'Reading Your Lips' Round 2

[stratocaster539]

Wow! You have created such a great concept with so few elements :]

[TheraminTrees]

Thanks Stratocaster! ;8)

[alphadog7473]

Me too !!!!! , your voice is amazing = )

[TheraminTrees]

Thanks alphadog! ;8)

[QualiaSoup]

*So* beautiful and moving, Link. Gave me shivers. xx

[TheraminTrees]

Ah thanks Doug! ;8) I was going to give up on this one — it just got so dense and complicated at one point. It does feel a personal milestone to've finally written a song! ;8) xx

[musosf]

This is insanely brilliant and brilliant insanity. So haunting, delicate and gorgeous. The high vocals are incredibly moving and I really like the lyrics too. What an auspicious beginning! I really really REALLY need to find time to collab here...such talents! As always, I am in awe of your ever-unfolding talents.  BTW I recommend the Snowball mic by Blue, but you really made the lo-fi vocals work.

[TheraminTrees]

Hey Mike — damn good to see you! Things still busy? Any sign of calming and making way for some return here? Although, your tweets always give me a titter! As someone whose taste I really respect — always dropping by to see your feature vids — your comment means a lot. Seeing it's my first song, I've decided to put it up on my own channel, with a more developed video. Thanks for the Snowball tip! It would be so nice to have the choice to do non-lo-fi — especially for a capella stuff ;8)

[TheraminTrees]

My goodness Mike — I've just been to your page, and I'm so honoured! As I say, I drop by all the time to see your recommendations — you're someone I've long relied on as a source of info on great new talent. To be up in that spot is an incredible compliment! Thanks so much ;8)

[phekwig]

Very fine! The multiple eyes and mouths are a bit over the top creepy, though :)

[TheraminTrees]

It's funny — when the video was done, I spotted a hint of Frida Kahlo's famously mono-browed self portraits .... ;8)

[bCurious2]

I would have expected a vocal round form you to be brilliant, but this surpasses anything I'd imagined!!! Those high notes are hauntingly beautiful!! This song kind of feels like a classic already, the melodic color and atmosphere you conjure up are truly unique.

[TheraminTrees]

Thanks BC2! ;8) This is my first ever song and I started out putting just tons of layers of improv on it at first, so it ended up confused and 'swamped' and I almost gave up on it. Then I started singing along with some simple high notes and that seemed to fit much better so I went for it. It was a real learning experience! By the way, *wonderful* to see your brother's fantastic cross-beat spin on 'Crone'! ;8)

[a2zdiy]

Wow! I really love your singing Link - you've been holding out on us, eh? Thank you for sharing yet another wonderful talent of yours!

Very fine lyrics as well.

[TheraminTrees]

Cheers El Gordo! I've never written a song before, but I thought, What the heck — I'll nudge myself out of my comfort zone and give it a go. Should've included the video of it: I'm singing into a bleedin' webcam! Must get a proper mic sometime! ;8)

[a2zdiy]

Never written a song before? Fantastic first effort!

Did you rip audio from the webcam files into Logic for processing & mixing?

Great sound, wonderfully expressive singing - you really are superbly talented.

Happy weekend Bro!

[TheraminTrees]

Ah thanks my friend ;8) Yes — Logic imports movie soundtracks, and with a bit of EQ and denoising it's possible to clean up webcam quality sound a little — but only so much ;8(

[vicepresidentfru1tly]

I didn't know you had such a nice singing voice Theramin!

[TheraminTrees]

Thanks V.P. — this is actually the first song I've ever written/recorded— only done instrumental work until now — so it's all a very strange and novel experience!

[Leadman1989]

hauntingly good :)

[TheraminTrees]

Thanks Leadman ;8)