Love Me Dearly (A Valentine)

1 week ago by @andrewjtaylor

Love Me Dearly (A Valentine)

andrewjtaylor

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Liner Notes

#fullproduction #pop #valentine #didNotUseAI



A Valentine's Day Gift to my wife, Inna.

Update 2/21: Re-Recorded Verse Vocals so they could stand alone with no doubling. That comb filtering sound from two tuned and oddly aligned (no thanks to Vocalign) vocals was killing me.

Maybe one last revision: the doubled voicing I have on the verses with exposed vocals & tight tuning & alignment create this weird phasey sound I'm not liking. May have to go for a more confident recording, some saturation, & less pitch correction.

Spent a lot of time on this one from the 12th through the 14th. Now that was a marathon with all the hurdles! Ugh. Have to be careful with that pace/level otherwise I’ll get burned out.

Started with the piano progression at Band rehearsal (been playing with it forever) and added the first chorus lyric to get an anchor. The rest I just added piece by piece as I was able. Definitely one of my favorite songs I’ve ever written.

Figured out how to use Vocalign properly in the process of some revision 2/15. A challenge getting the secondary vocals to live beside the chorus vocals on the final big chorus. Decided to use Soothe2 in sidechain mid-side mode and to hit the chorus vocals hard based upon the sidechain of those secondary vocals to make space.

Samples Used:
NI Mint (Mostly the EDM style)
NI Strummed Acoustic 2
NI Prime Bass
Output Signal (another muted E Gtr sound) :)
PianoTeq Stage
Steven Slate Drums 5 Free

Plugins Used
Melodyne Studio
Vocalign 6 Pro
iZotope Aurora
iZotope Cascadia
iZotope Plasma
Oeksound Soothe2
iZotope Ozone 11
Gullfoss Master
Slate VSX

Lyrics

VERSE 1
I love you
And I know you love me, too
After all that we've been through
There's nothing we can't do

VERSE 2
I know you
And I love you know me, too
As we've seen 'em come and go from view
Let's take the time to keep it new

CHORUS
Love me, dearly, 'cause
I can't stay,
I can't take the weight
Unless you

Love me, weary, no not
Just when I'm ok, but when
When I'm old and gray

VERSE 2
I'm with you,
And I know you're with me, too
We're each other's one, though & through
'Cause we've stuck together, here like glue, you

CHORUS 2
Love me dearly, ‘cause
I can’t stay, I can’t
Stay the same, so would you

Love me, sincerely?
As I'm overweight or when
When I fade away

BRIDGE
Sure others may be fair
With much darker, much fuller hair
But can you be sure they'll be there?
Can you be sure that they'll…

CHORUS 3
Love you, dearly 'cause
I can't say, can they
Take the weight? Can they

Love you, weary, no not
Just when you're ok, but when
When you're old & gray?

AD LIB
Not just when I'm strong
But even when we don't get along
Could you love me nearly as much as you said when we got us wed?
Could you love me dearly, love me not merely when I'm at my best?
And could you make up for the rest?

CHORUS 1
Love me, dearly
'Cause I can't stay
I can't take the weight
Unless you

Love me, weary, no not
Just when I'm ok, but when
When I'm old and gray

VERSE 1A
I love you
And I know that you love me, too
After all that we've been through
Know there's nothing we can't do, you & I

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