"Country Songs Don't Have Happy Endings" - my new song [vanity, vanity, all is vanity]

Me, via YouTube ^ | 9/5/14 | Me, as "Hopalong Ginsberg"

[Slings and Arrows]

OK folks, I've got a new song out. This is also a country song, but not a humorous one. (Not intentionally, anyway.) Once again, I'd appreciate it if you'd give it a listen and an honest opinion, preferably in that order. The waaaaahmbulance is standing by.

A few quick notes:

1) I did indeed record the song as "Hopalong Ginsberg." No, that is not an autocorrected spelling of "Slings and Arrows."

2) Yes, I know what my voice sounds like, so let's get this out of the way:

3) If you like the song, or even if you just want to inflict it on an enemy, you can download the MP3 for free here. Or here. But not here.

4) To justify pinging my kitty ping list:

[Salamander]

This has that, big time.

[Slings and Arrows]

Well, the dump truck of reverb I poured on the track might help. In any case, you’re added.

[Slings and Arrows]

I’ll get to it. Soon.

[Slings and Arrows]

I take no prisoners.

[Slings and Arrows]

Just to make it clear, *I’m* not the one summoning eldritch abominations here.

[Salamander]

Hey now!

I love that big ham!

Also....

[Slings and Arrows]

Who dares, wins. Who double-dog-dares, gets his tongue stuck to the flagpole.

[Salamander]

Take your time.

I’ve got WiFi out here.

[Slings and Arrows]

I love him too. I’m just saying that, after you play his music, it’s a PITA to get the shoggoths out of the plumbing.

[CatherineofAragon]

"Well, the dump truck of reverb I poured on the track might help. In any case, you’re added."

So you sound like PeeWee Herman in real life? KIDDING!

[Slings and Arrows]

I have better taste in movies.

[Salamander]

Try dumping this down the drain.

[CatherineofAragon]

LOL

Well, I still like your voice...you have to have something to throw the reverb on, after all.

[shibumi]

Sal commented:

"Well, I’m out on the ledge with a cyanide pill between my teeth. Was that what you were going for?"

My reaction is somewhat different.
How to put this?

Let's just say that if we were up close and personal, that Bluto gif would come to life.

[Slings and Arrows]

I keep a small emergency kazoo handy for just these situations.

[Slings and Arrows]

Hope I don’t get any on my Elder Sign.

[shibumi]

Kazoo you say?

That's all well and good.

But how about a Kazookeylele?

[Gefn]

That Bluto gif....that singer was Stephen Bishop. “On and On”, could have been a country song....no?

[Norm Lenhart]

Vocals WAY WAY to up front. Intimate/in your ear vocals for minimalistic/acoustic songs are a given but it’s mixed way too loud vs. the Guitar. A bit of deEssing would help a lot. If you are ITB (which I assume with the midi guitar), you might consider manually deEssing via automation on the siblience or notching the offending band with a parametric EQ. I never had any luck with the compressor route, at least doing it properly.

JMO FWIW

[Norm Lenhart]

Then again there’s...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW1cFdWqv-8

There are stranger things in heaven and earth, Horatio.... ;)