. . . (Except Sometimes !)

Yep, I've been away for a while now (over a week, and a record for me). I thought you guys might be interested in listening to my latest Tyros2 live keyboard w/vocals song demo, a Hoagy Carmichael ballad standard, produced entirely on my Tyros2, entitled: "I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)". File Type: MP3; File Size: 7.05Mb.

To listen, go to my website: Scott Yee Entertainment ; then go to the 'Song DEMOS' page. "I Get Along Without You Very Well" is located in the 'Classic Ballads' section. To play: click on "DSL-Cable", immediately following the song title. Unfortunately, due to the large file size (7.05Mb), a 56kbps dialup version isn't included. Feedback and comments welcome. - Scott

Thanks for the tune and the information. Impressive that this quality can be spun off the KB alone. Hmmmmm. Might be the year to move from my beloved 9000 ...
I enjoy your music and your participation here. Always have.

Well done Scott!

I like the piano accompaniment very much!

bravo..

Well done Scott.
Smooooth, enjoyed listening to it very much.
I've never heard that song before...its a good tune.

Ed

Scotty....nice job on one of my favorate song writters Hoagy Carmichael...Star Dust is my song from him....you did him justice..
the T-2 sound just great...good vocals....
TR

Nice job Scott and welcome back. Sounds as if you're over the cold now.
zuki

Scott: I regret that I could not listen to your rendition of a great song by my favorite songwriter. There is no doubt in my mind that you "did him proud."

Many of us are concerned about the apparent loss of so many of the "Old Guard" here at the General Arranger Keyboard Forum of Synthzone. For awhile, I was afraid you had joined Chico, Wolf and the others. They are such great guys and you have always been so helpful and considerate. Thank goodness, I actually saw a response from UD today. Mason appears to have a thicker skin than some of us and did not abandon the site.

For Pete's sake guys, life is so short and friends are so hard to come by in our world that has managed to shrink and expand at the same time. If any of you are still lurking out there, always know that we enjoy your company and value your talent and opinions.

Scott, thanks ever so much for posting your site and this great song. Season's greetings and let's hope that 2006 will be better than 2005.

All my best, RICE (The Lone Arranger)

Heck, Ricester, this is MY site. They can all leave if they want to, but I'll be here.
When are you coming to S'port? BTW, I finally got around to really listening to the CD you sent. I WILL evaluate it if you still want.
Scott, I'll listen tomorrow after I sleep a while. I'm sure it's good as usual.
DonM

Hi Scott,

very nice and relaxing tune.
I just kicked back and enjoyed you playing and singing.

Thanks for sharing.

BTW I think this is the first time I have seen your new web-design.
It looks really great.

Eric

Hi Scott
Good to have you back.
Nice rendition and once more a clear vocal, presumably with your new mic!
Just one question:- I like to listen in stereo with my speakers but for some strange reason, I could not get the balance to work. I notice that you recorded in "Joint Stereo" according to Winamp. Does this mean that it plays back in mono?
cheers
Eddie

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Eddie from Rotherham
Skype:eddiefromrotherham
www.yamahakeyboards.info

Scott, this is an outstanding vocal. I loved the song, and your playing of it, but the quality of your vocal just left me in awe!

Thanks for sharing.

Graham

Your best so far!
Don

Scott , I agree with Don..I think it is your best work to date that I have heard...

Nice Job Scott,
Great style for a Beautiful Song!

NOT FAIR ! NOT FAIR ! NOT FAIR !!!


How about an abriged version????

t.


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Cajun100, Freestyle, Claudiu, MrEd, Tony Rome, Zuki, Rice, EricB, Eddie, Graham, DonM, Fran, DNJ, and TonyMads: Thanks guys for taking your time out to listen, as well as for providing (hopefully) candidly honest feedback, especially because I can no longer use the excuse of having a cold.


Freestyle: Glad you enjoyed it, as quite a few rootless style jazz chords were used to give it that unique sound.

Tony, I hope to have the honor of hearing your beautiful vocal rendition of "Stardust", perhaps played along on your Tyros keyboard as well.



Rice, on behalf of Chico, Wolf, Roel, myself, and any others who may have lefted, it means 'a lot' to hear you say this. Thank you. Though I'm not perhaps as experienced & tough skinned as DonM, have worked in enough bars now, to deal with the baiting barbs, and cat calls from the forums so called '3 ring' SZ circus funny man clowns.



No. Joint Stereo plays back in stereo.

