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The Paradox Of You Another version of Joanne Cooper's lovely lyrics set to music. I wanted to experiment a little with loops and styles on this. I'm not sure what style it is exactly but I'm leaning towards calling it Neo-Folk/Newgrass. Let me know if you have any other suggestions for labeling it. I really liked this Real Style when I came across it. Then I just went kind of crazy adding other parts. Let me know what you think. Real Style - Fervent Bluegrass Tom Groove - 85 BPM Real Tracks: 2474: Bass, Acoustic, Held 1766: Mandolin, Rhythm Pop 676: Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Folk Rock Brit 623: Banjo, Background, Backporch 2883: Pedal Steel, Background Country Eddy 821: Mandolin, Soloist Bluegrass (Bluesey) 1329: Medly (Acoustic Guitar solo ONLY) Real Drums: Metal Slow Big Tom Groove Loop: World/Cuban Cajon 122 Loop: House/Techno/Trance Crunchy Lyrics: (by Joanne Cooper) Listening to the pouring rain I know the sun will come Light from dark dry from wet When wintertime is done I see myself as the earth You the vast blue sky Sometimes I keep you grounded And you just let me fly Chorus I love it when we talk I love the silence too I love the yin and yang of life The paradox of you You are my harmony the balance that I find through the windows of my days In corners of my mind Sometimes you are the roots growing in the night Sometimes I am the leaves bathing in your light Chorus I love it when we talk I love the silence too I love the yin and yang of life The paradox of you Bridge In and out, hot and cold Fear and courage, young and old Good and bad, salty sweet Up and down, messy neat Chorus I love it when we talk I love the silence too I love the yin and yang of life The paradox of you
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That was a good vehicle for the lyric, Samuel. A very nice collection of tracks and loops to make a good coherent sound. And a strong vocal.
Nicely mixed.
Not often someone can get me to "sit still" for a 6 minute song...but that worked. And a nice ending.
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Excellent submission Sam! Loved all the instruments you put in there, especially that banjo. The pedal steel sounded great too. Those real drums sounded big too, loved that. Your vocal reminded me of "Sympathy for the Devil" a little bit from the Stones. Great work!
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Not often someone can get me to "sit still" for a 6 minute song...but that worked. And a nice ending.
fj
Thanks Floyd. Yes it turned out a little longer than expected but sometimes the song just goes where it wants to go. I don't try to impose limits on the length of my songs unless necessary. If it ends up being a 10 minute song it is what it is.
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Your vocal reminded me of "Sympathy for the Devil" a little bit from the Stones. Great work! LOL Its funny you say that. I could hear that tune in my head a couple times while working on the instrumental. I didn't intentionally mean fo it to feel that way but it works.
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My immediate thought when I heard the driving 1/4 note kick drum was Waylon Jennings. Really good interpretation on this.
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Samuel, you took this to a place it needed to go! That was SO cool to listen to. That groove, oh so perfect. You have a perfect voice for this as well. The production sounds spot on for the style too. All around, I'm REALLY impressed. Thank you so much for doing this version!
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Man! Samuel that is just awesome. Love love love it. That banjo sets up the drive so wonderfully and that vocal is to die for. Fantastic job all round. Well done
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Man! Samuel that is just awesome. Love love love it. That banjo sets up the drive so wonderfully and that vocal is to die for. Fantastic job all round. Well done Thank you Joanne, and thank you for providing the wonderful lyrics and inspiration for this tune.
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Monster version Samuel.
Full of life and fascinating newgrass style.
Spirited vocal.
Not boring!
Thumbs up.
Cheers.
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"This song is hard to explain. Just listen."
It's so true though. All you really need to do is listen and you can see how wonderful your version of the song is. Honestly, it's hard to pick a favourite when you're all so talented and creatively putting your own spins on these lyrics. Awesome job.
I especially love the sound of the banjo! Great job.
Cheers,
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Samuel, this sounds so good on every level! Your take on the song is exceptional! Great vocals and instrumentation! And good for you not letting the constraints of time make you cut things back! Thanks, Torrey
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Hi Samuel,
Big Sound! The drums and banjo lead this down a real sweet path. Your voice works perfectly for this. The Mandolin lead was a real nice touch. This is really nice work. SOunded great to these old ears!
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Hi Samuel,
Big Sound! The drums and banjo lead this down a real sweet path. Your voice works perfectly for this. The Mandolin lead was a real nice touch. This is really nice work. SOunded great to these old ears!
Alan Thanks Al. I think the layering of the drums and loops worked really well to give it that big sound. I may go back and redo the vocals plus add in some harmony parts at a later time. My voice was tired from a long weekend of gigging but I wanted to get it recorded and posted here before FAWM starts in a couple days.
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I'd use Tom's genre name of "Appalachian Honky Tonk" rather than Newgrass. But I'm biased having played in a newgrass band or two. BUT, who cares? It's a very cool and well produced version of this song. I'm with floyd on the length...holding me for that long other than for nice jammy blues happens but is rare; however, we found it easy to listen to this a couple of times back to back. It's that good and interesting and ultimately very engaging with the fine vocal and build.
Great interpretation!!
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Excellent version, this song has a strong live feel. Those drums and loop sound like thousands of people stomping the ground on a big outdoor festival during the sixties. Nice folk melody and superb vocals.
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I'd use Tom's genre name of "Appalachian Honky Tonk" rather than Newgrass. But I'm biased having played in a newgrass band or two. BUT, who cares? I've never heard of Appalachian Honky Tonk before. It sounds interesting.
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I'd use Tom's genre name of "Appalachian Honky Tonk" rather than Newgrass. But I'm biased having played in a newgrass band or two. BUT, who cares? I've never heard of Appalachian Honky Tonk before. It sounds interesting. Tom made it up to fit some of his material and a few other songs he'd heard that are usually captured under the "Americana" genre.
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Samuel,
We thought this was just another folky banjo tune.
But then we heard that cool beat coming in and a very pro vocal!
This is super.
Rob and Anne-Marie
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Samuel,
We thought this was just another folky banjo tune.
But then we heard that cool beat coming in and a very pro vocal!
This is super.
Rob and Anne-Marie Haha, fooled you with intro huh? Glad you enjoy the tune.
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