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Hi all,
Here's a french funky song.
My friend, Thierry Fraisse, is singing.

https://soundcloud.com/christian-devienne/lange-gardienne

RD FunkSanFran
RD TambourineEv16
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RT 2607 Electric Slap Bass
RT 3648 Acoustic Guitar
RT 3255 Electric Guitar
RT 3203 Solo Acoustic Guitar
RT 417 Tenor Sax
RT 674 Organ
RT 3974 Resonator Guitar

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Very nice Chris. I don't understand a word of French, but I liked the way your singer used his voice. It fit the production well, I thought. I really liked the use of your acoustic guitar and percussion - it really carried the beat well. Also the adding of that dobro was nice. I may have upped the bass a little to add a little more low end to the tune, but that's just me. This is a real good soundin', toe tappin' song.

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Very nice track. I agree with Brad about adding bass. Everything else in the mix goes well together. How did you do the part where the guitar pauses on the first beat?

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Thanks, Brad an Seth, for your comments.
I've tried to increase the bass volume but I was not convinced by the result.
To get the pause on the chord, you have to select the chord, click right, select Chord Settings and select Hold Chord.

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Cool funky tune with a terrific vocal that fit perfectly. Loved the almost percussive nature of Thierry's singing, reminded me a bit of Al Jarreau in that regard. Great job!


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Cool funky groove, Chris. Thierry was an excellent choice. I like the whole band, and the melody was quite engaging.


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Thanks TuneMonger and Marty,
I've composed this song about 40 years ago.
Thanks to Biab realtracks and thanks to Thierry's voice, I could give it a second birth.

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Hi Chris,

Good song, good groove and very good vocals.

I thought the sax and guitar soloists could be quite a bit louder. As a guideline the soloists should be approximately the same volume and reverb as the main vocalist.

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Thank you, Nigel.
I followed your advice and I've changed the mp3 on Soundcloud.

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