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Thanks a lot! Some trakcs just feel so natural when you're making them and this one I definitely had a lot of fun with :)

Thanks a lot Wayne, much appreciated!

Yeah, agree there, Vertigo is a fairly straight copy of Just Because. Still a pretty good song btw, people like to hate on U2 but to me they're still an awesome band.

Thanks a lot man, and well spotted :)

Thank you!
Ha, the story is funny: I have something like a hundred unfinished projects (that's not even exaggerating), and for most of those I have short clips of say 1:00-1:30, bits that are not terrible but miss something: some spark, some surprise, some twist, a vocal, etc.
I regularly download some to my phone to use as alarm or phone. This one was my kitchen timer :D
So when I was going through the acapellas (which I rarely do) for inspiration and heard Melvatron, I knew right away it was a straight fit. Well, straight... I rearranged and expanded the track, cut up Melvin (sorry), added a break, some instruments, the backing vocals of Charlotte, some fresh drums and hey presto, it was done ;)
Easy peasy lemon squeezy as we say in London!

I'm a fan of FF, so I like that comparison - although I think they're pretty different ;)
Thanks for listening man! Rock on!

Thank you Maj!

The vocals are by Melvatron: https://www.looperman.com/acapellas/detail/19311/disco-tribute-123bpm-house-acapella and they have a lot of reverb. That's his choice, and I decided to work with that :)
The Deee-lite sound is certainly an interesting idea, I will give that a go!
(The backgrond vocals by Charlotte are "cleaner", as you probably noticed. I generally try not to use too many effects)
Yeah, it's maybe more funk than disco, but that's my thing :) Thanks as always for your critical thinking and positive advice, it's much appreciated!

Thanks a lot Rita!! It's definitely not perfect yet but I learn a little every day and an acapella like this makes it easier to get to the next level :)

Here's a very first draft. Let me know if you're ok with that direction?
https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/233142

Note that I need to rerecord the guitars which are slightly out of tune, as well as the drums which was just a quick first take, etc etc bla bla, but this is close to what I had in mind for the song - I think it's still you, but with also a bit of me.

Ping me!

Haha you were so fast closing it again I couldn't even download it twice for safekeeping ;)
I'm actually in the studio now, so already listening to it on headphones and mapping out drums, and thinking about guitars, and maybe some horns at the end? I can't go crazy, need to leave your voice be the main star.
Also I noticed it's somewhere between B and Bflat, but this is the kind of thing Ableton can fix for me. This is going to be so much fun :) yayyyyyyy!

(blush)
In answer to your private message: YES PLEASE! (this is my only chance to reach you :D )

Haha, don't do your finances after midnight ;)
Can I say here how much I love your new track? I would really really like to play a bit with it, add some soft drums and a guitar towards the end, something like that. I would love to make that a nex project at some point.
Anyway, beautifully sang, great piano play. You're a true artist, easy to tell :)

Thank you thank you! The real credit goes to Melvatron of course, his rap lifts the song, and the vocals of Charlotte... but maybe it would be even better with your voice ;) (no slight to Charlotte).

I might leave a backing track for you (and Melvatron) to play with if you guys want. See what you end up with.

Glad you like it!! I hope I did you justice and reflected the disco spirit a bit :)

Well, the feeling is entirely mutual. I think I've already sent you several messages saying so and inviting a collab ;)

The voice is Stephanie Kay, who has a number of good acapellas on this site! It's probably not fair to her to use this one because her singing voice is also good, but this is the vocal that got my attention (and 97 other people I think :p)

Yes, good point. Ben (bringerofDOOM) also had some good tips and I'm going to try all of that :)

Thanks man!

Yes clear. I usually mix on some nice headphones, then generate an mp3 and listen back on crappy phone headphones. I've also scheduled another lesson with my local Ableton/music/mixing gurus - those lessons are generally brutal, but very helpful. They never say "oh this is great" and I learned that's actually a good thing ;)

Hey Ben buddy, good to see you again! Great tips, thanks a lot, I'm going to try all of those!

Merci Rita! As for fast... You start slow, you practice every day... And then one day you think " oh, that wasn't bad" :D

Good :) bonne chance!!

Thanks so much CBC! I had fun! :)

Never be ashamed of your creative efforts. Maybe you're not satisfied yet, but that's a good thing; remember you are still doing something that 99% of people out there could never do.
Never be look down on your own work. I know it's always hard because however well you do, you think you could do better.
Your tracks are your children Rita! Make them grow up and be a good music mom! :)
You know I like listening to your tracks! I saw you removed that Jip Jip track, but don't do that! It was good - I was just hoping to give you tips to make it even better!
Sorry if that didn't become across, but please bring it back - do it for me, and your musical offspring :)