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Many nights I have crossed blue water in my 31 foot long Trintella cutter-rigged sloop MYSTE, fetching exotic ports alone with no particular destination--- wherever the wind blows. I keep watch 24 hours a day by drowsing in the cockpit, while the slow wind flogs the lines, or the muscular wind hauling us along, all taut and singing, with gurgle-sloshes singing along the hull. My friend Ron spoke of "The Goddess of the two a.m. watch:" this is for Her; this is for me; this is for the whales passing, deep and silent, under my keel; perhaps it is for you also. The chord progression is as complicated as the sea, unpredictable as the wind, yet as consistent as a bottle of El Dorado 25 Year Old Limited Edition Rum. She Sat on my Pedal Steel Guitar
Last edited by Desertphile; 09/12/21 09:10 AM.
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David,
A very pleasant listen. Very well mixed.
Welcome to the Showcase.
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Desertphile,
Interesting combination of instruments and sound textures going on in here! Complex variations of chord changes with the result being a pleasant sound! I am assuming some if not all of these tracks are BIAB Realtracks.
Welcome to the Showcase! I think you will find it's a great place to share your work! Take care, Torrey
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Nice song. It had a very atmospheric and ambient feel to it.
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Very enjoyable. Thanks for posting. Rob4580
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David,
A very pleasant listen. Very well mixed.
Welcome to the Showcase.
fj Thank you. I am working on a blues song, and if it does not turn out perfect I will hop up and down and whimper. :-)
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Desertphile,
Interesting combination of instruments and sound textures going on in here! Complex variations of chord changes with the result being a pleasant sound! I am assuming some if not all of these tracks are BIAB Realtracks.
Welcome to the Showcase! I think you will find it's a great place to share your work! Take care, Torrey Gosh, thank you for reminding me! I must edit the topic to include the elements to the music. Yes: Realtracks throughout; I was going to play my resonator guitar but it would not fit anywhere here.
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[Summary]
Key=F , Tempo 65, Length (m:s)=5:13 4 bar intro, 77 bar chorus, from bar 5 to bar 81. Repeat x1 chorus No Melody No Soloist track. Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0, Song is saved with bar changes for Volume Changes, Style is _ATMSPH3.STY (Atmosphere Chillout)
RealTracks in song: 366:Bass, Electric, Country Ev 065 RealTracks in style: 2542:Pedal Steel, Background ModernBalladAtmosphere Ev16 065 RealTracks in style: 1543:Synth Pad, PopBelieve Ev16 065 RealTracks in song: ** N/A ** 2976:Vocal Oohs-Aahs, Background Pop3-part Ev 085 Loop in Song: Chillout\Chillout - destiny_71_drum_loop_b_minor ev16.wav RealTracks in song: 366:Bass, Electric, Country Ev 065 RealTracks in song: 1004:Guitar, 12-String Acoustic, Rhythm ClassicRockStrumming Ev16 065 ******************* [SummaryEnd]
[Chords] |a) F2/C(P4).s| F2.s| FMaj7.s| F7 F7.s| |b) Bb| C| Bb| C7sus| |a) BbMaj9| Am7| C7sus| Dm7| |b) G| Dsus| Dsus| C| |a) C| G/B| Bb| A7sus| |b) Asus| Bb| C| Bb| |a) Csus| Bb| F/A| Csus| |b) Dm7| G| Dsus| D| |a) C| C| G/B| Bb| |b) Asus| Asus| Bb| C| |a) Bb| C7sus| BbMaj9 F| Am7| |b) Csus| Dm7| G2| Dsus| |a) D| C| C| G/B| |b) Bb| Asus| Asus| Bb F| |a) C| Eb| F9| Eb| |b) Dm| F7sus| Gm7| C| |a) G| G| F| F| |b) Em7| Eb| Dsus| Dm| |a) Eb| F| Eb| F| |b) Eb| F| G| G| |a) B|end) B| [ChordsEnd] [SongEnd]
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After the introductory post I was a little afraid to listen in case the paint brush had been put down in te writing/mixing process. I needn't have worried.
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Nice listen. Excellent backtrack. Love the steel. Welcome to the forum
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I'm always drawn to messages from the sea. 2 am watch conjures up all nature of what lies below.
Soothing!
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Welcome to the forum.
This is one hell of a great first song. Very smooth sailing throughout the entire track. Everything fits like a glove.
Excellent work.
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evocative, i felt i was back in africa where i spent a lot of my young life .....watching all the diversity of african life and animals.... well done. om
my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..) https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs(90 songs created useing bb/rb) (lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)
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Hi David,
I just listened to your song, after reading what you wrote as an introduction to it. I could easily imagine the lapping of the waves, the swell of the sea and you at the tiller... So you did a very fine job with this song. And it has a nice chord progression too. I believe it is were you go to Em7. Normally I hope there are vocals in it too, but in this song it was no drawback. I also didn't hear any ooh or aah, but maybe that pedal steel was in the way (for my ears).
I enjoyed your song very much, Hans
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Well gosh and thank you. I am writing a blues song, and it takes me many weeks to make it perfect. I did not add vocal to this instrumental because I did not have any lyrics ready, plus I do not wish to hear myself sing all night. :-)
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Thank you. I love a weeping steel guitar in the background where it belongs. :-)
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Night time is my favorite watches. The work to maintain watch at night is a bit more than during the day--- my mates depend upon me to keep themselves and the boat afloat.
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Great entry to the forum.
Very atmospheric and engaging.
Cool choice of tracks too! Nice steel.
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Very soothing and nicely done. Welcome to Band-in-a-Box and to the forum!
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