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Another private track that I'm only sharing on here for now. Reason for all the privacy is: I'm thinking of writing a musical (or somesuch soundtrack album, at least!) :-) - so need to keep some tracks private for now, i.e. not in the public domain. This is one of them ... it would have been perhaps best if I'd put it into the context of the rest of the potential future musical, but - even so, on its own ... what do you think of it? I'm beyond grateful if you find the time to listen and even, perhaps, to comment! Thanks!

https://soundcloud.com/jamesdelsono/the-rose/s-Zr2JKrWSHsj

Thank you so much, PG Music; without Band-in-a-Box, none of this would be even remotely possible!!!

****** Song Summary *************
Title: The Musical - To The Rose - 16 July 2020
File:The Musical - To The Rose D - 16 July 2020.SGU
Key=Bb , Tempo 85, Length (m:s)=3:23
No intro. 92 bar chorus, from bar 1 to bar 92. Repeat x1 chorus
No Melody
No Soloist track.
Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0,
Style is _C34PNRT.STY (Slow Country Waltz)

RealTracks in style: ~1121:Bass, Acoustic, CountryWaltz Sw 085
RealTracks in style: 2117:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm CountryWaltzJohn Sw 085
RealTracks in style: ~824:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Country Waltz Sw 085
RealTracks in style: 1285:Guitar, Electric, Soloist CountryWaltzBrent Sw 085
RealDrums [in style:CountryWaltz^2-a,b:Brushes, Swirl

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The solo flute and clarinet are written in Sibelius and rendered through NotePerformer. Tracks were mixed together in Audacity.

This sounds good. It sends a peaceful message. Nice work on this.

Thanks Guitarhacker :-)

Pleasant enough. I'd like to understand how it fits in your musical/soundtrack--is it intended to eventually have a lyric/melody? I agree that putting it in some context would help on commentary--does this describe a particular mood or situation? It's a lovely basis, I'll give you that!

Hmm :-)

It's still early days, but the idea is to write about an old priest who is remembering his younger days, particularly a meeting with a woman that he had prior to becoming a priest (and which was, in fact, the catalyst for him becoming said priest).

I wrote a piano version of this track, but much simpler and different, to depict their actual meeting, back in the day; this track is him reminiscing (in his old age) and looking back on said meeting - with the benefit of acquired wisdom and hindsight, etc. .

The beginning few bars is him settling down to pray to the Female Archetype (Mother Mary, etc.) found in most religions (he doesn't have to be a Christian priest per se, but that's a whole other matter, haha ...) - and the E-flat-starting melody in the clarinet which comes later is quoted from the earlier piano version mentioned above, and is meant to depict his thoughts drifting - mid-prayer - from the prayer to the days he spent with said woman - returning to the B flat prayer melody of the beginning at the end.

The way I'd do the musical is as follows: one man on stage (depicting the priest), in his room (or perhaps the sacristy). A painting of the Virgin Mary on the wall, perhaps a white rose in a vase, a book, a desk, pen and pencil, a chair, etc. . No words spoken or sung by him, just acting out the story through gesture, movement and perhaps even mime as the songs play on the theatre loud system, with a projector projecting images on stage (onto the wall of his room or perhaps sacristy) to depict his memories. So: the songs may include lyrics - some of them at least - but the actor on stage would neither speak nor sing, instead letting the story tell itself. The woman would therefore, of course, also never appear on stage - being, as she is by the time he's old, but a memory - at least not whilst he's depicted as an old man, of course.

Sorry - you asked for context, haha ... here's some :-) Does it help? :-)

P.S. for even more context, if you've got nothing better to do with your time than listen to my stuff, lol ... here's the piano version I mentioned above. It's not done with BIAB, that's why I didn't post it here ... but, for context:

https://soundcloud.com/jamesdelsono/pas-de-dieux/s-Ky84mj0TmJq

(the word "Dieux" instead of "Deux" is deliberate here, although I may change it back, we shall see!)

Thanks! :-)

A nice sounding track, James.

Thanks, floyd jane!

Gentle, slightly melancholy, simple and very pleasant.
Well done James.

Thanks Ray! So glad you liked it!

Lovely and atmospheric!

Well done and good luck with the project.

J&B

PS and FWIW:
Making it available to the public does not put it in the "public domain." I'm assuming you mean public domain in the sense of available and free to all. Otherwise everything on every platform would be PD. Simply posting your song is actually tantamount to copyrighting it per the date time stamp. Although there are a LOT of topics on this the bottom line is no worries when posting. Just put a © statement on it and let er go. 24 of our songs posted on this forum via SC are licensed by various entities and they are certainly not PD!

Wonderful James beautifully simple and enchanting. You might need to rethink the title as Bette Middler has had a gigantic hit with her song called the rose. Just sayin'

Sounds nice. I second Bud and Janice's comment about the public release of your song. If anything, in my opinion, it only strengthens your case as to who is the composer to get it up online earlier. There may be some other reasons, such as marketing, etc, to hold off from presenting it too earlier. But proof of authorship is not one (as I said, in my opinion.)

This is not to say that you should not register your copyright with the Library of Congress if you plan on commercial use of your song. Registration is not the same as copyright. It is simply registering your claim of copyright with the Library of Congress, and there are plenty good reasons to do that if your song is to have any commercial success.

Good luck with your project.

Steve

Hi James.
I like this - can I steal it ? (just kidding).
To me it invokes an image of an older couple strolling along a beautiful river bank in happy recollections
of their life together. Nice piece of music.

James,
Nice, serene composition. Listens well. I liked the flute work on this.
Thank you for sharing.

Misha.

Beautiful melody, peaceful arrangement, definitely sounds like a musical tune with some classical elements in a country waltz - the flute is mixed nicely giving the whole piece sort of a stage environment.

Janne

Wow - thank you everybody! This is what happens when I'm away for two days from the forum, haha ... THANK YOU :-)

Janice, Bud, Steve: "public domain" was indeed very much the wrong expression to use for what I meant! I did not mean it in a legal, copyright sense - though that's what that expression is usually used for, I know. My bad! I simply meant: I do not want to make the songs public before I think it's time ... hopefully when the whole thing is ready, if it'll ever be (so much to do in this life, so little time). That's all I meant ... genuine thanks, though, for the legal thoughts and sorry to have bothered you all on the subject without meaning to!!!

furry: yes, I see the problem with the song by Bette Middler - BUT I am absolutely adamant that the heroine in this musical project of mine will be called Rose, so perhaps dropping the "the" is enough? ;-) Anyway, thank you so much for listening and commenting!!!

Thanks again everyone for listening and for such kind comments!