my donkey Ezmerelda and me
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my donkey Ezmerelda and me
I was watching Gunsmoke last week and noticed the companionship and love between Festus and his donkey Ruth. Then I thought about trading in the Camry for a donkey
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Donkey
Good morning ezmerelda I heard you calling..ready to go aren’t you girl
I ..like to ride on my donkey …….you can drive your au..to.mo..beel G riff
We can go for miles on a carrot or two…and we don’t even need no wheels
Standin side by side with you all…we have more sex appeal F C G
We don’t need no gasoline…registration shiny sheen …we just find a trail and mosey on
Stop on by my ezy’s here And if you’re nice and scratch her ears ..
ezmerelda might just mow your lawn….for free…..honk
C…..G C…..D7
He’s know as an ass…that sounds kinda bad..but it don’t make my donkey sad
He keeps on truckin.. and honkin and eatin.. best life that we’ve ever had
Slowly we will always get there….my donkey makes me feel glad
We don’t go fast…we might come in last..my donkey and me we don’t care G
Hay hay hay hay hay….we’re out of here…….Am D G…
Honk…..
https://soundcloud.com/feaker66/donkey
Donkey
Good morning ezmerelda I heard you calling..ready to go aren’t you girl
I ..like to ride on my donkey …….you can drive your au..to.mo..beel G riff
We can go for miles on a carrot or two…and we don’t even need no wheels
Standin side by side with you all…we have more sex appeal F C G
We don’t need no gasoline…registration shiny sheen …we just find a trail and mosey on
Stop on by my ezy’s here And if you’re nice and scratch her ears ..
ezmerelda might just mow your lawn….for free…..honk
C…..G C…..D7
He’s know as an ass…that sounds kinda bad..but it don’t make my donkey sad
He keeps on truckin.. and honkin and eatin.. best life that we’ve ever had
Slowly we will always get there….my donkey makes me feel glad
We don’t go fast…we might come in last..my donkey and me we don’t care G
Hay hay hay hay hay….we’re out of here…….Am D G…
Honk…..
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Re: shooting for the taxi listing about going green
Funny, quirky, catchy and unique. Great work! Some shades of John Prine, here. The lyrics, vocals and guitar work are really strong. My only suggestions are in regards to a few minor productions issues. The drums are pretty low in the mix, I think you could raise them a good bit without risking over powering the vocals. The vocals themselves are very well performed and recorded, but a bit dry. Just a touch of room reverb (like a 1 sec decay maybe) and/or a little bit of slapback delay would soften it up a little, IMO. Really nice song-writing, congrats! (BTW, love the donkey sound effect!)
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Re: shooting for the taxi listing about going green
Fun! There's not really a listing about going green, though, right?
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Re: shooting for the taxi listing about going green
Hi Blake Glad you found the track unique. Yes I held the drums back to hear the words a little better. Easy to boost that. There isn't anything on the vocals. I struggle at finding something that doesn't cloud the track. I will experiment with that yet. Thanks so much for taking the timeblakeminnerly wrote: ↑Mon Jun 07, 2021 2:24 pmFunny, quirky, catchy and unique. Great work! Some shades of John Prine, here. The lyrics, vocals and guitar work are really strong. My only suggestions are in regards to a few minor productions issues. The drums are pretty low in the mix, I think you could raise them a good bit without risking over powering the vocals. The vocals themselves are very well performed and recorded, but a bit dry. Just a touch of room reverb (like a 1 sec decay maybe) and/or a little bit of slapback delay would soften it up a little, IMO. Really nice song-writing, congrats! (BTW, love the donkey sound effect!)
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Re: shooting for the taxi listing about going green
"I struggle at finding something that doesn't cloud the track. I will experiment with that yet. Thanks so much for taking the time"
Yep, I know what you mean. If its sounding muddy, try reducing the decay time on the reverb (anything under 1 s will sound pretty mild) and/or reduce the wet/dry ratio. There's also usually a "high pass filter" knob on reverb plug ins. If you set that at like 1000 Hz (1khz) only the high end gets reverbed, which can also reduce the muddiness. Good luck!
Yep, I know what you mean. If its sounding muddy, try reducing the decay time on the reverb (anything under 1 s will sound pretty mild) and/or reduce the wet/dry ratio. There's also usually a "high pass filter" knob on reverb plug ins. If you set that at like 1000 Hz (1khz) only the high end gets reverbed, which can also reduce the muddiness. Good luck!
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Re: shooting for the taxi listing about going green
Really cute song, way off the beaten track (particularly the vox) but that may just be exactly what they're looking for in this context!
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Re: shooting for the taxi listing about going green
I haven't ever tried individually tweaking reverb. I grab a studio one plug in that says cathedral. It says 20 % and I usually turn it down to like 6 %. Same with an analog delay that says "sweeten the vocal" and turn that down a bunch. I turned up the drums just now. It helped...good catch....carry onblakeminnerly wrote: ↑Tue Jun 08, 2021 9:40 am"I struggle at finding something that doesn't cloud the track. I will experiment with that yet. Thanks so much for taking the time"
Yep, I know what you mean. If its sounding muddy, try reducing the decay time on the reverb (anything under 1 s will sound pretty mild) and/or reduce the wet/dry ratio. There's also usually a "high pass filter" knob on reverb plug ins. If you set that at like 1000 Hz (1khz) only the high end gets reverbed, which can also reduce the muddiness. Good luck!
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Re: shooting for the taxi listing about going green
Ha ha I like your "way off the beaten track" punch. Cracked me up. Ezy likes those places. thanks Mr Z
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