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Hey Joanne.
Loved it. Especially the line - "And all of your colours, go right out the door" Splendid piece of writing.
I can never get waltz time to work, so I'm full of admiration for how well this flows.
Wonderful vocals and harmony - probably the best I've heard you do.
All in all, a great song.
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Nice work Joanne. Good mix the vocals seem to sit on the mix properly.
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Hi Joanne,
Beautiful song and again.... this Joan Baez sound!
Nice video too!
Rob and Anne-Marie
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Hi Joanne,
Another great song and sung with such conviction. I could tell you meant it!
I can also see what R & AM mean about the Joan Baez sound.
The vocals and harmonies were all perfect. Was this done with the vocals recorded separately which I think you mentioned on a previous track? Either way they are so good.
Congratulations.
Rec
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Hi Eric. Nice to hear from you and thanks.
ROG. You made my day. Thank you so much. The waltz was a challenge. If you ever feel like doing a remix of this song give me a pm. Your productions are always so amazing.
Robh. Thank you. I am concentrating on mixing my vocals better so that is great to hear.
Rob and Ann Marie – Love the Joan Baez reference. She is such an inspiration. Have just purchased her 2008 album “Day After Tomorrow” which I am enjoying immensely.
Hi Rec. The vocals and harmonies were all recorded against a basic track of drums, bass and a rhythm guitar in Realband. I record three takes of the lead vocal first. Then I pick one and generate two harmonies. One high and one low. I then play through and sing along with each a few times and when I have “learned” the harmonies I record four harmony tracks all the way through (two high and two low), using the generated tracks as a guide. I then turn off all the backing and mix the vocal without any backing at all. I have started applying a chorus effect to one of the other lead vocal tracks (one that I don’t end up using as my lead) to double words or phrases that need emphasis. I then choose bits of the harmony tracks that work well and mix those in, panning the two high harmonies hard left and right and panning the low harmonies left and right. I also apply eq to the harmony and lead tracks to separate them from each other. I then bounce the mixed vocal to a wave file and import that back into a fresh Realband file where I will apply reverb and dynamics to the mixed vocal track and then choose and mix in the instruments. I bounce the fully mixed tracks down to a wav file and I apply Ozone to that wav file (nearly always a country pop preset). Hope this helps.
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Josie you are country, pop and folk all rolled into one. You can sing it all!
Your vocal and mix are the best that you have done IMHO.
This took me back to the 60's coffeehouses. I also could hear Joan Baez singing this one.
Great job on this one!
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Cop, that's not how field sobriety tests work.
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Hi Mario
I appreciate you stopping by as I know that you have had a lot on your plate lately and have had a tough time catching up on all the listening. I appreciate your kind words and your friendship
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Hi Rec. The vocals and harmonies were all recorded against a basic track of drums, bass and a rhythm guitar in Realband. I record three takes of the lead vocal first. Then I pick one and generate two harmonies. One high and one low. I then play through and sing along with each a few times and when I have “learned” the harmonies I record four harmony tracks all the way through (two high and two low), using the generated tracks as a guide. I then turn off all the backing and mix the vocal without any backing at all. I have started applying a chorus effect to one of the other lead vocal tracks (one that I don’t end up using as my lead) to double words or phrases that need emphasis. I then choose bits of the harmony tracks that work well and mix those in, panning the two high harmonies hard left and right and panning the low harmonies left and right. I also apply eq to the harmony and lead tracks to separate them from each other. I then bounce the mixed vocal to a wave file and import that back into a fresh Realband file where I will apply reverb and dynamics to the mixed vocal track and then choose and mix in the instruments. I bounce the fully mixed tracks down to a wav file and I apply Ozone to that wav file (nearly always a country pop preset). Hope this helps.
Thanks Josie for the detailed explanation. Very interesting and the results prove that it's well worth the effort. Regards, Rec
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You wanted us to throw some mud... but you haven't given us much to aim for!
I' only curious what you used for the midi string sound (which to me sounded better than anything I've been able to produce) and how you record that sound, if you're willing to share?
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You wanted us to throw some mud... but you haven't given us much to aim for!
I' only curious what you used for the midi string sound (which to me sounded better than anything I've been able to produce) and how you record that sound, if you're willing to share? Hi Icelander. If course always happy to share. What I normally do with the strings is find a style in BIAB with some MIDI strings in that suit the track. I then save the generated midi file from inside BIAB and import it into Realband (where I mix my songs). I then apply a Dimension Pro instrument to the midi track in Realband. I think I usually use the "Full strings long and short bows" so I am sure that is what I would have used here. I then convert the midi track to an audio track so that I can mix the track in the song. I have found that Realband is a bit funny with Dimension Pro. You can only assign one instrument and it "loses" its setting when you save and go out and then back in again. So it is easier to work with the audio rather than the midi. Hope that makes sense, otherwise let me know...
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I've never heard of this Dimension Pro instrument thing, will have to check it out. Thanks for the tip 
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I've never heard of this Dimension Pro instrument thing, will have to check it out. Thanks for the tip It is an instruments library that you can use to assign to your midi tracks instead of general Midi. When I purchased from Cakewalk they had a special that you could buy the entire library for about $14 but I doubt that special is still available but it is definitely worth waiting till they have a special.
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Very good...it requires me to also have some designated Cakewalk software, then?
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No You don't need Cakewalk. It is a plugin you can use with BIAB or Realband or any other DAW that uses plugins
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Great! Now I definitely will seek this one out 
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