The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

Hi, Geoff !

I am a big fan of Laura !
My favorite piece of her
is Sweet Blindness (as sung
by the 5 th dimension)

I played a short cover version
of it many years ago:

http://app.box.com/s/z824j1d8syh83zrsqnw8

Cheers
Dani

Hi, Steveo !

Thank you so much for
your most kind words !:))


Cheers
Dani

Hi, Djalma !:))


Thank you for your most kind comment !
Yes, I started with a GbMaj7 th and ended
with a Gbmaj9 th chord. Gb is naturally
the same as F# !:))

Cheers
Dani

Hi, guys and guyesses ! This song has haunted me ever since my youthood days. The lyrics and the sentiment (mood) are exactly what I felt some 55 years ago when I was lucky enough to meet the girl of my dreams. I was 12 when I first met her and I can recall falling madly in love with her although at...

Hi, Blair !:))


I dig them both i.e. Bacharach and Webb !
Have done a lot of covers of their wonderful
music !:))

Hope you don´t mind me attaching
By The Time I Get To Phoenix ?

http://app.box.com/s/r34kzp9y8v1itnl2lw58

Cheers
Dani

Hi, Steveo !:))

Nice that you dropped by and listened
to my version of BonB !:))
Did you mean that the lead
should come more forward
and the harmony back slightly ?
My DAW is Mixcraft 6 and I am
afraid it is not pro stuff so what
could be done with the mix is
a bit open to me !:))

Cheers
Dani

Hi Djalma !

Thank you so much for
your most kind words !:))

Cheers
Dani

Hi,friends !:))

I did this cover together with a good
friend of mine using the Band In A Box program
for the backing. It is my friend is singing
the lead and me harmonizing !:))

http://app.box.com/s/nbv0xssl921o6xc9c21p

Cheers
Dani

Hi, friends !:)) I like to do Burt and Hal covers and as everyone on this site is a big fan of B&H I thought I might post "Close To You" that I produced and sung a time ago. The backing is made with Band In A Box and I´ve used chords I´ve listened out from the records which means they ...

Hi, everyone ! :) Just registered ! Have been a Bacharach fan since youthood (I am 65 now) :) Recently I bought a sequencer program called Band In A Box (BIAB) and started to make music. I hold the opinion that Burt is one of the finest composers ever. I love his tunes very much and since I got the ...