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Hello everyone, A completely different style and hardly any vocals this time. 2015 Initially we wanted to do this song with vocals and lyrics (as usual), but we found it more appropriate to add just a little humming and let the music speak for itself. The song is aimed at the coming of 2015. This year has been very productive for us musically (thanks to BiaB we created a total of 34 songs!). We wish both forum members and PGMusic staff all the best and a very musical 2015! Style is _DANCEP+.STY (ModernDancePop Multistyle[120RS]) 1738:Bass, Synth ModernDancePopSync Ev 120 1744:Synth, Rhythm ModernDancePopRaveDrops Ev 120 1933:Synth, Rhythm, EuroDance StackedHits Ev16 120 1402:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm Soul70sWarmSync Ev16 100 1765:Guitar, High-Strung Acoustic, Fingerpicking Pop16ths Ev16 085 1835:Guitar, Electric, Soloist PopModernGrooveGritty Ev16 075 ModernDancePop^01-a:Bass, HiHat , b:Claps, Bass This time Anne-Marie would like to add a little bonus. A French Medieval New Year's wish. The director of Anne-Marie's Vocal Group arranged this song. It's all her vocals! Bon Jour Bon Mois Bon jour, bon mois, bon an et bonne estraine (Good day, good month, good year and good (New Year's) gifts) Vous doinst celuy qui tout tient en demaine, (Given by Him who holds the future,)Richesse, honnour, sainté, joyé sans fin, (Riches, honour, health, endless joy)Bonne fame, belle dame, bon vin (Good fame, a beautiful lady, good wine,)Pour maintenir la créature saine (To keep the creature in health)
Regards, Rob and Anne-Marie
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Anne-Marie, your BONUS is stunning! The video is interesting and your voices wonderful. Very enjoyable in a medevial sort of way.
Richard, I don't know who came up with the idea of humming versus lyrics but the idea works well with 2015.
I've enjoyed your music and videos very much. Thank you for sharing.
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Cool instrumental, and awesome vocals from AM on the other tune!! Both are very nicely done. Also dig the video stuff accompanying the instrumental. Thanks for posting!! Take care. Greg
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very artsy... Both music and the video!
Both were interesting the whole time, very cohesive and it just plain sounded GOOD!
The video kinda made me want to smoke marijuana though.. not sure why... ;-)
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Interesting and unusual songs to take us out of the year and into a new one. Stunning videos. Excellent productions.
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Rob and Anne Marie, Again a (2) nice post(s) The videos create that extra atmosphere to the song. Anne Marie, Your production bon jour bon mois is excellent. Very well sung, a great arrangement. And to you both.... Bonne année 2015  Fred
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Rob and Anne Marie
re 2015 Well that was different!
Took me back to the moire patterns from the '70's dances, Maan!
34 songs in one year WOW! That is productivity!!
re Bon jour Bon Moi
That was beautiful, what a bonus.
Your voices were astounding.
All the best, both, for the New Year!
Alyn
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I missed Anne-Marie's Bonus the first time through... (I'm not very observant in my old age!)
Wow, that was WONDERFUL! This is actually similar to some projects on my bucket list, so it resonated with me immediately!
The very fact that you are in a vocal group that is organized enough to have a director explains a lot of what we've heard over the past year! Speaking of the past year, did you set out to make so many songs in 2014? Was it the result of a new year's resolution? Or did it just work out that way? I ask because I have another thread on a different forum about the power of using new years resolutions to plan one's activity, and if you achieved this much musical productivity by planning in advance and scheduling your time, that would be powerful evidence of the point being made in that thread.
Back to the song:
You have a very adaptable vocal range, Anne-Marie... all of the parts you sang sounded convincing. I suppose your director knows your range well enough to arrange the song without any parts outside your comfort zone.
I tried to count the number of parts, but kept getting lost, so I'll have to ask: How many unique tracks did you create? How many tracks did you record per unique part? (ie. were any of the parts repeated with multiple instances?)
Very very nice. If you can offer any hints to others on the forum who might try a choral project sometime, I'm sure your observations would be appreciated.
I look forward to hearing what your amazing team comes up with in 2015!
