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Tant qu'il y a de la vie #342017 03/26/16 10:05 AM User Showcase
Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 174 St-Pierre-et-Miquelon Caloo OP Apprentice
OP Caloo Apprentice Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 174 St-Pierre-et-Miquelon	Hi everyone, here is an other french song of mine. Writen some years ago, a moment of my life at which I probably needed the most to hope. " Tant qu'il y a de la vie " (When there's life) - I play the octave mandolin all along (not a fantastic one) - The RTs directly (or almost) from BIaB are : 684 :Bass, 509 : Dire Rhytme guitar, Realdrums Nashville ev8 and a bit of 405 : Strum. Guitar at beginning. - The RTs pretty much concatenated in RB are : 2637 : Back. piano and 2203 : Soloist el. guitar poppromise Lyrics are below with an approximate translation in italics. Thank you very much if you take some minutes to listen. Pascal Pierre-Olivier se languit, de sortir de son réduit, Pierre-Olivier longs for going out of his nook, De remettre le nez à l’air libre. Dimanche la terre a tremblé, for getting outside again. Sunday the earth has shaken, Sa maison s’est écroulée, l’emprisonnant sans eau et sans vivres. His house collapsed, imprisoning him whithout water nor foods. Et Jacquot n’a plus d’boulot, sa femme, y la voit plus trop And Jacquot has no more job, his wife, he doesn't see her so much Et que dire de son compte en banque ? Il n’ya plus que les huissiers, And what to say about his bank account? There is only the ushers, Pour venir le visiter, de quoi lui donner des idées noires. for coming to visit him, what to give dark thoughts. Chorus: Mais tant qu’y a d’la vie ya d’l’espoir. But when there is life, there is hope. Tant que le cœur bat il faut y croire. As long as the heart beats, we must beleive. Il est bien dur de savoir quand s’évanouit le brouillard It's pretty hard to guess when the fog will vanish, Mais on est sûr qu’il va partir, tôt ou tard. But we are sure it'll get away sooner or later. Elisa brosse ses cheveux aux reflets de nylon soyeux Elisa brushs her hairs with silky nylon shimmers, D’un brun si bien choisi pour ses yeux. of a brown assorted so well to her eyes. Née sous le signe du verseau, un nouveau Zodiac dans la peau, Born under the sign of Aquarius, a new Zodiac whithin her Mais celui là n’est pas un bon bâteau. But this one isn't a good boat. Et Jérémy lui est parti, en voyage dans un pays, And Jeremy he is gone, for a journey in a country, Tout petit, sans avion, sans taxi. tiny, with no plane, with no taxi En vacances dans son cerveau, bercé par le bruit des mots; In vacations in his head, cradled by the sounds of words; Sans pouvoir répondre à ceux qui l’encouragent Unable to answer to those who encourage him. Elisa a rencontré Jérémy dans un couloir, Elisa met Jeremy in a hall Alors qu’il venait d’sortir d’son trou noir. When he just went out of his black hole. Et Jacquot les a conduit à l’avion dans son taxi, And Jacquot drived them to a flight in his taxi, Pierre-Olivier les guident en Haïti. Pierre-Olivier guides them in Haïti. Chorus 2: Toutes ces vies sont nos miroirs. All these lifes are our mirors . Et tous ces cœurs qui battent nous aident à croire, And all these beating hearts help us to beleive, Qu’il n’est pas dur d’apercevoir le soleil derrière le brouillard. That it isn't hard to perceive the sun behind the fog. Et puisqu’il faut partir un jour. And as we have to leave one day. Puisqu’il faut partir un jour. As we have to leave one day. Et puisqu’il faut partir un jour, And as we have to leave one day, Ben qu’ ce soit tard. Then, let it be late. No hay banda! There is no band! Il n'est pas de orchestra! No hay banda! And yet we hear a band ! (David Lynch - Mulholland Drive)

Re: Tant qu'il y a de la vie Caloo #342060 03/26/16 03:47 PM User Showcase
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 21,094 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 21,094 Melbourne, Australia	Pascal This is a really beautiful song, you have delivered it so well. The gradual build works nicely, the lyrics are really well presented, and your vocal is quite professional. Great effort actually. Trevor BIAB & RB2026 Win.(Audiophile), Windows 10 Pro & Windows 11, Cakewalk Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Session Keys Grand S & Electric R, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M, Pioneer Active Monitors.

Re: Tant qu'il y a de la vie Caloo #342066 03/26/16 06:11 PM User Showcase
Joined: May 2015 Posts: 3,213 Aichi, Japan animarorecords Veteran
animarorecords Veteran Joined: May 2015 Posts: 3,213 Aichi, Japan	Hello, Pascal I entirely agree with Trevor. This song is very beautiful and your vocal is quite professional. Your music is really traditional, I feel so. I like them a lot. Best Regards. Shigeki Adachi

Re: Tant qu'il y a de la vie Caloo #342076 03/26/16 10:01 PM User Showcase
Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 1,143 Philippines Trygve Larsen Expert
Trygve Larsen Expert Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 1,143 Philippines	Beautiful song and voice ! Forever Grateful, BUT, sometimes pissed of. Trygve "Leo" Larsen BiaB 2020, Windows 8.1, Intel Core i5 CPU, 270GHz, 32 Gb RAM My OLD tracks on Soundcloud; https://soundcloud.com/trygve-larsen My NEW is unpublished The Universe = Uni-verse ie one song.

