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Hi Friends, Here's my first effort at a full song. It's called "When the Cows Come Home." It uses BIAB's Marley1.Sty style. I used the Reaper DAW. The Real Drums are used directly as audio. The "BB Bass" was put though TAL Bassline VST, "Soft Bass" path; "BB Organ" was put through Synth1 VST, "Rock Organ" patch; "BB Guit1 Clean" was put through Suburban Guitarist VST; and "BB Guit2 Mute" was played by "sfz" using a "Mute Guitar" soundfont. Vocals were recorded by me. I've lost track of the F/X chain temporarily, but there was some compression, de-essing, and tune correction. Sorry about missing this detail. "Sax" was MIDI recorded by me on keyboard through the DVS Saxophone VST. I used the "Reaverb" VST for global reverb. I hope you enjoy it. https://soundcloud.com/sam-buttrey/cowscomehomeSam B. Near Monterey, CA
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This is a very fun song!!! Good job!!
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Hi Sam,
welcome to the forum!
Nice first post.
It was fun listening.
Guenter
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Welcome aboard and what a cool entry!
We like reggae and enjoyed this one. Nice
arrangement, mix and vocals!
BTW, which bass is that?
Enjoyed it.
J&B
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Sam,
Welcome. Very cool song - love the vibe and feel. Good vocal as well.
Bob
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Hi Sam! Welcome to the forum!
Man, you just jump right in... your very first post is a song submission!
I liked the way your song started with an unlikely premise for getting back together, then ramped it up to progressively less-likely scenarios. Clearly this song is about a guy who will never EVER forget whatever it is that offended him!
The Marley style really made the song fun to listen to, and I thought the MIDI sax sounded surprisingly sax-like (most MIDI saxes don't sound much like a sax to me at all). The fact that you were able to use a MIDI sax (and therefore control the notes) allowed you to echo your melody in the sax, which I thought added a LOT to the overall impact of the song.
The irony of using a reggae style for this song is that reggae typically creates a very laid-back mood, but the theme of the song was very resolute and not laid back at all... therefore the presence of two conflicting moods served to emphasize the understated and whimsically described conflict between the wills of the two parties in the song. Very interesting.
I thought this was a grand introduction to the forum, and I look forward to hearing more from you!
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Hi J&B,
Thanks for the nice words. That bass is a patch called "Soft Bass" from the TAL Bassline VST. But I raised all the notes up one octave.
Have fun,
Sam B.
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Hi Pat,
Thanks for listening and saying nice things. You hit the nail exactly: I loved the contrast of "happy"-sounding reggae and the unhappy singer, plus the idea of the singer getting progressive farther from reality.
This is my first post but I've done lots of lurking and I've owned BIAB for many years. Truthfully the standards are so high here, I've been intimidated, but I appreciate the kind and constructive people here.
Thanks again,
Sam B.
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Hello,
nice song. good production.
Great real tracks chosen.
Sergio
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Hi Pat,
Thanks for listening and saying nice things. You hit the nail exactly: I loved the contrast of "happy"-sounding reggae and the unhappy singer, plus the idea of the singer getting progressive farther from reality.
This is my first post but I've done lots of lurking and I've owned BIAB for many years. Truthfully the standards are so high here, I've been intimidated, but I appreciate the kind and constructive people here.
Thanks again,
Sam B.
the bar is indeed set very high here due to having quite a few amazingly talented songwriters present on the forum. But you're certainly no slouch, and I think you have entered the game well above newbie level. You fit right in, and I do hope to hear more from you.
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Really amazing god song and voice ! Top Quality here !
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HAHAHA!
Welcome, Sam. A terrific entry...
Well put together. Clever song.
I don't think there's much hope for the relationship, though....
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A high class job for a first song effort, well done! The vocal harmony parts are a good hook. I'm always a sucker for a good reggae.  John
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Enjoyed that Sam. Very clever.
Regards,
Bob
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Hi there Sam,
welcome to the forum.
This is very nice!
we don't get a lot of reggae here on the forum :-)
Rob & Anne-Marie
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Sam
Good reggae - nicely arranged - clever piece liked the vocal interplay at the end.
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Nice song! I thought the sax sounded pretty good too, Enjoyed.
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This works very well!! The vibe just works-I could imagine it playing at a dance club (that plays Reggae). Really nice natural vocal sound and good mix. Good stuff! Take care. Greg
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