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« on: December 28, 2018, 09:14:55 PM »
It's a song about the end of a relationship.


To thank god
1) Long time ago you walked hand in hand
And it seemed your love never ends
Divided in two now it’s only you
It’s only you it’s only you
2) Sometimes you dreaming of a better time
You never asked here: “Will you be mine?”
After she is gone you noticed some things went wrong
Some things went wrong some things went wrong.
Chorus: Now it’s to late no way back
time didn’t tell how to protect from hell
Now it’s too late now it’s too late
3) Out in the dark you are alone
Your eyes filled with tears
Your heart becomes stone
No helping hand in this foreign land
Foreign land foreign land
4) Another day and another year
without you but memories are clear
lot’s of broken dreams nothing is what it seems
nothing is what it seems nothing is what it seems
Chorus: Now it’s too late no way back
time didn’t tell how to protect from hell
Now it’s too late now it’s too late
Now it’s too late now it’s too late
Now it’s too late to thank god.

© Voice, Words, Guitar and arrangement Alexander Fisch aka ><(((°> fischermans
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« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2018, 09:19:24 PM »
I love your style man and I don't give a fig about the production side of things as I think your songs just portray a lovely long lost innocence that is often lost in whirls of production.  Bravo. I loved it  :)

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« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2018, 09:42:10 AM »
Cool song, man. Has bags of charm.

I love how it's not overblown. Songs can sound complete and real without being buffed and polished and having mascara slapped all over them, eyebrows coloured in and delivered with a trout-pout. In fact, this goes to show that they can have much more impact this way.

A red pill. I loved it.
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« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2018, 10:51:16 AM »
@fischermans -

(listened on iphone earbuds on a laptop)

As @pompeyjazz says no issues with the hissing etc. so many plugins try to re create it hoho...

lovely guitar sound, nice lead vocal. I think I'd ditch the twangy high pitched mandolin thing over to one side, to me it distracted from the meat and veg of the song.

Could do with a bridge, or introduce a bunch of BVox on the 'now it's too late'. It sounds a bit linear, there's no dynamic contrast, imagine a classical piece, there's so many dynamic instructions like crescendo, diminuendo etc. to make the piece look like a mountain range (sonically).

just an idea, hope it helps

Rich


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« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2018, 12:14:18 PM »
A song that breaks your heart...I think it could be trimmed even more by removing the distracting twiddly guitar in the left channel, the song doesn't need it..

best, Kevin :)
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« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2018, 01:02:18 PM »
A great tune.

Guitars compliment the voices so well....like this style.

An enjoyable listen.


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« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2018, 01:03:31 PM »
Hey @fischermans  - I think charming is the perfect word for you and your music. This has a lovely honesty to it. I always love your guitar playing and so do I here - I tend to agree though that the higher part in the left ear is not required and distracts from the lovely vocal and guitar. Sad song, delivered very well...

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« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2018, 10:20:52 PM »
Perfect lyrics, the delivery is sublime and really heartfelt. Top notch.

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« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2019, 06:42:45 AM »
@pompeyjazz Wow thank you sooooo much.
@PaulAds Thank you so much. Mades me real happy.
@cowparsleyman Thank you Rich but i think it takes years to get me on a high producing standard. ;D
@shadowfax Thank you Kevin, I promise the next song is without a twiddling guitar in the left channel.  ;)
@Movin Flavour Thank you so much Sandeep
@MonnoDB Thank you Karen. To call my music charming is a great compliment.
@RealKevM You definitely made my day sir. Thanks for that.
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« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2019, 08:28:58 AM »
Hi @fischermans - your songs is really good, production quality comes wth time and practice, this forum is here to help you if we can, maybe just give the ideas a try and see if you think it improves the song, nothing to lose.

Simple arrangement decisions can make a song much better even before anyone has started the sound production, getting that right first saves an awful lot of work later on

Hope it helps

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« Reply #10 on: January 02, 2019, 09:37:34 AM »
I really like this -very well sung , very emotive- I couldn’t stop listening , very powerful xxx

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« Reply #11 on: January 04, 2019, 10:26:38 AM »
Alex,
Good to have you back here. Really refined your songwriting and recording. You've just kept the simplicity but sound so much more confident, both in your playing and singing.
Good work
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« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2019, 12:27:53 PM »
Very evocative song, really transmits the emotion of the theme.


I do always like your guitar sounds - the interplay between the two is really unique and atmospheric. I may have said this before but probably the chorus could do with some more differentiation from the verses and the second (twiddly) guitar - though of course it's a key part of your original sound - being used for emphasis rather than all through.


But overall the song is very effective - the music and pace tell the story almost as much as the words.

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« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2019, 02:37:39 PM »
Really lovely stuff, sounds like a found tape from the 60s that someone like Bert Jansch recorded in someone kitchen.

Delicate and understated and all the better for it.

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« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2019, 06:26:33 PM »
I could hear our own Rightly doing this song. Very individualistic in composition and delivery.

The song is strong and it stands alone without the need for anything else.

I'd concur with Kev and at least drop the other guitar out some of the time.

Very enjoyable and honest work.