Kara-Moon Forum

Well I'm working on a new song at the moment. But just to get things going over here I'll post my last song from The Auditorium. A collab I did with Fred S playing organ and clavinet.  A bit of an old school funk/soul tune.

http://www.martin-e-music.nl/mp3/refugee.mp3

Hi Martin & Welcome here

Thanks for joining us.
Top song again, up to your usual standards.
I missed only one thing, that female background choir !
So go out a bit and get those chicks in  ;D shouldn't be that difficult with music like that.

Whoa Martin!! This one rocks ;)

Fred , a warm welcome too

Both of you form a very good musical duo.

So, a question, for when is the first CD  :o 8)

Hi Rony! Glad to be here. And, thankyou for having something for us Auditoriumites...

I think I might have a problem: I have to ask my wife for an extra budget to spend on great music  :)

Anyway, welcome to our forum. I sure hope to get more posts like this cause you guys are making terrific music, even without the chicks !  ;D

Moon

Thanks for the welcome Kara and Moon.
Glad to be here.
Hope to see this forum thrive and prosper. Fred and I will surely do our part.

Don't know about the chicks though. Their singing is a bit off key of late.  ;D

Hi Martin

Great song, really nice horns dude!!


1 :)

funkin goodness

ya diggin the brass section, nice bridge there to
very cool guitar chording, really gets the rhythm pumping
great combination thats for sure, another cool song Martin

Thanks, One and Ed. Glad you guys like it.

Yes the horns really turned out nice in this one. The way I hoped they would. 8)

Groovy Groovy Groovy!
How many people were involved? Only one? Jeeesssussss!
It rocks and grooves...the brass is fantastic: Superb song!

m :o 8)

Thanks, Mellotronaut. Glad your groovin'.

Two were actually involved as you can read in my first post. I could never have done the organ and clav part the way Fred played them. So hats off to him. 8)

Ha ha! I love the organ, man funky song! I think the vocals need to sound more like they were recorded in a studio, if you know what I mean... it's hard to explain.  ??? Like, put more power into them, really belt it out like you mean it. All in all though, great track. Thanks for sharing.

Laters...

Thanks for the comment, Bahgs.

I'm not really good at belting I guess.

oh, this is very funky. Fred is, as always, excellent on the organ. Some fine guitar playing at the end too. Fantasticly upbeat overall.

"Home is right inside you heart"    I like that.

Thanks for sharing it:)

Woow ! it doesn't miss a beat...
Notable vocals, and great song structure.
Arrangement is really OK: all the instruments are working well in co-operation without holes in the wall-of-sound.
Another great production, congrats Martin & Fred

Cheers

Thanks Laguna and VG.

Glad you guys enjoyed it.

Wooooooo!! I like it!!!  ;D ;D ;D
What a great one. Put a smile on my face.
Make a cd boyz! It's an order.
I liked all, in the refrain the overdubbing of vocals makes a great choir, 'à la' David Crosby.
Thanks to share  :D

bye

mag

Thanks, Mag. Glad you like it.

About the CD. I think Fred and I could come up with a compilation of our collabs. But we would  still need about 4 or 5 songs more for that. So who knows. ;)

Martin is being nice. He could have said, "I'm 4 or 5 ahead of Fred"  ;D

great job guys! Impressive rhythm section with very detailed work. The solo guitar sound is absolutely fab.  :)

Thanks, Zeoy. Thanks for the thumbs up on the guitar sound.

For your interest:  I've been using The Line 6 Toneport for all of my guitar work for more than a year now. I've created tones, as they are called, for my two guitars in the gearbox to suit the difference in character of both guitars. It's an ongoing pursuit of trial and error to find the right guitar tones that will suit my taste and that will stand up in the mix.

Hey this is a great song, especially the harmonized vocal part around 1:00, the 'where you're from' part. Only thing is I would really belt out those vocals, it sounds like you're being way too reserved (something I'm guilty of myself - even when I feel like I'm screaming it out, I'm really holding in still. :( ) Great song still. Instruments / samples / composition all excellent. Thanks for sharing.

Laters...

Thanx for the info Martin. You could easily fool me this was a real amp miced

Martin,

wow .. Snappy! Great organ work on this piece. Horn stabs are nice. Good vocal harmonies and treatment. Nice guitar work in the chorus and the lead break too. Fun stuff indeed. Good work on this.

Bill

Thanks, Bill for the nice comment. Much appreciated.

Rockin, Funkin, Jammin. 8)  Love the organ. 
I hate to say it, but the main part of the vocals in my ears need to be spaced in some deeper reverbs.  some tail with a little delay.  I myself probly go over board with vocal effects.  but your voice sounds great.  I just like it to be a little spacyier.  scuze my critique. :-\

The vocals are a bit in your face at the moment. I was thinking of making some adjustments myself. Don't know if I will drown it in reverb though. Don't mind the critique BB. That's what this forum is all about. To get some different point of views.

I remember this one. Excellent track. You two make a great team.  ;D

Wow..I keep listening, and y'all keep blowin my mind with such professional sound work.

I didn't have any trouble understanding the lyrics..when there are conflicting demands on a particular frequency band, I lose the vocals right away..after readin Bahg's comment, I would agree that the vocal could be notched up a bit.

Really nice song; clean work.

Wyatt

Thanks Blipp and Wyatt