Lonely Hearts by sloparts
Genre: Country-Western
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Keywords:
Lonely (48), Heart (118), Hearts (6), Blue (44), tenderness (3), kind (7), gentle (11), word (9), care (8), love (1105), broken (56), untrue (1)
Description:
This is another of my earlier songs that was recorded around 1992. Sorry folks, but it's another Country tear jerker. At least I'm consistent anyway.
All the parts are done live except the Bass and Drums, which I sequenced on a Yamaha SY99. It was recorded on a Tascam TSR8 8-track through a Tascam M2516 mixing board. The guitars were DI'd into the board and the Harmonica and Vocals were mic'd with a Electro-Voice ND257B
Hope you enjoy "Lonely Hearts", but if not, please let me know. You can't hurt my feelings and the feedback is more than worth the price of admission.
Thanks for coming by
Ed
All the parts are done live except the Bass and Drums, which I sequenced on a Yamaha SY99. It was recorded on a Tascam TSR8 8-track through a Tascam M2516 mixing board. The guitars were DI'd into the board and the Harmonica and Vocals were mic'd with a Electro-Voice ND257B
Hope you enjoy "Lonely Hearts", but if not, please let me know. You can't hurt my feelings and the feedback is more than worth the price of admission.
Thanks for coming by
Ed
Lyrics:
Lonely HeartsWords, Music and Arrangement By Edward C. Wemmerus Sr.
Copyright © March 30, 1991 All Rights Reserved
Copyright © Registered May 22, 1991
Verse
Lonely hearts need tenderness.
Lonely hearts need a kind and gentle word
Lonely hearts need to know someone really care.
Lonely hearts need love
Chorus
Cause only a lonely heart can know the meaning of blue.
Only a lonely heart that's been broken in two.
The kind of a heart you get when love's been untrue.
Only a lonely heart, like the one I got from you.
Verse
Lonely hearts need peace of mind.
Lonely hearts need a kind and gentle touch.
Lonely hearts need to know,
this is not the end. Lonely hearts need love
Repeat Chorus
Tag line
Like the one I got from you
Hardware:
Recorded on a Tascam TSR8 8-track through a Tascam M2516 mixing board. Used and Aphex Aural Exciter type C on some tracks and a Alesis 3630 Compressor Limiter on the final mix. Takamine GX200 Guitar, DI'd into the board through a Tube Works Real Tube. The Bass and Drums were sequenced on a Yamaha SY99 and played into the mixer on a line input.The Harmonica and Vocals were done with an Electro-Voice ND257b mic run through the Alesis 3630.
Re-Mastered on a PowerMac G4 AGP with a Mercury Extreme 1.2 upgrade processor
Software:
Yamaha SY99 Sequencer, Cubase SE3 for re-mastering on the PowerMacYou must be registered and logged-in to comment.
jiguma
Nice production Ed. This is probably just a tad more country than I like my country-rock, but a very fine example of the genre for sure. Your vocals are very strong - is that a pedal steel I hear? Do you still play it?
This has the sound of someone who's been doing it for a while and has ironed out the weak bits - solid song, very well performed.
Neil
sloparts
it's not a steel. Man how I wish I could play a steel. I can't even play slide guitar unless I'm using one for a snow sled.
Actually, I was never that happy with the production on this one. But I thought I'd share it with "Y'all" anyway. I did bring it into Cubase today and re-mastered the master by tweaking a few things like EQ and Compression and added a little reverb. Other than that it's from the original demo I did back in 92 or 93.
I'll say this, it was kinda fun doing the Harmonica. I'd never played one before this attempt and it came out okay near as I can tell.
Well anyway, thanks again for the kind words Neil, they are appreciated.
Be well my friend
Ed
Feter
certainly enjoyed this cool swing song .loved
the harmonica ...wonderfull singing as always
my friend .old and classic .Hats off !!
sloparts
Man you got the "Old and Classic" part right. That's me, an old classic. I'm so old, I had a guy approach me just the other day, wanting to take me on the Antique's Road Show to see if he could sell me. LOL
Enough with me trying to be funny, I'm glad you liked Lonely Hearts Feter. I did have fun trying to do the Harmonica part. It was the first time I ever tried to really play one.
Thank you again for stopping and listening, and for your kind words. Be well my friend and be happy.
Ed
peacepiano
Your vocal harmonies pull the emotional strings. Its a treat to hear such a good song in any genre.
Thanks
Bill
sloparts
Glad you stopped in for a visit and enjoyed your stay. And especially thanks for the nice comments about my vocals. Those kind of comments are always pleasant to receive. I'm really happy you liked this song. I almost didn't post it because I wasn't particularly happy with the original tracks I did on it. After I pulled it into Cubase and tweaked it I thought it sounded a little better so I figured I might as well post it.
Now I'm glad I did. Thanks again Bill. Be well my friend
Ed
Your vocal harmonies pull the emotional strings. Its a treat to hear such a good song in any genre.
