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Halfway Gone

By blighters_rock on July 3, 2022 3:54 pm

I've had this song in my back pocket for a little bit. Decided earlier I'd like to record & upload it for week 26, since it has a "halfway" theme. Wrote the chorus sometime before WB. Wrote the verses a few weeks ago, then recorded it today using nothing but MacBook Pro built-in mic. Still on the road.

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The chorus for this tune is really great. Hell yeah, acoustic guitar solo! Great outro too with the misdirect on the "I'm whole" bit, since we'd be expecting "Holding on" instead of "Whole" again. This tune sounds like a tambourine would have been good on it, but alas, only so much you can bring with you on the road.

That built in microphone is pretty good! I tried using it once but I don't think I knew how to apply the right amount of gain. This is a beautiful song. Really lovely lyrics; such a heartfelt tune. I love the chorus so much. Everything comes together so well and the words are so impactful. Great acoustic solo as well. Awesome job!

The song is lovely and the sound is pristine. Wow

Acoustic guitars sounds great. I think the vocals mix probably miss a little something, but the song is very good. Really like those folk vibes.

Congrats on the 50% completion! Lots of cool songs already.

I like how you captured the sound of the guitars. They have that very percussive, dry sound that works perfectly for this track. They sound very well with the vocals. Congrats on making it through half of the year!

shockingly good quality for the laptop mic!

HI I'M STILL ALIVE AND AM TRYING TO CATCH UP.

This song is about my tragically romantic yet painful relationship with WeeklyBeats

What a sweet song.
- Devieus

beautiful!

ViridianLoom wrote:

The chorus for this tune is really great. Hell yeah, acoustic guitar solo! Great outro too with the misdirect on the "I'm whole" bit, since we'd be expecting "Holding on" instead of "Whole" again. This tune sounds like a tambourine would have been good on it, but alas, only so much you can bring with you on the road.

Thanks so much! This chorus has been sitting around for a while now. WB has me confident enough in my writing to pull out an old idea and force myself to finish it without getting too precious about it. I've become a little bit obsessed with these redirects and reprises at the end, I think. Hopefully I don't overdo it!

Saguaro Gigante wrote:

That built in microphone is pretty good! I tried using it once but I don't think I knew how to apply the right amount of gain. This is a beautiful song. Really lovely lyrics; such a heartfelt tune. I love the chorus so much. Everything comes together so well and the words are so impactful. Great acoustic solo as well. Awesome job!

Laptop mic because I was too lazy to open the bag with Viridian's zoom recorder in it. The height of laziness, but it worked out. Glad it hit you right!

fetalface wrote:

The song is lovely and the sound is pristine. Wow

Thanks so much!

djippy wrote:

Acoustic guitars sounds great. I think the vocals mix probably miss a little something, but the song is very good. Really like those folk vibes.

Congrats on the 50% completion! Lots of cool songs already.

Thanks for the feedback! Glad you dug the song. Congrats to you as well.

Kedbreak136 wrote:

I like how you captured the sound of the guitars. They have that very percussive, dry sound that works perfectly for this track. They sound very well with the vocals. Congrats on making it through half of the year!

My secret was sitting on a bed with the laptop at comfortable typing distance. Anything good in this one was mostly luck! Glad you dug it.

orangedrink wrote:

shockingly good quality for the laptop mic!

HI I'M STILL ALIVE AND AM TRYING TO CATCH UP.

This song is about my tragically romantic yet painful relationship with WeeklyBeats

Haha yes. It's a bit of a more somber version of "should I stay or should I go"

Devieus wrote:

What a sweet song.
- Devieus

Thanks, D

emily wrote:

beautiful!

Much appreciated!

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