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Its been a nightmare 6 months, Covid19 not included, including my PC crashing and taking everything with it.  But I'm back at it occasionally now. The Civil War classic song of 1861. The tune is in the public domain but the modern 'Love Me Tender' lyrics are not, but as I'm not going to sing it - - -. Guitar arrangement is by me and a relatively sparse 'Band' for the backing track - RealTracks in song: 3119:Bass, Acoustic, PopHalfNotesSync Ev 085 MIDI SuperTracks in song: 1801:Synth Pad, PopShiningSoft Ev 120 RealTracks in song: 2718:Guitar, Nylon, Fingerpicking CountryBrent Ev 085 RealTracks in song: 3064:Vocal Oohs, Rhythm Pop3-part Ev 085 Guitar is my ancient Yamaha APX3 electro-acoustic bought as a non-playing, non-working wreck from a Junk Shop for a few £s sterling. Some TLC and she is a lovely guitar to play. Recorded for the first time ever using RealBand which at the moment I find very 'clunky' to use certainly compared to my now much loved but now gone Cakewalk GTPro2 (yeah-that old!). So all feedback greatly appreciated. https://app.box.com/s/3urlnph4l53zq1dbpt2698eb5uw5aioeCheers Ian
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Hi, Ian !
I love your wonderful
interpretation of this
old beautiful tune !
I´ve missed you and I
miss playing with varjot
as everything had to
be put on hold !
Hope you and yours are
allright - stay safe !
Cheers
Dani
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Aura Lea, beautifully portrayed and beautifully played.
Very pleasant to listen to, Ian.
You made that Yamaha sing! Fantastic.
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Ian, Just so beautifully played with such emotion. Kudos! There were a lot of beautiful songs born out of that tragic era in American history. It's been reported that the song "Leona" (qv) was banned by leaders on both sides because upon hearing it, soldiers on both sides would lay down their weapons and return home to their sweethearts. Give an ear to fellow BIABer's version. https://youtu.be/7U4yAXM53mI
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My grateful thanks to Dani, Trev and Don for listening and the feedback.
Much appreciated.
Cheers
Ian
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Sweet sounds, Ian. Sad about the crash, man. Cakewalk by BandLab is free and works fine. Special thanks to Video Track (Trev) for the Aura Lea reference, and Don for the Leona reference. Great history lesson, guys.
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Hi Ian,
Whatever guitar you're playing you make it sound like a million dollars.
Wonderful playing, superb arrangement.
Loved the whole thing.
Stay safe, ROG.
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Hi Marty, thanks for the kind words. When your drive crashes, you kinda don't believe it for a minute. Then the panic sets in.  Hi Rog - thank you too.Big fan of your work so thats made my day. Bests Ian
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Ian,
Have you tried any of the RECOVERY apps? I've had reasonable success with freebies. Certainly worth a try.
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Ian,
Have you tried any of the RECOVERY apps? I've had reasonable success with freebies. Certainly worth a try. Hi Donny Thanks for thinking of that but the drive was a lost cause. Totalled! I'm running BB on Win7 and win10 drives now and just for 'fun' I have installed an old 1TB drive and use it for BB etc on XP. Yes XP. As Andrew found out sometimes updates have bugs in them that only affect XP - as in the first release of BB2020, now long fixed. Cheers Ian
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Nice!
Some good guitar work there for sure.
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Nice!
Some good guitar work there for sure.
Thank you CaptainMoto. Love your byline. Me too! Cheers Ian
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Beautiful rendition. Enjoyed this a lot.
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Lovely playing and tone.
It takes me back to childhood listening to it on the radio.
And given our penchant for Civil War history it becomes
even more special.
Enjoyed it!
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Lovely version of the song. Guitar was excellent. Well done
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Hi Charlie, Janice & Bud and Scott and many thanks for your kind words.
Not bad for a guitar classed as Junk.
And full marks to BB for the amazing RTs.
Cheers
Ian
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