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I have done a mellower version of "Last Train To Yuma".You get to hear more the bass and held piano.I also redid the vocals with Nectar 3 and used the unmasking feature to bring them out.Hugh

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Nice job Hugh


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Well done Hugh2, wowzers! Quite enjoyed this rendition of the song. The different elements really glue well together and the vibe is very appealing. I liked the movement of the fiddles with this arrangement. smile

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Hi Joe thanks again for listening and glad you enjoyed it.I found the song a hard one to get mixed as I like "the wall of sound method" and I think that might not go well with a bluegrass type song .I went over the fiddle part a good few times before I settled on that version.Steve's Vocals are perfect for the song ....

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Dear "Hugh2"...

Wow! What an incredibly atmospheric musical production this is!!! As exuberant as a community celebration of a good harvest, too, and powerful enough to call out a roomful of dancing ladies and men onto a foot-struck hardwood floor to show off their plain n' fancy steps. It's a like a message in a bottle written/composed by a ghost of the past that washed up on the shore of a blue-sky lake in some backcountry location on the old frontier.

You said that this is "a mellower version of 'Last Train to Yuma". How long ago did you post the older version to to the User's Forum? I'd like to listen to it.

With a yelp! of approval as high as tall corn,

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Hi Loren ,Thats the best reply to any of my posts ever laugh You've put a laugh on my face and tears in my eyes lol .The main version is on the forum link below .Hang on to ur hat!

https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=496225

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What a unique tune smile It flows nicely, and I like the atmosphere to the song. It has a haunting almost nostalgic feel to it. Some really interesting instruments working together here - I was surprised to hear it, but it really works perfectly.

I wouldn't change a thing - thanks for sharing!


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Hi Joe thanks again for listening and glad you enjoyed it.I found the song a hard one to get mixed as I like "the wall of sound method" and I think that might not go well with a bluegrass type song .I went over the fiddle part a good few times before I settled on that version.Steve's Vocals are perfect for the song ....


No problem Hugh, Phil Spector would be proud! - What in particular did you find challenging in the creation process?


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Thanks Deryk,Joe
The RealTracks were brilliant and the volumes (a simple one) were hard to get right and the lenght of time I gave each instrument in the limelight was difficult to gauge ,enough time was needed to enjoy the part and not too much that you would get disinterested in the overall journey.I also wanted to protray the "Chaos" and "excitment" of the wildwest by building up before it comes back down again.
I think I gave the ghostly sound at the start by filtering the realtrack(held piano) through a vocal plugin(Nectar2).So I had alot goin on theme wise in my head,ie Train ride,Ghost Train,Going to Yuma,Wildwest,reformed Outlaw reflecting on and the journeys end etc
I think thats the great thing about BIAB,you can jump in and out of different Genres .I tried the song in different genres and when I heard the banjo thats what convinced me.
Viva BIAB!

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