So It Is - Completed Version

Todd Zielinski · #1 December 17th, 2007

The Breedlove is back...so I sat down and recorded the rest of the song (including the 2nd verse and bridge).

Perhaps this song will be a helpful reminder of choosing love and renewing our sense and sensibilities toward one another during this holiday season.

I rarely say this about my own music...but I love this tune. It embeds itself down deep melodically, and reminds me of some great times sitting around listening to my parents' records of the the Everly Brothers with my brother Mark. His birthday was on the 12th, so I dedicate this song to him. After all, he did come back late one night to give me a ride home just so I could delve into my first kiss with a girl a little longer!

That was a long time ago. So it is...

eddiez152 · #2 December 17th, 2007

Todd,
Very nice! I'd like to add some stuff to this that I will send you.
Keybord extras. Glad to see you and your guitar back together again.

Dad

X4StringDrive · #3 December 17th, 2007

Beautiful Todd...well worth the wait!

tomg123 · #4 December 18th, 2007

Very nice indeed, who makes breedlove?

cshude · #5 December 18th, 2007

Well worth the wait, Todd.
First off, I love the melody, the guitar playing- the rhythm is sweet, and the harmonies are fantastic.
That being said, the song would benefit I think from padding things out with more instruments. It is a long song- adding in some strings, bass, etc. to fill it out may help keep interest all the way through.
Great job, overall, though- very professional sounding to my ears.

knight46 · #6 December 18th, 2007

Todd,
That was beautifully done, just beautiful.

Rockerbob · #7 December 18th, 2007

Very nice! The harmonies are great!

6string · #8 December 18th, 2007

Its not fair that you can sing and I cannot.

fireblade · #9 December 18th, 2007

sounded great Todd, well played.

Todd Zielinski · #10 December 18th, 2007

Dad - Thanks. Now get to work on that keyboard of yours! I agree with cshude, the song needs to have some dynamics built throughout, especially a light lead in (maybe strings?) in the middle (where I hope to have Marshall or Rockerbob...hint, hint...put some leads in), and at the bridge.

X4string - Thank you very much.

tomg123 - Breedlove is it's own company. I have one of their custom shop guitars and I love it. Their mass market guitars (Atlas series, etc...) are nice, but not like their custom shop guitars. The guys at Breedlove helped design the Taylor necks, and one of the brothers still works with Taylor. (I think on their GS series, but I'm not sure.)

cshude - I was suprised to see how long the song was. 2 verses and a bridge doesn't seem like much. Maybe the intro and the "outro" are too long? But I agree...and we hope to start padding it out. Feel free to import the song and send me some ideas if you wourld like.

knight46 - Thanks again.

Rockerbob - I'd also love it (if you have time) if you would add some guitar tracks. I'm not a great guitar player, but I love writing songs and then inviting others to help the song become what it will be.

This is long, but I wanted to thank you all for your comments.

Todd Zielinski · #11 December 18th, 2007

6string and fireblad - your comments weren't up when I posted that last comment, but somehow posted before my lengthy post. Sorry...

6string - I bet you can sing better than you think, but thank you for encouraging me.

Fireblad - I don't feel very confident about my playing, but it's a good backbone to build on. Thanks.

starsailor · #12 December 18th, 2007

Beautiful song Todd, love your vocals, the Breedlove sounds great and this song carries a message which is very relevant this time of year.

Best Wishes

Chris

raybaro · #13 December 18th, 2007

Nice song, I like the vocal harmonies, very beautiful and emotional.

Just some suggestions but they are just based on my humble opinion.

It would have been nice to add a guitar melody (maybe a violin) and more built ups (dynamics).

I guitar solo, sorry I am a lead guitarist and i want a solo on every song

.

These are just suggestions but it sounds great. Good job btw

Todd Zielinski · #14 December 19th, 2007

Chris - thank you.

raybaro - you rock! Thanks for listening, and I agree. It needs a lead guitar part (especially in the middle) and some strings (cello, viola or violin?) would help alot. I'm trying to get my dad to give it a shot, but the key is messing with his head, along with one strange chord fingering. Thanks for the comment.

raybaro · #15 December 19th, 2007

No problem, you keeping jamming yourself and keep us updated on the progress. I loved the song btw.