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This is a song I wrote years ago and never recorded. BIAB gave me the ability to make it happen.

Comments and suggestions welcome and encouraged.

aka Glass Bottles, I used the following:

All music with RealTracks
Drums – Nashville Waltz SW5 Stick and Snare #07
Bass – Acoustic Country Waltz #1121
Guitar – Acoustic Fingerpicking Pop Waltz #1698
Guitar – Acoustic Rhythm Celtic Jig #1163
Banjo – Rhythm Bluegrass Waltz #1698
Fiddle – Background Country Waltz (Outside) #1150
Pedal Steel Guitar – Rhythm Country #1126
Cello – Background Pop Country #1856
Vocal – Me (M-Audio NOVA condenser mic)
Mixed with effects added using Cakewalk Home Studio

Lyrics

Glass Bottles On The Side Of The Road

The sun burns the back of my neck
Highway burns the soles of my feet
I’ve lost count of the miles
I’ve put between her and me

Chorus:
Empty and discarded
Broken and exposed
Like glass bottles on the side of the road
Like glass bottles on the side of the road

My heart is a vacancy sign
Love flickers that once made it glow
On the edge of my lips
I feel her move like a ghost

Repeat Chorus

Heat lightning in a desert sky
The night air still as a stone
You can be sure you will reap
The fruit of the seeds you have sewn

Repeat Chorus

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I like this a lot Austin51. Beautifully written and sung. Great raw feel. If I changed anything I might tighten up the instrument breaks and ending....but it's fine as is.

Good song.

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Great lyrics, vocal and production. Thanks for sharing!




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austin,

Love the sound of this one. Great combination of tracks. Really well mixed. Heart-felt vocal - great job. Love that last verse! Keep 'em coming!

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Thanks so much Josie. Yes, I agree with your suggestions and I am planning to do some tweaking.

Otherwise I'm pleased with the way the song turned out.

I appreciate your response.

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Nice lyrics and tune and
really well sung.

Happy New Year

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Thank you for listening and nice comments PgF.

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I really like the sound of this - great job!

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Thank you Floyd, it means a lot to hear the song turned out well.

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Thanks for listening and feedback Guenter.

Happy New Year to you.

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Thank you Bob.

Have a great New Years.

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Austin,

This is a very good well performed song.

PS: I am on my 3rd listen as I type.

Later,

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Great imagery..really enjoyed it.. I esp liked the "vacancy sign" reference!


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Thank you Danny.

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Thanks for the comments Tano.

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Excellent song - good lyrics, nice arrangement, and nice vocals. It's got an Eagles sort of sound to me. Because of that, I'd really like to hear harmonies - especially on the chorus.

Your arrangement hints at it, but it would rock if you could add a string trio. Sadly, BIAB can't do that yet!


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Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?
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Thanks for the nice comments David.

The Eagles are one of my favorites. I tried background vocals on the chorus but it betrayed the sense of isolation, loneliness, and anguish I was after.

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Nice, we enjoyed that a lot!

I would be curious how you created this, BB or RB? And if you generated the tracks in 2 passes & then joined them up in Cakewalk, etc.

Again, nice track!


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Nice, I like the Karma vibe in the final verse and as mentioned by Tano the "vacancy sign" allusion is great.


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Glad you enjoyed the song. Thanks for listening.

I created the tracks in BB using RealTracks. Using the the seven tracks (instruments + melody and solo)I moved those to Cakewalk. Went back to BB and made a copy of the song and changed the RealTracks to other instruments. Moved those to Cakewalk. With Cakewalk I can directly drag and drop one instrument track or all seven at once using the Combo feature.

I wanted pedal steel only in the music break and Irish Jig acoustic guitar only in the chorus so I trimmed the tracks in Cakewalk. I enjoy experimenting with the tracks to get a different sound. It's surprising what combinations will work together (within reason).

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