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Originally Posted By: Sundance
I LOVED IT! High hats and all. grin The song is perfect for her. She's so cute! Totally teen expressions and rolling her eyes. LOL! Wonderful husky "Estellesque" voice. (Great keying on the video FX too.)

I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing more from Billie.

Hi Josie.
Many thanks for listening and all the kind words. Billie is great to work with - she's just a natural.

You obviously know about "keying", so you'll know how much work went into this and it's good to get positive feedback. I'm sure there'll be more of Billie in the near future.

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Originally Posted By: dcuny
Very catchy! I noticed the rolling eyes, too... laugh

That's a big background vocal sound you've got there!

Thanks, David.

The BVs are down to me, even though at that pitch I sound more like one of the girls!

There's two parts to the sung harmony and each is tracked-up four times, so eight tracks. Then the oohs are the same, so another eight tracks there. Could never do it on tape!

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Originally Posted By: c_fogle
Excellent song, production and performance. I enjoyed Billie in the video too. She has a lot of potential and talent.

Nice chord progression on the song.


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Hi Charlie.

Thanks for the nice comments.

Glad you liked the chord progression. I thought I might be pushing things a bit with five major chords, but it seems to have worked out!

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Originally Posted By: MarioD
Originally Posted By: Sundance
I LOVED IT! High hats and all. grin The song is perfect for her. She's so cute! Totally teen expressions and rolling her eyes. LOL! Wonderful husky "Estellesque" voice. (Great keying on the video FX too.)

I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing more from Billie.


A BIG +1

She is one very talented young lady. Be sure to tell her that she has some fans over here on this side of the big pond! I am one of them!

Mario - Many thanks for the good review.

Billie's away on vacation, but she'll be thrilled with the comments when she's back.

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Originally Posted By: RnAM
Hello ROG,

Well this is a very cool song and ditto video.
Did you use green screen for this? And with what video editor?

Rob & Anne-Marie

Hi Rob & Anne-Marie.

Thanks for the listen and kind words.

Yes, we used green screen to place Billie against the studio backdrop. The effects in the middle section involved chroma-keying through four layers, plus under-sampling and cross fading. We used the following software in this production-

Serif Draw Plus - animations
Microsoft paint - animation backgrounds
Debut Professional - video capture
Lightworks - video effects
Serif Movie Plus X6 - video effects and editing.

Send me a PM if you want any more details on the technical side of the production.

Cheers, ROG.

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I was around for the very early female British invasion (65-68) Petula Clark and all that and this song had that same wonderfull flair, to me at least. Very easy to listen to, great production and very enjoyable. Thanks for a great listen,
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Great song, so well done. Really liked the video.

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Hello Rog,
what a nice catchy song with a beautiful voice ! I've really enjoyed the listening and Billie is a natural talent !

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I've been away for a couple of weeks and just wanted to apologise to those who were kind enough to listen and give us a review, but who I didn't get chance to thank -

Noel
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We really value your feedback - it's the only way we know if we're getting it right. Many, many thanks to you all and very sorry for the delay!

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ROG,

Nice production. As many others mentioned, Billie has a nice voice and stage presence. I definitely sensed the Amy Winehouse vibe right away as you mentioned later in the thread. well done.

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Hi Patrick.

Thanks for the listen and review - I thought this one had just about run it's course by now.

Thanks for the kind words. When you consider that this is the first singing which Billie had done, it bodes well for the future. The next Amy Winehouse? Well maybe.

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Wow is this good, ROG! Great song, well produced. Video really fits the song as well. I raised two girls and have 2 granddaughters. Very well acquainted with eye-rolls! Good job bringing out some obvious natural talent here!

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Hi ROG. I watched this a while back but am only now catching up on commenting. Phew there have been some excellent contributions to the forum while I have been otherwise involved and this is no exception. Please pass my compliments onto to Billie. She is very talented.


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Originally Posted By: Steve Young
Wow is this good, ROG! Great song, well produced. Video really fits the song as well. I raised two girls and have 2 granddaughters. Very well acquainted with eye-rolls! Good job bringing out some obvious natural talent here!

Steve

Steve. Many thanks for the listen and comments.

Billie has lots of potential and is great to work with, eye rolls and all. Watch out for more from her soon, hopefully.

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Originally Posted By: JosieC
Hi ROG. I watched this a while back but am only now catching up on commenting. Phew there have been some excellent contributions to the forum while I have been otherwise involved and this is no exception. Please pass my compliments onto to Billie. She is very talented.

Hi Joanne.

Thanks for the kind words. Billie will be back from vacation soon and I'm sure she'll be knocked out by all the complements.

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ROG,
I just wanted to add a +1 to the positive comments.
The song is cool, and the video is a lot of fun to watch. I watched it several times.
I think Billie has a bright musical future, and she has a super talented teacher to help her along the way.

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Hi Curt.

Many thanks for listening, for the review and for the valued comments.

I'm sure Billie will go a long way!

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Rog,

I enjoy all your music productions but this one is near the top. Billy is off to a great start. Must be fun for your children to be actively involved.


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Originally Posted By: c_fogle
Excellent song, production and performance. I enjoyed Billie in the video too. She has a lot of potential and talent.

Nice chord progression on the song.


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Originally Posted By: JimFogle
Rog,

I enjoy all your music productions but this one is near the top. Billy is off to a great start. Must be fun for your children to be actively involved.

Hi Jim.
Thanks for the listen. We've just been so lucky to get so many talented students over the years. It's a privilege to work with them.

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Originally Posted By: c_fogle
Excellent song, production and performance. I enjoyed Billie in the video too. She has a lot of potential and talent.

Nice chord progression on the song.


Charlie
Plus 1!

Many thanks for the listen and review.

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