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The Last Of The Wild Horses #671761 09/06/21 06:16 AM User Showcase
Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 24 Shoreline, WA USA (just north ... Tuneslayer OP Enthusiast
OP Tuneslayer Enthusiast Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 24 Shoreline, WA USA (just north ...	The Last Of The Wild Horses This was the first song I managed to complete in BIAB and be happy with. (I posted the second, "Murder Hornets!!" a few months ago.) My collaborator Marty and I wrote it as part of February Album Writing Month 2021; it's just taken me this long to post it. The song was created using the style _POPOMED with a banjo soloist track added. I assembled it in BIAB, then moved it over to RealBand for mixing and production. The vocals were recorded using Audacity because (insert long technical explanation here) using about 5% reverb, then imported back into RealBand for the final mix. ----------------------------------------------------- Style is _POPOMED.sty with modifications: Bass: 420:Bass, Electric, Blues Sw 120 () Keyboard: 2046:Piano, Acoustic, Solo-Accompaniment CountryPopJohn Ev 120 () Guitar 1: ~405:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Ev 120 Guitar 2: ~543:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm Dreamy Ev 120 Soloist: ~433:Banjo, Bluegrass Ev 130 (Soloist) (*) Drums: NashvilleEven8^8-a:Snare, HiHat Open , b:Snare, Ride () Replacement for instrument in style (**) Added to style Vocals recorded in Audacity with about 5% reverb ----------------------------------------------------- THE LAST OF THE WILD HORSES Words by R. B. Martin Clarke and Creede Lambard Music by Creede Lambard (c)2021 R. B. Martin Clarke & Creede Lambard Strong and free and feral Wild horses on the run They're free from rein and harness Or the weight of anyone. A stallion black as midnight Leads them up and down the rise His soul burns like the sun Beneath the prairie skies And the twinkle of the stars is in his eyes CHORUS The last of the wild horses, Pursuing freedom’s call, Run proud untamed and brave Across the chaparral. They gallop to a canyon They slow and then they pause For rest and grass and water They hear the raven's caws It sends out the alarm When danger comes their way Time for the decision Do they flee or do they stay — Which one keeps them free for one more day? CHORUS The last of the wild horses, Pursuing freedom’s call, Run proud untamed and brave Across the chaparral. Once they took for granted They always would be free They took it as their due A birthright legacy Then bit by bit it disappeared So slow it's hard to see But still they run untamed It's the only way they know to be A foal is born on shaking legs. He finds the standing hard. He hears the raven's caw, Sees the stallion standing guard His journey is a story That he’s just begun to write Soon he’ll learn that freedom Takes both flight and fight And only he can know which one is right CHORUS The last of the wild horses, Pursuing freedom’s call, Run proud untamed and brave Across the chaparral. Last edited by Tuneslayer; 09/06/21 06:26 AM. Reason: Added lyrics Creede Lambard Computer Nerd, Bon Vivant and Filker at Large MacBook Pro/Monterey, BIAB 2022 UltraPAK Logic Pro X, Audacity, lots of tools & toys and a banjo named Tuneslayer

Re: The Last Of The Wild Horses Tuneslayer #671792 09/06/21 09:58 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 1,749 Illinois CaptainMoto Expert
CaptainMoto Expert Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 1,749 Illinois	Congrats on the first one you're happy with. It's a happy song. Sounds like cross between "Ghost Riders In the Sky" & " Gilligan's Island Theme Song" moto An Old Man Make'n Music https://sites.google.com/view/captainmoto-com/home?authuser=0

Re: The Last Of The Wild Horses Tuneslayer #671851 09/06/21 02:44 PM User Showcase
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 3,615 Murgon Queensland Australia Rob4580 Veteran
Rob4580 Veteran Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 3,615 Murgon Queensland Australia	Well put together Tuneslayer. Thanks for posting. Rob4580 https://soundcloud.com/ironbarkbob https://open.spotify.com/artist/6IPuZM4B48Drnd38DEWC7L https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoXdTc0EC_3aaZSqT4dyzug Using Studio One.

