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Hi runningwithit, Thanks for your thoughts which are much appreciated. The track was recorded and mixed back in the 1990s on DAT, I think, and then transferred to CD. I took it from the CD as an MP3, so the quality was never going to be perfect. If you're suggesting I can change the frequencies thro...

Why I love Ableton Live (part 2). Early in 2018 I wrote a Christmas song (my third in total) and it was arranged and recorded (with Cubase, I think) by a brilliant producer and musician I used to work with in London who, by 2018, had moved to Scotland, so all the instructions and discussions had to ...

Why I love Ableton Live (part 1). One of my tracks was recorded in an East London studio back in the 1990s. It's a nice recording, well sung by a singer called Lisa Abbot, but I always felt that it was missing a piano riff through the chorus which meant that the chorus didn't quite work. Back in the...

Fair enough

That's really cool TD. Drum patterns are a definite weakness of mine so that was interesting. The rest of the track gets a bit lost in the compression, though, I feel, at least on my speakers. There's rather more than 3 chords in that song, incidentally, but it needs a male vocal. If it's a song for...

Hi TD, I don't have any problem with making it open source (if I knew how to do it!) but I know my vocals aren't good enough, and it really needs a proper singer to have a crack at it. I like the jamming idea though!

Thank you Tone Deft, very kind of you to say so, and to have taken the time to listen.

It would be great if a proper singer/producer wanted to take a crack at this song because I think it has potential but not so many people are interested in this kind of melodic pop these days, I guess.

I liked it.

Hello! While self-isolating, I thought I'd upload another of my songs. It's very pop. Only listen if you like pop songs! I don't consider myself a singer, musician or producer, just a non-performing songwriter, so I hope you like the song itself. Will be interested in any responses or reactions. Her...

Hi nDJw,

Thanks for the comment. I'm sure you're right and the mix could be much improved. Trying to get the vocal/backing track balance right is tricky for a beginner like myself. Hope that the essence of the song came through.

David

Ah, for reasons which aren't entirely clear, the link I provided doesn't seem to work. Try this:

https://soundcloud.com/user-97129328/how-much-love

Hello everyone, To briefly introduce myself, I'm a non-performing songwriter based in London and have written about 100 songs over the years, most of which I've had professionally arranged and produced as demos in a proper recording studio with professional singers and, occasionally, session musicia...