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Pineapples And CoconutsI'm trying like heck to visit ya'll's fabulous music as often as I can. Free time is a rarer treat for me these days. I recently threw this together. It's pretty much a mash-up of Traditional Island sounds, Ska, Rumba, Reggae, and Samba. It took a while to piece all that together {off and on for four days - a fairly long time for me). The song has what I like to call an indigenous "relaxed energy". I tried to capture the exotic culture of the islands, the carefree ambience, plus the excitement of the numerous fiestas and carnivals. The three different drums tracks, used in various combinations at various times, and the organ were my main tools in that effort. The nylon acoustic's track drops back a little bit in a few places - not exceptionally uncommon for this track. I compressed it as much as I could in Audacity without diminishing the quality of the track. I kept the basics of the style but changed out the original drums and added a lead guitar. I wrote a new chord progression and played around with it from that point. File:Pineapples And Coconuts.SGU Key=F, Tempo 105, Length (m:s)=3:57 Style is _CHILLAX.STY (Chillax Island Songwriter Folk) RealTracks in style: 916:Bass, Acoustic, Rumba Ev 110 RealTracks in style: 1155:Organ, B3, Rhythm Reggae Ev16 100 RealTracks in style: 2928:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm RnBPop8thsJoe Ev 110 RealTracks in style: 2932:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking SongwriterAlternating8thsQuinn Ev 110 RealTracks in song: 3840:Guitar, Nylon, Soloist Samba Ev 190 (16ths@95) RealDrums in Song: Island16thsWes^1-HatKck,BellRide RealDrums in Song: Bongos8thsBeguine[single] RealDrums in style:Ska Drums and Maracas [Multi]
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You captured that sunshine with this piece Al.
"relaxed energy" is right.
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Alan this is a great listen really great use of biab love your tunes Alan and many past tunes of yours thanks for sharing all the best to you both Eric
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Oh yeah, we felt as thought we were viewing an island from a moving aerial clip.
You captured the vibe extremely well and that rumba bass really carries the rhythm.
We used a rumba blues bass recently and liked it also.
We enjoyed the solo and the levels sounded fine to us as did the entire mix.
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Very pleasing arrangement. Keep the mash-ups coming 
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Hi Alan
Even if you are at home, with this song you
immediately have the best vacation mood ;-)
Great work
Many greetings
Andi ;-)
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" I tried to capture the exotic culture of the islands, the carefree ambience, plus the excitement of the numerous fiestas and carnivals." - Consider it captured! Ingenious use of Biab. I loved the guitar work all the way through.
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Alan,
Glad to see you posting. Neat, tropical blend. Lead guitar adds an interesting melodic twists. Nice chord progression and mix. Listens very smoothly. Thank you for sharing.
Misha.
P.S."Free time is a rarer treat" - so true.
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Ya Mon! Pineapples and Coconuts from the first note to the last ... makes be feel like I'm swaying in the Island Breeze Good use of real tracks
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ok i wanna win the lottery and buy my own island right now...lol.
very happy 'feel'.
loved that subtle organ.
well well done.
I'm gonna go make a daiquiri <<< wife likes em'...or mai tai.
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"The song has what I like to call an indigenous "relaxed energy". I tried to capture the exotic culture of the islands, the carefree ambience, plus the excitement of the numerous fiestas and carnivals." Yes a very relaxed piece of music that did capture all that you said. Super instrumentation and mix. To nitpick the only things missing where a fruity rum drink in my hand and some steel drums  . I loved it as it is - great work.
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Wonderful production Alan.
Superbly crafted.
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Apart from the obvious tropical vibe, this is also one of the highest clarity mixes I have heard on this forum.
Good work!
Rob
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That was a pleasant four minutes spent - I could almost hear the surf!
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You captured that sunshine with this piece Al.
"relaxed energy" is right.
Vic \ Hi Vic ... many thanks for those nice comments - much appreciated. Alan
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Alan this is a great listen really great use of biab love your tunes Alan and many past tunes of yours thanks for sharing all the best to you both Eric Hi Eric ... Thanks so much. All that was so nice of you to say. And - your music is always a true listening pleasure. Alan
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Oh yeah, we felt as thought we were viewing an island from a moving aerial clip.
You captured the vibe extremely well and that rumba bass really carries the rhythm.
We used a rumba blues bass recently and liked it also.
We enjoyed the solo and the levels sounded fine to us as did the entire mix.
A showcase in the User Showcase for what can be done with an all BiaB production!
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Hello Folks ... Interesting you mention the feel of an aerial clip over the islands. That's *EXACTLY* what I was envisioning as this was coming together. To further elaborate, I thought of it as an opening scene to a film or playing as the credits descended down the screen. I sincerely appreciate your wonderful comments! Thanks so much!!! Alan
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Very pleasing arrangement. Keep the mash-ups coming Thank you so much! I have a few of these "quick hits" waiting off stage. Best to you! Alan
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Hi Alan
Even if you are at home, with this song you
immediately have the best vacation mood ;-)
Great work
Many greetings
Andi ;-) Hallo Andi! Du bist immer so nett mit Ihren Kommentaren! Ich freue mich, dass du in eine Urlaubsstimmung gebracht werden! Vielen Dank, erzähl mir. Ich schätze es! Ich wünsche dir das Beste ... Alan
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" I tried to capture the exotic culture of the islands, the carefree ambience, plus the excitement of the numerous fiestas and carnivals." - Consider it captured! Ingenious use of Biab. I loved the guitar work all the way through.
Brad Hi Brad ... Many thanks for your kindness. You are too nice! Alan
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