Members GJaunz Posted August 9, 2011 Members Share Posted August 9, 2011 I got some good feedback from Rod the other day (thanks Rob!). He mentioned that he thought my ballads are my strong suit, so I figured I'd get one of the ballads from my album up on my youtube channel. Anyway, here's a link if you want to check it out. -Gianmarc [video=youtube;LrgegTkC4_0] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beach1 Posted August 9, 2011 Members Share Posted August 9, 2011 This was really nice. I was very touched by it and the lyrics. Nice melody too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rodclement Posted August 9, 2011 Members Share Posted August 9, 2011 Like I said...you sure can kick ass with your ballads! I strongly recommend you try to place these with producers...old school ballads. Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GJaunz Posted August 9, 2011 Author Members Share Posted August 9, 2011 Thanks a lot beach1 :-) Thanks Rob, that's a great idea, I'll definitely look into it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rodclement Posted August 9, 2011 Members Share Posted August 9, 2011 When I was in Philly I would record demos with a song writer in Perkiomen, we would do whole day sessions once a month or so, he would write songs with specific bands in mind and coah me into the kind of vocal sound he wanted, aimed at the band, once the product was done, he would send it to his contacts and offer them to the bands producers, he made a good living of it! I got paid well for the recordings and he even cut me in some royalties of songs that I changed the vocal line or lyrics with him. Good way to make a living and if I could do it, I would! You can! Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jugulator Posted August 9, 2011 Members Share Posted August 9, 2011 Amazing song!!! I was on cloud 9 listening to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GJaunz Posted August 10, 2011 Author Members Share Posted August 10, 2011 @Rod: That's really cool! I have to say, now that I'm living pretty close to Los Angeles, I'm thinking it might be time for me to start finding people to pitch my songs to, thanks a lot for the encouragement :-) @Jugulator: Thanks a lot! That's very nice of you to say :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DukeOfBoom Posted August 11, 2011 Members Share Posted August 11, 2011 anyway, it's a good performance bumblefoot masters {censored}? i thought he's always on tour with gnr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GJaunz Posted August 11, 2011 Author Members Share Posted August 11, 2011 Thanks Duke, yup, back in 2004 when Ron mastered my first album (my mixes were pretty bad back then, so if you hear any of that stuff, don't think his mastering has anything to do with the sub-par sound quality), he was spending most of his time working out of his studio, producing, mastering, etc (this was before he joined GnR). So when I finished 'Too Proud to Beg' last summer, I emailed him to see if he could recommend a good mastering engineer figuring that he wouldn't have time these days, but I lucked out and caught him between tours, so he said he could do it himself. He is super busy touring these days, so I was very lucky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators davie Posted August 11, 2011 Moderators Share Posted August 11, 2011 Great song, man! Sounds somewhat Dream Theater-esque (to me at least ). You got some really nice lines in there, I especially liked the lines: "Now all the plans we made, we watched them bloom this perfect day" "I'll be there for you, each passing day our love renewed" Those lines are particularly strong, I found. While at this point, I doubt you're looking for songwriting suggestions (since you got it mastered and everything), overall I found the melody pretty good, but I feel that the melody could be stronger on a few parts. Also, though it may be personal taste or whatever, but I feel that the chorus is too long, too wordy and takes too long to reach the 'title line'. But whatever, you're great! Always looking forward to hearing more from you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tbry Posted August 12, 2011 Members Share Posted August 12, 2011 Very nice...your a singer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GJaunz Posted August 12, 2011 Author Members Share Posted August 12, 2011 @Davie: Thanks a lot man! I'll never be upset about a comparison to Dream Theater :-). I'm always happy to get some constructive criticism, so thanks for that as well :-) @tbry: Thanks! :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members reddude333 Posted August 13, 2011 Members Share Posted August 13, 2011 Nice voice. I like the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GJaunz Posted August 14, 2011 Author Members Share Posted August 14, 2011 Thanks a lot reddude333! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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