The Smart Phone Song

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The Rebel
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2011/11/26 20:55:52 (permalink)

The Smart Phone Song

Hi everyone,
It's been about 3 or 4 months since I've had a song to post.Spent the summer and fall rebuilding my back porch.Thankfully
I'm done with that. I do have a new song. It's got that 80's feel to it. Pretty much out of character for my usual stuff but once I started rolling with it I had to keep going. Any comments would be appreciated.
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The Smart Phone Song
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    Guitarhacker
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    Re:The Smart Phone Song 2011/11/27 08:49:26 (permalink)
    Very "CARS" sounding for sure. 

    Even Dick Tracy would never have imagined what we can do with a phone now days.... 


    Cool tune, for a minute I thought you had used some of the apps on your phone to record it and play the various instruments.... 

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    Re:The Smart Phone Song 2011/11/27 11:02:17 (permalink)
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    Very "CARS" sounding for sure. 



    +1, very reminiscent, even the solo. Sounds good though, nice one.

     
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    Re:The Smart Phone Song 2011/11/27 17:20:24 (permalink)
    Echoing The Cars comment.

    Great song!

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    Re:The Smart Phone Song 2011/11/28 20:47:32 (permalink)
    Thanks everyone for listening.Definitely Cars influenced.It didn't start that way, but sometimes songs turn out completely different than you were planning.It was a lot of fun. Glad you liked it.

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    Re:The Smart Phone Song 2011/11/28 20:53:02 (permalink)
    Hi The Rebel,

    Fun song.  Like the lead.  Needs some highs for clarity.  Maybe my ears are aging but think about "crisp". 
    How about
    3 db 3K
    2 db 7K

    Then brick wall and get presence comming forward more. 

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    Re:The Smart Phone Song 2011/11/28 21:04:53 (permalink)
    Great lyrics, performances and arrangement!  :)  I wonder if you could make the vocals stand out a little clearer?

    My dad likes to joke about how he couldn't figure out how we could ever have cell phones.  I mean, would everyone have 500 miles of wire that unrolls from the back of their truck?  :) 

    Makes you wonder what will come next.  

    Anyway, I may be one of the last ones in the world, but I still have a dumb phone.  

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    Re:The Smart Phone Song 2011/11/30 18:52:11 (permalink)
    Rimshot - thanks for listening and the suggestions.Glad you liked the lead.
    Janet - thanks for checking it out.For some reason I struggled with the mix on the vocals.
    It's a lot better than it was, but could still use some adjustments.I'm glad you liked the song.My current phone isn't as smart as most - or maybe it's the user..


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