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The Everlasting Summer Here is a majestic ballad to celebrate the summer solstice and its historical and ritual meaning to people. It's the high point of the year, but still it's only a transient moment in the cycle of the seasons. The song was inspired by a document about the song Killing Me Softy, the fantastic atmospheric pedal steel realtrack and a summer song contest. I wrote the lyrics again in Finnish but I couldn't get my usual Finnish singer so I had to turn to RnAM and translate the song, the lyrics may sound clumsy because I tried to keep alliteration and rhyming. I should have worked on it much more, but there was a deadline... Good practice anyway. RnAM made fantastic work with the vocals once again, especially Anne-Marie's voice in the choruses is supernaturally beautiful and it blends nicely with the pedal steel. This was also the first trial with Shevannai "voice of elves" voice library, it gives nice ancient pagan feeling to the song. RealDrums PraiseWorshipSlow16hts Loop: HipHopOldSchool_woo_cha_beat80a RealTracks:Electric Bass #1592 Acoustic Guitar Pick #1814, #1765 Electric Guitar Dirty #808 Electric Guitar Gritty #842 Electric Guitar Held #1832 Electric Guitar Soloist #1514 Pedal Steel Background #2542 Electric Piano #2197 Flute #1336 Horn Section #2291 String Quartet #2335 Vibes #1215 Vocals: RnAM Shevannai Birds (finch, nightingale etc.) Music mixed in Adobe Audition, RnAM did the final mix with their vocals. Lyrics:In the shadows of the spruces a shelter for a covert kiss on the bed of underbrush budding at the birth of bliss the childhood grove glows green attuning to your abyss. I looked in your eyes high on pleasure in your lily valley slept at leisure I never thought that you could take your gaze off summer, the everlasting bloom. Roaming on the rough rocks alongside of a sturdy steep in the dell of our daze a spellbound seedling shyly sleeps fading fear of a fiend diving in the dawning deep. I looked in your eyes with desire an oak tree ritual by the Litha fire I never thought that you could take your gaze off summer, the everlasting calm. To the winter night wild is the ride of the fairy foal if you lose control. I looked in your eyes beneath the bower the bond was sealed with the holy flower I never thought that you could take your gaze off summer, the everlasting while. --- Janne
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Perfect performance, mix, arrangement and production. A great collaboration. Enjoyed it.
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Again it was a pleasure to work with Janne on one of his songs. These songs always have an interesting complexity to them and are always a challenge for us to sing. In this case for Anne-Marie, who had to really get out of her comfort zone to sing the high-pitched harmony vocal which Janne originally programmed with the Vocaloid (and he did a great job on that!)
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Wow, a very impressive piece, well done to all concerned! I love the beautiful vocals, especially Anne-Marie's high parts - an excellent hook to the song. The whole was very tastefully mixed and mastered.
I did feel that the melody was unnecessarily convoluted - it felt as if a poem had been forced into song-form, so some lines didn't flow easily. I think that the excellent musical backing would actually allow a 'free-er' lyric/melody marriage with a slight editing of the words.
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Beautiful song and great production! I really liked this!!!
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Janne,
You've a great job! It's very easy to tell that you've put a whole heap of work into getting this one together. I congratulate Rob and Anne-Marie, too. The arrangment, production and vocals, are fantastic. This is definitely an effort for everyone to feel proud of. As I said last time, I totally admire your ability to write songs in a second language. I don't know how you do it!
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All, Quite ethereal - lovely vocals and a complex lush arrangement. Good song most enjoyable.
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Wow, a very impressive piece, well done to all concerned! I love the beautiful vocals, especially Anne-Marie's high parts - an excellent hook to the song. The whole was very tastefully mixed and mastered.
I did feel that the melody was unnecessarily convoluted - it felt as if a poem had been forced into song-form, so some lines didn't flow easily. I think that the excellent musical backing would actually allow a 'free-er' lyric/melody marriage with a slight editing of the words.
John Thanks John for your nice feedback. Good observation about the flow, I agree, I felt that way after the translation process, but was too close to see how to fix it. Maybe later when I get distance or an outsider's view... Janne
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Again it was a pleasure to work with Janne on one of his songs. These songs always have an interesting complexity to them and are always a challenge for us to sing. In this case for Anne-Marie, who had to really get out of her comfort zone to sing the high-pitched harmony vocal which Janne originally programmed with the Vocaloid (and he did a great job on that!)
Rob Thanks Rob and Anne-Marie again, you really exceeded yourselves, where would I be without you I hope to bring you another challenge later this year Janne
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Thanks Peter for your positive comment! Thanks Charlie for your kind words. Thanks David for liking! Thanks Noel, your comments are always very uplifting Janne
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Quite an amazing piece of work!! Really beautiful to listen to and soooooo elaborately constructed. R and AM did an amazing job! Wonderful!! Take care. Greg
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Hello Jannesan
Another great one by you. Excellent melody and right choice of instruments.
Great vocal by RnAM the perfect interpreters for this song.
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Quite an amazing piece of work!! Really beautiful to listen to and soooooo elaborately constructed. R and AM did an amazing job! Wonderful!! Take care. Greg Thanks Greg for your compliments. I'm glad to hear that you think the song is beautiful Your anthem Love Knows No Color is also very enjoyable to listen to. Janne
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Another great one by you. Excellent melody and right choice of instruments.
Great vocal by RnAM the perfect interpreters for this song.
Sergio
Thanks Sergio for commenting, you are right, RnAM are perfect Your Next To You is also a very nice song, listening to it right now Janne
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