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Hey Ya'll,

Here's a new song I wrote about a month ago called Girl It's Gone. All real tracks and vox recorded in RB and mixed in Tracktion. Lyrics in link.

I appreciate your time listening and all your comments are welcome - especially regarding the mix.

Hope you enjoy it.

Thank you,

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Josie - nice song. sounds great. love the piano that starts and ends it. your vocals sounds really good. and a nice mix. great job!

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I agree with floyd jane. That was a beautiful song.
good stuff, sounds OK on my set up

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You're a great singer. I like the harmonies and the mix. Well done.

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Josie,

Great piece of work!

Ditto+ for Floyd, Alyn, and Guenter.

Love your vocals, they really standout nicely.

Thanks for sharing!


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I love the vocal. Great stuff!


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I always love your songs, this one is no exception! Great Job!

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What a lovely song. I love your vocals and the melody you created. Superb writing too. Outstanding use of BIAB.

Great tune!


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Josie I love this. Great vocals and great mix. occ

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Hey Josie!



I've now got a new favourite song of yours. This is top notch in every way!

There were some things that really stood out to me as exceptional crafting. Firstly was the use of the second-person-narrative point of view (that's what Pat Pattison calls it when one uses all pronouns except me or I and their related derivatives). To my ears, second person narrative is a very intimate form of story telling. In this instance, it's like the singer is taking a friend aside and giving heartfelt advice. When second-person-narrative perspective works, it works brilliantly. In these lyrics of yours, it's a hand-in-glove fit; perfect.

The second thing that stood out to me was your amazing lift. The two similes about a train and a plane added just the right touch of philosophical content to the lyrics to push them forward into the chorus. To my mind, these lines really empowered the chorus no end. The music that underpins these lyrics is also first class! (I've got to say that the train and plane are both powerful "gone" images and a masterstroke choice.")

A third thing that stood out to me was how skilled you are at singing and mixing your vocals. The writing, the performance and the production of this song are a tremendous credit to your abilities.

All the best,
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nicely written, wonderfully performed, great mix...it has everything! very nice job!

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Floyd,

Thank you. I was on the fence about the ending for a while and then went with it. So glad you like it.


Gibson,

Thank you for listening and commenting. Makes me feel like all the time I spent on this was worth it.


beohm,

Thank you. Feels good when I can catch a vibe that moves someone.


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Thank you for the kind words, I really appreciate it.

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Sundance, outstanding work! Lyrics, performance and production are all exceptional, thank you for sharing!




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Joanne,

Thank you so much. Nice having another female pov.


Tommyc,

You are quite inspiring to me. Thank you Tommy.


jpt,

You made my day. Thank you.


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Thank you. I'm glad it touched your heart.

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Noel,

Thank you, thank you and thank you. This was a tough song to write. When I went to my sad place in my mind, I was actually working on a different song. Then to my surprise I got stuck in some really heavy old pain that I thought was over long ago. You are right, I wrote this to my younger heartbroken self using the approach as if talking to my best friend.

Not going to say how many times I remixed it.

Thank you again. I really appreciate your time and the nice things you said.

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Robert,

Thank you. Appreciate that very much.

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If ya'll have a few minutes to spare, Bob made a really cool video of this song for me.


Girl It's Gone video

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Hey Josie,

Another pretty good song, I thought. I also thought the backing vocals could have been more present, and that the lead guitar was a bit too busy. It's my personal preference but I tend to not let the lead guitar compete with the vocals, unless, it is mimicking the vocal, and even then, only rarely. Good job..

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RG,

Actually, believe it or not I tried several mixes with less busy lead gtr and louder bgvs but this one best captured the vibe I wanted.

Thank you for the nice comments and suggestions, I appreciate it.

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WOW that video is excellent!!! How did Bob do that???????? What program did he use????
It really adds to the lovely song

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