"A Day Out" - New Acoustic Piece

[jonathanm]

Have a great one, man!

[southpaw]

great natural tone, and feel. Very relaxing, and soothing. Good job here. I thought id suggest adding a very light percussion/coonga/etc., and maybe a xylophone or marimba to accent and harmonize a little so its not so repetitive.. I dunno, might be cool to try out as long as it doesnt take away from the natural and simplicity of the piece. Good control in your guitar playing. Cheers,Jamie

[wta]

Dave, nice uplifting, snappy piece! The ending felt sudden and I'd like a bit less headroom but great feel and performance... wta

[ideascapes]

Dave,Congrats on the new axw--glad to see you are putting it to good use. I also heard the somewhat unnatural damping. I'd recommend you playing through this without worrying about the buzzing, then see what EQ and de-essing can do to help. I think you'll get a better flow that way.I liked it best when you have the two panned guitars playing harmony lines--very sweet there.Vince

[byllsong]

Hey DaveI see you're playing with your new toy.I enjoyed the listen and look forward to more newly inspired pieces.Billy

[billg]

hey Dave, congrats on getting a song done with your new toy! Along with the advice of the others I was going to add that it seemed to end out of the blue . . . then I saw that Willie T. even beat me to that one!I look forward to hearing this one after you've 'messed" with it a bit. You gonna submit it to something?

[matthoggard]

Nice piece Dave.Definatley has that ovation sound. Rich and smooth. I almost bought one recently but opted for the new Dean jumbo. I have an ovation mandolin that is really nice.Nice tune.Matt

[davekershaw]

Thanks for all the feedback fellas.I'll be playing around with it Monday.That ending, yeah, wasn't sure what to do there.Maybe should let it fade out naturally.Bill: it's not for any particular listing, but I'll take a look through themfor "simple acoustic pieces" once I'm happy with it.And Willie, can you elaborate on that "headroom".I really need help on that area of recording; normalising, compression, limiting etc. Any specific suggestion?

[kitz]

Way to go Dave!!Very nice!! I here the short beat 4, however, to my ears it does give the piece a little lift that may go missing when you smooth it out. Just a thought. I like the melody line - this song has personality!!There outta be a movie out there somewhere just waiting for a little tune like this!! On the ending I might recommend you simply take the last melodic phrase and do it again. You know kind of like a turn around. The part that starts around 1:29 - just repeat that and then let the last chord sustain. You might consider adding a harmonica in a few spots or even accordion in a few spots. Just my 2c.Kitz

[heinsite]

damn dave,i can't open it, for some reason, been messing with my new computer and pressed some wrong button, i'll try later...sorrywarren