Musician Forum - Band Discussion Board - BandMix

A friend wrote a poem for his wife. He gave it to me to put into a song for their 30th anniversary. I edited the lyrics for phrasing.

It's traditional as it's not my usual looping. I recorded rhythm, bass, drums, wurlitzer electric piano, leads, and vocals on my 16 track fostex digital recorder.

It's the first song on my player. "Every reason why". Looking for listens and feedback if you choose.

Great song Paul I enjoyed it!

nice job. has that '70's Pure Prairie League, Fool's Gold, country rock vibe.
love the Db chord at the end of the "walkup"... nice surprise.

Love it! The main vocal reminds me of They Might Be Giants for some reason. Excellent harmonies.

I hear some country and western in it, but it didn't phase me much at all.

Nice work, Paul !!!

not crazy about the keys/bass/drums following the same line so much, but other than that i like it. nice harmonizing. like the raw recording sound. almost live sounding.
You carried the essence of the lyrics well in the song.
I never expect anything but good work from you Paul!

I really enjoyed it. Not at all what I expected from just looking at your profile pic. I guess I kinda made an ass oughtta u and me. For assuming huh?

J-HALEY wrote:Great song Paul I enjoyed it!

Thanks J!

Planetguy wrote:nice job. has that '70's Pure Prairie League, Fool's Gold, country rock vibe.
love the Db chord at the end of the "walkup"... nice surprise.

Sweet compliment! I'll take it!

jimmydanger wrote:Love it! The main vocal reminds me of They Might Be Giants for some reason. Excellent harmonies.

Sweet! LOL! I'll take that too!

Chief Engineer Scott wrote:I hear some country and western in it, but it didn't phase me much at all.

Nice work, Paul !!!

I can see that C&W too. Thanks!

Hayden King wrote:not crazy about the keys/bass/drums following the same line so much, but other than that i like it. nice harmonizing. like the raw recording sound. almost live sounding.
You carried the essence of the lyrics well in the song.
I never expect anything but good work from you Paul!

Thanks Hayden!

jacob475108 wrote:I really enjoyed it. Not at all what I expected from just looking at your profile pic. I guess I kinda made an ass oughtta u and me. For assuming huh?

Well, move on to the second and third song. The third one fits the profile pic. I also do instrumental, country, spoken word, rap, a capella, etc etc etc Thanks for the listen and feedback.

Thanks all for responding. The only guitar is my 4 string cigar box guitar as many of you would expect. And the drums are my 3 piece stand up kit.

Very Well Structured song. Its got all the right parts and it works very well.. Pleasant to listen to ... Very Nice job.

Thanks PD. CBG didn't deter you?

neanderpaul wrote:Thanks PD. CBG didn't deter you?

Ha ha Not at all... (And I never said you didnt kick ass on on it ...

Pretty neat little song.

However! <---

... I think you could get away with chopping from 1:16 to 2:31, and it would be just as good, but shorter.
I know you like the shorter ones, so just a thought.

Interesting, another musician friend said that was his favorite part of the song. That was the very first part of the song. It came to me as a whistling solo. It actually dictated the whole chord progression. Thanks for the response!

Oh it's good playing, but it echos what's there already.
Just an idear