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Well, Douglas effed up by pointing out the external mic on my laptop. Here's another raw demo of a little prayer I said after moving to Gun Barrel City.
I hope I got the volume issue's corrected. Please let me know if that is not the case.

Thank you.

http://www.reverbnation.com/openmikemusic/song/18474842-lord-take-me-home-again-demo


Lord Take Me Home Again
copyright 2013 OpenMikeMusic

Lord take me home again.
Is this the place
I can rest my head?
And I wanna stay
but I gotta pray
for a better way
to live.

Cause I don't know
which way to go
and the cross is up ahead,
and I can't see
how far I'll be
from you if I go left,
to get back home, again.

This feels like home again
is this the place
I can raise my hands?
If I'm gonna stay
I gotta pray
with heart and
not my head,

Cause if it's real
then I should feel
him move inside of me
but if I'm wrong
should I move on
if home is where I wanna be?
Lord, take me home again.

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Mike, I'm not getting any volume out of it

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Hmmmm Link is working for me. Anyone else having problems with this one?


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Originally Posted by Bluesriff
Hmmmm Link is working for me. Anyone else having problems with this one?


I just tried your Find Me link also and could barely hear it. I then tried one of my own songs on Soundlink and heard it fine.


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soulful and sad at the same time. the simple guitar and vocals really brings it out IMO. good thing I reminded you about the built in microphone grin so that we may hear as well as read.

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Originally Posted by Bill Osofsky
Originally Posted by Bluesriff
Hmmmm Link is working for me. Anyone else having problems with this one?


I just tried your Find Me link also and could barely hear it. I then tried one of my own songs on Soundlink and heard it fine.


Well it is recorded straight into my external mic on my laptop and I know that the volume is lacking but the link takes you to ReverbNation...perhaps the volume on THAT player is turned down?

Max your volume if you are listening to any "demo" I post since the production is absent for the moment.
Sorry brother and thank you for stopping by.



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Yes Sir....can't thank you enough, Doug! This will do for the time being until I record these like they should be.

Cheers


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I don't know what it is, Mike. I tried another random song on Reverb, it was fine. Then I went back to your page and the 3rd and 4th songs were fine. But I can't hear the first two, still


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I can hear it only if I turn my KRK monitors wide open and then it's still way too quiet to appreciate the tune. Kinda scary having them turned up to 11! Dunno what's going on....but I gave it my best effort. I'll try again later.


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Okay I'll work on the fix.... thank you guys and gals


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Sorry for that....I changed the link to songspace.


http://www.americansongspace.com/bluesriffbrown/

If it's still bad Ill re-record.

Thanks and my apologies


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Blues...got computer maxed out and external computer speakers too....this on the american songspace link...can't give you any feedback, cause I can't really hear it

But I did listen with one ear to the speaker as I read the words...

But, I still can't give you any feedback on this except on the lyric, so it would be incomplete....

sorry....we need you back to the studio blues...


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My studio right now is one mic directly into my laptop. I'll get to working on the problem.

Thanks Steve


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Nice little introspective piece, Mike. I'm assuming sections 2 and 4 are your chorus. The structure's different, not bad or wrong, just different. The verses have some chorus repetition to them and the changing chorus moves the story along. Maybe could use a bridge to kick her up to 3 minutes if you have any more to add. Really enjoyed the sound of it.

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first things first,stop letting Douglas push your buttons on top your lap!Very dark but soulful,i like it!Mike

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LoL Kinda gives "collaboration" a new meaning, huh Mike.
Thanks you, Mike


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You're right Bill...especially for a song that maintains the same progression throughout....again, it's supposed to be a prayer, so it is a little odd in its presentation but a bridge WOULD break up the monotony and turn it from a prayer to a song.

Thanks for all your help, Bill!

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