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Listen To The Silence We live in a noisy world, human-made noise is all around us, traffic, construction work etc. And even though we would like to enjoy a leisure activity, we go to a forest with boomboxes, to a rock concert or a ball game, where excitement is artificially created with loud music and advertisements. Many nature sounds are hidden under the constant background noise, or in the worst case, they may have disappeared completely without us noticing... This is a hymn to that lost silence. I hope you enjoy it, but you may of course turn down the volumn and listen to the real silence instead  The wonderful and relaxing band was naturally provided by BIAB together with the additional strings by The Orchestra. When working with the outro, it reminded me of Coldplay so I used a Coldplay song as Ozone reference track. I asked comments from AI for the lyrics and I changed two words based on AI's suggestions. AI was more heavily involved in the video I had time to make for the song, but it didn't add any noise  Based on the style _SCARCE.STY RealDrums: AmericanaRoots16th-04-SdStk,Tms [Multi] RealTracks: #2877:Bass, Acoustic, AmericanaSlow16thsByron Ev16 060 #2704:Synth, Rhythm CloudRapLowOrgan Ev16 075 #2878:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm AmericanaSlow16thsBrent Ev16 060 #2666:Pedal Steel, Rhythm LushChordsSlow Ev 075 #2650:Guitar, Electric, Background DreamyPopBalladFillsBrent Ev 085 #2448:Guitar, Electric, Background, PopDreamyBrent Ev 085 #4567:Dizi Flute, Background CalmingMelodic ev 065 #3278:Vocal Mmms, Rhythm RockNRollGospel12-8 4-part Sw 065 #3669:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm NewAgeArp16 Ev16 090 MIDI: The Orchestra using Chord Track Vocals: Synthesizer V Liam & Weina (lead), Liam & Jun (backing) Mixed in Cakewalk Sonar (Neutron 4, Neoverb, Ozone 11) Lyrics: Somewhere between the airport and the speedway there once was an arbor my haven on its heyday among mice, butterflies, pure peace no worry no barriers of sound, no hooters of the hurry Listen to the silence through all the noise around hear when a crowd makes no sound. Listen to the silence not the man-made machine but the holy evergreen. Once we got thrilled by watching calm of blossom Today the trend is: the louder the more awesome I live now in the grave of foregone glory they buried long ago the stillness of satori Listen to the silence through all the noise around hear when a crowd makes no sound. Listen to the silence not the man-made machine but the holy evergreen. Call me an ecofascist or call me a jerk but I just get annoyed by the loudest fireworks don't listen to me, hush cacophony for a while perceive the treasures lost in exile. ---------------------------------- Janne
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Nice work. It's calm, musically. I enjoyed the listen.
I appreciate the silence, or the quiet calm of the woods and the sounds of the wind in the trees, or the rush of the water over the rocks in my creeks. It's good to disconnect the noise and get back to the soothing sounds of nature.
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Thoroughly enjoyed both SC, which arguable has better quality sound, and the YT vid, which may arguable have better silence (I dunno what that means, but I love the song). The silence we seek is trampled by admen-made noises that do not want us to think. We spend more thoughtlessly, mindlessly. Man, you filled the silence with some incredible music here, Janne. What a great group you've curated. Good choice on the synth too. I was trying to figure out what two words the Ai changed, but could only come up with "the" if you origianlly had an "a."
So were these the original lyrics: "Somewhere between an airport and a speedway"? A terrific video you've created too. I imaged this song being played while all of the sounds infered on the vid were actually heard. Man, you have a masterpiece here, Janne.
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Janne,
It's a beautiful track! I've always been impressed with your skill at melodic composition! The haunting melody in the verses here really grabbed my attention! Love the laid-back melancholy feel of the whole song! Great arrangement and instrumental choices!
Thanks, TB
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Hi Janne,
There are a lot of things I like about this song. The subject for one. That you rhymed glory with satori (I'm impressed!). And the chosen BPM...perfect. And the interesting layering of instruments.
I really liked the video with the song. It was a meditative experience with the visuals added.
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Hi Janne! A good song and a thought-proking message. I really appreciated the final minute or so, allowing time to listen and ponder. Good video as well. I liked the nature scenes, and was bothered by the ‘noisy’ scenes, and I guess that’s the point. I get quite bothered by advertising nowadays - so in-your-face or in-your-ears.
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Janne, what a fantastic song. Loved your synth vocals and especially the lyrics. Super arrangement and chord progression. Loved those strings! Outstanding mix.
Loved it.
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Janne,
So beautiful and so well produced. Excellent lyrics and vocals. The combination of synth vocals is truly exquisite. Awesome mix as well.
Loved it!
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Hey Janne,
Great subject matter for this song and well thought through lyrically and musically. The production was excellent. I was reminded during the chorus of David Bowies Blackstar album, just a few similarities there. The chord variations in the verses took me by surprise and they worked well. My only criticism, and it’s something I need to watch myself, during the verses there were a couple of times the music was louder than the vocal, so I couldn’t understand what was sung. But great song, well done.
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Janne, super topic and tune! Love the harmonic progression and the cool percussion (with a wood block?). Very skillful use of synth vocals as well as a very nice overall vocal arrangement. Loved the leisurely instrumental ending. Fewer enjoying the silence these days for sure, but I loved the intelligence of musicality of this lovely song.
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Gentle, relaxing, chilling - I like your song. I'm lucky, I live near the forest and walk my dog every day to enjoy the sounds of nature. The only disturbing noise might be me working out melodies for my songs. So, if you ever see someone a cappella-ing in the woods, that's me
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Yet another innovative, yet contemplative effort from you. I loved hooters of the hurry, holy evergreen, satori. Also eco-fascism. (Didn't know that was a thing until I looked it up!) Message was great and well-received by these ears. Melodic flow was slightly awkward in a few places, but that may be the subject matter and language barrier. Bridge to outro was cool.
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Janne,
This is so contemplative and relaxing. Serenity at its best.
Your music is always interesting and often thought-provoking. I'm never sure when i click on to one of your songs for the first time, but I always know it's going to hold my attention. You are very creative. One thing that impresses me is your finite command of the English language for a non-native speaker.
Very nice, indeed!
Alan
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