Top shelf material Richie, but I would expect nothing less from you. Lisa is such a tremendous singer that it requires a really talented musician like yourself to keep up with her....she sets the bar really high, and you clear that bar with your excellent musicianship and production skills. Two super talents working together to make one hell of a song. Some of those chord modulations are just sooooo good. Thanks for sharing a great song with all of us. I hope all is well.

Bear

Greetings
Cool pop track
but I dont think if vocal line is loud a bit or its for my headphone
Kind regards
J_*

Beautifully executed. I really do dig your arrangement as well. The vocal is absolutely gorgeous and your playstyle is quite intimate as well :) Fully enjoyed this one from start to finish!

Brado

PS I sent you an email :P

I love Lisa Stansfield, I feel that you took her style (80's retro 70's and mixed it like this song belonged in the seventies. Cool idea Richie, Cool Listen.
Cru

Wow!!! This is an amazing track from the top to the bottom!! Production is outstanding. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing this with us.

Kyle

PS. haha I should have checked your replies before commenting! I see that you actually explained some technical details regarding to your work on this arrangement in your reply to PJB. Maybe my listening perspective is quite different as I do not really use much hardware stuff for processing the sound.
This summer I started recording classical music on real instruments with quality microphones but that's an another story. It has nothing much to do with my current looperman works which are basically made using synthesizers and DAW. I plan to post some of my classical tracks on SC and maybe here as well at some point in the future.

hello again

thank you for your kind reply! Indeed that's only my personal view and probably I am trying to project it too much in my previous comment.
I always tend to assume that there is something to investigate and to consider (and also to improve) when comes to music-making. Maybe I should change that attitude when commenting on other's stuff.

It doesn't take anything from my true appreciation of your work at all! Those are only some abstract speculations of mine after listening to your mix, nothing really serious. By mentioning the 'retro' processing I was only speculating about the possibilities of eventual positive very slight changes of the color of single tracks/instruments/layers. It is not to say that any further adjustments are necessary in your arrangement at all. Some processing (it might be a real-time processing when recording instruments as well) may help to add some warmth or presence or change positively the overall sound of the mix - that's just a concept.

I know that digital processing diminishes the original signal and basically it affects the sound in a negative way. Also I avoid using limiters as possible. They help to make music loud enough but here on Looperman I can just produce the music that I like so there is noo need for me to adjust it to any specific contemporary radio volume standards at all. I am only trying to get as much quality sound from the very beginning as I can and honestly I do not care about mastering to the modern level that much so far. Also I do not make music in any particular style at the moment (which is confusing to others I guess).

I really liked your vision and I truly appreciate sound-image of your arrangement. Sorry if I was a bit unclear and difficult.

Best to you, Alex

hello Richie!

This is one great song. I entirely agree with others - it could be easily played on the radio. I have a CD compilation with 70's/80's soul/discofunk titled '100% Pure Groove' and your production is so smooth and stylish regarding to this. The arrangement is very gentle. I am really enjoying keys, soft strings and funky bassline a lot.

I think you can always consider processing each instrumental track using some retro plugins for example, or maybe adding a 80's type of re-verb on drums even (I am using this simple software http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=1872 which can make drums sound so very 80's). Also the older music is usually quieter. Listening closely on headphones yesterday I noticed a little overpower on the vox track (especially around 2:16, 2:31 and similar places) - maybe it is just a bit too hot mixed. The guitar around 2:50 may profit from adding a bright reverb to correspond stylistically with vox better. I say this because I had impression that it is placed somewhere much closer in the mix but I really liked your playing. It is a slow ballad so maybe a little bit of sax would be cool at places as well.
Those are just few ideas of mine after listening closely to your track. I am not a professional producer haha. I hope it is relevant somehow anyway.

I am always impressed by your instrumental arranging work. Thank you for sharing with us such a nice song.
Alex

I think its most all been said in the comments ahead of me Richie...I really wish the hell I could find music like this in the commercial (non indie) world...its is just so damn good...if I were to go down the list of performance and production check offs they would all be ticked off with top scores...guess all I have to do is join the rest of your listeners in a standing ovation....I always expect the best here at your palace and it always seems to be even better than could be expected...superb.....Ed

Wow Richie, this is incredible dear friend. Like PJB said, great production and musicianship as always. Love the vocals, it really complements the song very well. I envy you, your mix is top notch...lol. Seriously, great job man. 10/10

TBK

Hey Richie....awesome mix man!!! seriously good work, there is no one I've heard(yet)that gets anywhere near your production skills within a DAW. The difference between this track and a professionally produced mega buck production is bugger all, I'm sitting here gobsmacked at the balance you've achieved here, we all want great guitar tone, we all want realistic drums and keys, isolated and taken individually the average listener is going to say so what if you played him your guitar track,but when it's insinuated into the mix it's as near perfect as your going get with digital music, I repeat again exceptional work...and yes you are very lucky to be working with such a gifted vocalist or rather she's extremely lucky to be working with you...interestingly if Lisa was an African American this track would probably be categorized as soul!haha ..it's such a pleasure listening to good music and you never ever disappoint,tips me lid man....cheers Dave :)

Richie!

Standing ovation!!!

Incredible track...this is a winner...can't say more...

Fav, dl of course, handshake, Danke