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Hardly Ever (Singer-Songwriter) - First Competition Entry #365551 09/14/16 10:26 PM User Showcase
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 577 North Yorkshire, England receder OP Journeyman
OP receder Journeyman Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 577 North Yorkshire, England	This is my first contribution to the Xtra Styles competition (content copied from the original post but I have also added the lyrics here). Hardly Ever I created this song using _CACTUS.STY (Cactus Songwriter Country Waltz) from the Xtra Styles pack. I was looking for inspiration for this competition and didn't have to audition many of the new styles before my writers block became unblocked smile Added my vocals and my guitar afterwards. **** Song Summary ********* Title: Hardly Ever Key=Em , Tempo 140 Style is _CACTUS.STY (Cactus Songwriter Country Waltz) RealTracks in style: ~1123:Bass, Acoustic, CountryWaltz Sw 140 RealTracks in style: ~825:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Country Waltz Sw 140 RealTracks in style: ~2055:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking CountryWaltzBrent Sw 140 RealTracks in style: 1298:Pedal Steel, Rhythm CountryWaltz Sw 140 RealDrums in style: CountryWaltz^2-a,b:Brushes, Swirl *********************************** Lyrics: Well I never miss you Or the things that you do No I never miss you Hardly ever The laughter, the tears The golden years Don’t think of them much Hardly ever There’s never a day I don’t think of the way That you made me feel deep inside The spark that we had I could never feel sad About what we had, hardly ever It was only by chance That we found romance Don’t get lucky much Hardly ever Now I wish you were here It’s you I revere I had nothing to fear Hardly ever The roll of the dice Took you from my life With you by my side we were strong There’s no second chance But the love that’s inside Will survive forever and ever Enjoy! Receder BIAB 2022 UltraPAK, CbB, Studio One 5 Pro, Fender USA Tele, Harley Benton Fusion & others.

Re: Hardly Ever (Singer-Songwriter) - First Competition Entry receder #365562 09/15/16 04:02 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,388 Florida floyd jane Veteran
floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,388 Florida	Rec, A great "sound" to this! Cool BAND. The tone of your guitar matches nicely. I especially like the vocal(s). How did you created the effect? It sort of sounds like there is a "perfect" harmony covering the entire vocal - like it was created (as opposed to sung). It is a beautiful effect - however it was done... A terrific listen. floyd 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: Hardly Ever (Singer-Songwriter) - First Competition Entry receder #365616 09/15/16 10:29 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 7,043 Davis, CA G Greg Johnson Veteran
Greg Johnson Veteran G Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 7,043 Davis, CA	Wonderful!! I hear some Floyd (Pink, not Jane), some Sting, some old Fleetwood Mac (Bob Welch era), and a whole bunch of stuff I really like. Guitar is fantastic! Great job with EVERYTHING!! Take care. Greg

Re: Hardly Ever (Singer-Songwriter) - First Competition Entry receder #365632 09/15/16 12:00 PM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 7,951 Edmonton, Ab, Canada Scott C Veteran
Scott C Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 7,951 Edmonton, Ab, Canada	Awesome tune. Excellent vocal. I here pink floyd in the song as well. Guitar was awesome as well. Very cool tone. Scott Collingwood https://soundcloud.com/scottt709 https://soundcloud.com/spiritlevel-ca https://www.youtube.com/@SpiritLevel-ge3hm/

Re: Hardly Ever (Singer-Songwriter) - First Competition Entry Scott C #365681 09/15/16 10:14 PM User Showcase
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 577 North Yorkshire, England receder OP Journeyman
OP receder Journeyman Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 577 North Yorkshire, England	Originally Posted By: floyd jane Rec, A great "sound" to this! Cool BAND. The tone of your guitar matches nicely. I especially like the vocal(s). How did you created the effect? It sort of sounds like there is a "perfect" harmony covering the entire vocal - like it was created (as opposed to sung). It is a beautiful effect - however it was done... A terrific listen. floyd Thanks a lot for this Floyd. I had the chord progression in my head for ages but when I paired it with this new Xtra style the melody just came to me. I still find BIAB "THE" creative songwriting tool of choice. The guitar tone was my Variax JTV (using the normal pickups) DI'd and using S-Gear factory preset Heaven. I spent quite a long time over the past few months working on creating a harmony vocal sound although it is quite labor intensive especially for complex chord progressions. I use a combination of my uncorrected vocal tracks alongside pitch corrected tracks, sung harmonies, generated harmonies (especially the very high or low parts which I can't reach) and stereo placement of each part is important. I also sometimes use doubling either using an effect or by cloning and delaying/panning tracks. I am still experimenting with the technique and bringing in other "harmonizing elements" but the key thing I find is getting the relative levels between all the vocal parts right. Originally Posted By: Greg Johnson Wonderful!! I hear some Floyd (Pink, not Jane), some Sting, some old Fleetwood Mac (Bob Welch era), and a whole bunch of stuff I really like. Guitar is fantastic! Great job with EVERYTHING!! Take care. Greg Much appreciated Greg. The guitar was literally jammed in one take and I decided to leave in a couple of slight glitches as I didn't want to mess with the overall vibe. Originally Posted By: Scottt709 Awesome tune. Excellent vocal. I here pink floyd in the song as well. Guitar was awesome as well. Very cool tone. Many thanks Scott. I find the tones in S-Gear (by Scuffham) to be much better sounding than most other amp sim plugins although Revalver comes a close second. Rec BIAB 2022 UltraPAK, CbB, Studio One 5 Pro, Fender USA Tele, Harley Benton Fusion & others.

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