[LAU] As promised!

[Norval Watson]

 Hi Will,
That's a nice song with a nice melody and vocals - if you're up for a critical comment, maybe a little too nice?
The synth pad is a bit lush for a mournful song. Sparse would be better. And I'd be playing with the EQ on the voice to bring up the low-mids and cut down on the nasal higher tones.
Maybe cut one verse, and throw in a bridge to suggest a wistful look out the window...
But I liked it!
Cheers
Norv





----- Original Message ----
> From: Folderol <folderol at ukfsn.org>
> To: linux-audio-user at lists.linuxaudio.org
> Sent: Sunday, 13 September, 2009 6:41:21 AM
> Subject: [LAU] As promised!
> 
> Inspiration is a very strange thing. On this occasion there were a
> number of quite separate things going on in my world.
> 
> It was early spring and someone had commented on magnificant sunrises
> there were seeing. My reply was that lately it seemed all my sunrises
> were just shades of grey. Someone else commented that it sounded like a
> song title.
> 
> At that time I had just devised a new voice patch for my favourite
> synthesiser, and had recorded just a few chords. Quite unexpectedtly I
> played a few notes that exactly fitted the phrase 'All of my sunrises
> are shades of grey'.
> 
> Some six months previously, I had gone to the funeral of a very dear
> friend and had been deeply touched by how alone his widow suddenly
> looked. This must have been going round in the back of my mind, and
> once triggered by that phrase, and the sad melody, the entire song was
> written and the music substantially recorded in one day. Normally a
> composition takes months for me to develop.
> 
> My next problem was singing. I collaborated with a friend who did a
> very good job, but have always wanted to sing it myself. It has taken
> about two years to get up to my current standard. This is not good, but
> I think is just about listenable.
> 
> http://www.musically.me.uk/music/All_Of_My_Sunrises.ogg
> 
> All of my sunrises are shades of grey,
> Now that I'm on my own.
> There's no laughter,
> No joy now,
> You left me behind.
> Gone where I can not say.
> So all of my sunrises are shades of gray,
> Now that you've gone away.
> 
> 
> All of my sunrises are shades of grey,
> You were the only one.
> In our springtime,
> We'd run through,
> The meadows and streams.
> Oh how we loved to play.
> Now all of my sunrises are shades of grey,
> The meadows have all turned to clay.
> 
> 
> All of my sunrises are shades of grey.
> We loved each other so.
> We were honest,
> And faithful,
> Through trials and pain.
> Though we were poor, we stayed.
> But all of my sunrises are shades of gray,
> No riches would help me today.
> 
> 
> All of my sunrises are shades of grey,
> I said goodbye in tears.
> Though our children,
> Are with me,
> I know they must go.
> They have their own lives too.
> So all of my sunrises are shades of grey,
> There's nothing for me, without you.
> 
> -- 
> Will J Godfrey
> http://www.musically.me.uk
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