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The economy took a bite out of my songwriting time, but I finally finished one I started in 2008.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9047659

Peace health and happiness...

Kevin

Hope all my JPF friends are healthy and happy. God Bless!

Hi Kevin

Real fine work here. Love the presence of your vocal.
Simple & very effective, strong lyric with a great feel.

Kevin,

I sooooo loved this song, as I do all of yours. This is a very tender love song, played and sung so very well. I love the way you play that mando....just has a wonderful lilting sound, when it's picked right, with so much feeling....very nice indeed. I have listened several times and will be listening much more before the day is over....even played along with you some, the second time.

Keep 'em coming for us all to enjoy.

Jan

Bravo. Nice and simple. No clutter.
I too like the way you've got the vocal right up front.
Cool.

Splendid, Kevin. As I listened, I thought "everything serves itself well." I know that seems kind of odd to say but I think the best example is the ending. While you _could have_ repeated the chorus twice or sang the last line three times, you didn't..and it didn't need to.

I dunno if that seems weird but to me, everything just fit together nicely. Very nice!

Beautiful job, Kevin.

You might want to do one or both of two things to get just a bit more separation between the guitar and mandolin: pan them both a little bit apart, if you recorded the guitar with the vocal on the same mic, it won't work, if they were two mics, it might work ok, listen for phase cancellation, but if you recorded them all at different times it will work fine. Other than that, you could make an eq notch. For example, take a little bit of 5-600 out of the mandolin, and take a little bit of 8-900 out of the guitar. These are starting points for the eq, use your ears to find out what does the trick. And, of course you could do both...and of course you could do neither

Very good work, this is just a small suggestion, as it sits it sounds "radio friendly" to my ears.

Mike

Thanks Janice, Nate, and 3 Mikes! I appreciate your comments a lot.

I'm the worst at production. There are so many buttons, and I resist that type of learning. I don't underestimate the work of a good engineer. They earn their keep. It must be the other side of my brain that is defective?

Good wishes. Have a nice day!

Howdy Kevin, Gus here. This is my first spin of one of your tunes.
Very soothing, had to spin it a few times to start to get
satisfied, very nice sound.............Thanks for Sharing...Gus

Kevin, I'd second what Mike said: just get a little separation and perhaps bring that Mando up a bit, especially during the instrumental. Otherwise, I really appreciated the production and song working together.

This is a real gem, Kevin. About perfect, imo.

Good to see you back!

Scott

Nice to meet you Gus. And thanks for taking a listen.

I hear you, Nate. I record with a little micro br, and it gets confusing to me. Wish I had a more convenient 4-track. Maybe someday...

Thanks for checking it out!

Hey there Scott. Another reason I haven't been around, is you got me hooked on old folk stuff. I've been digging for old songs like Railroad Bill, Wayfaring Stranger, and Shady Grove. It is a disease! Also learned Erie Canal. My wife took up the upright bass, and we've been playing a lot of music. It's so satisfying to play old songs, and arrange them in some different way.

Hope you are well. Keep up the great stuff!

ITS PERFECT KEVIN FOR SURE
WOW GREAT JOB !!

What a great sounding song Kevin. Love the mandolin. Your vocals are so smooth. I'm with Mike that this is very radio friendly.

Rick

Thanks, Dan. Appreciate the listen. It's been a while, so I've been snooping around to see what's new. Glad you liked.

Hi Rick. I'm getting better on mandolin, but my vocals are day to day. I've been playing with a very experienced dobro player, and he's helped me find the best keys for various songs. I have a hard time getting a perfect recording, always making a mistake, or having technical issues. So the words "radio friendly" are new to me. I kind of like the sound of that, though.

Really good work here Kevin. Nice lyric and tune. The production is top notch.

Steve

Kevin,
You have the best sound! Your Martin and Mando just sing together.
I really like the song too. Love songs are so much more real when they are juxtaposed with lifes trials and tribulations. This was very well written and performed.

I am in the market for a Martin and finding one with thrilling sound is not as easy as I thought it would be. How did you find yours? How long did it take to find it? Is it a D-28?

Tom

Good to meet you Little Stevie. Thank you for the nice comments. I see you write some pretty good tunes too!

Tom, if you get me talking about guitars, you might not get me to stop. I've had a few of them. I had a Taylor, which was good, then I played a bunch of Martins and never found the sound I was wanting. After searching around, there are two martins that stand out without auctioning off your house and belongings for.

Mine is an HD-28V. It has a nice straight spruce top and Indian rosewood back and sides. Bracing is scalloped and forward shifted. It's made like the old Martins. I'd recommend the HD-28 without the v-neck and vintage appointments. The neck on mine is a little thick, and it causes some hand problems for me. Both models are very consistent from guitar to guitar.

Martin d-18 GE -- GE means golden era. Same pretty much as the hd-28, but it is a mahogany body with spruce top. A lot deeper sounding guitar, good for picking lead. Every one of them sounds awesome. Peter Rowan plays an old d-18. I like the d-28 best for bluegrass rhythm and the d-18 is hands-down a better flatpicker's guitar - and little deep for strumming unless you have a lot of finesse.

Tomorrow a mandolin player friend is coming over for jamming. He
is bringing his grandad's old 1953 D-18. It's worth a fortune, and he lets me play it. It has an amazing voice, and can make a sub par guitarist like myself sound like a pro. I love that guitar, but could never afford one. It sounds way better after being played for years and years. I've had mine for less than two years, and it is already sounding better.

Best strings for any of the above are Martin SP medium phosphor bronze. I've tried many strings, but they don't sound right on this guitar.

If you get serious and want to talk, just send me a note!

Best wishes,

Kevin