Tonight (w/michael2)

rsorensen

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I was going through michael's back catalog and found a gem of a track called 'e-bow sizzle'. It was one of those songs that immediately floored and inspired me, so I sent him a note and asked permission to add vocals. He was cool with it so here we are..

original - http://www.macjams.com/song/32270

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Lyrics

Second guessing all the blessings
I've been given in my life

Rearranging, always changing
I am never satisfied

Compromising my horizon
Is not an option for me this time

No going back, only forward
I will fight

I will conquer, I will slaughter
All these demons In my mind

You will see me rise above this
I will look it In the eye

I'll stare it down to submission
Until I am set free tonight

Song Stats

Hits: 1613
Comments: 59
Fans: 34
Plays: 112
Downloads: 88
Votes: 6
Uploaded: Apr 13, 2008 - 11:50:48 PM
Last Updated: Apr 15, 2008 - 11:46:39 AM Last Played: Oct 09, 2009 - 02:38:36 PM

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The Amazing Ebow (2)

Hardware:

me- Blue snowball
m2 - fender tele, ebow, epiphone univalve amp, ibanez bass, fender rhodes, danelectro tremolo pedal, some broken drumsticks and a cymbal that my buddy threw away.

Software:

me - GB
m2 - Audacity

Comments

Feter	Feter said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	Tonight Great ,,,,,just great singin ..very much fit what Michael started and built ...loved this colab !! thnx alot for sharin !! Check out my latest song called A Night With Feter feat'(Roxylee sloparts crissew johnwhitehead and Yamin AL Yamani )

rsorensen	rsorensen said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	vox Thanks Feter. Yeah michael definitely built an interesting, solid landscape with the original. I didn't want to bury it with overdone vocals so I tried to keep the melody and performance fairly subdued and simple. Glad you liked it. Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

lengold	lengold said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	Love the lyrics! Great collaboration - beautiful sound bed and truly inspired lyrics and vocals. Loved it. Downloaded. Thanks. Cheers Len Check out my latest song called Dodgy Doughnut

rsorensen	rsorensen said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	lyrics thanks len. They've been written since 2006 with no song. They never really worked with anything I came up with so I gave up on trying. Then I heard 'e-bow sizzle'... Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

lavalamp	lavalamp said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	Two of my favorite.... join forces. Great collab. Not so mainstream, which I dig. Reminds me of something (VOCALS). Trent Reznor of a Sound Garden track. Great stuff. Did not expect this kind of song from you two. Have a great week. Dave Check out my latest song called Googolplex Times Zero

rsorensen	rsorensen said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	Thanks Dave You're probably thinking of NIN's 'Hurt'. The first vocal melody I came up with sounded a lot like it so I reworked it quite a bit. It still definitely gives off the same vibe of that song though. Thanks for checking it out. Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

tokai	tokai said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	2nite the vox work well with the track and sound great. inspirational words well worked. cheers. Check out my latest song called maizuru/Bud/Char

rsorensen	rsorensen said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	tokai thanks for stopping by for a listen. Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

MarkHolbrook	MarkHolbrook said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	Great sound! I love the intro guitar work! It really is a beautiful sound scape! Check out my latest song called Never Say Goodbye - Bond Challenge

rsorensen	rsorensen said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	soundscape Thanks Mark. I agree! Michael definitely seems to know what he's doing. Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

davisamerica	davisamerica said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	right then very nice collab .. loved the vocals alot ... soundbed is amazingly cool ... good collab folks Check out my latest song called No Son(egobandit band)

rsorensen	rsorensen said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	thanks a lot for checking this one out. glad you liked it. Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

ThinkTank	ThinkTank said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	Compelling music. That intro was great! Have'nt heard the original , but this is a great track!

rsorensen	rsorensen said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	original thanks. imagine this without vocals and you've heard the original. I wouldn't mess with perfection! Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

magnatone	magnatone said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	Tonight wow - this is just gorgeous guys - congratulations Check out my latest song called Symphonic Smackdown

rsorensen	rsorensen said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	:) Thanks for checking this out. Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

michael2	michael2 said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	dude you really did an amazing job on this one. i had a few people tell me that I should put vox on this and could never come up with anything, and you did it perfectly. love the part, the lyrics and the way you recorded it. excellent job my friend. Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

rsorensen	rsorensen said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	thanks michael for letting me in on this one. I had to get right up on the mic when I recorded the vox. Made for some interesting and somewhat disturbing collateral sounds I had to try and supress! Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

Barretok	Barretok said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	Great! What a good composition. Eerie sounds and vocals creating the perfect atmosphere for the lyrics. B Check out my latest song called ANOTHER STORY

rsorensen	rsorensen said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	eerie thanks B. Yeah it's got a pretty haunting sound for sure. Thanks for listening and commenting. Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

