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Virtual Music Studio => Finished Works => Topic started by: soulfrontier on December 26, 2010, 08:38:11 AM

Title: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: soulfrontier on December 26, 2010, 08:38:11 AM

Hello MCS,

here is a brandnew song that I wrote in September 2010. Actually it was my intention to write something in the style of Mark Knopfler but the result is more in the direction of Neil Young or so  :)

A big "thank you" to all involved mates and also to CD, who made the final mix for us.
Also I'd like to say thank you to Mr.Mom and PVD for their interest and help.

And a special thanks to Johnny, he wrote the lyrics and its his first collaboration here on MCS!

bass         Andy Gupta (AndyG6508)
guitars      Mick Lovering (mickbrit55)
keys         Jay Schankman (j)
drums       Gerald Langenfeld (jman)
lyrics        Johnny Ace Williams (Johnny)
music        Holger Bremer (soulfrontier)
mix/master Mark the Cosmic Dolphin

Fair Weather Friend

v1:

Look at you, it's been a while
Grown up from a child
In you, I see your mother's eyes
Mysterious and wild

v2:
I hear she's doing well
Got herself a brand-new life
She followed me through the gates of hell
To end up someone's wife

v3:
Maybe this is God's revenge
For leaving you behind
But I was living, on the fringe
A blurr now, in my mind

ch:
Farewell is easy, for
Fair weather friends
Sunshine companions they
hide when the rain begins
Put no faith in.....
Fair weather friends

short solo (G-Am-C-G)

v4:
I'm begging you're forgiveness
Like many times before
I'm seeing the abyss now, and I
know there's nothing more

ch:
Love life surround yourself
With people you depend
Never let yourself become
A fair weather friend

bridge:
1.
Do not despair for me
I've done this to myself...you see
Many people
tried to help me
2.
I'm not prepared for what will come
On that I won't pretend
My sunshine
I'm your
Fair weather friend

Thanks my (all weather) friends, it was a pleasure to work with you, see you next time! :-)

I hope you will enjoy the music

cheers
Holger

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: Mr. Mom on December 26, 2010, 10:06:25 AM

Congratulations Holger,
The song sounds great, and you have obviously grown comfortable in providing vocals - which fit this song perfectly. Of course, a song is only as good as the cast assembled, so a big "WAY TO GO" to Andy, Jay, Mick, jman, Mark the Master, and a special "welcome to the team" to Johnny for his first collab. 8) 8)

John

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: Paulo on December 26, 2010, 11:00:09 AM

Very very nice song, folks... I always get amazed with the tunes that comes out of this site... There's a bunch of kick arse artists, including engineers, in here capable of doing the best tunes availabe, world wide.

Loved it.

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: Johnny on December 26, 2010, 12:12:34 PM

Wow Mark, you really are the, "Cosmic Dolphin"...This little ditty has never sounded better, and I thought Mick's version was fantastic, but yours is over the top! Thank you so much. :)

Andy, Mick, Jay, Gerald...You guys absolutely ROCK! This would have been a fine little tune with just an acoustic guitar and Holger singing, but with your contributions it has become so much more and I'm proud to have had an opportunity to play a small role in the final outcome...My warmest Thanks and congratulations to each of you...Hopefully, there's more to come! 8)

Holger, what can I say...You have a brilliant musical gift...It has been an extra-ordinary journey watching this evolve under your direction...I "Love" the final outcome...Just Love it!

John, thanks so much for your support...You're a true friend, to me, and this site...We are all fortunate here to know you, and to work with you...

All My Lovin'....Johnny

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: AndyG6508 on December 26, 2010, 12:17:41 PM

Hey Johnny.

Congratulations on getting this finished collab under your belt! Many more to come Im sure!

Holger,

Good to see another of your tunes completed. You must be close to finishing an album of 10-12 songs now I think. Thanks for letting me play.

Cheers
Andy

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: soulfrontier on December 26, 2010, 12:43:26 PM

Thanks John and Paulo!

Quote from: Paulo on December 26, 2010, 11:00:09 AM

I always get amazed with the tunes that comes out of this site... There's a bunch of kick arse artists, including engineers, in here capable of doing the best tunes availabe, world wide.

I second that Paulo  :)

Hey Johnny, I'm glad that you like the final result! Your lyrics are the perfect suit for this tune.

Andy thank's for your support! An album...hm dunno, I'm slowly and have only a few own songs finished so far
 ;)

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: Johnny on December 26, 2010, 12:55:51 PM

Thank you Holg.

