• Songs
  • I Wrote This Song For You
2012/11/02 16:48:55
davdud101
This one is a slow, piano-based pop song. Please don't cringe too bad at that I skipped any kind of vocal tuning on the lead part. Enjoy!
http://soundcloud.com/davdud101/i-wrote-this-song-for-you   << This link doesn't work anymore! Check out the new link below!
 
http://soundcloud.com/davdud101/i-wrote-this-song-for-you-r
2012/11/02 16:52:47
cclarry
I like it...it's very "bouncy" and fresh and fun...

Nice.
2012/11/02 21:34:41
davdud101
Hey, thanks, cclarry! And thanks for coming back!!! :)
2012/11/02 22:18:03
Lynn
I like this song for its fresh vibe.  While not perfectly polished, it stills gets the point across and is fun to listen to.  The lyrics are clever and the vocal is well done.  Nice job.
2012/11/02 22:36:01
CLEAN
Now that's fun.
2012/11/02 22:45:57
Marcus Curtis
I just want to say thank you for writing that fun song for me. Awesome coolness
2012/11/05 15:26:59
davdud101
Thanks, Lynn! Yup, there's a little way to go before I can wrap a bow on it, but it's a solid foundation.

Thanks a ton Clean! I honestly didn't think of it a fun song, but more calm n solemn. Guess my intentions didn't didn't come off so prevalent in the track.

Thankya, MC! Jes fer yew!! :D
2012/11/05 16:53:20
Guitarhacker
cool tune... very well done. 

comments: I'd put just the slightest reverb on the vocals.... not too much because,  the in your face sound adds to the charm of it. 

Maybe not pitch correcting.... it sounds like it's just a bit to low for your voice. It seems like its MIDI so a pitch change is so freaking easy..... I'd kick it up at least one whole step if not two whole steps and see how that sounds. Some of those notes sound like they are the very bottom of your range. 

I could hear something like that in a film....  and ...damn that is some good pop writing. 
2012/11/05 16:54:54
whack
It has an organic quality that you wont find around here (i.e. not overproduced like myself lol).

The song itself has potential and arranged and written well.

I think the lead vocal could come up couple of keys its a little down in the chest, a little better quality (groove-wise) percussion would help too I thought the drum pattern was too robotic.

Overall, Well done
2012/11/05 18:05:38
davdud101
Thanks for that, you guys!

GH
, after reading that post, I just went to the extreme extremes of rerecording the whole song a coupla whole steps higher, and it actually worked wonders- It's really a whole new feeling to the song now! The vocals are far more crisp and clear, no need for much vocal correction... And the song takes on an even more 'happy' sound!!!

It allowed me to push the bass track down an octave (which sound pretty sexy, I might add), and additionally I could use a bit more intonation (staccato note, specifically). UNfortunately, a lot of the harmony parts were already pretty hard for me, and forced me to push to a near-falsetto range.
 
[EDIT] Forgot to say, I also already had a coupla song on the album in the key of C, so it's awesome that I could push one to a bit different key.

whack, I'll give a shot at finding some better samples... Anywhere I could do so? I actually played the whole rythym on my keyboard with no
Quantization, but unfortunately my keyboard ain't touch sensitive (I plan to get a TS one near Christmas), and I'm sure that attirbuted to it's robotic (or like I likes to say, 'made') sound. I'll work on that a bit.
12
© 2026 APG vNext Commercial Version 5.1

Use My Existing Forum Account

Use My Social Media Account