No Reply (SoundCloud version)
No Reply (video with Asterian)

Some of you may have experienced how quite intense SMS/Mail/chat discussion faded until you got no more reply, even though you would have liked to continue. This is the story about those feelings.

I used Synthesizer V Asterian as the vocalist on the YouTube version, his voice wasn't perfect for this type of intimate mood, but it was nice to make him sing with warm and soft vocal modes in the verses and in the outro and then with slightly more passion in the chorus. I tried also Kevin, but also his voice wasn't something I was looking for and besides he sang some notes out of tune... I'm singing in the SoundCloud version, but I cannot control my voice that much, it is always the same rasping wink I wish it would be possible to change it in the post process...

I used the chord track for the first time, it is a very nice new feature in BIAB. Earlier I used a certain MIDI string pattern, but now the chord track is much easier way to use with The Orchestra and similar VSTs. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be supported in the BIAB-VST via MGU file yet...

The band:

RealDrums: MalletsSlow16ths

RealTracks:
#1825:Bass, Electric, PopModernGrooveHeld Ev16 075
#1410:Piano, SynthLayer, Rhythm Soul70sA-B Ev16 100
#1595:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking Pop8thsSteady Ev 065
#3545:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking CelticBalladSoft Ev 075
#2916:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm CountryFolk8thsBrent Ev 085
#2025:Piano, Acoustic, Soloist CountryJohn Ev 065
#2338:Violin, Background, PopLow Ev 085 (1TrackStringSection)

MIDI: The Orchestra Complete (the chord track + the glockenspiel)

Vocals: me (SoundCloud version), Synthesizer V Asterian (Kevin bgv) (video version)

Mixed in Cakewalk by BandLab

Lyrics:

Scrolled through the screen
your camping photographs
magic in the hearts,
in every laugh.
Soothing starflights of my nights
I savored intimate clues
I could read them on your face
felt like I was there with you.

How I miss all those texts
from prattle to science and art
something told only for me
uniquely soppy, soulful and smart.
Always wanted to know how you were
to calm if you needed to cry
but your words got formal and few
the wait turned to months
I got no reply.

Pondered every pun
refined odes that I wrote
you deserved the best
not glowless notes.
But today I cannot tell
how much your thoughts really mean
when I sense that those red hearts
fill now someone else's screen.

How I miss all those texts..

No ring of thrill
another week scrolled by
downhearted
seeking between the lines
what you tried to imply.
(no blame, just wondering why...)
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Janne

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