OtherIdeasProduction

There she is,the singer herself,yayyyy! Hey,thank you for your talent,Ms.Edwards.

I don´t know what it is,if it´s your persona or vocal style or what it is,but you have these ideas that fit my thinking 100%. So its not difficult for me to make a song around your vocals.

In this newest song you actually have this short melody that is exactly what i sang too when i first listened to that pella. You went after the same exact notes as i did.

That kinda stuff means good things for the music ;)

Wow,Erykah Badu,you say? Okay,im speechless,in a good way.
I know Erykahs style and ive heard some of her earlier stuff.That is a high compliment. But you are the Erykah in this story,Patricia.Im just coloring the background ;)

Hahah yeah,in one of your videos where you evaluated that Give it up -song we did,i saw that you became so happy that you basically sang over the song the whole time.That is a highest compliment ever to me.

GOD bless you,Ms.Edwards. Keep on singing with your sweet voice and also remember to sing when you really feel it so you will honor the LORD the most :)

GOD bless :)

Sasu

Hahaha,kippis vaan! Konnichiwa,Hirogenium-san :)

Your words are very kind,thanks for that. All i can say is that Patricias vocals make me " see" the song im gonna make,i cant explain it better.

Thanks for the comment,Hiro-san :)

When i hear certain acapellas by Patricia,a song literally materializes to me.After that realization,i start to carve out the song.

All i can say is that it takes a little time and you really have to qualify every note that you use.If you have vocals in a piece of music,you have to support the feel of the vocals,sometimes even the lyrics.

Basically,i don´t give myself any slack when i do music for real.But of course,i enjoy the whole process,it´s what i live for :)

Thank you for your very kind words,Tumbleweed. It´s nice to get some feedback from other music maniacs like myself,lol.

We can only improve,my friend ;) Leeeets geeet mixiiiing! lol

Hey,thanks a lot for such nice words,Kurt :) It took a while to mix it like this but it was a labor of Love definitely. With those vocals,how can you fail,heheh.

Thx for the comment :)

Sasu

Thank you very much for the kind words,Byrd :) I dont know about the genius part but Patricias vocals fit my thinking 100%.

Your comment is very appreciated,Byrdsong.Thanks :)

Sasu

Hi there,Ms.Riperton ^^ I guess you liked the song then? With that vocal track,how can you fail,heh.

I like these pellas better that have no backgrounds because when someone adds the background vocals,that always forces the music in a certain way when they have chords in the vocals etc.

Your harmonies are lovely for sure but your single vocals give me more freedom to do my own thing or thaaang :D

About the chords...i guess you mean the strings mostly? The chorus is at least : H major7,C#minor 7,D# minor 7 and D major 7 . Strings use also some basic chords but i didnt even look what they were,lol.I go by the ear all the way you see.

Thank you for your lovely vocals and GOD bless you always,Patricia.

Thank you,Piero for the kind words.Yep,i tried to make this one as clean as possible and i´m glad that you liked that.

Grazie,grazie prego :)

Yep,you got me,Storm ;) I´m a drummer first and a drummer at heart so of course rhythm is VERY important to me.

That solo is actually a first and only take.Just before recording i played around with those 4-5 first notes that ends in the 5th interval.Then i hit record and what you hear is the first and only take.The synth that doubles the guitar in the solo,every note of it was put in there by hand...argh,lol.

And that mix didnt come easy either.I think it took me 3 or 4 days of just listening and balancing sounds out ,little by little. And that 3-4 days was after ive already done a basic mix. I went microscopic with this song,you could say,lol.

By the way,i dont even have any fancy speakers or anything.Its all about your ears! Dont ever believe otherwise :) All you need is time,no distractions and REALLY just listening every little thing.

GOD bless you,Storm and thanks for the good feedback :)

Wow,sir...you obviously got something out of this song,heh. Yes sir,i kept it tight as can be so the listener would focus on the vocals and lyrics more. Its all about respecting those sweet vocals ;)

I am really honored to read your comment sir cos looking at your list of fav.music and albums..pheeew.....you sir,you know your stuff :)

" The Drums Bass and Guitar drive this baby with nobody straying (TIGHT)" That nails it right there! You got it ,sir!

All sounds are supporting the vocals and when the guitar solo comes,then the whole band supports the guitar with all they got but TIGHT! When it comes to music...if it aint tight,it aint right,LOL

Lol,yes where is the fav button and also a "quote" button would be nice in here.Oh well,minor details only ;)

GOD bless you for the comment,sir and thank you :)

Thank you so very much for your enthusiastic comment,Richie :) You know what,...always when i listen to MIM4E´S vocals,a song just comes out of nowhere.Somehow her vocal style just lights me right up.

Yep,the drums are punchy indeed.Nice observation there ;) For me it´s a goal to make everything equal in a mix.Of course sometimes you have to choose what is the loudest but if you work very hard,you can make all equal. I hate it when one instrument eclipses everything else.

But of course,for MIM4E´s vocals,i am ready to push others back a bit :D

Heheh,that solo was meant to be a LOT stranger,i was about to make a real bizarre solo that would be out of time even in places,lol. Sometimes i rrrreally like to push it,hahah.But in the end i made the solo a little easier.Now the solo hints at that weirdness in few places.

Thank you for the great comment,Richie. GOD bless you :)

Heheh,yes sir,i am biased towards the guitar too so i can understand ^^ Thank you for the kind words,Allen :)

When i mixed this one,i was visualizing the drums,keyboards,bass,guitar and the vocals,all playing it live in a big room. That helped me thru the mixing for sure.But of course,i go by these ears that ive been given so thank GOD for that :)

The bass comes from this simple sample player.Those are real bass samples of some older Fender bass,Fender Presicion i think. But of course,pretty much every note is what i would´ve played with a real bass.

Nice to read comments from a real music lovers like yourself,sir :) GOD bless ya :)

Wow! Now that is some serious compliment! Thank you Romi :)
That guitar riff that you mentioned was just a melody that forced itself into the song,lol.

Originally,when i heard that riff in my head,it was played by something like Hammond organs. But when i played it with the guitar,i knew that that riff could be a theme on its own in the song ;)

Sometimes things just WORK,you know? And with Muzic´z GREAT vocals,miracles happen.

Thank you for the kinds words.GOD bless you :)

Thank you very much for your kind words,Richie :) Finally i got to do a Motown styled song,yaayyy! All it took was 20 seconds of listening to the vocals of Ms.Vocalist MIM4E and i got the whole song right then and there.

Yeah,those drums actually capture that Motown sound and feel.Also the bass came out really better than i hoped for.That bass is actually played with midi as it is and i left some mistakes in there too. What you hear with the bass is what i recorded.

And i totally agree,put humor in there sometimes,it wont cost us anything,heheh.

Thank you for the feedback. Somehow this site has REAL musiclovers in here.Its great!

GOD bless you guys! Lets keep on rocking and keep on improving!

Ahaa,here is the starlette of the song herself ^^ You know that your voice has some similarity to Diana Ross.I figured it out few days ago,hehe. But you can go lower than her i guess.

Oh by the way....did you get that new song i sent you? I will upload it here too tomorrow. What did you like that one?

ps:i found yet another gem among your pellas.I guess that makes number 3 song ;)

GOD bless you!

Yep,someone really had to go in the end :D
I love that hammond sound too in this song. I guess motown guys did not use the hammond but somehow it made sense to use it now.

Thanks for the comment :)

Okay,download enabled ;)

That vocal gave me an idea for this song.I just knew what had to be done.That is rare indeed. Good vocals give good ideas,hehe.

Thanks,Scott :)