Man your lyrics are so "no nonesense" and to the point.
I generally don't listen to lyrics just to the Vocal melodic
contributions to a track but, the lyrics on this track captured me. I wondered at first if you were going to fly solo with your Piano and Bass. You rounded the track out with the Guitar,Drums and more Vocal accent/accompaniments. It turned out soulfully beautiful .
Yeah I played around a bit with the instrumentation and BPM. I first recorded a version that was a bit faster with more guitar, then went to the piano to practice playing it live (solo) and decided it needed a slower build-up... and as I recorded that I felt it needed power chords again ;)
I'm happy with the way it sounds now although I'm going to redo some of the vocals.
Thanks so much for listening my friend!!
Thank you man! I spent a lot of time fussing over the album and some stuff in my personal life (no worries, mostly housing stuff)... and I feel now my creativity is coming back. I have some more new tracks I'm working on so there should be more soon!
nice work Bou, lovely vocal and a great delivery too bro, love the guitar and keys, its great to have you back sharing, i do check in on your YouTube though :))
BaoBou. The raw character and the jump right in boldness of how you do what you do is admirable all day long. Your musical DNA is obvious and translates wonderfully. To the degree that the in progress/process imperfections, that's naturally present, doesn't really mean a thing. You have a great ear, and you will definitely get to where you need to be with the technical things. Keep going! I thoroughly enjoyed the listen. Peace.
Thanks Mark! It's a bit less raw now... hope you like it!
I'm still not fully happy, but I was able to save more than I thought originally, so that's good :)
This is upbeat and a little funky. Sounds like a live band practice which I like.
Good luck with the album!
I love the creative process. I wonder sometimes where the ideas, the melodies and harmonies come from in our minds as we put together our creations. But I do love the mixing and production side of things, I must say.
I try not to think about the creative process, but give me a guitar or a piano or a drumset and I'll create something. I just have to.
Mixing... I can really only hear the music, and I need really focus on the mixing process to clean things up, because I know that to most (sane) people, all the little things that might not matter to me, distract from my music to other people.
It's really important, it's also often a chore to me, but I know it's important in order to get heard, just like writing in proper sentences helps to get your ideas across. You can't just claim well all the words are there.
nice work BoaBou, great playing and instrumentation, funky and groovy, and im sure you'll tidy it up and make it sound even better, but the happiness is clearly evident in your singing, well done bro keep up the great work
Hi BaoBou
Ik vroeg mij al af waar je was gebleven maar nu is het duidelijk.Een comeback met weer een geweldige funky track.
Deze zal je zeker veel werk hebben gekost als ik al die mooie geluiden van al die instrumenten hoor .
Ik ben het trouwens helemaal met je eens dat het maken van een track veel leuker is dan al dat afmixen.
Maarja..het moet wel he.
Haha, ik heb hier veel te weinig aan gewerkt, het is een zooitje. Maar dat was min of meer expres, ik heb zo hard gewerkt om de album tracks beter te krijgen, nu is het tijd om gewoon lekker te spelen :)
Bao, you truly restore my faith in an artist that understands how to create and develop a distinct sound and not waver. Thats a gift in its self. I like the special way you keep it real with the vocals. your hooks are always memorable, and the music always fits the lyrics. To me that's the perfect combination for a solid solo artist concept. PEACE. T576 OUT.
Thanks man!!
You realise that "my sound" to some extent is due to the limitations I have as an artist... But it's good for me to realise that's becoming a strength.
You know, I've played a couple open mic nights recently and people reacted positively to what I was playing. You and the lovely people at Looperman have helped me so much developing that sound and getting that confidence to go out there and play... It's amazing :)
What a great track BB - lovely warm softly funky bass, the overall tone is just sublime and the mix is beautifully balanced. Love the lyric and the vocal performance and the playing too - outstanding : )
I love when tracks almost write themselves as your description notes. I like to call them one day wonders, you blink your eyes and an almost finished song appears, That's when you know you've got a keeper, like this one. Good stuff!!
Yeah sometimes it feels easy and there's also days when it's a bloody struggle - but that can still give some interesting results, so I refuse to give up. My track "would you rather" took 2 weeks to gel and I'm still bloody proud of it :)
Thanks for listening Wayne!!
