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The Good-Morrow #459318 02/26/18 10:58 AM User Showcase
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 366 M molsenhouse OP Journeyman
OP molsenhouse Journeyman M Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 366	How to put music to a poem from the early 17th century? – well, with a little help from BiaB… John Donne wrote a beautiful poem called The Good-Morrow. Don't know how the copyright act works overseas – in Norway lyrics are free after 70 years. Please, tell me if I do anything wrong. Not a traditional song, but it sounds familiar… Already thinking of new vocal ideas – guess I have to try them out in a couple of weeks or months ;-) Here is what it sounds like today: THE GOOD-MORROW BiaB tracks used: Style is _SPECTER.STY RealTracks in style: ~733:Bass, Acoustic, Jazz Ballad Sw 060 (A:in-2) RealTracks in style: 936:Piano, Acoustic, Rehearsal Waltz Sw 140 RealTracks in style: ~993:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm CountryWaltzGrittyPicked Sw 140 RealTracks in style: 2558:Cello, Background SlowSwing Sw 065 RealDrums: RealDrums in Style: BluesMondaySw8^02-a:Sidestick, HiHat , b:Snare, HiHat And the poem: The Good-Morrow BY JOHN DONNE I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we loved? Were we not weaned till then? But sucked on country pleasures, childishly? Or snorted we in the Seven Sleepers’ den? ’Twas so; but this, all pleasures fancies be. If ever any beauty I did see, Which I desired, and got, ’twas but a dream of thee. And now good-morrow to our waking souls, Which watch not one another out of fear; For love, all love of other sights controls, And makes one little room an everywhere. Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone, Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown, Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one. My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears, And true plain hearts do in the faces rest; Where can we find two better hemispheres, Without sharp north, without declining west? Whatever dies, was not mixed equally; If our two loves be one, or, thou and I Love so alike, that none do slacken, none can die. MacUser!

Re: The Good-Morrow molsenhouse #459334 02/26/18 01:45 PM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 23,216 Hamlin NY MarioD Veteran
MarioD Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 23,216 Hamlin NY	John this is top shelf all the way. Your instrumentation is perfect for this poem as is your chord progression. Your vocal is absolutely fantastic and I love the effects you on it. This is a keeper. Whenever I get something stuck in the back of my throat, I dislodge it by drinking a beer. It's called the Heineken Maneuver. 64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware

Re: The Good-Morrow molsenhouse #459355 02/26/18 02:39 PM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,438 Florida floyd jane Veteran
floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,438 Florida	Einar, I always enjoy hearing your music. Always intriguing, inventive, interesting. Excellent group of instruments for this. Your guitar work here is super. Nice job of putting music to a Donne poem! Very much enjoyed this. Excellent! floyd 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: The Good-Morrow molsenhouse #459358 02/26/18 02:46 PM User Showcase
Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 4,494 Kyrkslätt, Finland dani48 Veteran
dani48 Veteran Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 4,494 Kyrkslätt, Finland	Hei Einar ! Helt fantastisk sång ! Gratulerar ! Den är det bästa jag än så länge hört från dig - kan bara säga WOW ! mvh Dani 1/2 norrman

Re: The Good-Morrow molsenhouse #459367 02/26/18 03:47 PM User Showcase
Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 65 Livermore, CA, USA K kybordr Enthusiast
kybordr Enthusiast K Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 65 Livermore, CA, USA	Einar: I love this, nicely done. What a cool idea. (And being me, I have to ask "Oh my gosh, what has John Donne?")

Re: The Good-Morrow molsenhouse #459384 02/26/18 04:59 PM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,644 Sydney Australia PeterF Veteran
PeterF Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,644 Sydney Australia	Nice progressive rock sound - nicely performed and sung with some nice guitar passages. Peter

Re: The Good-Morrow molsenhouse #459394 02/26/18 07:41 PM User Showcase
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 1,719 New Zealand RichMac Expert
RichMac Expert Joined: May 2010 Posts: 1,719 New Zealand	What a lovely poem Einar and a fantastic interpretation that brings it very much to life and into the present. Love the snorting in the seven sleepers den. Much impressed. Cheers. https://soundcloud.com/tuigorge

Re: The Good-Morrow molsenhouse #459420 02/27/18 03:36 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,013 Charlotte, NC Tano Music Veteran
Tano Music Veteran Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,013 Charlotte, NC	Songwriting partnership over the ages! Yes, I think this is a great idea, and nicely executed...you chose style/approach/instrumentation that fit so naturally..thank you for putting your creativity into this...especially liked the line that you spoke/sung concurrently...maybe Donne didn’t have any skilled musician buddies to work with?? Windows 11, Intel Core i5-8600T 2.3Ghz, 16 gig ram, BIAB 2025 MegaPak, SampleTank 4, Keystation49 Kybd, Neewer NW-800 mic

Re: The Good-Morrow molsenhouse #459422 02/27/18 03:59 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 15,396 GA USA Janice & Bud Veteran
Janice & Bud Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 15,396 GA USA	Wow! This is an outstanding example of what a creative artist, a great vocal/instrumental performances and BiaB can accomplish. This is a remarkable production and we are enjoying the listen(s)! J&B Our albums and singles are on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Pandora and more. If interested search on Janice Merritt. Thanks! Our Videos are here on our website.

