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Laurent, Thank you from both of us. We appreciate it! Bob
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Laurent, That is a powerful piece of music. Great video and overall production. Everything here reflects your usual high standards. Very nicely done. Bob
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DC Ron. Thank you for the great feedback. Yes, I need to remaster this song (Shut Up and Dance). Just acquired Ozone 12 which should do the trick. Those days were fun indeed!
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Janice & Bud, Thank you so much for the great review. We appreciate you both! Bob
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Torrey..."The heart of the problem is the problem of the heart" Wow! man you just wrote the perfect line to capture everything that I (personally) would want to convey in a song...I love everything about this one, the lyric, the style, the vocal and the arrangement...for some reason it had kind of an Eagles vibe to me...there were times in the melody I could hear Glenn (may he rest in peace)...I hope that's a compliment...I meant it to be...you never disappoint brother...well done good and faithful servant! Thanks Dan for those super encouraging words! They mean more than you know! TB
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I appreciate your reply. Considering the prices and my lack of experience, I believe I'll be starting with the Native Instruments horn and string bundles. I'm encouraged to learn that there are people willing to help on these forums. I'll probably be posting for more help in the future. Thank you,
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Aurealius, welcome to the forum! Cool throwback dance tune and nice arrangement. Like your vocals and harmonies a lot, too. Of course, if you want your audience to DANCE dance, you'll need to crank that bass and kick up a bit so they can FEEL the beat under the twinkle of the disco ball. Hypothetically of course. Not that *I'VE* ever. Well, maybe once or maybe more than once... Can't say I miss those days, but they WERE a lot of fun.
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nah, just wasn't getting much response so I took it down is all.
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Delightful!! The second verse is now stuck in our heads forever. Your vocal and harp are schweet! The band is full of that wonderful rhythm. We now have “happy feet” for the rest of the day. Fun! J&B PS We follow the public domain and saw that it had entered this year. Glad you found it! Thanks J&B! I also tried to do a version of "Blue Skies," but I couldn't get a good vocal. That is to say, all my attempts at it were terrible. Janice would be great at it. Please sing it, Janice, it would be so awesome! I can send you an SGU if you need it.
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Lovely. We just came in from watching humming birds and shades of green in new spring growth, Perfect followup. Your performances are great and we always love a fretless. Nice! J&B
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Hi Rob, yes, you've got rhythm and great lyrics! I noticed, well... we all noticed it, I must say, that you mentioned us in your song too. Now my cheeks are blushing, still with pride, that we're standing there swinging along with you! I just looked everywhere for that harp. However, I only heard the harmonica. What happened here, Rob? (don't take this sentence too seriously) Nevertheless, I thought what you did was really amazing; the cool vocals, the beautiful melody, and the good use of BiaB. What more could we want? And this is meant very seriously, Rob! Hans Thanks, Hans, you had me going for a minute there! Glad you liked it. I feel like it was a little rough around the edges. I think my next one will be better. (Hoping...)
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Awesome version of the tune Bob. Excellent vocal and instrumentation choices. Harp was excellent as well.. Thanks so much, Scott, means a lot. TBH, I wasn't thrilled with this one, I think the tempo was too much for me. But I'm glad most folks are receiving it well.
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Engaging progression. Engaging arrangement. And that nylon was a great choice. Excellent mix. Love the subtle dynamics. Sublime Well done! J&B
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We agree with Bob Dean on the Pat Benatar vibe. Power, passion and attitude that both you and she have are combined beautifully here. The BiaB session guys have good attitude also. Those drums pop and solo is excellent. I can just see the friend looking at Tammy with amazement. Why? She didn’t realize how lucky she was to have someone love her that well. 😊 It’s such a cool musical project for you and Deb and we can’t wait for the project’s completion. Way Cool and creative to the max! J&B
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Bud mentioned that when he drove through NY City in 1968 at a stop light somebody looked over and called him a “cracker.” Guess it was the GA tag but, hey, it was a VW van!  Peace bro. The soul band works a charm, especially the bass. Your vocals sound great and you always have a wonderful arrangement with bgv’s. They are extra special here. As always you called in a great group of BiaB session players. And you mixed them to perfection. Cool write. We know family and friends who dig the big city but us? Heck we live in the woods … not even a small town. Well done! J&B THANKS, J&B! Funny story from 1968. Them was the days! Ron...I was immediately attracted to the title (I wrote a song a few years back https://soundclick.com/song/13940038 with the same title) so I love the title...your concept is entirely different and I loved the lyric of the struggle of a small town boy out of his element...your tunes are always very sweet to my ears...love the mellow arrangement and acoustic feel...great vocals! Hi, Dan! Great minds think alike, I guess. (Full disclosure, the lyricist wrote the song title, too) THANKS for the listen. Hope ya'll are well.
