The Raven (collab w/ alanfraser)

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I was intrigued by this song of alanfrasers when he first posted it and essentially begged him to let me have a try at singing it. So here it is.

Alan wrote the song and lyrics and created the music bed. I mixed my vocal with the MP3 track he provided.

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See: Eyes of the Raven by Alan Fraser (collab w/ RonnieLong)

Song Stats

Hits: 2413
Comments: 35
Fans: 1
Plays: 282
Downloads: 107
Votes: 16
Uploaded: Feb 09, 2005 - 03:23:39 AM
Last Updated: Oct 20, 2005 - 08:28:46 PM Last Played: Nov 17, 2009 - 06:29:38 PM

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raven (9), scary (36), haunt (2), soul (102), halloween (48), rock (1437)

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Music and Lyrics by Alan Fraser

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Comments

MiMi	MiMi said 1752 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	Cool Cool voice! It is a good contrast to ronnielong's vocal version. Check out my latest song called You

aclarke	aclarke said 1751 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	Cool Thanks, Mimi. I liked Ronnie's version too. I heard the vocal a little differently and just wanted to give it a shot. Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

Archy	Archy said 1751 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	Classic. Major flash back to "Eyes of a stranger" by queensryche. Nice classic metal, with a good solo, but shouldnt the solo be harder and more dominant?? The vocals are perfect, harsh, breathy and commanding. Archy Check out my latest song called Vines

aclarke	aclarke said 1751 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	Classic. Hey Arch- thanks for the compliment. I didn't have any control over the music bed, that was provided by alan as an mp3. I pretty much left that alone and just mixed my vocal in. Glad you liked it! Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

SlimGirlFat	SlimGirlFat said 1751 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	Wow You have a great voice. I would have gone one step further and tweaked them with a couple of effects to really mix them in, a touch of distortion would perhaps give it a little better mix in this type of sing. However, this is a good strong vocal addition.. and you sing this very very well.. SlimGirlFat Check out my latest song called Not Enough

aclarke	aclarke said 1751 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	Wow Thanks SGF! I admit I was trying to keep the effects of the vocal to a minimum and never even considered distortion on a voice track. I'll try it tonight. Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

	said 1751 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	Vocal adds new... Edge to this song. You bring a lot of feeling into this performance that enhances the overall song. Both versions I like. I found in the first one I was more drawn to and aware of the instrumentals. In this version your vocal interpretation captured my attention. Great performance here. Jack

aclarke	aclarke said 1751 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	Vocal adds new... Thanks, Jack. I really wanted to make it sound different from the other version. As always I appreciate your comments...glad you liked! Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

Peter Greenstone	Peter Greenstone said 1751 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	major improvement Your vocals are a trillion times better than the originals. You should add some screamin' heavy metal harmony vocals to it. Blow the roof off. Check out my latest song called From Nothing

aclarke	aclarke said 1751 days ago (February 10th, 2005)
	major improvement Thanks, Peter. A trillion is an awfully big number, though :) I'll have to see if I can dig down deep and find those screamin' harmonies! Great idea! Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

Mystified	Mystified said 1751 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	Great interpretation ... of this piece in the excellent vocals! I'm glad you decided to do this! Now, get busy and post some more songs! ;) Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

	said 1751 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	Nice vocals aclarke........ but this is one fucking bird that I wish would die. How many different version of this lames ass song do we need to hear.

Pie	Pie said 1751 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	Iron... ...Maiden :-) touch of the Bruce Dickinson's about this vocal. Neat :-) Check out my latest song called Kaleidoscope (Single)

aclarke	aclarke said 1751 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	Iron... wow...that's the first time I've ever been compared to Bruce Dickinson. Very cool. Thanks for the listen! Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

Z293	Z293 said 1751 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	I agree with Pie It does have an Iron Maiden sound to the vocal. You've got guts to post a version after two people before you already have and I think you managed to add something to this version. Nice job and Alan you started it all. Check out my latest song called The Fine Line

aclarke	aclarke said 1751 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	I agree with Pie Thanks Z. I was going to wait but decided the interpretation was different enough. Now I need to finish some of my own. Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

hacked_to_pieces	hacked_to_pieces said 1751 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	Nice job on the vocals you do have a nice 80's metals vocal style and the comparison to Bruce is valid. The only thing I didn't like was the vibrato used on the last word of each verse it was over exaggerated. Other than than you did an outstanding job. Check out my latest song called blues shuffle

alanfraser	alanfraser said 1751 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	Wow! I didn't know you had uploaded the tune! I'd said your voice sounded too sweet but it sounds nastier here and I do like that. I still think you ham it up a bit too much but your voice is strong and I suspect you can do pretty much whatever you want with it. Thanks for doing this. It feels pretty cool that you'd even want to. Check out my latest song called It's For You w/Mystery Lady

alanfraser	alanfraser said 1751 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	Wow! P.S. I didn't rate it as it would be like partially rating myself and that wouldn't be right. Thanks again. --- Melodically, Alan Fraser at http://myducksoup.com/blog/blogger.shtml Check out my latest song called It's For You w/Mystery Lady

aclarke

aclarke said 1751 days ago (February 10th, 2005)

Wow!
I tweaked the settings on the vocal track using more reverb, slight echo and
compression and it did come out a little darker than the bare track. I know
what you mean about "hamming it up"... in that I delivered it more like a rock
opera piece than a heavy metal song. At least that what I thought when I read
Hacked to Pieces' comment.

