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This is my new song titled "The glitter of the cove". It is a pop ballad and I categorized it to the ambient genre. My last post "Sincerely Yours (Classical Version)" was made on June 29, so it took me about two months to complete it. The point I cared about most was its arrangement, and the most time-consuming part for me was the choice of the instruments. As usual, the title of the song came from my wife as she has much better artistic sensibility than me.

I hope you like it.

https://soundcloud.com/hirokata1121/the-glitter-of-the-cove

****** Song Summary *************
Key=D, Tempo 75, Length (m:s)=4:35
Style is _MDBALCL.STY (Medium Pop Guitar Ballad w/ Orga)
RealTracks in style: ~700:Bass, Electric, PopHalfNotesPush Ev 085
RealTracks in song: 2045:Piano, Acoustic, Solo-Accompaniment CountryPopJohn Ev 085
RealTracks in style: 838:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PopBalladClean Ev 085
RealTracks in style: ~~702:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Spirited Ev 065
RealTracks in song: 1680:Guitar, 12-String Acoustic, Fingerpicking Ev 085
RealDrums in style: NashvilleEven16^5-a:Snare, HiHat , b:Snare, Ride

Instruments:
(CSC) Brass Section 1
(CSC) Solina Full Strings
(D-PRO) DX Tines
(D-PRO) Almost Together
(D-PRO) FG Eclectic Gibson
(R-PRO) Granular Electric Guitar 1
CSC: Cakewalk Sound Center
D-PRO: Dimension Pro
R-PRO: Rapture-Pro
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Great job on this, HiroshiK! I really enjoyed the atmospheric feeling this one gives off. It's really easy to get lost in (which is a good thing!) - thanks so much for sharing smile


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Do we like it? Well actually, we love it!
The chord progression turns unexpected ways and the melody enhances that even more.
This is one of your best we think!

Rob & Anne-Marie


We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands.

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Beautiful song Hiroshik. Your wife picked a super name for the song


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Originally Posted By: Deryk - PG Music
Great job on this, HiroshiK! I really enjoyed the atmospheric feeling this one gives off. It's really easy to get lost in (which is a good thing!) - thanks so much for sharing smile

Deryk,

Thank you for your kind comment. I am glad you like my new song and enjoyed it.

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Originally Posted By: RnAM
Do we like it? Well actually, we love it!
The chord progression turns unexpected ways and the melody enhances that even more.
This is one of your best we think!

Rob & Anne-Marie

Rob & Anne-Marie,

Thank you for your encouraging comment. I am very happy you like my new song.

Hiroshi

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Originally Posted By: Scott C
Beautiful song Hiroshik. Your wife picked a super name for the song

Scott,

Thank you for your comment. I am glad you like my new song. She asked me to say hello to you.

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Really fabulous piece of music Hiroshi, thoroughly enjoyed the tune and the arrangement.
It needs to be recorded by the likes of James Galway or Andre Rieu.
STUNNING music

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Hello Hiroshik.
Thank you for the back story on this pretty tune.
One thing with Band in a Box when choosing instruments you are spoiled for choice. Love to hear lyrics put to this.
Nicely done.
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Hauntingly beautiful.

This was such an enjoyable listen

Beautifully presented, everything about the song was great to listen to.


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Beautiful progressions, great arrangement

very nice and enjoyable

pretty song!

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Originally Posted By: furry
Really fabulous piece of music Hiroshi, thoroughly enjoyed the tune and the arrangement.
It needs to be recorded by the likes of James Galway or Andre Rieu.
STUNNING music

Graham,

Thank you for your comment. I am glad you enjoyed my new song. I also appreciate your high rating to it. It would be great for me if such things could really happen! It is just a dream.

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Originally Posted By: HiroshiK
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Really fabulous piece of music Hiroshi, thoroughly enjoyed the tune and the arrangement.
It needs to be recorded by the likes of James Galway or Andre Rieu.
STUNNING music

Graham,

Thank you for your comment. I am glad you enjoyed my new song. I also appreciate your high rating to it. It would be great for me if such things could really happen! It is just a dream.

Hiroshi



Push it enough and it could happen, I've had one of my tunes recorded by four different artists and another 3 tunes by others so there is a market for good tunes. Good luck with it

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try ditching the drums and maybe dropping the tempo a few points, see what it sounds like ? It really is a gorgeous ballad. Could you pm me the dots for it and I'll maybe do a version if that's ok ?

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Hello Hiroshik.
Thank you for the back story on this pretty tune.
One thing with Band in a Box when choosing instruments you are spoiled for choice. Love to hear lyrics put to this.
Nicely done.
Rob

Hello Rob,

Thank you for your comment. In my case, I am using Sonar X3 for the tuning work including instruments selection.

Unfortunately, I do not have any talent to write lyrics. It would be great if I someone could put lyrics to the song.

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HiroshiK

Hauntingly beautiful.

This was such an enjoyable listen

Beautifully presented, everything about the song was great to listen to.

Thank you for your comment. I am very glad you like and enjoyed my new song.

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Beautiful progressions, great arrangement

very nice and enjoyable

pretty song!

Kenny

Kenny,

Thank you for your comment. I am glad you like and enjoyed my new song.

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HiroshiK, Beautiful song. I especially like the chord progression. The mix is excellent and tell your wife I like the title. Tom

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Really fabulous piece of music Hiroshi, thoroughly enjoyed the tune and the arrangement.
It needs to be recorded by the likes of James Galway or Andre Rieu.
STUNNING music

Graham,

Thank you for your comment. I am glad you enjoyed my new song. I also appreciate your high rating to it. It would be great for me if such things could really happen! It is just a dream.

Hiroshi



Push it enough and it could happen, I've had one of my tunes recorded by four different artists and another 3 tunes by others so there is a market for good tunes. Good luck with it

Thank you for your suggestion and encouragement. As a matter of fact, I had sought for the chance to license of my early works mainly through some licensing companies but had no success so far. I have not given it up, but suspended it for some time. Now I think I should resume it.

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HiroshiK, Beautiful song. I especially like the chord progression. The mix is excellent and tell your wife I like the title. Tom

Tom,

Thank you for your comment. I am very glad you like my song.
I told it to her and she is happy now.

Hiroshi

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