I wanna put in my pitch as your lyric writer for that album!  I work hard, and my rates are dirt cheap. In fact, dirt would pro'bly work! ;D

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: riggorog on December 26, 2010, 01:02:19 PM

Really like this one guys! Love the lyrics and vocal, as well as the guitar work. Excellent performances by all and great mix :)

Roger

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: mickbrit55 on December 26, 2010, 02:36:15 PM

Thanks for letting me play on this one guys. Really turned out great :)

Mick.

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: CosmicDolphin on December 27, 2010, 06:58:42 AM

Nice one Fella's...Here's the final ape  ;)

CD

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: Errol on December 27, 2010, 10:31:34 AM

Really enjoying listening to this. Anything the starts Mark Knopfler and moves toward Neil Young is always going to be great!  :)

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: soulfrontier on December 27, 2010, 11:45:01 AM

thx Roger, Mick and Chesook!

Quote from: Chesook on December 27, 2010, 10:31:34 AM

Anything the starts Mark Knopfler and moves toward Neil Young is always going to be great!  :)

 ;D signed!

CD thanks for the ape file  :)

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: Stoney on January 01, 2011, 01:14:13 PM

A very fine listen guys and a great mix there is a lot happening in there

A great team

Cheers Ian

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: Studioplayer on January 04, 2011, 01:37:25 PM

I really like this tune. Sounds fantastic and just the style of music I like to listen too.  8)  The lead guitar is really sweet in this.  8)  Nice vibe and great job by everyone involved.  :)

Dave

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: Jman on January 05, 2011, 12:16:51 AM

thanks for including me on this one ...... turned out rather nice ... nice mix CD!

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: soulfrontier on January 05, 2011, 05:01:59 AM

thanks a lot Ian and Dave for listening and your kind comments!

Jerry its always a pleasure to work with you, thank you, glad that you like the result

 :)

Holger

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: Johnny on January 09, 2011, 12:41:54 PM

Hey Marty,

I'm responding to post Marty100 (newbie ;D) placed in studio A...

The lyric is certainly not storytelling A to B.

I overheard a couple of carpenters talking on their lunch break...One had been contacted by his Mother's old boyfriend because his health was failing. It seems he had befriended the boy (unlike his real father) and they became very close until he and his mother split. For several year after, he continued to send him gifts, but lost touch over time...I left at that point.
Soon after that i came upon, Holger's lovely tune and he was looking for a bittersweet lyric.
I purposely wrote it vague. In today's relationship strewn world, there are many different family dynamics being created, destroyed and re-created daily. I wanted the listener to make up their own mind about this two...Are they father/daughter or father/son? What was their connection? Is he dying or already dead...what happened? Is He, even a He? All fair questions, to be sure...left to the listeners imagination....Johnny  :)

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: soulfrontier on January 09, 2011, 04:19:46 PM

Johnny,

what can I say? Thank you so much for this look behind!!! The more I listen the more I love the lyrics.

Its a special gift to pick up such stories and turn it into lyrics.
I've got feedback from myownmusic.de from german musicians and they all told me that it is a fine tune, the arrangement, all instrument parts and the mix are great but the best thing about this song is the friction (I hope it is the right word) of (or between) the sweet music and the bitter lyrics!
That was EXACTLY my intention  :)
Imagine this simple and relaxedly tune with sweet "I love you and you love me" lyrics - for my personal taste it would be an overload of candy  ;D

thanks again to all involved

Holger

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: soulfrontier on January 09, 2011, 04:29:14 PM

 :o  :-[

we are today number one at the myownmusic.de pop-rock charts!!!

http://www.myownmusic.de/genre_sub.php?style=Pop-Rock

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: Johnny on January 09, 2011, 09:46:57 PM

We're number 1!!!
We're number 1!!!
We're number 1!!! ;D ;D ;D 8)

That's too cool Holg...and thank you for the kind comments. It was such a privelage to work on this beautiful piece of music...

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: AndyG6508 on January 10, 2011, 12:52:38 PM

Congratulations Holger and Johnny!! Accolade richly deserved.

