[Jomi]

This song is taken from a time when the Australian/New zealand armies landed on Gallipoli during the first world war, they were supposed to knock Turkey out of the war but the Turks were ready.
The Australians suffered terribly and over 8000 of them were killed.
The song is about one soldiers journey through it all.

Once again, it's a sad song and a bit gory in places!
All the same I hope you like it.

SoundClick artist: John (UK) - page with MP3 music downloads

[eddiez152]

Jomi,
Wonderful tune John. As always, you tell the story well.

[Rockerbob]

Beautiful! Brings tears to my eyes.

[twilli227]

Loved your playing and singing John. Sad but true story.

[mattz196]

Wonderful Jomi , you really captured the emotion of that song.

[diredigits]

Your always a pleasure to listen to John. As always you combine your playing and vocals into a beautiful package.

[Aunt Doty]

Jomi, I always enjoy listening to your songs! Keep them coming!

[tomg123]

Sounded great Jomi

[Jomi]

Thanks Eddiez, glad you enjoyed the song

Thank you RB, that's a great compliment

Twilli, thank you, unfortunately there are thousands of other stories just like it!

Thanks a lot Mattz

Thanks Diredigits (I still love that name)

Thank you Aunt Doty I'm working on the song you asked me to do - remember?

Thank you Tom

[starsailor]

Originally Posted by Jomi

This song is taken from a time when the Australian/New zealand armies landed on Gallipoli during the first world war, they were supposed to knock Turkey out of the war but the Turks were ready.
The Australians suffered terribly and over 8000 of them were killed.
The song is about one soldiers journey through it all.

Once again, it's a sad song and a bit gory in places!
All the same I hope you like it.

SoundClick artist: John (UK) - page with MP3 music downloads

Hi Jomi that was a very touching rendition of the song, beautifully played and sung.
It was one of the worst disasters in military history and a lot of people don't remember that it was Winston Churchills idea.
The Men and Boys that made the ultimate sacrifice in the First World War must never be forgotten, it was an horrific war.

Here's a couple of pieces about Gallipoli.

::Gallipoli::

Gallipoli; birthplace of the ANZAC Legend

[knight46]

Jomi,
That was beautiful as always, great tune and superbly played and sung.

[X4StringDrive]

I too thought it was another great one from you Jomi, but am I the only one who felt it was a little too strong in the echo department?

Interesting links Chris...thanks

[Jomi]

Thanks Starsailor thanks also for the links, there's more to it than I'd realised, reading through the links though, Churchills' idea could have worked if they'd had better leadership on the spot, it's all still horrific though.

Thanks Knight46 Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks X4 Regarding the echo, I agree although I did want to add some reverb, I don't know how to adjust the amount, I use presets
and I've consistently used the same one from Adobe Auditions called; 'vocal stage - warm' - it hasn't been a problem in the past but it does
seem more echoey in this song. Any idea on toning it down a little would be welcome! I have experimented with other presets but this one seemed to suit me best.
The ending is deliberately echoey and it should seem distant too - echoes of the past if you see what I mean.

[X4StringDrive]

The whole thing Jomi, but like I said maybe its just me vs your accent. I just had a hard time clearly hearing the lyrics on this one.

Hope I didn't offend you with this.........Kenny

[X4StringDrive]

Jomi, I can't seem to find the 'vocal stage - warm' setting on my version{1.5} of auditions..if you have the same maybe you could point me in the right direction or if it was a vst you downloaded where you found it from, I could then offer something you might could use. Most all the effects open a window with all of their changable parameters, so I'm sure its just something easily over-looked..................Kenny

PS: I thought the ending was great and well executed.