Peter Gabriel is a bit of a hero of mine, I love pretty much all his work and saw him live several times so that's a HUGE compliment :)
I hope to one day write a song maybe a 10th as good as Solsbury Hill...
Thank you so much. That's a great way to start my day :)
I feel the bassline drives this one. I also feel some 70's Quiet Sun ethos as well. Awesome tune mate (as always) Funky vibe, Vox is really good mate! Made my evening!
Yeah it all started from a quick bassline. I recorded the bass loop, added some quick funky drums on the electronic set, some piano, and then the vocals basically wrote themselves and suddenly I had a song. Sometimes life is easy and you don't need that much effort :)
I'm going to share this with my dad. He's been playing the drums forever in 4 funk/jazz bands (as a hobby).
This is REALLY good. Like not even joking. Professionally done. Like it sounds like I was there sitting in the studio behind the glass wall messing with the mixer as you played it haha.
Funky bass line sucked me in. But the lead guitar with solo was icing on the cake.
Amateur artists should take note of your track. There is incredible professionalism with every second:
Examples, perfectly spliting of guitars/bass line, some soft, some strong, but properly channeling it on left and right pans, spreading it out so the safety of the center can be used as space for whatever.
That's an amazing compliment. I can assure you I'm not a pro by any means (2Sisters below - now those are the real pros) but I've learned so much the past year and it's great that it's paying off. A year ago I'd just started drumming, I was scared to sing and I didn't understand the first thing about recording and production... Check my old songs here or on YouTube and you'll see what I mean :D
Man... This is in my top-3 favorite comments I've ever received (hug). Greetings to you and your dad :) Send me his YouTube or Spotify if he has something!
BaoBou! Nice entrance with the bass setting the pace. Your vocals are tied to your personality, which speaks volumes on the believability of your tracks, keeping it real and fun! A Very strong trait of yours. I'm totally digging the melodies used throughout, with the chord progressions heard @1:34 and your guitar solo. Now @ the 1:54 mark, you've got space for some transitional cleverness to bridge over into that change there. The exit vocals fit just right. In closing, GREAT job as always, buddy.
Hey Mark, thanks a lot! My lyrics always have meaning to me indeed - I'm a story teller, so it may not always be my story, but I always try to say something people might recognise, even in a "simple" happy song.
I'll check 1:54 again, if that's what you meant, and thanks as always for your thoughtful comments (hug)
Thanks man! All played live and at home (except the drums, can't have a proper set in a London apartment:D) so yeah, natural and pretty unfiltered :)
Appreciate the listen and the feedback!
love that intro bro, the guitar is fly, nice drums and the vocal is great funky with plenty of swing and goes perfect with the music, the end would sound better faded out, but thats minor, personal choice really. great job mate
Thanks a lot Paul! Yeah I like proper endings, especially now that I'm going to have a couple live gigs, every song needs a proper end :) fade-outs are cop-outs ;)
Not sure how I missed this one but yeah it's a great song and excellent performance all round. How many vox tracks you layering? More than one anyway but it sounds really tight. You're a very good song writer you know....
Thanks a lot Chris! :) I'm having so much fun writing and sometimes I go back and think "did I do that"? :D
Regarding the vox layering, what I usually do is one lead and 2 background at roughly -10dB, spread over say 10L/10R. I did that in the beginning to give my vocal some "body" but u less the vocals line up it can also add chaos I don't need. So right now I'm trying to learn how to do that properly - that includes some quantizing, and I also add a gate to get rid of some of it.
Anyway, let me know if you have any tips on that.
Thanks so much for listening and commenting!!
on 4-7 - Never want to see you again by BaoBou
Man your lyrics are so "no nonesense" and to the point.
I generally don't listen to lyrics just to the Vocal melodic
contributions to a track but, the lyrics on this track captured me. I wondered at first if you were going to fly solo with your Piano and Bass. You rounded the track out with the Guitar,Drums and more Vocal accent/accompaniments. It turned out soulfully beautiful .
Great track. Faved.. PEACE...
I'm happy with the way it sounds now although I'm going to redo some of the vocals.
Thanks so much for listening my friend!!
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on 4-7 - Never want to see you again by BaoBou
on 3 - Birds are singing - September update by BaoBou
on 3 - Birds are singing - September update by BaoBou
Mark
I'm still not fully happy, but I was able to save more than I thought originally, so that's good :)
on 3 - Birds are singing - September update by BaoBou
Good luck with the album!