Holger, the reviews are in german, maybe you could translate a few for us :) - except the ones which says "can the bass player"  ;D

Andy

Quote from: soulfrontier on January 09, 2011, 04:29:14 PM

:o  :-[

we are today number one at the myownmusic.de pop-rock charts!!!

http://www.myownmusic.de/genre_sub.php?style=Pop-Rock

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: soulfrontier on January 10, 2011, 02:33:59 PM

okay Andy here we go:


















 ;D ;D ;D

sorry! Just kidding
 ;D
good idea Andy I will do that tomorrow for you guys. Today its time to go to bed  :)

good night, sleep tight
Good night Good night Everybody
Everybody everywhere
Good night.
 ;)

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: AndyG6508 on January 10, 2011, 02:57:05 PM

 ;D ;D

nice one Holger!!

Andy

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: soulfrontier on January 11, 2011, 03:11:14 AM

as requested here a few reviews from myownmusic.de:

ms:
now I listen for the 6th time and the more I listen the more I love it. I also hear that you have your own style (had a listen to other soulfrontier and friend songs too)
what I hear is a very nice song with a great arrangement..perfect. The solo has a lot of feeling and gives the song additional emotional fulness.
5 stars for you and a "Hit of the day".

Eela:
fluffy song with earworm chorus. Although the lyrics are not the song sounds happy. I like your voice, good to see that you are working on new songs again.

Roxemble:
a song like a 5 star meal

the logical guess:
That's YOUR style! unique voice. Very nice song with a touch of the greatest from America: Springsteen, Petty, Seeger and so on.
That song on a big stage and the lighters go on.

Kerstin Sander:
very expressional lyrics, emotional and authentic production. The solo guitar is brilliant. Nice song!

Gilbert and friends:
very nice creaking bass, the flow is great and fluffy. Have I told you before that you guys sound like the Beatles? Would wish a bit more reverb for the vox, have a healthy new year!

the A:
confident like usual, this time with a touch of Tom Petty and a bit of John Lennon in your voice.
The vocals reveal the bitterness of the great lyrics.
The contrast of sweet music and bitter lyrics makes it very interesting because its against all expectations. That's fascinating.
The instrumentation is rich and nice and playful. A lot of nice details in it! You have to listen more than only one time to recognize all this details.
Very good mix, it sounds ease and transparent. every instrument is well balanced.
It sounds very nice and professional.

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: CosmicDolphin on January 11, 2011, 05:14:08 AM

Quote from: soulfrontier on January 11, 2011, 03:11:14 AM

Would wish a bit more reverb for the vox, have a healthy new year!

Cheeky ba****d  :o

Quote from: soulfrontier on January 11, 2011, 03:11:14 AM

Very good mix, it sounds ease and transparent. every instrument is well balanced.
It sounds very nice and professional.

That's better  ;D  ;D

CD

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: soulfrontier on January 11, 2011, 08:52:52 AM

 >:D  ;D

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: AndyG6508 on January 11, 2011, 10:18:26 AM

Quote from: soulfrontier on January 11, 2011, 03:11:14 AM

Gilbert and friends:
very nice creaking bass,

Creaky bass seems to suggest me wielding a huge double bass and Im wheezing :)

Seriously though, great reviews and good for you Holger and Johnnie.

Andy

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: soulfrontier on January 11, 2011, 10:45:03 AM

Hey Andy,

translation is not so easy to do sometimes. It means that the bass sounds very good.

Quote from: AndyG6508 on January 11, 2011, 10:18:26 AM

great reviews and good for you Holger and Johnnie.
Andy

I think good for the whole team  ;)

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: stoman on January 11, 2011, 02:01:44 PM

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earworm

LMAO :D

Does anybody understand what that means? It's a typical German word that cannot be translated to English - but maybe it has been adopted in the meantime. :P

BTW - Does the English speaking world still laugh about the German use of the word "handy"?

Sorry for off topic, guys. Great song, Holger - but you knew what I think about it anyway.

Regards,
  Steffen

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: Johnny on January 11, 2011, 02:18:42 PM

 ;D ;D ;D

"fluffy song" must be another of those German expressions that doesn't quite translate! ::)

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: stoman on January 11, 2011, 02:30:44 PM

Quote

"fluffy song" must be another of those German expressions that doesn't quite translate!

Oh, yes, that's a good one too! :D

Do you know the joke about the German who goes to an English restaurant and says "I want to become a bloody steak"? ;)

:D

Regards,
  Steffen

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: soulfrontier on January 11, 2011, 03:03:10 PM

 :-[
hey guys, all that I wanted to do was to let you know about the feedback. I'm not that good, I know.
sorry for all the stupid mistakes. Maybe Steffen can correct the mistakes. But I like "fluffy song"  ;D ;D ;D

b.t.w. I love this one:
captain:
sos we're sinking
lighthouse:
okay, what are you thinking about?
 ;D ;D ;D

now I will become a schnitzel
 ;D

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: Johnny on January 11, 2011, 03:16:20 PM

I've always been a sucker for a good "Muffy Song" myself.  ::)

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: stoman on January 11, 2011, 03:19:06 PM

Hey, chum, you know who it comes from! :)

And I'd rather not know how funny the things I utter sound ...  :-\

But earworm ... that's really a good one. :D Strange though that there is no equivalent word in English as it is used quite frequently in German.

