[Sonny And The Dark]

Hi you have a great recording voice and some interesting melodic ideas that sound like they would go down well with an American County Pop radio station. I can't make any comments on the lyrics because to be honest I have no idea about the background story but I think people would quite happily listen to this on the radio without feeling the need to analyse the words as the melodies are very emotive.

[Wicked Deeds]

Polished and reasonably  modern/currrent to  my ears.  There's more than a hint of Gary's Barlow in the vocal too. I could imagine him writing a song such as this;  at least in it's melodic direction. Radio  friendly from start to finish.  What did your online tutor say about this ? wonder could he/she write something of this very high calibre?

Well done my friend!

Paul

[mickyplankton]

Superb song. Very catchy. If I may be bold I have one suggestion for (possible improvement)

Beef up the guitar in the chorus. Perhaps switch to electric and throw some power chords in there. Cheers Micky.

[Movin Flavour]

Great song Leo.

Excellent vocals  and some great singing and cool production.

Reminds me of Seal, but with a modern touch.

What's not to enjoy.


Sandeep

[crystalsuzy]

Yup, definitely got that brilliant Leo vibe Sounds like the backing track and the vocal melody were built together, so well done. It's not always that easy to do...I've tried
Fantastic vocals as always and I love the underlying BV's near the end 
The lyrical concept is compelling. Not sure if this is your own experience, but it would interesting to know more about it 

[MonnoDB]

Fascinating lyrics - are the real/ based on reality @LostBoy ? Melody and vocals up to your usual off-the-scale levels. Just amazing. What a great course to produce songs of this quality - how was this song received / marked on the course? It's top quality so I'm hoping that the feedback on the course was effusively positive! Great great job, Leo!

[LostBoy]

@MonnoDB @Rightly @crystalsuzy @Movin Flavour @mickyplankton @Wicked Deeds @Sonny And The Dark @shadowfax @digger72 @Binladeda

Thank you very much everyone. 😄🎶👊🏻🎶The course went well and the teachers liked the stuff I came up with. However, I am still far from my dream and I still have a tonne to learn and although I’m grateful for the comments about “radio” I know that my mixing and mastering REALLY needs work to even have a chance. (Hahaha and yes, def not radio one or Kerrang!!😆)

As for this particular song....yep it’s a true story about me....a vague story for sure, but true all the same. 😊 I think it’s that word “camouflage” that’s throwing people, but I didn’t mean literal camouflage. I was a missionary many years ago throughout Natal and Swaziland. This song is a thank you to everyone I met out there. I learnt waaaay more than I taught.😊👍🏻

[RealKevM]

Really commercial (in a good way) such a great tune and it's refreshing to hear a song about not the usual topics.

[Paulski]

It's all been said but just wanted to show my thumbs in the upward position and congratulate you on this stellar work 
Great job Leo - why isn't this on the freakin' radio? 

Paul

[Inanité_sonore]

Hello,

You have a beautiful voice, and you sing very well. I find the melody pretty well successful. The mix is not bad. Echo effects are well done for exemple.
 It's a great job!

IS

[tboswell]

Very nicely put together, and performed really well. Kind of made me think of Toto, with the slight 80s touches.
Not sure Toto actually ever went to Africa though

[montydog]

Hi,

This is an absolutely excellent, professional sounding and chart friendly track. Your vocals are stellar, the melody is beautiful and the lyrics are intelligent and cliche free. The standard on here is crazy now. It's pretty well perfect. 10 out of 10 from the South Devon jury.

M