You Won't See Me

[ITB]

Collaborative cover of the Beatles tune, strummed on a Martin D-28.

Vocals and vocal arrangement by Sarah Wilkinson.

[reeve21]

That is just right!

[dcameron]

Very nice!

[MrEd]

Originally Posted by ITB

Collaborative cover of the Beatles tune, strummed on a Martin D-28.

Vocals and vocal arrangement by Sarah Wilkinson.

Very well done!

[Glennwillow]

Hi John,

Very nice. I found myself a little jolted to hear a woman's voice singing the lead vocal, but after a few milliseconds I adjusted and found I enjoyed this. Well done!

- Glenn

[ITB]

Thanks to all, and thanks Glenn.

Sarah's voice has a distinctive quality and collaborating with her is a joy. She's a middle-school music teacher and semi-pro French horn player.

We created a SoundClound account just for our collaborations, mostly of Beatles songs on which she sings and plays horn and I play everything else and mix/produce. We named ourselves "Lil and Dan" after the Rocky Raccoon song.

My favorite of our productions is "Goodbye":

[N+1]

Originally Posted by ITB

My favorite of our productions is "Goodbye":

Oh that is seriously lovely. What a bundle of musical fun. Thank you.

Slightly later: Just poking around a few of the other 'Lil and Dan' recordings, I listened to 'Free as a bird' - that horn intro is wonderful. Strangely spooky and solemn, hair bristling on the back of the neck. Congratulations.

[ITB]

Originally Posted by N+1

Oh that is seriously lovely. What a bundle of musical fun. Thank you.

Slightly later: Just poking around a few of the other 'Lil and Dan' recordings, I listened to 'Free as a bird' - that horn intro is wonderful. Strangely spooky and solemn, hair bristling on the back of the neck. Congratulations.

Thanks much for listening! Yes Free as a Bird was quite a production. Sarah's horn arrangement is brilliant. In fact, in early mixes I'd included a wailing slide guitar lead and driving drums like in the Beatles' original, but when I tried introing her horns by themselves -- aha that's the atmospheric sound I wanted. It's like a large bird's slow takeoff...

Also, Sarah's voice constantly amazes me. She has near perfect pitch always, along with her own expressive vocal coloring and technique. Auto-tune is unthinkable. Indeed, she does an amazing job on our Step Inside Love, which is a near-impossible song for anyone to sing accurately. I like her rendition better than Cilla Black on the McCartney '69 Motown-style original. When Sarah whispers "Let me turn down the light..." Well wow.