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Hi all, If you've got a few minutes to spare and you're interested in having a listen to my latest song, it's at ... ... click here to hear the song.Please be aware that the link is a direct connection to audio streaming so it may take a few seconds to get going. All comments, positive or not and on any aspect of the song whatsoever, are welcome. By way of background, this song started out as a bit of an exercise in changing keys and writing a "list" song. As with all my songs, this one started in BIAB, moved into Realband for manipulating the tracks and was finalized in Reaper. (All instruments are Realtracks.) Regards, Noel P.S. If you have any idea what genre I can use to describe this, I'd appreciate you thought  BIAB INFORMATIONStyle: _BOOGBRT.STY (Country Boogie Brent Mason) 539:Bass, Electric, Pop Sw 120 961:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm CountryBoogieOpen Sw 140 953:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm CountryBoogieCleanA-B Sw 110 1279:Guitar, Electric, Soloist CountryBoogieBrent Sw 140 966:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm CountryBoogieGrittyMuted Sw 140 RealDrums: NashvilleShuffle^06-Stick,Snare
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What a great song Noel! I love the chord and key changes - really catchy. Your engineering skills are top drawer: this track is punchy, crisp, and perfectly EQ'd and mixed, well to my ears anyway. Did you use any mastering tools in Reaper? Just curious. Sorry, no suggestions on making this track any better! Genre: Hmm, dunno. How about Old UK Music Hall meets West End Musical with a pinch of Country?  An excellent piece of work. John
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Noel,
Loved the tune and arrangement. Clean and crisp. Good work. I especially liked the change in the bridge. Thinking out of the box. Sounds like a country crossover style with a bit of folk flavor.
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Noel,
I continue to be impressed by your writing, and your productions just keep getting better and better!
Genre? To me, this is sort of an Australian Randy Newman sound.
Keep up the excellent work!
Steve
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Noel, Excellent song! A very cool and elegant pop tune. Love your voice and delivery on this as well. Great, great job all around... Bob
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Steve Young is right. It IS an Aussie Randy Newman sound.
Totally enjoyable
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Hey Noel,
Loving this. I agree with Steve and Alyn - it does have a RN flavor. I would classify it as alternative country or folk rock. The production is superb.
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Hi John,
Thank you for listening! I appreciate your comments. You gave me a pretty big smile when I read that you liked my engineering skills. LOL. I cheated; I used Ozone 4. It makes mastering so much easier. I can't believe how much I used to struggle with trying to get it to sound right. Now with Ozone all I do is select a preset and tweak it a bit. Then, presto! It's done. It's a great plugin.
Hmm... UK Music Hall meets West End in Nashville - there's got to be room somewhere for genre as diverse as that!
Once again, thank you for listening.
Noel
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Hey Marty,
Thanks for dropping by and taking time to hear the song. It seems that you and Josie agree on Alt-country. I hadn't thought of that as a genre possibility. You've got me thinking!
I'm glad the arrangement worked for you. The song moves up 3 semitones on it's way through and the bridge kind of wanders through a couple of additional modulations but doesn't really settle on any one of them. I'm not sure that it was really "thinking outside the box" so much as "glass of red wine" arranging.
I'm looking forward to hearing where you go next with your songs.
All the best,
Noel
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Hi Steve, As mentioned above, I think my productions owe it all to Ozone rather than me. I suspect that that's why they're getting better I'm just listening to Randy Newman's "You've Got A Friend In Me" on Youtube as I type. I've got to say that I can really empathise with this song. It's exactly the kind of song that I'd love to be able to write. I'd better keep practising (we use "practise" as a verb in Australia and "practice" as a noun). When I get my productions to sound close to yours, I'll be very happy! Regards, Noel
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Hi Bob, Thanks for taking time out to listen and to comment. I appreciate it. I wish that I could be as productive as you and Josie are. My song output is only a tenth of what you two manage. I don't know how you do it. I can't wait to see what you come up with next All the best, Noel
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Hi Alyn, Thank you I appreciate your dropping in and having a listen. I'm definitely not as talented as Randy Newman but, as I mentioned above, I can really empathise with his music. Hope today shines for you! Noel
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Hi Josie,
Great to hear from you! I'm glad that song worked for you. I always find it a bit of a challenge to get something that "works". The more I listen and fiddle with the dials and sliders, the more it all starts sounding the same. Ozone 4 has certainly helped with the mastering. I really like the sound of the alt-country genre. I'm going to be doing a bit of investigating of that!
All the best with your next song. I can't wait to hear where you head with it!
Noel
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Hi Noel,
I really wish I could add something to the praise already heaped on this track by all the above, but I can't.
It's all well deserved. Such a good song in so many ways and your sound turns me a deep green every time I hear it - I envy it so much.
Think I may need to invest in a copy of Ozone4, though I'm certain your talent in using it is a large part of the process.
Keep em comimg fella - and goood luck with it.
All the best
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What a great song Noel! I love the chord and key changes - really catchy.
Your engineering skills are top drawer: this track is punchy, crisp, and perfectly EQ'd and mixed, well to my ears anyway. An excellent piece of work.
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I couldn’t agree more. Outstanding work here Noel.
“Red wine arranging?” Over in my place it’s called “Budweiser arranging”
Two thumbs up and keep up the outstanding work.
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Very well done. Nice vocal. To me it sounds as if it could be pop or country. Your voice lends to the pop sound. I could here it as a country tune as well. My Songs
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This really is a well written and well produced song. I like that groove this selection of instruments has got going. I'll have to try that STY file out. Great work.
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I like it Noel ! Nice chord progression ! That's all I ever wanted to do too ,only with someone else. Good job !
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Hi Martin, Thank you for stopping by And thank you for such positive comments! Trust me, there's nothing you need envy about my "sound". I totally support letting electronics trying to make it as good for me as I possibly can. Ozone is excellent. I also used iZotope's Nectar on my vocals (I think I'm getting a bit better as a singer but I still need all the help I can get!). I played around with the demo versions and thought them good enough to invest in. They're not cheap, but I've found that true of most things that do the job exceptionally well. I must say, you've been writing and posting some pretty impressive material All the best, Noel
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Hey Mario, Ahh... Budweiser! Yep, that'll do the job too. It's been a while since I've had some of that. I might try it for my next song and see how it flavors my next arrangement Thanks for having a listen and taking time to post. I appreciate it. All the best in NY, Noel P.S. Do you have any time coming up in which you might be able to slip another co-write?
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