Re: The Good-Morrow molsenhouse #459445 02/27/18 05:49 AM User Showcase
Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 3,414 Deryk - PG Music PG Music Staff
Deryk - PG Music PG Music Staff Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 3,414	Wow, this is incredible What a unique and abstract idea - and you managed to pull it off brilliantly! The whole tune just flows so nicely, from the lyricism to the progressions and arrangement. The entire song just works so perfectly. It showcases some serious creativity and a good grasp on songwriting. You outdid yourself here - thanks so much for sharing Cheers, Deryk

Re: The Good-Morrow MarioD #459466 02/27/18 08:56 AM User Showcase
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 366 M molsenhouse OP Journeyman
OP molsenhouse Journeyman M Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 366	Originally Posted By: MarioD John this is top shelf all the way. Your instrumentation is perfect for this poem as is your chord progression. Your vocal is absolutely fantastic and I love the effects you on it. This is a keeper. Thanks Mario, John is definitely top shelf!!! Couldn't stop thinking of what Hendrix did to Hey Joe! So I tried to extend his brilliant idea in 12/8 for the chorus, and ended up with Hey Good-Morrow ;-) MacUser!

Re: The Good-Morrow floyd jane #459467 02/27/18 09:21 AM User Showcase
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 366 M molsenhouse OP Journeyman
OP molsenhouse Journeyman M Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 366	Originally Posted By: floyd jane Einar, I always enjoy hearing your music. Always intriguing, inventive, interesting. Excellent group of instruments for this. Your guitar work here is super. Nice job of putting music to a Donne poem! Very much enjoyed this. Excellent! floyd Floyd, Thanks for your nice compliments. The words in the poem came very much alive to me during this process – someone once told me that a soaring cello is the the most beautiful instrument in the world – and in BiaB I found a RT-cello that sounded great – not too much, but enough to bring a different dimension to the arrangement. Thanks for listening! MacUser!

Re: The Good-Morrow dani48 #459468 02/27/18 09:24 AM User Showcase
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 366 M molsenhouse OP Journeyman
OP molsenhouse Journeyman M Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 366	Originally Posted By: dani48 Hei Einar ! Helt fantastisk sång ! Gratulerar ! Den är det bästa jag än så länge hört från dig - kan bara säga WOW ! mvh Dani 1/2 norrman Hey Dani, Takk for hyggelig tilbakemelding. Det varmer godt når det er full vinterstorm her mellom fjellene. Einar 1/32 finsk ;-) MacUser!

Re: The Good-Morrow molsenhouse #459483 02/27/18 11:36 AM User Showcase
Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 1,679 Cremona-Italy Sergio Guarneri Expert
Sergio Guarneri Expert Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 1,679 Cremona-Italy	Hello, you made a great work; good production and result obtained. Nice one. Sergio Sergio

Re: The Good-Morrow molsenhouse #459496 02/27/18 12:28 PM User Showcase
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 7,584 Sacramento, California dcuny Veteran
dcuny Veteran Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 7,584 Sacramento, California	Originally Posted By: molsenhouse Please, tell me if I do anything wrong. Nothing wrong to my ears! You did a fantastic job making some very dense prose enjoyable. I'm super impressed by all the aspects of the song - it was a very fun listen. The doubling at "And now good-morrow" was especially cool. -- David Cuny My virtual singer development blog Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?

Re: The Good-Morrow molsenhouse #459617 02/28/18 09:01 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 3,357 Robertkc Veteran
Robertkc Veteran Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 3,357	Very cool, creative interpretation of those amazingly sensual and metaphysical lines! Excellent arrangement and production skills are on show here in addition to your fine vocal. Well done! Robert

Re: The Good-Morrow molsenhouse #460085 03/02/18 08:03 PM User Showcase
Joined: May 2015 Posts: 3,034 Aichi, Japan animarorecords Veteran
animarorecords Veteran Joined: May 2015 Posts: 3,034 Aichi, Japan	Hello, Einar Very inventive work! And the melody is wonderful. As floyd said, excellent group of instruments for this. Your guitar work here is super. And your vocal is very powerful. Enjoyed my listen a lot. Best regards. Shigeki Adachi

Re: The Good-Morrow kybordr #460676 03/05/18 11:14 AM User Showcase
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 366 M molsenhouse OP Journeyman
OP molsenhouse Journeyman M Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 366	Originally Posted By: kybordr Einar: I love this, nicely done. What a cool idea. (And being me, I have to ask "Oh my gosh, what has John Donne?") Hahaha – LOL John did-pretty-well Donne! Thanks for listening! Last edited by molsenhouse; 03/05/18 11:17 AM. MacUser!

Re: The Good-Morrow PeterF #460678 03/05/18 11:15 AM User Showcase
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 366 M molsenhouse OP Journeyman
OP molsenhouse Journeyman M Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 366	Originally Posted By: PeterF Nice progressive rock sound - nicely performed and sung with some nice guitar passages. Peter Thanks a lot, Peter! MacUser!

Re: The Good-Morrow molsenhouse #460682 03/05/18 11:23 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 3,615 Murgon Queensland Australia Rob4580 Veteran
Rob4580 Veteran Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 3,615 Murgon Queensland Australia	Very well executed. thanks for listing. Rob https://soundcloud.com/ironbarkbob https://open.spotify.com/artist/6IPuZM4B48Drnd38DEWC7L https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoXdTc0EC_3aaZSqT4dyzug Using Studio One.

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