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The lyrics are based on a old Chinese poem style. It is written in Classic Chinese by a very talented poet. Will try to translate later.

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1636, bass JazzFunkBreeze
1650, Guitar soloist

Darkness
Lyrics by Muyuxi
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Hello queko,

I loved it! When that bass line came in, it put a big smile on my face. I've always loved Jazz and this is so good. The vocalist has a beautiful voice. And the lead guitar riff is sweet! I really enjoyed this! Would love to hear more of your music. Best to you.

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Oohhh very nice.... well done...


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Really enjoyed that. Did you do the percussion separately, or was that a BiaB Track also?


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Different, but very enjoyable

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Originally Posted By: VideoTrack
Really enjoyed that. Did you do the percussion separately, or was that a BiaB Track also?
Thanks for listening to my song. The percussion is primarily self-made but I do use BIAB to generate the fills here and there. forgot which real drum style I used. BIAB is a very versatile and creative tool. It really gets my creativity going when I am stuck.

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Hello queko,

I loved it! When that bass line came in, it put a big smile on my face. I've always loved Jazz and this is so good. The vocalist has a beautiful voice. And the lead guitar riff is sweet! I really enjoyed this! Would love to hear more of your music. Best to you.

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Thank you Alan for listening to my music. I really like modern songs with a jazzy feel as well. have a wonderful day.

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Wow - what a tune! It sounds smooth as butter, and that lead guitar, as others have said, is fantastic. The groove is lovely, and the track has a really velvety tone to it that I find enchanting.

Really well done, thanks so much for sharing smile

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Love the feel of this!! Very Sade! I like the music and the sparse arrangement. Very good stuff!! Take care. Greg

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Fantastic piece quekou! I found this very hypnotic and captivating. How did you get the synthesized vocals to sound so rich? Brilliant use of effects too. Thank you so much for sharing, its always a blast listening to your tunes! Including Mirage!

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It was very interesting to see a song based on a specific Chinese poem. Seems pretty creative!

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Loved this quekuo. Very cool intro and +1 on the bass runs. And the guitar wow . Very cool song...


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Originally Posted By: Al-David
Hello queko,

I loved it! When that bass line came in, it put a big smile on my face. I've always loved Jazz and this is so good. The vocalist has a beautiful voice. And the lead guitar riff is sweet! I really enjoyed this! Would love to hear more of your music. Best to you.

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A super big plus 1!

This is excellent.

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ah. Now that was an unexpected treat! A great example of how BIAB can be used for a modern sounding track! Well done. Good crisp clear vocals too. Much enjoyed.


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This is effin' incredible. The vocals are just...I can't even verbalize it... The RTs were are tastefully chosen and the production values are immaculate.

Well done!


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Excellent. Nice mashup of styles. Well done.

Good mix - everything in a good space.

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yea not what we hear a lot of, but that's what makes this unique I guess.

I liked this.

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BIAB can definitely be used for modern sounding music. Lots of producers spend tons of money on pre-made loops with not much flexibility to work with whereas BIAB real tracks provides virtually unlimited "loops" to work with in any keys with many instruments. And they are a lot more flexible because they take chords!.

Thanks for listening to my music. smile

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Originally Posted By: Joe -PG Music
Fantastic piece quekou! I found this very hypnotic and captivating. How did you get the synthesized vocals to sound so rich? Brilliant use of effects too. Thank you so much for sharing, its always a blast listening to your tunes! Including Mirage!
the vocal is synthesized with Yamaha Vocaloid software. Then it's heavily process in Ablele Live with stock plug-ins such as compressor, eq8, echo etc. it's also overdubed with a nother track with only the reverb wet of the original vocal. The end result is drastically different than the dry source does sound very much so like a robot. Thanks for listening to my music !

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