I don't feel qualified to critique your work and Strummer07 has done a good job on tha already.

My coment on the site news thread where take 1 link appeared still holds good

..... can be summed up in 3 words.

Beautiful. Heartfelt. Moving. thumbsup

FWIW I have a "gut feeling" that the melody needs to be able to ring out purely and the accompanying guitars need to be relatively down in the fix / well away from the melodys frequency range. My reason I think, is that there is so much of the feeling and passion coming from the tone and beauty of the melody notes. There's an intensity of emotion coming from many of these single notes / vibrato / slides etc.

Strummer07 has said "I think I would lke it to end very gently and sadly". I think Iwould second that - but I appreciate it's a much more tricky route to follow.

HalfBlindLefty wrote:

Thanks guys

I did some minor changes in the mastering and lead work trying to work on Strummers remarks.
Still work to be done.

here is the bluesroom comment:
A remastered version of My second take to this song. Again I created my own lead. tried to structure the song a little more. Still a couple off things to do

I changed the lead in the start section and remastered the rhythm track to semi stereo



And here is the link : http://12bar.de/forum/uploads.php?file= … stered.mp3

How about this version ?

Best version yet. And lived up to it's title - tears in my eyes.     Beautiful work.

I LOVE this version Hans uploaded, and I'm amazed that he could play that fantastically after surgery, but I shouldn't be, as I know he could probably play beautifully with both hands in boxing gloves, just by thinking the song! Incredibly beautiful playing - as ALWAYS my friend - and with one hand healing from surgery and weak!! Amazing, but that is nothing new for you!

I've uploaded my versions(s) - with and without vocals (you'll most like like the non-vocal as I can't sing in EC's range well at all, but felt the need to give it a try).  I start a separate thread on that).

Again, wonderful, beautiful and able to (and is) bring(ing) me to tears!

42 thumbs up !! and MAC is loving you more than ever for playing this through your pain.

Jim

Intended crosspost for technical comments sake

n stead of trying to play better, I went for pictures and created this for Mac.
There was no way to show it here and keep it private, so I'lll leave it shared for just a while.

Beautiful pictures that fit in so perfectly with the beautiful song (Beautifully played), the so sad passing of our good friend MAC, and his home of Ireland.  The text near the end sums it all up so perfectly - great job!!

I didn't mention when I found that he was Irish how much even deeper I felt the loss, and closeness to MAC, because as I've noted here before, I have dual US/Irish citizenship because of Mary's Grandma Murphy, who passed from here at age 106, and was the reason I learned "Tears in Heaven", so I could play it at her bedside a day or two before she passed on at the request of the family.  I'm ashamed to say I haven't been in my other homeland yet, but I WILL get there! And for certain I will visit either the place where MAC rests in peace (if the family has not had a cremation and kept the ashes at home, as my Mother has done with my Dad).  But I would want to visit his hometown in any case, as it would give a better picture of some of what inspired MAC to be the wonderful person he was.

HANS - when I had my hand surgery, I couldn't have played AT ALL (!!!) and you were able to play and put up a really excellent version of Tears and there is NO NEED to be apologetic in the least - you went above and beyond what almost anyone else in your condition would have or could have, done!!!

RIP MAC!  You must be able to feel THIS MUCH LOVE!

Jim