I love the creative process. I wonder sometimes where the ideas, the melodies and harmonies come from in our minds as we put together our creations. But I do love the mixing and production side of things, I must say.
Wayne
Mixing... I can really only hear the music, and I need really focus on the mixing process to clean things up, because I know that to most (sane) people, all the little things that might not matter to me, distract from my music to other people.
It's really important, it's also often a chore to me, but I know it's important in order to get heard, just like writing in proper sentences helps to get your ideas across. You can't just claim well all the words are there.
Thanks for listening Wayne!!
on 3 - Birds are singing - September update by BaoBou
on 3 - Birds are singing - September update by BaoBou
Ik vroeg mij al af waar je was gebleven maar nu is het duidelijk.Een comeback met weer een geweldige funky track.
Deze zal je zeker veel werk hebben gekost als ik al die mooie geluiden van al die instrumenten hoor .
Ik ben het trouwens helemaal met je eens dat het maken van een track veel leuker is dan al dat afmixen.
Maarja..het moet wel he.
on 3 - Birds are singing - September update by BaoBou
on Step By Step 4 - Run Away by BaoBou
on Step By Step 3 - Secretly Love You by BaoBou
on Step By Step 9 - Take Off Your Coat by BaoBou
on Step By Step 9 - Take Off Your Coat by BaoBou
You realise that "my sound" to some extent is due to the limitations I have as an artist... But it's good for me to realise that's becoming a strength.
You know, I've played a couple open mic nights recently and people reacted positively to what I was playing. You and the lovely people at Looperman have helped me so much developing that sound and getting that confidence to go out there and play... It's amazing :)
Thank you!!
on Step By Step 9 - Take Off Your Coat by BaoBou
Michael
on Step By Step 9 - Take Off Your Coat by BaoBou
on Step By Step 9 - Take Off Your Coat by BaoBou
on Step By Step 9 - Take Off Your Coat by BaoBou
I love when tracks almost write themselves as your description notes. I like to call them one day wonders, you blink your eyes and an almost finished song appears, That's when you know you've got a keeper, like this one. Good stuff!!
Wayne
Thanks for listening Wayne!!
on Step by Step 2 - Kleine Josefine by BaoBou
I hope to one day write a song maybe a 10th as good as Solsbury Hill...
Thank you so much. That's a great way to start my day :)
on Step By Step 9 - Take Off Your Coat by BaoBou
on Step By Step 9 - Take Off Your Coat by BaoBou
This is REALLY good. Like not even joking. Professionally done. Like it sounds like I was there sitting in the studio behind the glass wall messing with the mixer as you played it haha.
Funky bass line sucked me in. But the lead guitar with solo was icing on the cake.
Amateur artists should take note of your track. There is incredible professionalism with every second:
Examples, perfectly spliting of guitars/bass line, some soft, some strong, but properly channeling it on left and right pans, spreading it out so the safety of the center can be used as space for whatever.
Man... This is in my top-3 favorite comments I've ever received (hug). Greetings to you and your dad :) Send me his YouTube or Spotify if he has something!
on Step By Step 9 - Take Off Your Coat by BaoBou
Mark
I'll check 1:54 again, if that's what you meant, and thanks as always for your thoughtful comments (hug)
B.
on Step By Step 9 - Take Off Your Coat by BaoBou
Appreciate the listen and the feedback!
on Step By Step 9 - Take Off Your Coat by BaoBou
on Step By Step 9 - Take Off Your Coat by BaoBou
This is an Ace track mate.
If it was me I would have asked for more than the coat!!!!
Great track Budd .
Well done.
Maj
It's such a fun track, I can't stop playing it myself. I can barely believe I made it :D
Thanks for stopping by and listening Majid!!
on Step By Step 3 - Secretly Love You by BaoBou
Regarding the vox layering, what I usually do is one lead and 2 background at roughly -10dB, spread over say 10L/10R. I did that in the beginning to give my vocal some "body" but u less the vocals line up it can also add chaos I don't need. So right now I'm trying to learn how to do that properly - that includes some quantizing, and I also add a gate to get rid of some of it.
Anyway, let me know if you have any tips on that.
Thanks so much for listening and commenting!!