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Dear Forum Friends

Greetings. As usual, sorry it's has been so long since I've been online.

A few weeks ago my wife and I drove down to South Carolina to see the solar total eclipse. It was remarkable and inspiring. Here are our musical impressions from the Trans-American Solar Eclipse called, "Eclipsing Reality"

Enjoy. I'll put the BB technical stuff up later


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Loved this. Excellent vocal.. I was able to experience a total eclipse in 1979 in my home province of Manitoba. It was an unforgettable experience. Loved your harmonines...


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Nice one, love the arrangement

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Very nice composition - some really interesting elements and good harmonies.

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What a tune! The arrangement on this is superb, and the vocal performance is seriously on point as well. It's perfectly catchy too, it easily got stuck in my head. A wonderful songwriting job on this.

Great job, SpaceDog and thanks so much for sharing smile


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Good work Space Dog.
The eclipse would certainly be something to get inspired about.
Nicely done and thanks for sharing Rob.

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SpaceDog, I appreciate the lyric content in this! It's amazing that it's the events that are outside of mankind's control that bring us together! Good work! Thanks, Torrey

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Dear Forum Friends,

For those partial to Soundcloud, here's the link.

https://soundcloud.com/dcspacedog/eclipsing-reality

PGM, please feel free to include this song in the BB radio stations. Thanks

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Scott,

I remember the 1979 solar eclipse as well. It was only a partial for me in New York but it was still pretty cool.

Thanks for listening. Glad you liked it.

SD

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Graham,

Thanks. Considering your forum activity at almost 5000 posts, I'm glad you liked it.

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Peter, Thanks. To be honest, those are TC Helicon harmonies. I wish I could sing that high.

SD

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Deryk,

I love hearing from the PGM staff. Thanks for your kind comments. The song has lots of RealTracks. I'll post them as soon as I get some time.

Please tell Peter G and the other folks, thanks for such a wonderful musical power tool!

SD

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Rob, Thanks. It's been an off year for my songwriting but I couldn't pass the opportunity to write about this event.

SD

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Very nice, SD! I think this is my favorite of yours. Well written, and I like the structure of the song. Nicely done!

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Torrey, You are so right. I was really struck by the unifying effect this event had despite all the social unrest we've been experiencing. We can only hope the message sticks with at some people.

SD

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Hello SD,

Great song! Love the way you bring the human element and nature's element together. Real nice vocal and the harmonies are stellar. That timpani drum was great for the accents. Loved it!

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Thanks. I'm glad you liked it

Best wishes
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Thanks. That was the most interesting thing about it for me . I've seen all kinds of space and astronomical events , but it's been a long time since one captured people's attention like this .

Take care.

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Originally Posted By: Torrey Bliss
SpaceDog, I appreciate the lyric content in this! It's amazing that it's the events that are outside of mankind's control that bring us together! Good work! Thanks, Torrey


I think Torrey said it right!! This is a really nice expression of a magical grand event. My family had talked about going to Oregon to experience the total eclipse but sadly did not make it. This is very nicely done! Take care. Greg

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Greg

Sorry you missed it. I heard it looked great from Oregon. Glad you like the song.


PGM

Final comment. Here are the Realtracks and tech info:

Title: Eclipsing Reality
File:Eclipsing Reality.SGU
Key=G , Tempo 115, Length (m:s)=3:34
No intro. 101 bar chorus, from bar 1 to bar 101. Repeat x1 chorus
No Melody
No Soloist track.
Style is _PWPOWER.STY (Praise & Worship w/ Guitar & Pia)


RealTracks in style: 1523:Bass, Electric, PopPowerA-B Ev 120
RealTracks in style: 1535:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm PopPowerPushA-B Ev 120
RealDrums in style: PraiseWorshipPowerPush^1-a:Qck, b:PHt
RealTracks in style: 1523:Bass, Electric, PopPowerA-B Ev 120
RealTracks in style: 1535:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm PopPowerPushA-B Ev 120

RealDrums in style: PraiseWorshipPowerPush^1-a:Qck, b:PHt

RealTrack 686 Organ B3
RealTrack 645 Guitar Electric
RealTrack 1119 Guitar acoustic 12 string
RealTrack Guitar 1531 Guitar Electric soloist

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