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Songwriter Forum => Competitions => Topic started by: cheff daniel on March 21, 2012, 12:59:47 PM
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this is one of my older songs, recorded this morning. just plain guitar and vocal. there's a little hiss and a false note on the guitar track but so be it.
http://soundcloud.com/cheff-daniel/01-steps-and-moves
gr. Dan
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this certainly fits the bill dan/cheff ....should i be calling you dan becos ive been calling you cheff?
it totaly works as a complete song in just 1.14mins which is very impressive & doesnt sound like its cut short or should go on longer
i love your big cuddly voice as usual......yes very impressive & probaly hard to beat! :(
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Got to concur with Tinam here. 1:14 and a complete sounding song! Brilliant.... and i've just chucked my first idea in the bin after hearing that, all of a sudden it sounds very crap. :(
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Hi Dan,
Your voice has great character and it is lovely to hear your songwriting skills shine through with a basic arrangement of guitar and vocal. Neat fingerpicking and emotional vocal. Well done with this one.
Paul
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Another great one Dan, i can almost feel some pain from that vibe, hopefully i'm mistaken
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yes, your vocal is so damn you, extremely good
could i ask you, Cheff Dan, one day to sing a few lines to one of my crappy songs
please, even though i know my music is totally not your music
but i would love to have you sing a bridge in one of my poor uptempo synthesizer songs, i hope you are prepared to do that
anyway i loved this short song, as always and sounds like a natural very short song
i loved your singing the best of it
i am going to look at my short song collection now, i have one or two in my files
but thanks for sharing this, Dan
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Jesus s*** Dan,
Love this, brilliant, What a beautiful song brilliantly played & sung, tremendous lyric, just pure quality mate :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
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Really good mate and like everyone says it's a complete song :)
And it's a good song! Your vocals are ace :)
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Enjoyed the lyric to this...as ever, your voice suits it totally and it's definitely your style :)
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Short, sweet and complete, enjoyed very much.
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love it, rich tones, great vocal and lyric - complete. Love it. BTB
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thanks everyone. dutchbeat, thats to much honour, songsmith i will think about your pm thanks for the offer.
gr. Dan
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Short, sweet, very warm and endearingly human vocal.
I wanted it to keep going with a string section coming in! Always a good sign
Only criticism is that the chord choice is a bit well-trodden. But this is more about the vocal and vibe anyway
Ace!
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You really are the man - you have a voice that would melt an iceberg Dan
And you work really hard to pull the lyrics and production together
But this is one I think deserves a longer production ;D
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thanks james and andrew. i thought about the strings and a basic standup bass, but decided to keep it like it is. andy i think that everything has been said, making it longer would only be a repetition of parts.
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How did you record the guitar on this Dan?
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this is my little 12 fret parlor guitar, stringed with elixer nanoweb 0.12 tuned a half step down for better resonation. i use one tube condenser mike at 20 cm pointed somewhere between the 12th fret and the soundhole on the trebleside of the guitar. this guitar have a round sound from its self, other guitars like a dread or OM would sound more crisp.
gr. Dan
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Sounds so nice, a real woody deep sound.
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Love it Dan. Perfect.
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thank you. i've been playing around a lot with this stuff just to get that sound right. sometimes i use a second mike at the bridge for more detail, but i like the one close mike best.
gr. Dan
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This is really nice
Only thing that stood out to me (because i used to do it!) you say "fings" and not "things"
Probably not a problem...i know i just spent a lot of time amking sure i didnt do it when singing as it felt so natural to me but always got picked out by people
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haha, the funny fing is that the word is not in the song. but you're right i do that. how do you know that?
gr. Dan
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haha, the funny fing is that the word is not in the song. but you're right i do that. how do you know that?
gr. Dan
Oh goodness!! I was listening to a load of peoples work on here..... i seem to have written this comment about a song that wasnt actually yours!!
Sorry about that - this song is excellent
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no problem at all, thanks for the comment.
gr. Dan
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oh, this is lovely! Nice work!