*UPDATED* The Secret (Piano by Janet)

Cool ! Music sounded great and vocals sounded great too . Janet you really put your magic touch to this song , I love the way you play piano .

Nice Collaborate song Janet & Paul ! radio

Like it! Good integration of the original and your inspiration!

A but depressing in places... but great nonetheless!

Cheers,
Terry.

I would eq some of the low end in the piano. It sounds a bit boomy. Otherwise, very nice messing around.

Nice, as already said there are a couple of places where the vocals could come up a tad. 

That is really cool and I think you did a great job putting all the right accents around the piano parts which are fantastic as well. The vox performance is good and again perfectly worked in with the piano. Something very minor is going on with the vox at times. Very enjoyable.

Sounds fine.

Nice, Paulo.
I, too, was mesmerized by Janet's original haunting and powerful track.
I like where you went with it, and I particularly like those little guitar bits.
Like proper seasoning, just enough to enhance the flavor.

Wow ! Thanks everyone for the feedback. I really do appreciate and value all comments. Sorry for delay in responding - I posted the tune and then ended up going on my travels for a while which I wasn't expecting at the time of posting. It seems quite a unanamous verdict re the vox, so I'll be revisiting them this weekend - thank you all for that - I always think that if lots of people say the same thiing that they must be right. Ironically, I actually turned them down a little just before posting as I wasn't sure if they were a bit overpowering. BTW for all of your information, the very last bit of vox is not actually meant to be heard as words as it's just gobbledegook and backwards gobbledegook at that - I was just messing with some vocal FX and it seemed to fit so I left it. However, because of your comments I can hear now a cuple of places that require a tweak.

Radio - thanks for the listen and the kind comments. You're right - Janet's piano work made it very easy for me to imagine the rest.

Herb - Thanks for the listen and positive comments - taken on board.

Terry - thanks to you too - I hear what ya say, but it just didn't strike me as being a song about fluffy bunnies if you know what I mean.

Warren - thanks man - good to see you back. Your comment re the vocals - you mean level wise too or something else ?

Vicente - thanks for your ears - I'll take a look at that piano now I'm home again.

John - thanks for listening and commenting.

Wookie - thanks for your time and the kind comment. I'll be tweaking soon.

Janet - to me, you already did all the hard work. You can always yell if you want me to try and add a little something to any of your tracks.

Rhinosynth - thanks very much - I particularly wanted to enhance Janet's piano rather than treading all over it, so I'm glad that you think it works that way. Can you be more specific re the vox ? Levels or something else ? (bearing in mind my comment re the last line)

Bob - thanks for the ears and positive comments - "haunting" is a good word. That's exactly what I was aiming for. I think I've spotted the little tweaks required for the vox now, so I'll re-post when done.

Spacealf - thanks for your time and kind comment. Glad you liked.

Mark - thanks for the listen. I'm on the vox. Glad to see you back.

Robert - glad to see you back to - haven't noticed you on here for ages. I was only listening to one of yours the other day - can't remember the exact title off hand, but it was the "fishing" one. "Seasoning" is also a good word for the little musical bits I added. Just what I was trying to do, so I'm glad it worked that way for you.

Guitarpima - Love it ! Wow ! I've got to be happy with that ! Don't think anyone's ever said that about anything of mine before. I do have a de-esser on there already so I guess it just needs a bit more of a tweak, so I'll get on that. Thanks for listening - glad you enjoyed. :)

Hi Paulo,

+1 to bringing your vocal up but, man, I love what you've done with this.

Just beautiful.

Hi Paulo, very nice, maybe a bit to much reverb on the vocals. Piano sounds very nice J. Guitar seems a bit ahead of the beat, but I have no sense of timing ; )

Rik

Contratry to those who know better than I, I like how the vocals are hidden in the piano.  I think they could be a bit more clear (a bit more High EQ and a little less reverb).  It gives it a ghostly etherial feeling.  While Janet's piano is spot on, a little less bass to keep it from booming out might be a good thing.
 
Reminds me of Eric Woolfson and Alan Parsons.
 
Glen

Great to hear Janet's tinkeling within this context. Very beautiful production and arrangement. Great job Paulo and Janet.

very cool!

Thanks again for all the responses again - sorry I haven't been able to respond sooner - real life keeps getting in the way !

Bobby - thanks for the kind comments - glad you enjoyed. BTW dunno if you jumped on it or not, but the BFD Eco for $14 in the software forum is a very useful and very cheap addition if you want some more drum sounds - I got it and it's easily worth it and very easy to use.

Geeare - thanks man, you're very kind -  I've boosted the vox a bit in the new mix.

Charles - yeah I am a bit of a reverby guy - just like it that way. That said, I think the issue with this was more of a case of wrong type of reverb as opposed to too much, so I've changed it for something else.

Rik - thanks for the listen and comments - hopefully the new mix is better.

Scotty - thanks for listening - re-did the eq on the piano too, so hopefully better now.

Glen - to be honest I thought the vox level was about right, but I always say that if everyone keeps telling you the same thing that they're probably right, so I went with the majority and pushed them up a bit. I've tweaked the eq and verb too.

BIABDude - thanks for the listen and suggestions - hopefully better now

Tim - thanks for the ears and kind words. You're so right about Janet's piano, she really did the hard work here. I really like her "darker" compositions.

Martin - thanks for listening and detailed comments. I've taken them on board in the new mix. Glad you enjoyed.

amateur - Thank you. Cool is a good thing to be.

arlen - Thank you for listening and commenting - it is a great piano track isn't it ? Grabbed me form the off and made the rest very easy really. Hopefully the tweaks will have addressed your issue.

excellent.