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Hey I remastered my song...if anyone had listened to it earlier...let me know if you think it sounds better. Later this weekend I am going to re-upload the songs on myspace.com/theclintmurphy so if you want the unmastered version for comparison you can find it there...until after the weekend.

Thanks

If you want people to listen to and evaluate your songs (let alone listening to 2 different versions of the same song), you might consider reciprocating.
. . . just a thought . . . but you'll probably get responses from more people if they can see that you've taken the time to listen to the songs of all the responders, in turn . . .
. . . whatever . . . good luck with your recordings . . .

samwhich is right(sorry). You gotta make sure to reciprocate,
:29 is a hair weird for voice
firght at 50 you get louder... and to :58. that is as a direct result of a deep breath and it sounds good... try and do that more.
I think the placement of the phrases could be more rehearsed in a few spots. I don't really hear any spots that are obviously out of tune.

here's your song from a music standpoint:
Key of Gmajor: G A B C D E F# G
harmonized chord scale:
Gma7 Ami7 Bmi7 Cma7 D7 Emi7 F#mi7b5
--1-----2-----3-----4------5---6-----7--------
that means your progression is a 1 4 6 5... if we took out the Emi it would be a 1 4 5 progression... remember all the fuss about that progression? Anywho I tell you this cause you could use the info to add melody lines with yer guitar, or add a change to the song to spice it up...
try adding the F#mi to Ami to Bmi to Cma and you'll see what I mean.
anywho
mv

I thought I had listened...and responded...but maybe I hadn't...sorry

But, as far as the harmonizing...I am trying to learn how to do that, but your latest post I think has given me something I might be able to start from. I know the last two just were above my head. Truly I should take music thoery and learn this stuff huh? Thanks for your time and I will make sure I listen and reciprocate, because obviously I hadn't. Again I apologize. This is a great thing that bandmix has going for musicians and I wouldn't want to hinder it in any way.

ClintMurphy wrote:I thought I had listened...and responded...but maybe I hadn't...sorry.

-when I responded I was just saying in general... not specifically you cause you did respond to at least one of my songs... but since you mentioned it please do take one more listen. I would appreciate your comments as I can always learn from them.

ClintMurphy wrote:But, as far as the harmonizing...I am trying to learn how to do that, but your latest post I think has given me something I might be able to start from. I know the last two just were above my head. Truly I should take music thoery and learn this stuff huh? Thanks for your time and I will make sure I listen and reciprocate, because obviously I hadn't. Again I apologize. This is a great thing that bandmix has going for musicians and I wouldn't want to hinder it in any way.

AFA learning theory... I learned by reading books. I figured out 95% of what I know now -when I was maybe 15 years old. I'm not telling you this to toot my own horn(ok I am toot toot), I'm telling you cause I think you have everything you need to know right in the palm of yer hand -once that palm has a book in it...
You certainly don't have to learn the rules... many ppul just use there ear. And this is no substitute for an ear.
I offered the above info just cause it genuinely makes me happy to see someone else eventually 'get it'. Reminds me of times that I got it.
As the songwriter you are, learning the harmonized chord scale is a powerful tool. Learning the chords available to you might open your eyes to possibilities you might not have otherwise 'felt'.
learning the scale is learning the chords, arpeggios, modes, extensions, inversions... the golden key! IMO

here is one position of the scale that goes with your song... gmajor.
I'll place it at the lowest area on the guitar cause then you can see how the notes of the scale could be added to your existing chords to make the chords more complex.

-------------------------------------2-3-5----------------------------3------------
------------------------------1-3-5-----------------------------------0------------
-----------------------0-2-4------------------------------------------0------------
---------------0-2-4--------------------------------------------------2------------
--------0-2-3---------------------------------------------------------3------------
-0-2-3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

-take note of the 3rd fret high e string (BTW you do read tabs right?) This note is right out of the scale and your chord whas a simple open phrasing of a c chord with this added note... I placed the chrod at the end so you can see how each note comes right out of the scale... even the open b string cause it is the sm note as the g string on the 4th fret...
ok I'm outta wind for now...

I thought I read tabs...but I according to that it seems you are saying the Bb is in the Gmaj scale...I thought B was in the Gmaj scale not Bb? On the A string where you have 3 written that means 0 would be playing the third fret of the A string, no? Which would then make the 3rd placement on the A string the 6th fret?

Mike, you said. "samwhich is right(sorry)?"
You jerk. See Bandmix's # 1 post, "Sticky: Forum Members."

ClintMurphy wrote:I thought I read tabs...but I according to that it seems you are saying the Bb is in the Gmaj scale...I thought B was in the Gmaj scale not Bb? On the A string where you have 3 written that means 0 would be playing the third fret of the A string, no? Which would then make the 3rd placement on the A string the 6th fret?

no, the Bb is not in the gma scale. the notes that would coincide with this scale would be...
e f# g, a b c, d e f#, g a b, c d e, f# g a
then of couse the chord wich would be c e g b g
does that clear it up at all?
the strings are arranged(on the diagram) from lowest to highest meaning eadgbe from bottom to top.

Samic-BluesFunkJazz wrote:Mike, you said. "samwhich is right(sorry)?"
You jerk. See Bandmix's # 1 post, "Sticky: Forum Members."

-well if I'm a jerk then your a poopy pants.