Re: The Last Of The Wild Horses Tuneslayer #671932 09/07/21 06:48 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 8,319 Edmonton, Ab, Canada Scott C Veteran
Scott C Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 8,319 Edmonton, Ab, Canada	Loved the banjo. Super vocal and lyric. Well done. Good to hear from you. Last edited by Scott C; 09/07/21 06:48 AM. Scott Collingwood https://soundcloud.com/scottt709 https://soundcloud.com/spiritlevel-ca https://www.youtube.com/@SpiritLevel-ge3hm/

Re: The Last Of The Wild Horses Tuneslayer #672088 09/08/21 05:14 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 5,665 United States Torrey Bliss Veteran
Torrey Bliss Veteran Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 5,665 United States	Hi Tuneslayer, I enjoyed your tune! You did an excellent job with it! What a great selection of instrumentation especially that piano in the right side of the mix and that bass really carries the song along! Great job on the vocals also! Thanks, Torrey Last edited by Torrey Bliss; 09/08/21 05:14 AM. https://torreybliss.bandcamp.com/

Re: The Last Of The Wild Horses Tuneslayer #672194 09/08/21 05:21 PM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 7,263 Cooran Queensland Australia rayc Veteran
rayc Veteran Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 7,263 Cooran Queensland Australia	Nice song & production. The vocals sound a little separate from the backing - probably because of the Audacity reverb. Using a common reverb will, often & along with some gentle compression, "glue" parts of a mix into a whole. The bass does kick things along well with the drums but it weirds me out a little being over on the side. On the narrative side I don't really think wild horses would do a lot of running in a chaparral but the words are evocative. Good job. Last edited by rayc; 09/08/21 05:36 PM. Cheers rayc "What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe

Re: The Last Of The Wild Horses Tuneslayer #672254 09/09/21 05:48 AM User Showcase
Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 24 Shoreline, WA USA (just north ... Tuneslayer OP Enthusiast
OP Tuneslayer Enthusiast Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 24 Shoreline, WA USA (just north ...	Thank you all for listening and commenting! I'm still pretty new to music production, and I use comments and critiques as both encouragement to keep working at it and as a stepping stone toward improvement. Originally Posted By: CaptainMoto Sounds like cross between "Ghost Riders In the Sky" & " Gilligan's Island Theme Song" Stands to reason. Those two songs are part of the soundtrack of my childhood, and I've always maintained that what goes in through the ears eventually comes out through the voice and fingers. Originally Posted By: rayc The bass does kick things along well with the drums but it weirds me out a little being over on the side. Interesting, I don't think I mucked about with the L-R controls at all, which would mean the song's style puts the bass toward the side. I'll have to go look now that you mentioed it. My preference would definitely be to have the bass, drums and vocals on the center channel, and the other instruments to the ssidez. Originally Posted By: rayc The vocals sound a little separate from the backing - probably because of the Audacity reverb. Yeah. I didn't think to add the reverb after I combined the tracks. I'll have to play with reverb/compression as I experiment with DAWs. Thanks again! Creede Lambard Computer Nerd, Bon Vivant and Filker at Large MacBook Pro/Monterey, BIAB 2022 UltraPAK Logic Pro X, Audacity, lots of tools & toys and a banjo named Tuneslayer

Re: The Last Of The Wild Horses Tuneslayer #672270 09/09/21 09:09 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 24,686 Hamlin NY MarioD Veteran
MarioD Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 24,686 Hamlin NY	Fantastic. I'm assuming that you played the banjo, right? If so you did a great job, i.e. a fantastic picker! Super vocal and lyrics. You mix was spot on also. Two thumbs up. Tips on how to fall asleep in a living room chair: 1- Be old 2- Sit in a chair 64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware

Re: The Last Of The Wild Horses MarioD #672297 09/09/21 11:49 AM User Showcase
Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 24 Shoreline, WA USA (just north ... Tuneslayer OP Enthusiast
OP Tuneslayer Enthusiast Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 24 Shoreline, WA USA (just north ...	Originally Posted By: MarioD I'm assuming that you played the banjo, right? I wish I could play like that! No, the banjo track was generated by BIAB and I liked it well enough to "promote" it. Thanks! Creede Lambard Computer Nerd, Bon Vivant and Filker at Large MacBook Pro/Monterey, BIAB 2022 UltraPAK Logic Pro X, Audacity, lots of tools & toys and a banjo named Tuneslayer

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