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Black Crack in the Wall This is a song I originally posted exactly 2 years ago, 02/27/2020. The sad situation with Ukraine at the moment reminded me of it, it's is basically a protest song. Hope no one minds the repost. This version has Marty on bass, the version from 2020 used BIAB for the bass. Black Crack in the Wall (2020, Christiane Spruit)Wheels are turning
now it's all coming to ground
What we needed, we don't need it anymore
Our children playing
while the dust clouds falling down
burned their dreams in the backyard of the mall
Days of laughter
I still hear the echo down the hall
from the good old days we had before the fall
Black crack in the wall
It won't happen again they call
They scale the city walls
burning bridges and the flames are rising tall
We've seen the black crack in the wall
All the answers
they are blowing in the wind
All the songs we heard and all the songs we sing
Words are burning we all saw the writing on the wall
HISTORY repeats itself, for us allThe Band:1839:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm PopModernGrooveA-B Ev16 075 1831:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PopModernGrooveBrightA-B Ev16 075 I used EZDrummer2 for the drums and percussion. Marty Straub is playing the bass guitar, and I'm playing the acoustic, an electric rhythm guitar track and the lead guitar. The wonderful Christiane (Chris) Spruit is on vocals. Thanks for listening!
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Excellent choice, Dave!! It's hard to pick a favorite BA song, but this one was so much fun to play --even had to put on the aggression and anger hat.
Last edited by BabuMusic; 02/27/22 03:55 AM.
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Excellent song in every way. Mix is spot on.
Nicely done. I don't recall this the first time around. But it's got a timely message.
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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Nice mix, great sound. Loved the tone on the guitar.
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Yes, I agree with all of the above, The vocals are excellent too.
The situation in Eastern Europe breaks my heart. The storm is comming.
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WOW.
Killer - on every level.
The mix on this is Extraordinary!! EVERYTHING in the pocket.
Might be the best Bass sound yet. Really Punchy, A Solid Bottom, with no boom-i-ness. Perfect.
Drums are EXCELLENT (can you recall what drum kit you are using? and what MIDI library?)
An excellent write. Chris is at the top of her game here. Might be THE best Rock vocal I've heard on the forum. Exception.
Not sure it gets better than this.
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Timely, articulate and superb. Hat's off to the bass player and everyone else.
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Blue Attitude team,
Great song. Marty definitely added another dimension to this. Thank you for timely re-post.
Misha.
Some believe that protest Rock music of early-mid 80s in a way attributed to collapse of USSR. Many Russian rockers were detained... In my opinion, protest music definitely changed and liberated mindset of young people. My heart bleeds seeing what is happening in Ukraine.
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Yeah this is a cool song for sure.
Great job.
Very timely.
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Great to hear that voice again.
Excellent mix and the addition of Marty's bass makes a solid difference.
A song easily extrapolated to consider Ukraine, Yemen, Palestine, Afghanistan, Sudan, Congo, Nigeria & Syria.
Of these current wars Afghanistan, Yemen and the Sudan/Ethiopia count more than 10,000 directly attributable deaths.
The Drug War in Mexico has a higher death count over the last 12 months than any of the above.
Cheers
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Excellent recording. Well played instruments, one and all. I love your electric guitar playing. Great lyrics and vocals. The mix is so good too. Outstanding work here.
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More quality from your musical team.
Perhaps very timely at the moment, and the minor key further enhances the tragedy that can unfold.
"HISTORY repeats itself, for us all". What a classic and fitting quote.
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Thanks everyone for the comments  Floyd, I pulled up the project for for the song so I could check the drums for you. The kit I'm using I have labelled "DB-Basicmultidrums", I made tweaks to the basic kit but can't recall what I did. I have them split onto separate tracks in Reaper and have Neutron3 on the kick, Snare, HH, and Toms. I am using an add on midi pack from Toontrack called American Rock, patterns are Midtempo->Power Thing
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Hi Dave,
We weren't on the forum in 2020, so for us this is a new song.
And we wouldn't have missed it!
Great song, and yes, very appropriate with this war in Ukraine going on.
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Hi Dave,
We weren't on the forum in 2020, so for us this is a new song.
And we wouldn't have missed it!
Great song, and yes, very appropriate with this war in Ukraine going on.
Rob and Anne-Marie Thanks Rob and Anne-Marie!
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Dave, timely reposts are welcomed, been there - done that.
Everything about this is top shelf.
Super vocal and lyrics. The backing band is outstanding as is the mix.
Very timely indeed.
Loved it.
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So glad for the repost Dave. Excellent timing for the tune. So much chaos and destruction on all the media sites. Wonder if it will ever return to where people can get back to just talking and debating problems. Chris's vocal was excellent. Loved Marty's basslines and your guitar was just singing. You really had the tone dialed in. Well done
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Not to repeat floyd jane, but: Wow.
Gritty and punchy.
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"Hope no one minds the repost"
Dave you must be kidding! You could re-post this fine work on a regular basis and I don't think anyone would mind! This is such a super work by all involved! Your guitar just absolutely screams with super tone and playing! I don't think I heard this this first time, but glad I got a chance to hear again!
Thanks, Torrey
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