Great vocals here! Good lyrics too. Your singing is top notch, with just
the right folksy emotional quality for the style of the song. Yeah...
really, really good performance! The production is very good.

Regarding the slide guitar, it sounds like you have it underlying the
verse in some parts, but its incredibly faint. If you knock of some of
the reverb and pan it a little harder you might be able to bring it up a
bit. Its an effective addition to the song and might add a sorrowful
quality to the verse.

It sounds like you kind of let the percussion be an afterthought. Its
pretty low in the mix. I think you could do a lot more with it.

I'd almost rather hear the song end with the last verse as the reverb
from the last guitar chord fades away. Lyrically, that seems to be the
climax.

Despite my nitpicks, this is an excellent song with stand-out vocals!

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Thanks, for the comments Brian. I appreciate the nitpicks, and of course the
kudos, both are greatly appreciated. I know I need to catch up a bit here, been
way too busy in SL lately.

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I like your vocals and lyrics very much here.
One nitpick - To my ears, the rhythm on the "Broken Hearts" part seems
to be somehow off among the various instruments. I get lost for a
moment while listening.

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Thanks Mungo, I'll have a listen to that.

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whiskey tinged vocal sounds just like one of my favorite local rocker's
around town..........sad love story is well deliverd.....the melancholic slide
is perfect for the song..........neil young would have to drink some shots of
whiskey to sound like u do here...but musically it is quite neil
youngish.....bravo

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Thanks for sharing this one!

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I like your vocals on this one. The Broken heart expresses well in the
song. Has that Southern feel. Nice change to the progression. A bit of a
zep 3 sound to it, sorry didn't mean to compare but that second guitar
really brings it out. Thanks for sharing.

John


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Hey, thanks man, I'll take all the Zep 3 comments I can, it's one of my fav.
albums.

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and very Youngish.

As to the production and performance of this version, Chik is bang on
with the slide (almost sounds pedal steel, a good thing :) and the
percussion/beat. I'd bet dollars to donuts the percussion tracks weren't
there when you laid down the acoustic rhythm. There are a couple of
spots where the guitar and percussion simply aren't on the same page.
And knowing you as I do, I doubt that's what you were going for :)

Having said all that, it is a great tune and a marvellous vocal
performance. I think you owe it to this fine bit of writing to re-visit and
tighten up the timing a tad.

And don't be surprised if you hear a cover of this sometime in the
future :)

cheers
snow

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I think I may know what you're hearing re rhythm. I did actually lay the
basic tracks down with the "chorus" part of the drum loop. I think it may
be some of the underlying picking - there's a low acoustic "bass/lead" in
there that doesn't always mesh as well.

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Wow Kak I think this song is great, sounds good and words have much meaning.

By the way this is Lyn from SL. (Evilynda Baphomet)

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Thanks. I do this a fair amount during shows, but not quite as often as some others. I just did some mix tweeks today that should address some of the rhythm things Snow was talking about (I think it does anyway). Getting tooled up for Roadhouse Ranch and Saloon. Just started a new tune today.

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pretty cool style to the vocals. it seems you haven't posted ne thing in a while. ive been gone for 6 months or so and you only have two new ones. i like this one. i like the rawness to the vocals. perhaps its my own troubles with singing a perfect track on recordings but i like the real feeling. the instrumental fits nicely.

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I've been pretty busy getting the CD releases (yes 2 of them) done, and keeping up with performing regularly in SL to promote things, so haven't stopped making music, just haven't been checking back here much lately.

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