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#476204 06/04/18 04:45 PM
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I worked this song a lot, adding drum loops, a guitar and my own midi baseline - but I still didnt like it so I plugged the chords into BIAB to get some neat "texture tracks" (baseline, synth, etc)

Hope you like it

NEW SCHOOL


****** Song Summary *************
Title: New School
File:New School.SGU
Key=C#m, Tempo 108, Length (m:s)=2:42
No intro. 23 bar chorus, from bar 1 to bar 23. Repeat x3 choruses
No Melody
No Soloist track.
Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0,
Style is _ELECPOP.STY (Electronic Melodic Pop)

RealTracks in style: 1739:Bass, Synth ModernDancePop8ths Ev 120
RealTracks in style: 2582:Synth, Rhythm MutedMelody Ev16 120
Loop in Song: House-Techno-Trance\House - crunchy_120_b drums ev16.wav
RealTracks in style: 2298:Bass, Synth, DanceRockBuzzBass Ev 120
RealTracks in style: 1943:Synth, Rhythm, EuroDance Strings Ev 120
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Songwriter for far too long
fabkebab #476241 06/05/18 02:26 AM
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Fabkebab.. hey, I really liked this!! I listened to it several times… I think the overall production is really solid, I liked that the track wasn’t too heavy with sound, I liked all of your add-ins, like the synth and different punctuations that you did, I thought the lyrics were really creative and the rhymes were very inventive … Looking forward to hearing more!


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Excellent -
Sounds very English - a little like Al Stewart on his earlier albums - when he had a sense of humour.
A little de essing would be good but that's just a nit to pick.


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Sounds very good to my ears!!

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Nice work, a real Oasis sound to this!

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Good track reminded me of frank turner.very good write and production cheers


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fabkebab #476348 06/05/18 12:36 PM
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Well done. Nice build.

We like that up front vocal also...it works very well.

Enjoyed it!

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Wow - you really did a phenomenal job here! It sounds really modern, and as someone who is in Band-in-a-Box every single day, there were moments here I absolutely wouldn't have thought Band-in-a-Box played a part in creating if I didn't know otherwise. It is so unique in it's delivery, especially in juxtaposition to what you typically hear on the user showcase.

Great work, and thanks for sharing smile


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Good job on this. Really like how the music builds. Great lyrics and performance. A tiny nit- the vocals needs to sit back a touch but that's just me. Well done. Rob

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The song comes across so effortlessly! I would never have guessed that you were unhappy with the song. It ended up being a really beautiful song. I hope you're proud, because it's actually pretty good! smile Worth all the hard work.

Thanks for sharing.


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Hello, Fabkebab

Very nice melody!
The construction of music is excellent.
Especially I like the following place.
Where it is modulated to Emajor via G#7 and pretending to end with Emajor but ends with C#minor.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.

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Very nice Really like the backtrack on this. Cool chord progression. Excellent vocal and lyric


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Hi,

I like the build as the song progresses. The synths fit perfectly. This is a real nice listen. Enjoyed it a lot. Best to you.

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Originally Posted By: Deryk - PG Music
Wow - you really did a phenomenal job here! It sounds really modern.....

Great work, and thanks for sharing smile


Ditto to the above. All the work you did really shows. I like it a lot.

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