Guys,
 
Reproduced a song from my old band called "River Born". This is my demo of it what do you think? changes? crits? comments on anything?
https://soundcloud.com/ci...iverborn-demo1/s-m7B9K
 
NEW VERSION: live bass, bongo percussion, organ, vocal retake
 https://soundcloud.com/cian-mcgovern/river-born-1/s-jGtW0
 
 
NEW VERSION with lead singer 16November
 
https://soundcloud.com/ci...ern/river-born/s-DQBGR
 
Regards,
 
Cian

Hi Cian
 
So glad I stumbled across this - enjoyed it a lot. Took me back to when I saw Paul Simon at the Glasgow Hydro last year, your harmonies, and indeed your solo voice are brilliant man. Great groove, strong tune and the production is spot on to my ears. I honestly can't think of any criticism, constructive or otherwise!
 
Bill
 

wonderful!  This might be a good one for the christian market.

Fellas, thanks for your feedback
 
Cian

Hi Cian,
 
This is a strong song with a great vocal performance!
I miss a little bit of the production power though that makes all your other material stand out.
I understand you posted this as a demo so I suppose this is only the beginning.
Please don't get me wrong it sounds good as it does but I'm sure we will get too hear a final version soon, with that extra Cian McGovern touch to it. ; )
 
All the best,
Daniel
 

Beautiful song. Good vocals and backing harmonies.
Enjoyable to listen to well done music.

WOW!!  Very good voice.  Very.  Like Noisy Neighbor said, I'd like to hear this with a bit more production.  There is something very good here.

I had to listen to this several times because it is a joy to hear.  I'm not sure why it would need much more production, especially when the performances are so strong and the infrastructure is solid.  I've heard your other productions, and this would fit nicely into to your repertoire as is.  However, I don't think you can mess this up unless you bury what's already there.  Good luck with this, Cian, it's a gem!

When the snare comes in, it's tight as all get out. Without the snare, as in the first minute or so, I'm hearing some super slight timing issues, like piano hits coming in just a hair early. Later, when the snare disappears again, I think you get more drifting of parts. It's very very slight - like the kick drum hits right at the end don't perfectly sync. It's so slight, I could be hearing things and most people aren't gonna notice.
 
Your vocals are killer, they lyrics are meaningful, the arrangement is perfect, and your composition chops are huuuuuge.
great tune.
 
-Tom

Cian,
 
Sounds great.   I hear some Paul Simon in there as well (mentioned above) although more of the Graceland album style than his other stuff.   The vocals are outstanding throughout.  
 
If you are looking for suggestions for polishing up the production I wouldn't touch any of the vocals, guitar, piano.   I think you would hear a significant difference tweaking with the drums and adding some percussion, maybe an African vibe like You Can Call Me Al or Diamonds In the Soles of Her Shoes (Paul Simon\Graceland) but nothing too overpowering to distract from what is there.   Maybe changing up the bass guitar a bit.   Otherwise, the track is quite outstanding as is and wouldn't change anything.
 
Regards