Joint Stereo (vs stereo) is optionally utilized when encoding to MP3. The difference is how the stereo (left and right channel) were handled by the MP3 encoder when the MP3 was made. Stereo looks at the two channels and eliminates everything that is exactly identical. Joint Stereo uses a mathematical equation to change left/right into mid/side, and which saves space, and it also eliminates things that sound identical on both channels (mid vs side rather than left vs right in this case, though). It also checks to make sure that using this method for each tiny chunk of the song (called frames) is better than the simple left-right method. There are times when left-right will sound better than mid-side, and so for these frames, a good Joint Stereo implementation will allow left-right frames to be used.

In some encoders, such as Xing and L3Enc, joint-stereo is badly implemented, and so it's best to just use stereo. In Lame MP3 encoding (of which I use and recommend), it's best to use Joint Stereo, because it's very well-implemented. I currently use and recommend dbPowerAmp Music Converter for all MP3/WMA encoding. It includes & utilizes the MP3 LAME (the BEST!) encoder.


Ok Rice, Tony and others: I've gone ahead and re-posted, not only "I Get Along W/O You Very Well", but my other Tyros2 created Songs as well: "You Don't Know Me", and "California Here I Come". These are now downloadable from my website "SONG DEMOS" page, as Windows Media (.WMA) files, of which two versions are available: DSL-Cable (192kbps) & 56k dialup (32kbps). Windows Media Player is now REQUIRED for playback. Please let me know if you're able to successfully download and hear them: Scott Yee Entertainment Website

Thanks again to everyone for listening.

Scott

Scott. . .
Very slick song, really enjoyed it. Your vocal tone is so good, I'm wondering about how you eq the mic in the T2. I'm still not satisfied with what I'm hearing out of mine (of course, maybe it's just me). Tips on settings would be appreciated. Thanks, DerfM

Scott,
I can't comment on the song itself, since I am a complete stranger to this kind of music. I dare say that I don't like this music very much, the same way that others don't like heavy metal or country.

But I heard this an other songs you have posted here and I realise that you provide a very refined end result in your performances. They "feel" like a CD, in the sense that I feel they are "consistent" with each other. By "consistent" I don't mean they sound the same but that they have certain aspects and qualities that characterize them and make them part of a bigger scheme.

I can't elaborate further since my English are not that good, and I have been drinking beer, but simply put down, my opinion is positive.
Theodore

Quote from Scott ...
Ok Rice, Tony and others: I've gone ahead and re-posted, not only "I Get Along W/O You Very Well", but my other Tyros2 created Songs as well: "You Don't Know Me", and "California Here I Come". These are now downloadable from my website "SONG DEMOS" page, as Windows Media (.WMA) files, of which two versions are available: DSL-Cable (192kbps) & 56k dialup (32kbps).

Thanks, Scott I'll give a listen ....
t.

I wish I could sing like that!

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Bill
Yamaha PSR2000

No you don't. The boy is wonderful, but he ain't country like you! BTW I'm still waiting to watch the J. Cash video.
DonM

Wow Scott, when I enquired about the "Joint Stereo"format, I didn't expect your extended explanation but thanks anyway!
All I know is that I would listen to your songs every time, regardless of the technical aspect. For me, I just like to be entertained and you certainly excel at that.
cheers
Eddie

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Eddie from Rotherham
Skype:eddiefromrotherham
www.yamahakeyboards.info

Awesome clean sound! your music feels so good and relaxed

Jzzct & Eddie, and SemiLive (Bill) .Thank you all for such kind words.

Ok folks, in light of the thread that Chas (Cgiles) initiated:
What are you really looking for? , I only hope that other people here aren't somehow feeling disuaded from posting criticism, as I'm fair game to constructive critique as well, just as long as presented in a postively helpful manner. Thanks again. Scott

HI Up the road neighbor Scott Yee.
I just listened to that new song you put up and it is indeed grand. I can hear you are back up to par.
I had not seen your new website and it is really a class act.
I just played, You don't know me, and we are just blown away with that. What an amazing job.
Thanks for sharing.
Bebop

Scott .... real nice job ... Personally I think it's one of your finer efforts of late ...
t.

I wanted to add that I think the quality of the recording is really good, and the vocal quality is very good, and of course, Scott your piano playing is excellent ... HOWEVER, I personally wasn't thrilled with the style used for this tune ... It sounds like the 'band' wants to swing' the tune, but vocally you are giving it a more subdued, torchy, feeling, fitting of the message of the lyric ... Perhaps you wanted the 'small combo' effect, but I would have liked something with some strings behind you..
Also, I thought the ending was somewhat abrupt, and could have used some stringss there ... The trumpet is very reminiscent of the "Trumpet Soloist" on the technics kn6000 ...
On the other hand, I thought the arrangement for "You Don't Know Me" was right on....
Just my thoughts ...
t.

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