"Bumble Bee" A new Latin-Americano song - new (final?) mix up!

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.

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.)

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!


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ohgrant


 Love it!

Thank you Grant!


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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.

I enjoyed that a lot... very cool retro vibe... maybe a little long... Love the guitars & bass lines... Very cool lyrics...

Mike - I am so glad you liked this.  Thanks for your post!

Vincente - I have been debating on the percussion arrangement (keep is really simple or not) and you have convinced me to work on it a little more.  Thank you for the kind words and comments.  I will keep in mind the suggestions when I remix.

Lynn - hi Lynn.  Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me.  I really am happy that you like my vocals.  Sometimes you never know!

Notnat - Thank you much!  I like your "retro" comment a lot.  I did think about shortening the instrumental but what the heck, my first latin song so why not just go with it! 

Hi Kev - Glad you liked it.  I played the acoustic lead parts last using my slim Yamaha electric/acoustic miked with a Behringer's XM8500 straight into my Zoom R24.  I really liked the sound it got.

This was much fun you guys and I can't tell you how much your feedback means to me! 

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foxwolfen


Nice work Jimmy. I would suggest this needs more than a day though. It is a fabulous song in many ways, but it seems to need a little polish musically and performance wise. It feels a little rushed at times... things like ending a line with "Bumblebee", then starting the next one with "the Bumblebee", and so on. I think with some time, this will become an exceptional song.

foxwolfen - thanks for the good comments.  I am adding percussion, tweaking the vocals and doing a final mix tonight.  I will post when it is done.  I like the lyrics as is and believe they tell a good story.  



Hope you are doing well.


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mcourter


 Synchronicity! I just saw that movie two days ago, couldn't stop smiling throughout. Was very impressed at how funny the stories are in musica cubana. Y despues de ver a la pelicular, a mi sorpresa, yo hablo el lenguaje. However, your instrumentation is impeccable, terrific vocal harmonies, and a pristine mix. top notch work! Mark

Me encantó lo humilde los músicos estaban en la película. Maravilloso!
 
Thank you Mark for your kind words.  I will be posted a new mix tonight I hope.  That movie really was great.
 
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Very nice indeed. 

I have added some instruments and remixed the song.  I just uploaded.  Please let me know what you think.  Thanks to all. 

Jimmy

mike_mccue


The room sound you have on the mix caught my attention immediately. It reminded me of the interview with Ry Cooder where he said that as soon as they set up in the old EGREM studios they heard that signature room sound that shapes many of the great Cuban recordings from the big band era.

You got it going on.


The other thing, and I think this is actually noteworthy, is that you seem to have grasped the simplistic beauty of many Cuban songs. You have written a plaintive song about a every day occurrence but you have imbued the story with a passion that makes everyday life seem like a celebration. 

That's good stuff!!!


It may not seem obvious because the song is so gentle and self assured... but this, seems to me, to be a very special recording.


Oh yeah, the new mix and percussion sound real good!

best regards,
mike


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Hi Mike, 


I just woke up and with my first cup of coffee read your wonderful post.  I sincerely thank you.  It is really the best we can hope for in that someone else understands what an artist/songwriter (whatever we want to call ourselves) is trying to do.  I was so taken with Ry Cooder's movie and as I stated before, listen very intently to the genre of music and really learned a lot.  They used many simple ideas for lyrics with many of them about nature in beautiful clever ways.  There is much to learn about other styles of music and I seem to be up to the challenge of taking a stab at it simply to grow.  


You certainly made me smile Mike.  I read your post to my wife Karen and she loved it to.  It's not that I am looking for praise as much as knowing that others are being touched and/or understand the purpose of a creation no matter how small.  There are many talented writers on this forum and it is so great to listen to so much creativity.  Yahoo!  


All the best, 


Jimmy
 

Hi Manny - Thanks for listening and your thoughts on my song.  Much appreciated.

Jimmy

I enjoyed that!  Your voice is perfect for this...I love the percussion (didn't hear it before, but I like this)...yeah...just a cool song and great mix.  One day?  Unreal!  :)

dcumpian


Very nice! Agree with Mike that the space evoked by the mix sounds really great. Very clear mix and the BGV really pop nicely. Congrats!

Regards,
Dan

Hi Dan,  thanks much.  I just tweaked the mix and added real clave and quiro.  Brought up the lead voc a tad and fixed the ending.  Let me know your thoughts if you come by again.

Thanks.


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