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#1146057 11/11/18 11:35 AM
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John and I have been working on this song a little while.

Not finished yet...Comments are welcome

https://soundcloud.com/domenic-mercurio/full-callupon-himmixnov22-output-master-untitled1



Call His Name (The Hand That Guides )

Lonely, weary, with a voice unanswered
in the depths of despair no strength to go on.
I called upon my saviour please show me the light
and soon my burden disappeared like the night

Call, upon him then he will console you
Don't turn the other way for he wont forsake you
He feels the pain when a loved one is taken
helps heal the wound of your empty heart
when you praise the lord and take your part
call upon the hand that will guide you
Jesus will always with you abide
helps heal the wound of your empty heart
when you praise the lord and take your part

Call his name
call his name

John Vaughan (C)

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Mimmo,

Loved your vocals here especially--your emotion and passion come through your voice. Nice building melody as well. I listened a 2nd time and decided if your put Elvis Presley's voice in a bottle and shook it up with Willie Nelson's.........add a "pinch" of Italian accent, and the result would be Mimmo!

One thought, I wasn't ready for the song to end quite so soon, I thought with this structure, you could end with a little longer instrumental outro as a more climactic ending before resolving on the last musical chord.

Well done guys!

steady-eddie

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Hi Ed
Cheers great feedback.
Yes u agree on the ending and i'm sure Mimmo will be around here soon
Regards


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Ed
Thanks for your thoughts on this song and your comments.
I tried this song with a few different sounds, after adding the back up vocals I liked the sound I was getting and decided to go on with this style. I do like what I have this far.
Thank you for your Elvis reference.
I grew up listening to his music and I did a lot of his songs for quite some time when I sang at weddings locally.
This kind of sound comes naturally for me and I am comfortable with it.

Because of the style of the song I thought I’d keep it short and simple,
But I guess I can always stretch it with a bit of instrumental to the ending.

Regards
Mimmo





Here is a comment from a friend:


Cal DiFalco
Mimmo:

You shred a gospel song before, but I don’t think it was this one.I really like this one. Nice feel and arrangement. I think it is very well done. Remind me a little of Elvis’s gospel album and the arrangements he used there.

Very nice.

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good treatment

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Hi Mimmo and John:

You have this one "headed in the right direction" an assume the abrupt ending was to emphasize your opening remark as you posted the song. Two seasoned professionals like you and John don't need my advice... you just need time to whittle here and there, add a touch where needed or do what is necessary to take this to the level it can reach.

Great work so far. Cannot wait to hear the final rendition. Thanks so much for sharing... and, as always... best of luck.

----Dave

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I liked the arrangement in this worship/praise song. The vocals were strong, too.

I thought the ending of the first verse felt a bit awkward:
"I called upon my saviour please show me the light
and soon my burden disappeared like the night"
Especially that last line. It just needs a bit of wordsmithing to make it flow better.

The ending was a bit abrupt but it's a workin progress so you probably know this.

I especially liked how you wove the guitar into the arrangment/mix.

Very cool!

Peace,
TC


If it has strings I will find a way to play it!

You can hear my tunes at https://soundcloud.com/tc-gypsy
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Thank Dave and TC for listening and commenting on this.
I appreciate your thoughts about the song.
Regards
Mimmo

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Mimmo,

Well, gospel ain’t quite my thing, but I enjoyed listening to this a lot. Love the “early” Elvis sound you got going on here. Some terrific backing vocal as well. Really nice vocal here. But, wow, that ending is way to abrupt, so needs to be massaged . . . an easy fix, but one you have to make. Well done, gents! Lot to like here.

Kind regards,

Deej

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Originally Posted by Deej56
Mimmo,

Well, gospel ain’t quite my thing, but I enjoyed listening to this a lot. Love the “early” Elvis sound you got going on here. Some terrific backing vocal as well. Really nice vocal here. But, wow, that ending is way to abrupt, so needs to be massaged . . . an easy fix, but one you have to make. Well done, gents! Lot to like here.

Kind regards,

Deej

Thanks for listening Deej...Gospel is something I do every now and then, I did like the lyrics on this one.
I have edited the ending to the song since the mix that is up, still working on a few new sounds I will post a new mix soon.

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Hi Guys, I just posted a new mix with new parts in the track...New ending and added piano for the ending it self, also new vocal track.

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New mix on the song here....also replaced the link in top post


https://soundcloud.com/domenic-mercurio/full-callupon-himmixnov22-output-master-untitled1



Regards
Mimmo


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