Re: Tant qu'il y a de la vie Caloo #342085 03/27/16 01:31 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 3,365 York, England ROG Veteran
ROG Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 3,365 York, England	Hi Pascal. Another good song from you. Lovely arrangement with the build, the drop-down and then pick-up into the ending. Excellent lyrics with an encouraging message and a beautiful vocal delivery. ROG. Free online guitar lessons. Cours de guitare gratuit en ligne.

Re: Tant qu'il y a de la vie Caloo #342086 03/27/16 01:32 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 1,255 France Chris37 Expert
Chris37 Expert Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 1,255 France	Salut Pascal ! I like your mandolin playing. The way the people are meeting in your song is a good idea. Continue à écrire de belles chansons de qualité, à les interpréter et à les arranger grâce à PG Music. Tant qu'il y a de l'envie, tout est permis ! Christian https://christian.devienne.org/

Re: Tant qu'il y a de la vie Caloo #342091 03/27/16 02:18 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 8,330 Edmonton, Ab, Canada Scott C Veteran
Scott C Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 8,330 Edmonton, Ab, Canada	Very pretty backtrack excellent vocal Scott Collingwood https://soundcloud.com/scottt709 https://soundcloud.com/spiritlevel-ca https://www.youtube.com/@SpiritLevel-ge3hm/

Re: Tant qu'il y a de la vie Caloo #342102 03/27/16 04:05 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,888 Karlsruhe, Germany boehm Veteran
boehm Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,888 Karlsruhe, Germany	Hi Pascal, nice song and arrangement. Good vocals. Enjoyable listen. Guenter http://www.21d.de/ Latest Song: What You Desire

Re: Tant qu'il y a de la vie Caloo #342341 03/29/16 04:32 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 16,134 GA USA Janice & Bud Veteran
Janice & Bud Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 16,134 GA USA	Guenter well stated it: "nice song and arrangement. Good vocals. Enjoyable listen." We agree! J&B Our albums and singles are on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Pandora and more. If interested search on Janice Merritt. Thanks! Our Videos

Re: Tant qu'il y a de la vie Caloo #342373 03/29/16 09:47 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,491 North Carolina David Snyder Veteran
David Snyder Veteran Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,491 North Carolina	I can't get enough of this. Fantastic. David Snyder Songwriter/Renaissance Man Studio + Fingers https://davidsnydersongs.com/ https://spoti.fi/359Gigs www.davidsnydermusic.com/ www.reverbnation.com/davidpsnyder www.soundcloud.com/david-snyder-gigs4 https://www.songtradr.com/user/profile/david.snyder

Re: Tant qu'il y a de la vie Caloo #342390 03/29/16 10:48 AM User Showcase
Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 174 St-Pierre-et-Miquelon Caloo OP Apprentice
OP Caloo Apprentice Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 174 St-Pierre-et-Miquelon	Hi Trevor, Shigeki, Leo, Rog, Christian, Scott, Guenter, Janice & Bud, David, Thanks a lot for all your kind words and encouragements to keep on arranging my songs in BiaB. This arrangement is very near the one that we developed with the musicians of the house-band five years ago when we was preparing a show; in fact it was a contest for composers/writers/interpreters. I haven't been shortlisted by the public, too many teens in the crowd No matter with that cause you liked it Pascal

Re: Tant qu'il y a de la vie Caloo #342469 03/30/16 01:28 AM User Showcase
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 20,584 Australia Noel96 Veteran
Noel96 Veteran Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 20,584 Australia	Originally Posted By: Videotrack Pascal This is a really beautiful song, you have delivered it so well. The gradual build works nicely, the lyrics are really well presented, and your vocal is quite professional. Great effort actually. Trevor I enthusiastically agree with Trevor. You've created an exceptionally well crafted and well presented song. All the best, Noel MY SONGS... Audiophile BIAB 2026 audios on Soundcloud

Re: Tant qu'il y a de la vie AudioTrack #342518 03/30/16 07:19 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,921 Florida floyd jane Veteran
floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,921 Florida	Originally Posted By: VideoTrack Pascal This is a really beautiful song, you have delivered it so well. The gradual build works nicely, the lyrics are really well presented, and your vocal is quite professional. Great effort actually. Trevor Trevor said what everyone thought, I think. Well done, Pascal. An enjoyable listen all around. floyd 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: Tant qu'il y a de la vie Caloo #342534 03/30/16 08:37 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 7,052 Davis, CA G Greg Johnson Veteran
Greg Johnson Veteran G Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 7,052 Davis, CA	Very pretty, pleasant music!! You did a great job on the vocals. Mix is nice and balanced and arrangement works great. Nice stuff! Take care. Greg

Re: Tant qu'il y a de la vie Caloo #342546 03/30/16 11:18 AM User Showcase
Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 4,497 Kyrkslätt, Finland dani48 Veteran
dani48 Veteran Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 4,497 Kyrkslätt, Finland	Hi, Caloo ! this was a very beautiful tune !:)) Cheers Dani

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