen and for your insight. Having no musical knowledge or training, and having Roy tell me to keep it on the simpler side, this was as much as I dared to do. The Jewish music thing kind of intrigued me. I never knew of that. I could learn a lot from you. I know nothing of music theory, I only know what I hear in my head and do my best to translate it into the music...whereas you know a lot about it. Teach me?

Tap,
Thank you very much! Glad you liked it.

Thank you Sue! I appreciate your take on my music. I agree with the analogy you made about music being mechanical.  That is basically what I tell people who ask me what the difference is between a violinist and a fiddler. I tell them that a violinist is mechanical and plays only the structured sheet music that is in front of them, whereas a fiddler plays from the heart and improvises. Of course there are those violinists who play traditional fiddle tunes, and they play them very mechanically also and therefore don't score very well in fiddle contests.

Hey, Scotty!  I'm just now getting to this one!  wow!  wish I'd listened earlier!  really nice vox on this - your friend is excellent.
oh - those little flute parts are sweet!  you should "feature" her more!
violin solo on this is excellent (of course!) and I love the "backup violin" on that, too!  ending is epic!  great job all around!

Scotty,

Simply stunning and beautiful. An excellent production and performance.
I'm sorry I didn't catch this one sooner.

Gary,
Thank you so much for digging up this once dead thread. I appreciate your comments.

James,
Thank you for your insight and comments on the mix and production.

blipp


Yes he does sound like John Denver and he has a very good voice. You've done an amazing job with this Scotty and is nothing less than i would expect from you as i rate you amongst the top musicians on this forum, which is saying something with the talent that's here.

The arrangement is inspired and Janet's vocals add the icing on the cake. 

The mandolins sound fantastic and i have to say again that i'm relly impressed by the recording quality you get from acoustic instruments.  The production is equally as amazing to my ears.

 Excellent work Scotty.
 
 
 
Yes, Roy's voice is great and he is a gentleman as well. Thanks for listening, and your comments...well...they made me blush.  Thank you so much, Blipp! You made my day!
 
Merry Christmas!

evadianepug


Why isn't this played on all the Christmas stations?  One of the most beautiful songs I've heard.  It's the song BUT the production is so far off the chart I can't believe it!   No mre to say or I'll just gush!! Merry Christmas!

Yikes! Is it that bad?
 
Thanks for your support, Warren! Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones also and please pass on a big holiday wish to Eva from me.

Thank you, Karalie and merry Christmas to you also!