Skean	Skean said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	Very cool I kinda love all in this the lyrics is sung so cool as the song bed is a beauty.. Great collab guys. Peace --- Kenta Check out my latest song called Let's Go Trippy

rsorensen	rsorensen said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	thanks thank you Kenta. Really enjoyed your Noises tune. Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

SystematicFailure	SystematicFailure said 590 days ago (April 14th, 2008)
	/// those are real deep lyrics man. sounds like you had a bit of a struggle at some point. well thanks for sharing. great music and vocals, great collaboration here! Check out my latest song called Pamoana

rsorensen	rsorensen said 589 days ago (April 15th, 2008)
	struggles heh yeah haven't we all. thanks for listening. Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

saymme	saymme said 589 days ago (April 15th, 2008)
	.. 10s..

rsorensen	rsorensen said 589 days ago (April 15th, 2008)
	:) thanks for the high ratings, saymme. and for listening. Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

Alannah

Alannah said 589 days ago (April 15th, 2008)

Very Kewl ....
... for starters one couldn't go wrong with a great M2 soundbed .... but wow .. those vox totally make this into one awesome tune .... this is right up my alley (hmmm how did I miss it in my tinkerings searches ....) I wouldn't mind learning what techniques you used to mix the vocals ... it's a sound I have tried to achieve but usually don't quite hit what you have done here ..... great tune!

Check out my latest song called I'm Drownin' - Smokey VW (feat Alannah) + Outtaorbit

rsorensen

rsorensen said 588 days ago (April 15th, 2008)

vocal mix
thanks allanah. yeah i'm so happy i found this little gem to add a vocal to. You're right, one can never go wrong with an M2 track for sure.
As for my mixing techniques, I can't remember exactly what I did, but it all started with 'telephone lines' effect in GB on the vox with a ton of tweaks and the 'Gentle' vocal compression. For that last 'tonight' scream at the end I used the same settings but with a ton of amp simulation and 'extreme compression'.

Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 588 days ago (April 15th, 2008)
	double nice you came up with a great vocal for this tune by Michael. fits like a glove. the hushed vocal approach seems to have been the perfect approach. Check out my latest song called November

rsorensen

rsorensen said 588 days ago (April 15th, 2008)

hush
thanks vic. yeah i had originally planned the vocals to really build at the end but opted to keep it quiet, save the distorted 'toniiiiiiiiiight', which is pretty buried anyway. I didn't want to to overshadow the feel and atmosphere michael created with my singing so I tried to keep everything pretty low key. Glad you dug it and thanks for checking it out.

Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

dajama	dajama said 588 days ago (April 15th, 2008)
	Excellent Very cool collab. I love the music, and the vocal is a perfect fit, melting into the sounds beautifully. Lyrics are great, too, and the mood and tone of the words and the music work very well together. Nicely done. Peace. Check out my latest song called Across the Wire (MJRF)

rsorensen	rsorensen said 588 days ago (April 15th, 2008)
	mood thanks dajama. he definitely set a mood with this piece. I'm happy you think I reflected it in my vocals too. Thanks for commenting. Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

timothy devine	timothy devine said 588 days ago (April 15th, 2008)
	Perfect vocal this works so well. I have a song I did with one of michaels posts also, so i understand how inspiering his music can be. this is awesome you vox is just fitting in the bed so freekin perfect. u think i like it? peace tim Check out my latest song called Mankind Needs a Change/WoodstockII

rsorensen	rsorensen said 588 days ago (April 16th, 2008)
	yep inspiring for sure. thanks for checking it out and liking it! Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

Nick_Flash	Nick_Flash said 588 days ago (April 16th, 2008)
	definitely a great sound bed and the vocals complete it well. Reminds me of something out of a movie. The mood you've captured with the soft vocals is great. Perfect collab guys! Nick Check out my latest song called Wake Up

rsorensen	rsorensen said 588 days ago (April 16th, 2008)
	movie thanks nick. yeah kinda sounds like something out of a Michael Mann movie - Heat or Collateral maybe. Thanks for listening. Looking forward to POW ;) Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 588 days ago (April 16th, 2008)
	Warm fuzzy! In a dream... I got the sense of an internal strategy... The sound is very nice here! Check out my latest song called Capitalist's Drag

rsorensen	rsorensen said 588 days ago (April 16th, 2008)
	yeah i get that sense too. kind of a dreamy blurry type thing. when I heard the original the visual of blurry city lights at night popped in my mind. you know when you look at something so long it takes you somewhere else and your vision blurs? Thus the pic I attached to the song. thanks for the comment Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

echoroom	echoroom said 588 days ago (April 16th, 2008)
	Jeez ,,,, that M2 surely can write 'em... what a beautiful track. You put a great vocal on this, perfectly suits the song... GREAT work guys. Check out my latest song called Deeper (w/t Racerat)

rsorensen	rsorensen said 588 days ago (April 16th, 2008)
	echoroom thanks dude. he certainly can! Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

	said 587 days ago (April 16th, 2008)
	m2&RS Great music, vocals fit that hauntingly pretty music quite right Love the lyrics as well!

