Come Away - a singable pop instrumental

  • A member of a guitar forum wrote he thought my melodies sounded "constructed". So I started thinking about writing simpler melodies that you can sing, so this is the first tune with this in mind and I call them "singable instrumentals".


    Guitar is a James Tyler Studio Elite.

    Clean sound is a Fractal Audio FM3.

    Lead sounds are the Kemper.


    Hope you'll enjoy it!


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    Cheers,


    Mats N

  • WTF is "Constructed"? How else do you write a song, or build a house, paint a picture, or ask a girl out on a date? Sometimes the song flows out of your fingers naturally and sometimes you take bit and pieces of one to put into another. It's not magic done by a wand, but we strive to make it sound that way.


    Sounds good Mats no matter what they say. :)

    Larry Mar @ Lonegun Studios. Neither one famous yet.

  • Well done Mats_Nermark ! I think every song is “constructed” so I’m not sure what they meant, I wouldn’t worry about it unless they can be more articulate in explaining what they meant by it.


    This sounds great, very polished as always. Great legato playing.

  • Fractal ! Blasphemy ;)

    I can't help hearing Michael Mc Donald vocals on top , great vibe Mats !

    Hey Waraba,


    The Michael McDonald reference is a good catch and he was definitely in my head when I wrote this one. So much that the next one is even more so.


    Cheers,


    Mats N

  • WTF is "Constructed"? How else do you write a song, or build a house, paint a picture, or ask a girl out on a date? Sometimes the song flows out of your fingers naturally and sometimes you take bit and pieces of one to put into another. It's not magic done by a wand, but we strive to make it sound that way.


    Sounds good Mats no matter what they say. :)

    Thank, BT!


    Cheers,


    Mats N

  • Well done Mats_Nermark ! I think every song is “constructed” so I’m not sure what they meant, I wouldn’t worry about it unless they can be more articulate in explaining what they meant by it.


    This sounds great, very polished as always. Great legato playing.

    Thanks, Per!

    I used to worry a lot about what people thought about my music. When I accepted the fact that I will never make a living as a composer or a guitar player, then the worry disappeared. Now I just write what I like and that's that.


    Cheers,


    Mats N

  • Hi Mats,

    I can't understand the criticism either. Every song is somehow constructed already, if you stick to a song scheme alone.

    This again is a nice tune. :thumbup:

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