Maybe we should teach it to the English world. :D

Regards,
  Steffen

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: soulfrontier on January 11, 2011, 03:24:42 PM

I'm sure they know what it means Steffen!  ::)
Sauerkraut, Blitzkrieg, Kindergarten....ear worm
 ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: CosmicDolphin on January 11, 2011, 03:26:05 PM

Quote from: stoman on January 11, 2011, 03:19:06 PM

But earworm ... that's really a good one. :D Strange though that there is no equivalent word in English as it is used quite frequently in German.

I think they had one in Star trek II Wrath of Khan  ;)

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: Johnny on January 11, 2011, 03:37:25 PM

Ewww, i remember that...It turned them into zombies....

Diabolical earworms from Germany!

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: Tricia41 on January 13, 2011, 03:07:19 PM

Very nice song, guys! Great work! :)

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: soulfrontier on January 30, 2011, 04:02:28 PM

thx Tricia!

sorry for the delay. And thank you Tricia for the "back to topic"!

your diabolical german earworm

Holger

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: Johnny on December 26, 2011, 02:30:04 PM

Holger!  :)

Bumpety-bump bump bump  :o

it was a year ago today  :D

Our first song together

"My first song, ever!"  ;)

Ahh yes

i remember it like it was yesterday ::) ;D

You wrote the music, i the lyric....

Then i sat on my ass while you did the rest....

Wow, not much has changed! ;D

Thank You for these memories, Holg!

"Happy 2012"  :)

Here's hoping for lots more stuff together,  8)

Cheers!

 

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: Mr. Mom on December 26, 2011, 02:50:00 PM

 ;D I remember this song... Happy Anniversary Johnny :) :)

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: soulfrontier on December 30, 2011, 02:54:25 AM

 :)
Hey guys,

what a nice surprise! Johnny thank you for reminding me of our first song! I write only 2..3 songs a year not more...this was our first song together and, YES! it was one year ago finished!

I still love it! Great lyrics, great work by all involved. Thank you all my friends.

Holger

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: snowdoguk on December 30, 2011, 04:01:36 PM

Seems like I missed this the first time around... song builds nicely and some great playing by all involved

Well done guys

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: soulfrontier on January 03, 2012, 05:07:35 AM

Hey snowy, thank you, glad that you liked it!

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: Albino on January 03, 2012, 06:02:15 AM

A nice little song with great performances all round.

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: Johnny on January 03, 2012, 10:02:57 AM

Snowdog! 8)

Thanks sooo much for taking the time ;)

You must have missed my message the first round!

I PM'ed everyone on this site, and begged them to stop by! ;D :D

Cheers! ::)

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: soulfrontier on January 03, 2012, 01:37:58 PM

 :)
thanks Albino!
 :)

Quote from: Johnny on January 03, 2012, 10:02:57 AM

I PM'ed everyone on this site, and begged them to stop by! ;D :D

 :P
seems that it finally worked Johnny!
 ;D

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: j on January 09, 2012, 11:59:51 AM

somehow I missed this one posted too, so thanks Johnny for reviving this post!

a fun song this is! I really enjoyed playing along. Nice job by all, and a very good  mix. :)

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: CosmicDolphin on January 09, 2012, 01:30:51 PM

Quote from: j on January 09, 2012, 11:59:51 AM

somehow I missed this one posted too, so thanks Johnny for reviving this post!

Nice job by all, and a very good  mix. :)

I agree  :)

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: soulfrontier on January 09, 2012, 01:41:15 PM

 :)
they say it's never to late Jay! Thank you mate, glad to have you aboard here  :)

b.t.w. this is post nr 49.

 ;)

Ah and CD yes this song sounds beautiful. Great mix!

Title: Re: fair weather friend (Andy, Mick, Jay, Jerry, Johnny, Holger)
Post by: Johnny on January 09, 2012, 03:18:29 PM

I thank all 3 of you from the bottom of my heart :)

This is sooo much better than a picture in a frame ;D