Thanks
Bill
Moviz
'Great' from you Ed and the harmonica is a great addition on this. We don't hear a lot of 'Country' in England I'm sorry to say, but of course it's down to disc-jockeys to play the stuff, which they don't do. I love it all though, regards M
sloparts
I was thinking, country music that's native to the UK would I guess be Celtic or English/Irish/Scottish folk music so then that means the stuff from the colonies would be considered western Indian country music. Am I right. lol
Thanks for dropping in for a spot of tea and a little music Maurice, it's always a pleasure to see you. And thanks for the kind words as well.
Be well my friend and have a wonderful Christmas/Hauneka/Kwanzza and a Happy New year. Did I leave anyone out in that list of holidays? Ya gotta love "politically correct speech" don't ya know.
Ed
guitapick
...you still playing out? You could get gigs here, in NYC, Ed...
sloparts
I wish I was playing out still, but I've been out of the business for so long and my memory is so bad that I not only can't play em any more, I can even remember em. Pretty sad don't ya think?
I actually hale from that part of the world, I was born in New Jersey across the river from the city. Didn't play music back then though, as I left when I was 16 and didn't start learning to play till I was about 18.
Thanks again Bob for the kind words, and for dropping in for a visit. Always nice to see you here.
Be well my friend,
Ed
DWL
Did you ever try and sell any of your material?
This is really good solid mainstream country (that's a compliment btw!) and there's still an audience for it surely?
Cheers
Dick
sloparts
Once, early in my song writing days I had one song placed with a publisher in Nashville, but he never got it placed with anyone so nothing came of it. It was one of my earlier songs, and not nearly as well written as my later ones. But I've never tried since then to get one picked up. Actually, I never tried again after my wife died in 96. Like I said, we she died the music died with her until just this year.
I think maybe now I'm ready to do that again. But I have to start over making contacts again, and I'm not to sure where to start. I surely can't go out on the road at this late stage and do the band thing, so I have to find another way.
I'm working on it, you can be sure, but it takes time.
Thanks Dick for listening and for your kind words. They are food for a weary soul.
Be well my friend
Ed
Ibstrat
song.I can always count on a great song if I see that you have posted something new.Your songs sound authentic unlike most of the stuff I hear coming out of Nashville.Keep trying to sell your songs-they deserve to be heard!
sloparts
I can always count on you to lift my spirits. I wasn't going to post this one because I thought it wasn't good enough to post. But after remixing what I could, it started sounding a little better so here tis.
Glad you liked it and took time to say so Mark, thanks again.
Be well my friend
Ed
Scott Carmichael
your musical expressions head out in every direction... we find you funkin' and rockin' and a true soul man... with the capital "S"... but me thinx that you may be a true Texas 2 stepper @ heart... you wear these authentic well written songs like a favorite well worn sweater...
sloparts
I guess, at least for now, it's the genre I feel most in touch with. I really like all kinds of music and can even play a few different kinds, but I just keep coming back to my song writing roots. Even so, it does feel good to stretch out the mind and the music into the other genre I really like to play. That said, there'll always be a country side of me.
Thanks for the kind words Scott, glad you enjoyed this little ditty.
Be well my friend
Ed
I think we have the song that will be the flip side of Lonely Nights, Lonely Songs. The lonely hearts club of two.
I like the sash-shaying(?) feel of this one. Very right down the middle country. Your voice is rich in this one. Well sung and done!
D
sloparts
This could have possibilities. Maybe these are the missing songs off of the Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album. What cha think?
Thanks for the kind word Jack they are appreciated.
By the way, did I mention I loved the remix on Lonely Nights, Lonely Songs. It sounds so much better now, it's almost like it's a different song. Ya did good Dude.
Take care my friend and keep on playin' that Funky music.
Ed
racerat
certainly get the tape warmth with this. Great song. I especially LOVE the harmonica. Bass is smooth and tight. My only quibble would be that the drums seem a little thin sounding, especially the kick drum. It needs a little more punch. But this was a issue with earlier sequencers, I have a bunch of songs with the same problem, whatcha gonna do, ya know... I think this could even be fixed just in the mastering EQ. Otherwise, very nice.
Philip
sloparts
I tried to master it in GB and used the AU Eq to thicken the mix, but I guess I didn't get enough of the 100hz boosted to bring up the bass drum. Nice call though man. it lets me know you are really listening. I really appreciate that because this kind of feedback is what really helps when your working on mixes.
Thanks again for the kind words and the excellent feedback Philip. The harmonica part was my first ever attempt, so you taking notice of that makes me feel quite good.
Be well my friend and enjoy the music
Ed
Hi,
I enjoyed the song.
Did you use the dbx noise reduction when you recorded it on the TSR 8?
sloparts
Glad you enjoyed the song and I want to thank you for stopping in to listen to it.
As for the DBX on the TSR-8, I always used it whenever I recorded. Otherwise there was too much hiss on the recording. I mean I did try it both way, with and without the DBX turned on, but I never liked the sound of the tracks when I had recorded with it off, so it became a regular procedure to make sure it was turned on.
The Tascam TSR-8 was and still is a great 8 track reel recorded. I don't have one anymore since I'm working in the digital domain now
Thanks for the listen and comments Pabo
Be well and be cool,
Ed