Thank you all for your input on this track! And a huge thanks to
@Boydie for this forum!
I thought explaining the song in the original post would take away some focus from the song but here it is.
A bit personal, so if you don't fancy that go to the section after.
It's autobiographic and the theme is alcoholism. Some say drinking is an escape, but it really is embracing life. You take a slice and you indulge in it. 'F the rest. Coz no one can deal with everything. So just stick with what you're good at.'
Here's where the tears come in. I got clinically sober this Friday and I'll stick too it for the rest of my life. (Insert live sized smiley) Life has never been this beautiful, never this dark. But it's ok.
The list:
@pompeyjazz Thanks, I'm real proud of the organ part. It's three different stems with a synth each. First time I used my music education on a recording.
@ Neil C
I like that line too. Even used it twice (insert smiley). I put all of Elliott Smiths records as a playlist and had them on shuffle/repeat for over a year.
@adamfarr Thanks, I recorded a vocal harmony with higher pitch to use in the chorus, but decided to stick with using a panned lower harmony and filling the high register with organ.
@PaulAds Thank you! I'm not intending to add drums, bit a big thanks for the offer!
@Cawproductions Thanks, If I keep writing (ha) quality stuff(ha) like this I'll consider studio time, but till then 8 square meters of living room will ave to suffice.
@Skub Thank you! Honestly I hate americana (they even named a coffee made of 1/5 espresso and 4/5 hot water after it, very apt) but I'm very glad you hear some Neil in it!
@The Portrait Piano Thanks, my first idea was to emulate real instruments but them all the knobs in the synth plugin got hold of me.
@crystalsuzy Thank you! I wanted the vocals to go from a cocky Mick Jagger style and to a more intimate chorus, and I think it worked.
@Yodasdad Thank you! In the first mix the vocals where a bit harsh, so I changed some settings. But just some dB here and there can change stuff a bit too much. In the future I'll use parallel effect chains and mix them instead of adding .5 decibels here and there. For this track I mostly used the FAT channel plugin in Studio One. So much more useful than point and click graphic eq.