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Huh? What? Sorry, must have dozed off while...what WAS I doing. Oh, YEAH I was listening to this track. Suffice it to say, I found it VERY relaxing. Beautiful song, deftly played. The delay on the lead guitar is well placed and adds to the overall somnolescent mood you paint for the listener. Super mix. Super song!
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The Izotope vinyl processing 1960’s format definitely added to vibe. It was as though we were sitting in a living room with y’all performing there for a small gathering. Your D-18 !!! We love the way you two sound together on the “and worst of all I can’t watch you walk away” lines . You can just feel the sadness in your combined voices there as yours has some fragility. Love the grass blowing in the wind in the video. No more needed. Enjoyed it! J&B
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Delightful!! The second verse is now stuck in our heads forever. Your vocal and harp are schweet! The band is full of that wonderful rhythm. We now have “happy feet” for the rest of the day. 😊 Fun! J&B PS We follow the public domain and saw that it had entered this year. Glad you found it!
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Hi Laurent! The bass provides the feeling of movement in this song, and I love the steel guitar and tubular bells (?) in the chorus. The chord progression really suits the mood and theme of the song. Sounds good! Andrew
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jaycallahanart, In my view, it depends on usage. A) Will you be fully playing virtual instrument yourself on keyboard? B)Or you want a hybrid VST that has a decent phrase library (with articulations, etc) that you can adopt to your composition and have the ability to play instrument parts yourself?
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Laurent, very moody and cinematic. Like that band you've put together, especially the funky bass. The pedal steel works really well as a mood setter, better than I would have expected. Great job incorporating the (uncredited?) guitar soloist. Like the arrangement and production. Cool bell accents. The selective delay on the vocals is a cool effect, too. The vocalist sounds better than fine. Like how the vocals sit in the mix, too. Super job!
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Hi Mario! Very dream-like indeed. It was the vibraphone that did it for me, along with the slow tempo. Good piece! Andrew
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Nice one, Herb. Super write and really nice backing arrangement to guide the listener. Super playing on all instruments, too. A very breezy, jangly vibe for sure. Really like the solo a lot; quite dynamic but melodic and nuanced as well. SUPERB vocals. You're busting some spine tingling high notes in the middle section. That's quite an impressive range you have on display here, and it sells the song. The scenic pic on my SoundCloud page is the view from my mother's back porch in the mountains of North Georgia, which she had to leave a few years ago. When asked what she missed about her home in the mountains, her answer is concise: That porch. I get it.
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Scott took the words right out of my mouth: hot licks and stellar vocals. Moody, smokey, blue, perfect. Perfect mix, sounds terrific. More please PS: Am I the only one who read "Your Blues Steak"? Thanks! That covers all we could have hoped to achieve. Hey, I accidentally typed steak multiple times when writing the lyric. 😀 J&B
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Yes, the answers to the questions above would really help us to help you. This question involves hitting an ever-moving target. As recently as around ten years ago, I posted here requesting the best hardware synth, and I bought it. Now I've moved to software sounds. I make composer's demos, so my interest is reasonable quality sounds without a lot of effort to produce them. If I create something with serious production intended for release, I'm more willing to spend a lot of time to get just the right sound and make all the tweaks in Kontact etc. Another consideration is that many musicians find more fault with a synthesized sound of an instrument they play. I play brass and woodwinds, so I'm harder to please with those sounds than I am with a string library. You could be the reverse, so take recommendations from whence they come. But right away you have great advice from Mario, who has helped me a lot, and Dan, another of the most knowledgeable members of this forum. Tell us more about your music. And welcome to the forum.
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