Hi, 

Wrote this song today after listening a lot to Buena Vista Social Club and trying out my new bass.  

Edit 3-13-13: Last mix I hope!  I replaced the midi claves and guiro and played the real thing.  Made some more mix changes.  I think I am done now!  :)

https://soundcloud.com/jimmy-saad/bumble-bee-final-mix-3-13-13

3-12-13:
Edit:  I have uploaded a new mix.  I added some percussion and things.  Please let me know what you think.  


Thanks to all who gave me their feedback - it's much appreciated. 
Rimshot

Lovely melodic guitars in this.  The reverb gave them an agreable atmospheric sound.

Your vocals sound great and it's a nice song.

Loved the understated percussion and the bass lines.

Liked this a lot.

Nice tune, Jimmy, and I have to say, as one who has never, ever completed anything in a week, let alone a day, I'm really jealous, man   Nice song, and a good job bringing it off.

Do Latin Americans speak Latin? And if not? What's That For? 

I would give you all my nectar, LOL! What a great play on words :-D Or not? My brain is just wired a certain way, sorry. This had a nice delicate quality to it. It may have a little too much tail? (something you'll very rarely hear ME say!) Meaning the verb tail on some of the vox parts. 

Now if you took the flower out of this song, would you consider it, "deflowered?" (I'm sorry, see? I can't help it.)

 Love it!

blipp


Lovely melodic guitars in this.  The reverb gave them an agreable atmospheric sound.

Your vocals sound great and it's a nice song.

Loved the understated percussion and the bass lines.

Liked this a lot.

Hi blipip - glad you liked the song.  Thanks for the listen!


Rimshot

philz


Nice tune, Jimmy, and I have to say, as one who has never, ever completed anything in a week, let alone a day, I'm really jealous, man   Nice song, and a good job bringing it off.

Hi Philz - thank you for your kind words.  Please don't be jealous - this song must have been waiting to come up for a long time.  I really did listen to the Buena Vista Social Club for months and really loved the movie Ry Cooder did about them.  
Here's the movie's trailer:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwyGPg8cYvY


All the best.


Rimshot

ohgrant


 Love it!

Thank you Grant!


Rimshot

Awesome!

Big smile on my face.

Thanks for sharing.

Very nicely done!  The guitar is well recorded and the song have this nice hook.  However, for a Latin song you need to bring up the conga more.  It also needs more percussion.  You could add a Guiro.  I am not crazy about maracas and the wood blocks, but you can try those too.  Latin people like me, like a lot of salsa in their music.