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Topic: Phill sings Jim's song " Shooting Star" - two versions!

Phill is incredible -enough said! 

He recorded two versions of my song.

I love 'em both, but one is really my favorite - he shows his passion and superb abilities !! .

See if you think like me, let me know if you like it, and if you do , which one do you like better ?

Thanks for listening ! :

https://soundcloud.com/tigljk/shooting- … ng-phill-w 

https://soundcloud.com/tigljk/shooting- … ng-phill-w

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Re: Phill sings Jim's song " Shooting Star" - two versions!

Both are great but for my money I prefer the slightly slower V2 version.

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Re: Phill sings Jim's song " Shooting Star" - two versions!

Both versions  are  good and  as I said in the  song writing  post  having  two versions  of the  same  song  can be  good  .I  think  personal preference  by  the  performer  is  the  way  to  go  with  this  one  as both  are  great .

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Re: Phill sings Jim's song " Shooting Star" - two versions!

My favourite is V2. Jim's post said rock and roll, so I went that way first. When I played it on piano later I realised the slower blues version suited the song (in my opinion) better. I could be wrong, give your opinions please.

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Re: Phill sings Jim's song " Shooting Star" - two versions!

I listened to both versions a few times and there are merits to both, version one is slower and has a New Orleans jazz feel to it I kind of liked this version more, my only criticism would be the length of the 1st keyboard solo 2 bars would have been sufficient as more of a fill before the next verse, the keyboard solo should have replaced the guitar solo which to be honest dragged a bit and was a bit over the top in the mix with a few bad notes thrown in but overall is the best take of the two. I liked the backing vocals in version two nice touch on that Phill, the keyboard solo was a little to quiet in the mix the longer solos seem to be a passing thing today more emphasis  is placed on lyrical content that said this is a good collaboration overall and I think your efforts deserve an honest opinion smile

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Re: Phill sings Jim's song " Shooting Star" - two versions!

I liked both versions very good work,I do lean a little more too the blues/jazz feel.

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Re: Phill sings Jim's song " Shooting Star" - two versions!

I preferred  the version that featured the keyboard as the lead. Just seemed a little more seamless than guitar lead version.
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