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Here is my July song (#7 in my song a month challenge for 2019). Wrote and recorded this yesterday morning and now I'm caught up. Until tomorrow that is.

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Bass - 518 Bass pop HalfNotes
Drums - NashvilleEven8
Guitar 1 - 368 Guitar Acoustic Strumming
Organ - 688 Organ B3 Background
Guitar 2 - 1513 Guitar Electric Soloist CountryBrent


Main Vocal - Troy Schiewe (me)
Harmonies - Generated with BIAB

Each track generated and saved as a wave file and then mixed with Reaper.

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Katie (Now You're Moving On)
Words and Music by Troy Schiewe
Copyright 2019

Katie I love the things we do
But lately somethings bothering you
Think it's time you tell what is wrong

You tell me you're still love me
But maybe you think you should free
You say I'm like the moss on a rolling stone
You say you're moving on.

And I wonder if she'll come back in time
And I wonder if the girl was ever really mine

And I wonder if she'll come back in time
And I wonder if the girl was ever really mine

Katie the sun is getting low
And you say it's time for you go
I don't know how I'll carry on
Now you're moving on.

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"And I wonder if she'll come back in time" gave me a Back to the Future moment.
I enjoyed the narrative, melody and arrangement.
All really well done but finishing the last two lines with ON sort of bummed me out as everything else was classy.


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The harmonica does a great job setting up the feel of the song.

Nice vocals, instrumental sounds great. BiaB harmonies work for me.

Good song.


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Really well done - there's a lot of sincerity in this one, and the lyrics are easy to relate to. The gentle vibes make it easy to follow, and the harmonica fit perfectly. Nicely catchy too.

Thanks for sharing smile


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this is outstanding. Nicely done. Sweet harmonies in there.


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Lovely flowing song!!! Cliff

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Hello tschiewe, thank you for sharing this! The arrangement is a pleasure to listen to and the mix sounds well polished too. Fantastic work on the vocals. Well done!


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RayC

Didn't notice the double on. Don't know why???

How about

Katie the sun is getting low
And you say it's time for you go
Don't know what I'll do once your gone
Now you're moving on

once I have time I'll re record it.

Thanks for the constructive criticism

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Most enjoyable. Good work on this. Rob4580

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There's always a new song to be written and played! You're doing a great job so far with the monthly challenge, and thanks for sharing with us!


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tschiewe,

Really like the melody on this, and the vocal really makes it resonate, holding well on those long notes. Nice harmonies accentuate the tune. Very well done, with stellar production. Congrats—this is a real good one!

All the best,

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Really enjoyable work. Excellent vocal and harmonies with a strong melody.
Very nice indeed.

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Really pretty song!! Nice flowing melody. Good vocals/arrangement, and band (solo is sweet)! I like the rhyme between first and second lines of the verses....I would find one that works for the 3rd verse as well. Nicely done!! Take care. Greg

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tschiewe, very nice job on the vocals in this one and a super melody! The guitar solo chosen works really well! Well done! Thanks, Torrey

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An outstanding write & production...
Nicely done.


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