Thanks for letting me put my spin on this song. Keep Rockin'!

Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

alanfraser

alanfraser said 1751 days ago (February 10th, 2005)

Wow!
I don't know your politics but my next one is a political metaphor and it's
savage. I don't know if I'll name Bush specifically but it has to do with
drinking the blood of dead virgins to make your skin stay young-looking.
This is based on historical precedent and that's what makes the metaphor.
Dunno if you're up for something like that as it's got to be hard-core metal,
rock-opera definitely won't do it. I want to rip the skin off that sick bastard's
bones. Anyway, think about it. Maybe a three-way collab with you and
Ronnielong?? Anything's possible.

---
Melodically, Alan Fraser at http://myducksoup.com/blog/blogger.shtml

Check out my latest song called It's For You w/Mystery Lady

Syncopatient	Syncopatient said 1750 days ago (February 10th, 2005)
	That voice of Yours is GREAT! Not to mention you have complete command of it. Excellent job on this. It is exciting to think of the different genres you're vocal ability will afford in future projects. I look forward to hearing more. Super work! Check out my latest song called Jazz Praise

ronnielong

ronnielong said 1750 days ago (February 10th, 2005)

HA!
Geeezzz how many times is this tune gonna be posted?!!
Oh well...not bad man....like Alan had mentioned- it was a
little "cheesy" at times....almost too over the top in some
places. But to each his own, right? Nice voice man, but I
just don't dig the 80's metal opera thing...

However- its still better than my version!!
hahahahahahaha...

and Oddly enough, I Am an Iron Maiden fan.... I just
wanted to stay far far away from that sound on this
tune...but it fits for some reason...

Keep postin'!! :)

Check out my latest song called ... How I learned to Love the Bomb

aclarke	aclarke said 1750 days ago (February 10th, 2005)
	HA! I would have waited longer to post it but patience has never been my strong suit. Oddly enough I never listened to Iron Maiden that much back the day. Thanks for the listen and the feedback. So I guess my plan to record this in eight different languages probably won't fly, huh? :) Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

Iseae	Iseae said 1747 days ago (February 14th, 2005)
	A little too loud Greaat voice! Though it could be mixed down a little lower, they're overwhelming the music bed. I agree with slimmie, maybe a little distortion would add an extra dimension to your voice. Check out my latest song called Vickys Song

aclarke	aclarke said 1745 days ago (February 15th, 2005)
	A little too loud Thanks Iseae! I actually mixed this down from where I originally had it. As the song had already been posted a couple of times I did want to accentuate what I was doing (singing only) so the vocals were left up intentionally. I really appreciate you taking the time to comment!! Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

TobinMueller	TobinMueller said 1745 days ago (February 15th, 2005)
	Solid Solid. Nice balance. Love to hear the perfectionist coming thru. Nice track. Check out my latest song called Forge A New Life (MJRF)

aclarke	aclarke said 1745 days ago (February 15th, 2005)
	Solid Thanks for the listen and the comment, Tobin. Still trying to figure everything out. It gets a little easier with each attempt. Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

jschultz76	jschultz76 said 1732 days ago (February 28th, 2005)
	thanks! now i'll be scared of ravens for the rest of my life! great mix of raspiness and smooth vibrato! a hint of freddie mercury. awesome Check out my latest song called What Remains

trilevel graphix	trilevel graphix said 1725 days ago (March 8th, 2005)
	cool The bottom end just rips me, i am really into guitar tones, what axe are you using rock on Check out my latest song called The Big Sleep

aclarke	aclarke said 1724 days ago (March 8th, 2005)
	cool Thanks for listening... I liked the guitar part as well. It's actually another MacJammer, alanfraser. I believe he used a strat on this. Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

stevec	stevec said 1673 days ago (April 28th, 2005)
	oustanding! set the way back machine for '86! totally reminds me of H.S. i can easily imagine crusin' with this blastin & the windows down, headbanging & scarin' the neighbors. Nice job. Check out my latest song called Pieces

screaming.org	screaming.org said 1495 days ago (October 23rd, 2005)
	great vocals I'm impressed with your pipes. you've got that prog-band vocal style down. (The musical bed you've got to work with was inspiring, I can tell!) Check out my latest song called Bleed (alley-oop)

BigBagofPORNO	BigBagofPORNO said 1405 days ago (January 21st, 2006)
	woah reminds me of iron maiden. don't know why. cool. couln't find ronnie's version? Check out my latest song called Dark Salvation

aclarke	aclarke said 1405 days ago (January 22nd, 2006)
	woah Cool- thanks for the comment. I think Ronnie pulled all his old songs in a Guinness induced haze one day. They're slowly reappearing. --- "An honest man's pillow is his peace of mind" John Mellencamp Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

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