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Hi there.
Here's another one. A comment on the fortress mentality.

(Edit. Changed a few things and put up another version.)

https://soundcloud.com/tuigorge/when-the-walls-come-down

Drums - Nashville 16
Bass - RT1759 - Pop 16's
Guitar - RT390 - Metal
Guitar - RT1024 - Dirty
Synth - RT2747 - Hip hop horn

Interested in any and all comments.

Here's the chart. I hope you'll give it a play. Cheers.


When The Walls Come Down


| Am | Em | B7 | Em Am Em

| Livin in a fort | Am edge of Em town | Keepin out the people in the | B pale pink dawn
| Am Keepin out rain | Em keepin out sun | F#7 Livin in the shadows and it | B aint much fun

| Am | Em | B7 | Em Am Em


| Blinds pulled tight | Am self made Em man | Keepin out tomorrow like you | B had a plan
| Am Keepin out the past | Em day is done | F#7 Livin on the edge with an | B old shot gun

| Am | Em | B7 | Em Am Em


| What you gonna do when the | Am walls come Em down | Light streams in take a | B hard look round
| Am Shivers in the air | Em shakin on the ground | F#7 Joshua wins the battle when the | B walls come down


| A7 Walls come down | Em Walls come down | A7 Joshua wins the battle when the | Em walls come down
| A7 Walls come down | Em Walls come down | B Joshua wins the battle when the | Em walls come down


| What you gonna do when | Am the walls come Em down | Light streams in take a | B hard look round
| Am Shivers in the air | Em shakin on the ground | F#7 Joshua wins a battle when the | B walls come down


| A7 Walls come down | Em Walls come down | A7 Joshua wins the battle when the | Em walls come down
| A7 Walls come down | Em Walls come down | B Joshua wins the battle when the | Em walls come down
| B Joshua wins the battle when the | Em walls Am come Em down ||





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hey richmac enjoyed this cool tune thanks for sharing eric


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Great job on this, RichMac smile I found this tune to have an almost "menacing" quality if you will. There's a unique essence to this that drew me in. It almost reminds me of certain songs by King Crimson - which is most definitely a good thing in my books.

Thanks so much for sharing!

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Excellent backtrack. Very cool lyric and vocal. Well done


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This is definitely a different style of tune then I am used to hearing on the User Showcase! It has an almost ominous feeling to it. I really enjoy ir, and I especially love these lyrics:

Blinds pulled tight
Self-made man
Keepin' out tomorrow like you
Had a plan

Awesome job!


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enjoyed the listen,

interesting combination of instruments

interesting write

Joshua wins the battle when the walls come down...

good performance

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Hi Eric
Sorry to be slow in replying.
Changed a few chords and things and put up another version.
Thanks for listening and enjoying the song.
Cheers.

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Thanks for the listen and comments Deryk.
Glad you caught the danger in the song.
(the walls are not coming down they're going up)
And thanks for the mention of King Crimson my heroes of 40 years ago.
If I could imitate them I would do it in a flash.
Cheers.

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Hi Scott.
Thanks for listening and for the encouragement.
Cheers.

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Hey Rich,

I really like this song a lot!!! Great music and lyrics.

From a mastering stand point, you need to add a little boost to the volume. On the Windows volume meter slider (which is sort of a handy meter) it is only coming up about a quarter of the way, which tells you it is at a much lower volume than what is out there by most people.

To solve MOST mastering problems, I have two quick fixes:

1.) Get the mix as CLOSE as you can to balanced and EQ'ed for each track, then export it. Then buy Lurssen Mastering for $156, select a preset and hit render. You are done.

2.) For the free option, google Variety of Sound and download their entire package. Get to know each plug in. A remarkable value for free. (32 bit.)

Use the BootEQ on as much as you want. Even the master bus. You can turn on a tube amp simulator, dial in the precise amount of frequencies you want, and also use the gain knob on the left to boost the sound.

If you are not already using Audacity, learn how to use that for the final, final export and just set the normalization to -.5 or something and you will be good.

Great song though!!!

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Richard.

Really like this one. Might be my favorite of yours.

Excellent write. Cool band. Well done.

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Enjoyably ominous-I really liked the lyrics and your gritty vocal suits the song.
As David says, it does come through at a low volume and that reduces the "heavy" sound the song deserves, but this is my favourite of your recent songs.

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Thank you Ember.
You write such nice things!
Sometimes I worry about my songs but I'm glad they're a bit different.
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Thank you Kenny.
Your encouragement is much appreciated.
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I hope you realise David how much I appreciate your taking the trouble to send such a practical and useful set of comments!
Have been busy playing with Boot EQ.
Great fun with all the knobs. I hope the amended version is a little better.
Have printed your post off and will definitely spend time working through all the points.
Thank you again and Cheers.

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Hey cool man!! Sounding good. Keep fiddling with those knobs!

Have fun with those Variety of Sound plugins. I hope you downloaded the whole pack.

Experiment with all of them on different tracks. There is a nice plate reverb VST in there, and the Ferric TDS module (tape simulator) is really nice on the master bus to add some glue, as well as putting the BootEQ on the master bus too.

The BootEQ is a down and dirty fix for almost everything (like drums) and can be used in hundreds of situations.

If I were on a desert island and could only take one plugin (as they say) I would take my BootEq.

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Nicely done. Really enjoyed this one.
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Nice One, Rich!

Lots to like here. i really enjoyed it. In my opinion, one of your best. Keep up the good work! Wishing you well,

Alan


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Rich,

It's great to see you back posting! You've been missed smile I enjoyed this one. I found it refreshing to listen to a song in a minor key. We don't hear that too often in music these days. I'm with floyd, this is definitely one of your best!

Welcome back again,
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Going a bit dystopian are you? We've always liked these edgy mysterious tunes.

The lyric, the vocal and the arrangement are all hittin' the note to create the just dark enough sound.

Different AND good.

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