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2015 was a very neat video. Also took me back a few years. Bon Jour Bon Moi was haunting. Very well done.
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Hi Rob and Anne-Marie,
what a nice double post as an outro of 2014.
The instrumental is perfect in its genre.
Humming is a good alternative.
And that bonus track! Anne-Marie has a great voice range
and sings beautifully.
The videos contribute a lot to the mood of the songs.
Have a Happy New Year.
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Wow!!!
What a creative and cool way to
transition to the New Year.
You guys have ended 2014 with
two more quality productions
(audio and video wise) that showcase
your abilities and the power of
BiAB. It's been all said regarding
the humming alternative and
AM's vocals. This was a very
enjoyable break during our rainy
day. Thanks for the joy!
J&B
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Anne-Marie, your BONUS is stunning! The video is interesting and your voices wonderful. Very enjoyable in a medevial sort of way.
Richard, I don't know who came up with the idea of humming versus lyrics but the idea works well with 2015.
I've enjoyed your music and videos very much. Thank you for sharing. Thanks Jim. The humming was Rob's (well.... Richard for you we guess?  ) idea. Rob and Anne-Marie
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2015 was very creative and artistic, loved it.
Anne-Marie was simply fantastic in the bonus! What a voice! That was some of the best a cappella singing I have ever heard.
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I find both pleasantly liberating from the norm's of modern society!
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Cool instrumental, and awesome vocals from AM on the other tune!! Both are very nicely done. Also dig the video stuff accompanying the instrumental. Thanks for posting!! Take care. Greg Thanks Greg!
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Both pieces were very nice. Up to your usual high quality.
You are very good at using parts of BIAB that others are not... that is such a good thing...Inspiring...
Looking forward to what you do in 2015!
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Hi Pat, First of all... thanks for your (two) nice comments. Let me first tell you how we came to write so many songs. We had no intention to do so at the beginning of the year, but once we started working with Biab we couldn't stop. We did most songs we together, sometimes Rob came up with a Biab file he had created, sometimes I did. Rob wanted to do some of his earlier work again with Biab and we also did some songs on our own. But we always ended up making the final version together, even if we didn't sing in a song. Then about my "classical project": The vocal group I sing in (I started it myself some 11 years ago) sings popmusic, all covers for which Rens, our director (has been all those years) writes his own arrangements. As he has studied music at university he said he would like to do some classical pieces with us (12 female singers). So... now we sing Dido's Lament (Purcell) and some weeks ago Rens came up with an arrangement of Bon Jour Bon Mois, which was written for just one voice/vocal. His arrangement is for soprano, mezzo soprano and alto. Being an alto/tenor myself, I considered it a challenge to sing all three parts myself. Nothing could be repeated, each part is different, neither is there any chorus or something, so... no possibility to "copy and paste". The soprano part was a matter of struggling with my own limitations/restrictions. There were several parts I had to do over and over again to get them the way they should be done. But.... never say die, so finally it was all there. I didn't tell Rens until my "project" was ready. He's very critical, so when he started telling me, what he would like to be changed/adapted, it meant that it was basically OK. First of all he wanted me to sing all three parts AGAIN  ! I was not allowed to double the tracks and move them a bit. So... I started all over, again struggling with the soprano part. After that Rens advised me about the effects, because he had a certain sound in mind. In the end he said "OK, better this way" which is an enormous compliment. Mostly when he thinks we sing very well, he just says, "hm... hm... OK". Rob helped me with the effects and likes the result so much, that he's going to ask Rens if there is some medieval music we could sing together. They have met several times and next week Rens is going to accompany us as our "roadie" when we have a gig and have to sing for 1 1/2 hours! Well... I hope I have answered all your questions. Until we meet next year! Anne-Marie
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Interesting and unusual songs to take us out of the year and into a new one. Stunning videos. Excellent productions.
Charlie thank you Charlie and best wishes for 2015!
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Hi Fred,
Thanks for your very kind comments!
Jij ook de allerbeste wensen voor 2015!
Rob & Anne-Marie
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Thanks Alyn!
We also wish you all the best, and a very musical 2015!!
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