Hey @moptop by your monicker I was expecting something in a sixties Beatles vibe and this has it in spades! A really fun jaunty piece, tells the story of working on the open roads really well, I would say that the vocals could do with being given a bit more punch to stand out a bit, but, that was fun! And welcome to the forum!
Thanks MMM, appreciate the kind words. Yeah, I'm very much a fan of the 60's pop era.
I believe I've commented on this elsewhare.............however, it's worth pointing out again that this is great.
Love the vibe. You are very consistent..............great job. Thanks!
-Tom
Thank Tom, good to see you on this site!
Hey Moptop, massive welcome to the forum, I hope you dig it here. I enjoyed your track - to me it had a warm, charming, jaunty, old-school feel - it put me in mind of bands like Gerry and the Pacemakers. If you want suggestions, I found the vocal a little hard to pick out sometimes - maybe shift the lead vocal take up a little bit in the mix above the BVs. Lyrically I liked the positivity and familiarity of it... I guess anyone who works in sales or an office will identify with it (well that was my interpretation of it anyway).
Chris,
yes thanks very much for the tip about this site. I'll try my best not to disappoint anyone here!
Hey Moptop, massive welcome to the forum, I hope you dig it here. I enjoyed your track - to me it had a warm, charming, jaunty, old-school feel - it put me in mind of bands like Gerry and the Pacemakers. If you want suggestions, I found the vocal a little hard to pick out sometimes - maybe shift the lead vocal take up a little bit in the mix above the BVs. Lyrically I liked the positivity and familiarity of it... I guess anyone who works in sales or an office will identify with it (well that was my interpretation of it anyway).
Hey Pauly,
thanks for the welcome. Well I can't take the credit on the lyrics but the arrangement and melody idea is mine. You have a good ear as you are not the only one who has said the vocals are weak in some spots.
Hi @moptop, I hate saying it reminds me of this or that because this is your original sound, but.....a definite feel of Belle and Sebastian. It's a happy poppy sort of number, makes you tap your foot and want to sing along so that's good. It's well put together and sounds pretty polished. Personally, I think I prefer v1 as it's more rocky although the vocals need tidying up and a slight over use of sound effects! I guess it depends what direction you are heading in. I listened to a few more of your songs and I think v2 does fit better with those as a whole catalogue of work.
A great first post!
Pete, thanks for the kudo's on the my first post here. I am not familiar with Belle and Sebastian unless you are talking about John Sebastian? The Belle name doesn't ring a bell though . (sorry LOL) Thanks for the listen of some of my other songs. Yes, V1 is more of a rocker and that's actually the version that we picked to use as the challenge song.
Thanks to everyone for your kind comments and the warm welcomes. I've been a little slow on getting back here and I do apologize for that but hopefully I'll get to spend more time here in near future as I am looking forward to hearing others pieces posted here.
Moptop
