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The Impossible BlueA pop ballad. Outside my usual comfort zone and fun to try. Your listens and thoughts appreciated. Key=D , Tempo 92, Length (m:s)=3:36 4 bar intro, 75 bar chorus, from bar 5 to bar 79. Repeat x1 chorus No Melody No Soloist track. Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0, Style is _CHILPOP.STY (Electronic Chillout Pop ) Loop in Song: Chillout\Chillout - day dream_80_bass_g_minor.wav Loop in Song: Chillout\Chillout - chilly night_80_drum_loop_a_minor ev16.wav RealTracks in style: 1004:Guitar, 12-String Acoustic, Rhythm ClassicRockStrumming Ev16 065 RealTracks in style: 1542:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm PopBelieve Ev16 065 Loop in Song: Chillout\Chillout - day dream_80_percussion_g_minor ev16.wav RealTracks in song: 2334:String Quartet, Rhythm PopChamber Ev 085 The Impossible Blue shadows shadows that played played on your face where we lay we lay rising up in the trees our doubts as many as leaves desire the clouds we passed through to the impossible blue our souls souls burning upward that day that day we said would not wear away away as the bells rang out I kissed the soft flower of your mouth on a path with no parting from you in the impossible blue they`ll say they saw us fall none of them will ever stand as tall as when I fell to drown with you in the impossible blue in dreams in dreams we`d never wake wake to the tears and the ache the ache of birds hungry for the sky this world meant nothing in your eye tomorrow a song I`d sing with you in the impossible blue © Robert Cordrey Jan. 2017
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Hi Robertkc, Nice work on this! I really enjoyed the drum beats and guitars! Well done!
Cheers, Joe
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Interesting and enjoyable song.
I think the musical backing could come a little more to the front. It's quite hidden behind the lyrics.
The harmonies work well.
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It sounds like a fun song to do. I enjoyed the vocals and harmonies. I thought the melody was nice and you did a good arrangement. I did not think your voice needed the delay on your opening vocals. Just personal opinion though.
I enjoyed my listen.
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Loved this tune Robert. Vocal and harmonies were excellent. Very cool lyric
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Robert,
Cool song - really nice melody.
I commend your use of loop beats! There were a few spots where the piano seem to conflict with them - made me wonder if using a synth track in place of the piano might blend better. I also agree with comments by others that the vocal - which is quite nice! harmonies, too! - should come down a bit to sit in the mix...
Cool stuff. Keep it up!
fj
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desire the clouds we passed through to the impossible blue
I really like your lyric style, the phrasing, the repeating of words this has a beautiful flow, the images
sounds great
Kenny
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Robert Nice evocative song.
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Hi Robertkc, Nice work on this! I really enjoyed the drum beats and guitars! Well done! Thanks, Joe The style was so nicely put together I had little to do. Written one day & recorded the next... amazing programme! Robert Interesting and enjoyable song.
I think the musical backing could come a little more to the front. It's quite hidden behind the lyrics.
The harmonies work well.
Thanks for your comments- I`m going to have another listen in a few days and see how the balance sounds. Robert Thank you, David! It sounds like a fun song to do. I enjoyed the vocals and harmonies. I thought the melody was nice and you did a good arrangement. I did not think your voice needed the delay on your opening vocals. Just personal opinion though.
I enjoyed my listen.
Charlie Charlie Yes, it was fun...thinking about things I like in pop ballads and trying to get some in. I found the vocal challenging & that probably accounts for putting more processing in than usual. Thank you for listening and commenting! Robert
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Loved this tune Robert. Vocal and harmonies were excellent. Very cool lyric Thanks Scott! Robert,
Cool song - really nice melody.
I commend your use of loop beats! There were a few spots where the piano seem to conflict with them - made me wonder if using a synth track in place of the piano might blend better. I also agree with comments by others that the vocal - which is quite nice! harmonies, too! - should come down a bit to sit in the mix...
Cool stuff. Keep it up!
fj Floyd, Those are very helpful and supportive comments-much appreciated. I`ve dropped vocal levels now and will listen again to see if I can hear that piano/loop conflict. Robert
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desire the clouds we passed through to the impossible blue
I really like your lyric style, the phrasing, the repeating of words this has a beautiful flow, the images
sounds great
Kenny
Thanks, Kenny. I enjoyed finding that repeating words from one line to the next helped the flow of the song... it also gave me an easy form to work with. Robert Robert Nice evocative song.
Peetr Thanks for your listen, Peter!
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Nice song! I especially liked the harmonies, well done.
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Robert,
Again we detect a Roy Orbison influence. Did you use the build in harmonizer from Biab? We very much like the song and the rythm in it. We love the lead vocal, it's very expressive. NB: We immediately recognized Brent Mason's Dreamy RT (is there any other).
Rob and Anne-Marie
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Nice song! I especially liked the harmonies, well done. Glad you liked this, Dave! Robert,
Again we detect a Roy Orbison influence. Did you use the build in harmonizer from Biab? We very much like the song and the rythm in it. We love the lead vocal, it's very expressive. NB: We immediately recognized Brent Mason's Dreamy RT (is there any other).
Rob and Anne-Marie Rob & Anne-Marie, Thanks for this - it wasn`t an easy fit for me on the vocals- took many takes to get a feel for the style. I thought about a Roy Orbison-like octave jump for the last verse but probably wisely didn`t keep my recorded attempt! Yes, the harmonies are BiaB harmonizer split into 3 tracks and panned l & r. Robert
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Hello, Robert
Very cool pop ballad. The melody is very good as always. Especially I like the chord resolving B major instead of B minor or D major. As floyd said, I also think there were a few spots conflicting with other instruments against the lower percussion. If the pitch of the percussion is changeable, it will be worthy to try. Enjoyed my listen a lot.
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Robert, this has an interesting and very unusual chord progression. Nice vocals. The mix sounds good. I liked my listen. Tom
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Hello Robert, nice one very melodic, with a great feeling.
Wery well performed and mixed as usual.
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Robert, I really like the overall feel of this one. Nice little changes here and there and also the harmonies. may have been out your comfort zone but that's how we arrive at new musical destinations. Thanks, Torrey.
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Hi, Robert !
I like this tune really much ! It is a very beautiful one, maybe one of the best I´ve heard from you ! The emotion shines thru just the way it should following the lyrics !
Cheers Dani
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