Wishing Well

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2014/09/02 08:27:02 (permalink)

Wishing Well

A new song written by Jennifer Townsend Collins and sung by yours truly. I played the bass and synths, and Greg Powerlett laid down the acoustic guitar tracks. I also envisage an acoustic guitar track that will add fills, and a lead part over the last 8 to 16 bars or so, when I can decide on what that part will entail (I'm having a lot of trouble finding it). Crits welcome.
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    Guitarhacker
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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/02 10:03:21 (permalink)
    Nice song.... as you work with it the part will come.
     
    Quite often I will have a song and be working on a solo or fill part and nothing seems to work....I just let it set and in a day or two, a cool idea will come and it's often in a totally different direction then the one I originally started in....

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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/02 11:12:45 (permalink)
    Very pleasant piece, I do not want to make to many judgements about mix at this moment as I have just done some quite serious changes in my studio.  But what I hear I like.

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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/02 18:34:23 (permalink)
    Awesome so far. I'd have to say, WWDGD (what would David Gilmour do?) But I also hear other influences...this can go a variety of directions.
     
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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/02 19:43:28 (permalink)
    Thanks for the listen I really appreciate the comments, I will let it sit and see if the inspiration comes. I would like it if DG would add a part.

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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/02 20:05:44 (permalink)
    Sounds really nice, I would brighten that guitar a bit, it sounds great but needs a bit more upstairs IMO. It's a dark song, but there's nothing wrong with that. Your performance actually gives me a bit of a floyd vibe. 

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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/02 23:00:30 (permalink)
    It does have a bit of Floyd vibe.  The vocals/harmony sound very good.  Kind of a melancholy song but I like it!
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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/03 14:41:02 (permalink)
    Yup, a bit of that melancholy Floyd-ish vibe going on - sounds good here.  Though I'd go for more of a fretless bass tone in the intro for the full effect.  
     
    And yeah, a little DG during the outro would be cool.
     

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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/05 11:54:50 (permalink)
    beautiful song .. nice sounds and arrangement.. well done


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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/06 13:52:07 (permalink)
    I think it's fine the way it is. If you add another guitar I would use the approach that America did and and a complimentary part above the original. As it is, it's fine.
     
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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/06 13:52:34 (permalink)
    I like it.  All is good.  I would add another melodic section so that it breaks from the repetition of the verse.  Even just 1 bridge would add a lot.  Cool vibe.

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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/06 20:07:13 (permalink)
    Good song.  Enjoyed it.  As a country guy I like more concrete lyrics but for your style it's right on the money.  Keep up the good work

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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/07 12:05:18 (permalink)
    Nice song! Sounds real good so far! Can't wait to hear it finished.
     

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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/08 19:16:28 (permalink)
    Must admit I hadn't picked up on the Floyd feel, but those comparisons are most welcome ty. Agreed on putting a bridge or lead somewhere, just waiting for the inspiration to hit. Fretless bass would be nice but I haven't played one for many years, it would take a monumental effort to get that up and running. Thanks everyone for the listen.

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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/08 22:29:46 (permalink)
    Nice playing by everyone.  I think the bass is what is driving the Pink Floyd feel.  I didn't hear it until about 3:30 but then it really gave me that vibe.  I like the whole performance and structure of it.  The mix sounded good on my system.  Great job, congrats!
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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/08 22:36:56 (permalink)
    If you're a bass player, you owe it to yourself and your craft to play a fretless... It took me a long time to pick it up? In fact, I took my fretless in and had them cut lines in the neck where the frets should be and do inlays? It cost a few bux, but it really helped me. And my bass they were cutting on started around 3k... A nice Warwick Thumb Bass. It was a fretless? And it still is, but if you look at it from more than 3 feet away, it looks fretted (it's not.) IMO as a bass player, once you get comfortable on the fretless, it's hard to go back. But it takes some real work to get there if you've always played with frets. Took me about 4 or 5 years, but I'm pretty comfortable with it now  Start "now" I don't pick up the fretted bass unless I have to (And it's an Alembic?)

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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/08 22:53:35 (permalink)
    Vocal could be a little less cloudy (IMO). Maybe a low cut @ ~300Hz?
     
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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/09 03:01:56 (permalink)
    Sounds really good my end. Very emotional sounding. nicely sung. I feel the guitar is bright enough. love the swelling phase/flange going on.

     
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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/10 13:43:45 (permalink)
    Very pretty song.  Guitar plenty bright to me but that's usually up to the listener.  I could imagine another part in here to break the song up.  What is here is very nicely done.  Oh, vocals are very nice too.  I can hear the Floyd similarities but might not have thought of it if someone hadn't said it.  I might have gone towards Moody Blues.  I wouldn't be offended to be compared to either.  Good work.

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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/11 18:37:10 (permalink)
    If you're a bass player? Get a fretless and play it... No excuse... It takes "some time?" But not too much. Everything is the same, but your fingers become the frets. This gives you the options of quarter notes, half notes, slides, and vibratos that you do not have with a fretted bass. You don't have to have frets? Get a fretless and play it... You can get one reasonably priced, give it a try, and don't give up on it too quickly, you have to be more precise, but if you get it down? It's much more fulfilling, trust me. Sorry, but the shot to the nards should be felt, and should be uncomfortable.
     
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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/11 20:51:21 (permalink)
    rebel007, 
    this sounds very good the way it is so far ….
    you left a lot of space in the arrangment which I happen to think is good .
    since I'm listening to an actual song thats telling a story . i get to hear the power of the song naked w out a bunch of musical kitchen sinks that got throw in there
     
    yeah , I heard a little bit of Moody Blues probably due to the minor chords …me personaly I thought I heard more of the band  America type of sound ….could be the vocals …the way I heard the phrasing and some of the melodies .
     
    a little bit of $u$piciou$  activity in the bass in a couple of the lines ….noticed a few near misses in the timing where a couple of the chord changes land ..  
     
    overall, this sounded very good , the performances were natural and relaxed …
     
    I think I'm gonna keep an ear out for this tune to hear how it evolves 
     
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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/13 08:08:21 (permalink)
    A nice open airy mellow feel - good job!
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    Re: Wishing Well 2014/09/13 09:31:52 (permalink)
    I too feel the guitar is bright enough. Guitar sounds great. This is just a personal preference...but the motion in the synth is distracting. Just my opinion. Nice job. Very clear sounding on my end.

     
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