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SteveS is one fantastic Christian poet and in fact is in the process of assembling his poems for his first publication. He wrote this for a song. BobH and myself put the music together and Steve sang it.

This started in BiaB style -PO128-1 and BobH was playing the acoustic guitar while SteveS was quietly singing the song. But the headphones died early in the song however I waved to the guys to keep going. Unfortunately the final tempo not only varied but with the held chords Sonar with Melodyne could not produce a correct tempo chart. So I had to add everything freeform.

BobH is playing the acoustic guitar. I did an audio to MIDI conversion and added a zither to the guitar. I add everything else via my wind controller and keyboard controller.

We hope you like it.

Save the Family

Save the Family

Lyrics and vocal by StephenS
Background tracks by BobH and MarioD

Yet another young person is killed
At the hands of a empty soul
Both of these lives are gone
Their family suffers the toll

A father steals to feed his family
From God, he cannot hide
If he'd given his heart to Jesus
Jesus would surly provide

There are so many lives in turmoil today
Is it because, We forgot how to pray
Satan is so happy, when things go "his way"
So many end up, with his "hell to pay"

In all of my years
What I've seen that has changed
The lords become optional
Isn't that strange
Family's were strong
When we prayed everyday
Now family s are week
And the further we stray

With no moral compass
We have nothing to hide
We mistreat our neighbor
And still we feel pride
We can turn our backs
On a brother in need
So we can have more
Satan named that "greed"

So many have become blind
Or they, choose not to see
There is only one way
To end all this misery
We must put Jesus first
In our lives, everyday
And go back to the old way
And "relearn" how to pray

Let us love our neighbor
As we love ourselves
Let us put all of our sadness
Back on satan's shelf
Let us return to the days
When family's were strong
Let us pray to the Lord
That we all get along!!


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We hope you like it.


Well, this part of "we" certainly likes it.

Thanks, Mario.


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This is great Mario. A real stunning performance, song and production. Great job all around!!

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MarioD, a song full of truth and powerful!! A message that needed to be proclaimed!! Great work and God bless. Thanks, Torrey




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Hi, Mario !


You hit the nail´s head
with this one !
A very thoughtawakening song !

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Hi MarioD, Well done on this! I really enjoyed the progression. Great vocals as always. Nice work! smile


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This is an excellent tune. Love the lyric, vocal and backtrack


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Interesting arrangement. The ooohs work well. And the big orchestration into the chorus is cool...

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Originally Posted By: Torrey Bliss
MarioD, a song full of truth and powerful!! A message that needed to be proclaimed!! Great work and God bless. Thanks, Torrey


Torrey couldn't have said it any better this is another very fine production Mario!


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Mario,
Powerful lyrics and a very unusual and atmospheric production( love the drum rolls and background choral vocals).
Very good collaborative work.

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Mario, this is a really good message song. I enjoyed the production. Tom

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Good song, good message

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John, David, Torrey, Dani, Joe, Scott, Floyd, RnAM, Bob, Tommy and Kenny, thank you all for listening and those very kind comments. You always take a big risk when you post a religious song and we here are very happy that you took the time to listen and comment.

Thanx again


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I enjoyed the timpani type build - I think you have built a nice sense of drama and gravitas in the song with the selection of instruments and sounds


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Hi Mario
Theirs not one thing I dont like about that song.Really liked it from the first time I listened.When you sing the line "save the family" it drives an arrow straight in,really great thanks for uploading.Im getting a song sung at the moment that slightly crosses over .I hope to upload in a couple of weeks when I learn to use Ozone properly!or near enough.What programme did you use for the AH CHOIR?
Great production,Hugh

P.S A bit of Johnny Cash in the voice

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Hats off to all of you. Very well done.

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Fabkebab and gruverider thanx for listening and the comments. They are appreciated so thanx.

Thanx so much for the kind review Hugh2. I used Play's Symphonic Choirs for the ahs. It's not cheap but it is very good.

http://www.soundsonline.com/Symphonic-Choirs


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Hi Mario,
I looked at Symphonic Choirs before and looks like a great product.I didnt understand whether i could put a midi track through and get an ah chorus out of it or not?I used sampletank on a midi track for an ah chorus and although i liked it it sounded ringy at top range,its the only track on the song that didnt have real clarity.Your ah chorus was clear which i liked,Im still messing around with sampletank one (even though i like sampletank) to see should i leave it in.
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You would use Symphonic Choirs exactly like you do with SampleTank. That is play the MIDI into the VSTi.

Ps - I just sent your PM to SteveS. I will let you know as soon as I hear from him.


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Mario,

A great piece of work. Outstanding production and mix. Really enjoyed this.

Bob

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