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John Reynoso @jnry3

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Second track uploaded (Half-Awake)

Posted by jnry3 - September 29th, 2007


After seven years in a shelf, I have finally recorded this track. Phew!

Used a combination of Cakewalk and Reason. Yup, no live instruments. Still have to polish the mixing and vocals. Did everything on this track, from every letter to every note, in my home.

Update 09/30/2007 - Sleep is a good thing. Re-listened to the track, and with a helpful review from user msg2007 (again, many thanks!), I discovered that the vocals and lead guitar were over the top. Remixed to drop the vocals by 6dB and the lead guitar by 3dB. Sounds a hundred times better now.

Update 10/02/2007 - After some #$%^&* dumped a 1- or 2-vote rating without any review, I decided to tweak the thin-sounding guitars. They still sound thin, but they sound 50% better than before. A few note changes as well, to make some areas a bit tastier. Hope to see the ratings go up to the 4 level.

Update 10/08/2007 - Tweaked the guitars again, plus a visit to the EQ too. Added some reverb to the instruments as well. It helps mixing when you have the following: a kick-@$$ Sennheiser headphone, a cheap-@$$ earphone from a tour bus in Barcelona, and a thin-sounding PC speaker.

Update 10/09/2007 - Added compression, plus boosted the entire track by 9dB. Still have to resolve a crackle issue... but it sounds waaaaay better now.

Update 10/22/2007 - #1 at NGAP Rock Charts with a vote rating of 4.58 from 32 votes.

Link to the .mp3: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen /98622

Lyrics:

Half-Awake
[J. Reynoso]
[03 May 2007]

It's 3am already
still wide awake and thinkin'
about a girl I met
not so long ago.

She's playing in my mem'ry.
Can't help it; she's a beauty.
And I am stuck in my bed,
thinking of you.

It's 4am already,
still wide awake and thinkin'.
Oh how will I get a fix on you?
How will I get a fix on you?

Maybe there is some way
we'll be together someday.
Right now, I'm stuck in my bed,
busy thinking of you!

I'm still half-awake!
I'm still half-awake!
I'm still half-awake!
I'm still half-awake!

5am already...
I'm still thinking of you!

I'm still half-awake!
I'm still half-awake!
I'm still half-awake!
I'm still half-awake!

It's 6am already,
time to face another day...
without you...


Comments

Can't help but feel that the lyrics are a bit short, hehe, otherwise I love the song. keep it up! :D

Hmm... the lyrics are a bit short! =O(