rsorensen	rsorensen said 587 days ago (April 17th, 2008)
	hauntingly pretty thanks for listening tom. appreciated! Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

bud	bud said 587 days ago (April 17th, 2008)
	Great collab - I just love it when gifts collide Inspired vocals and lyrics - really fit the vibe of Michael's track with the perfect blend of inage and emotion - abstraction and allusion. Coulda worn this was conceived together. Great voice and performance. Check out my latest song called try not to think

rsorensen	rsorensen said 586 days ago (April 18th, 2008)
	thanks bud yah it worked out pretty good. i dont know if michael planned to add vocals to this (i think not), but he structured in a way that made sense. guess he's just a natural. Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

Macaudion

Macaudion said 586 days ago (April 18th, 2008)

This one really does talk to me...
This was just a combination that was meant to be. Haven't heard the original, and this is my first time hearing your vocals, rsorensen but this is certainly a treat to hear. Great writing too. Michael2 has to be one of the most creative souls here. Always something solid and fresh coming outta that guy. Excellent writing too, rsorensen.

You guys gotta be happy w/ this. Great job! Thanks! Dion

Check out my latest song called 123 iGetU

rsorensen	rsorensen said 586 days ago (April 18th, 2008)
	thanks Dion Yah I am pretty happy with it. Thanks a lot for listening and commenting. Glad you stopped by. Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

Bob Rodgers	Bob Rodgers said 586 days ago (April 18th, 2008)
	Great! Love this! great guitar intro, a wonderful collab, a great vocal and lyrics, very much enjoyed!! Check out my latest song called In My Mind

rsorensen	rsorensen said 586 days ago (April 18th, 2008)
	guitar intro thanks bob rodgers! michael's ebow work in this slays me every time. Glad you enjoyed it. Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

dlb	dlb said 585 days ago (April 19th, 2008)
	real cool This is great, so original. Love the vocals and some real tasteful e-bowing guitar very nice! Check out my latest song called All About You (ft. Linda Courtien)

rsorensen	rsorensen said 585 days ago (April 19th, 2008)
	ebow thanks dave. Every guitar player should have an ebow! Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

	said 585 days ago (April 19th, 2008)
	Superb!! Stunningly beautiful outstanding music Do I like it though? I luuuuve it!! Well done you guys Fav and Dowload ( all help) cheers Peace Dee.

rsorensen	rsorensen said 585 days ago (April 19th, 2008)
	:) thanks dee! been meaning to check out your latest too. will do now! Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

aclarke	aclarke said 583 days ago (April 20th, 2008)
	Outstanding Almost like this was written with you lyrics in mind. Really a perfect match for you both.... this is a keeper (and download)! Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

rsorensen	rsorensen said 583 days ago (April 20th, 2008)
	cool thanks a lot for downloading, man. really glad you enjoyed it. Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

saymme

saymme said 583 days ago (April 21st, 2008)

...lissening. . . again . . dl : ) (forgot)
This song is totally AMAZING .
back for 2 Imagine a whole CD with this kind of Music.. You 2 together are really something more than the regular !(!) that would kick some ass -don't know how to say it - it would be.. overwhelming, brilliant, a DREAM : ) ! I love what You wrote under 'Hardware' hehehe just great! MORE!!! & More positive lyrics -
Courtsey to You both Amen Helena

rsorensen	rsorensen said 583 days ago (April 21st, 2008)
	Helena hey thanks a lot for the return visit and download. glad you enjoyed this so much. might take a while but, we have another collab in the works. Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

Heightened	Heightened said 581 days ago (April 22nd, 2008)
	This is outstanding! Loved the flow - perfect in fact. Check out my latest song called A Journey Through Starburst Galaxy M82

rsorensen	rsorensen said 581 days ago (April 23rd, 2008)
	thanks thanks for catching up last night Joe ;) Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

	said 579 days ago (April 25th, 2008)
	Nice! Good work. Mikey has some old stuff that in need to re-mix with more instruments and here you are... picking up a sound bed to lend your great vocals. This is really great! I'm glad to know you both... Great team together! Keep them coming! Take Care - Yeman A. Al-Rawi

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Name: R Sorensen

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