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Markleford · Post by **Markleford** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:05 pm

Paper Valentines
by James William Roy featuring Markleford Friedman
http://www.markleford.com/music/other/t ... ines09.mp3

EDIT: Old link now dead, as James is attempting to take it commercial as an experiment. You can preview and buy the track for mere pennies at the moment on Amie St

I covered one of James's tunes last month ("Opted In") for the monthly KVR contest. Here's another track from an eventually intended record release, just in time for the holiday!

I'm doing drums, editing, arrangement, and all-around production on DAW from his original hardware multi-track dumps. This track represents an "interim final" mix that we're going to live with for a bit, while we move onto more tracks, but figured we should give everyone a preview before Feb 14.

Catch more of James's tunes at The James Rocket!

Hugs and kisses,
- m

jakob · Post by **jakob** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:24 pm

Who killed JFK?

oops, I thought this was Jeopardy... hehe, good stuff, impressed!

folderol · Post by **folderol** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:15 pm

not arf bad mate

Bazz Cooper · Post by **Bazz Cooper** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:04 pm

Love it.... reminds me of The Psychadelic Furs.

I say that as a compliment as I was always a huge Furs fan.

Cheers

Markleford · Post by **Markleford** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:11 pm

jakob wrote:Who killed JFK?

oops, I thought this was Jeopardy...

You win!

hehe, good stuff, impressed!

Thanks!

- m

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:19 pm

oh, that's a quite good indie cracker! I like the voice-mix a lot:

chrimel

Markleford · Post by **Markleford** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:46 pm

Bazz Cooper wrote:Love it.... reminds me of The Psychadelic Furs.

I say that as a compliment as I was always a huge Furs fan.

Good comparisons to the classics always appreciated!

Thanks,
- m

Laguna Rising · Post by **Laguna Rising** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:00 pm

Cool stuff, this is pretty similar to the track you submitted last month (genre).
Nice vocal style, good arrangement for this moderate-aggressive music
I enjoyed it

Cheers

Markleford · Post by **Markleford** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:04 pm

mellotronaut wrote:oh, that's a quite good indie cracker! I like the voice-mix a lot:

Indie cracker, indeed! Yes, voice is layered and spread nicely: took some work!

Cheers,
- m

Emerald Tablet · Post by **Emerald Tablet** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:10 pm

hey buddy

nice stereo spread on the vocals

this song makes me happy

lovely

Markleford · Post by **Markleford** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 3:36 am

Laguna Rising wrote:Cool stuff, this is pretty similar to the track you submitted last month (genre).

Yeah, James has pretty much evolved a 'sound' ("indie by way of punk", perhaps), unlike my stuff which is all over the place!

Nice vocal style, good arrangement for this moderate-aggressive music
I enjoyed it

We're trying to keep the arrangements tight, though we actually *added* the guitar solo and a chorus repeat to the original version! Still under 3 minutes, though.

BTW, the original is HERE, should you be curious enough about the changes...

Thanks,
- m

Markleford · Post by **Markleford** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 5:16 pm

Emerald Tablet wrote:nice stereo spread on the vocals

this song makes me happy
lovely

His vocals make me happy!

Cheers,
- m

Laguna Rising · Post by **Laguna Rising** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 2:30 pm

Markleford wrote:BTW, the original is HERE, should you be curious enough about the changes...

got it
it's interesting to hear the different approach to the same thing. Thanks

Cheers

milesandmiles · Post by **milesandmiles** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 4:22 pm

Great pop rock writing and production. Love the energy. The guitars really fill out the stereo field. That solo hit me like a sonic heart attack! Keep up the excellent work!

Miles

Markleford · Post by **Markleford** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:53 pm

Laguna Rising wrote:it's interesting to hear the different approach to the same thing.

Yeah, we'd agreed that there's nothing particularly "wrong" with the original version (and I love the meaty quality of his mix that still eludes me), so this ended up as kind of an equally valid re-imagining a small step closer to radio-friendliness...

- m