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Sorry and with the greatest of respect but that didnt work for me

Thanks for listening.

Regards

Bob Brown

It doesn't work for me either Bob, it's not you - it's the lack of melody, there isn't one.
Cliff's hit 'Move it' is the same sort of tune when it comes to converting to an instrumental. Each are great rock & roll songs in their intended form, but will never work as instrumentals because they are essentially vocal performances.

Dunno Dave, I think it does have a melody, short and to the point which suits guitar instrus, otherwise it's difficult to define what would suit an instru.

It seems to have been overall very well received though. I would say though there's a few things I would probably change if I were to do it again.
This version is drenched heavily in reverb which is really what was happening here to the instrus down under in the mid-60's - surf, sand, stomp dancing at the local surf club. Heavy twanging of the tremolo bars etc but I should have pulled the melody out more with less drive in it.

Regards

Bob

Well I sort of agree with Dave; the majority of pop songs don't have sufficiently strong melodic content to make good instrumentals.

But I agree with Bob with regard to this particular one. Someday I might post my old version, so that you can see how good his is!

I’ve listened a few times Bob, I think you may well be right about pulling the melody out a bit, the vocals were very dominant and tight on this?

Steve, it would certainly be good to hear your version!

Regards

Gary

Thanks Steve and Gary, cheque's in the post. My goodness I'll soon be broke ! LOL



rgds

Bob

Garystrat wrote:Steve, it would certainly be good to hear your version!

You may disagree when you hear it Gary! One day I'll post it just for fun.

Who knows Steve, I think we all tend to be our own worst critics!

Here's a twist. Friend of mine, Phillip, took a liking to the instrumental and wanted to do it as a vocal. We recorded his voice yesterday using the backing from my original less the melody part. Fair to say he doesn't quite get the notes pitched well at times but a bit of fun anyway. https://app.box.com/s/oslve14oqzxhdo9tp0l3z7qv9rapwn8g

Rgds

Bob