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Holy Guacamole. A man is absent for a couple of weeks from the forum, and you guys and gals go into creative overdrive. I will do my best to catch up with as many of your songs as possible, but I think it's going to be nigh impossible to catch up with them all ... argh :-( Still - as many as I possibly can! :-)

Anyway, one more from me. See how you feel about it, if you like? I'm of course grateful for every single listen and comment.

Waltz-Fantasie






****** Song Summary *************
Title: Waltz-Fantasie - 11 April 2023
File:11 April 2023.SGU
Key=C , Tempo 140, Length (m:s)=3:35
No intro. 164 bar chorus, from bar 1 to bar 164. Repeat x1 chorus
No Melody
No Soloist track.
Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0,
Style is _NEMESIA.STY (Nemesia Flower Jazz Swing Waltz)

RealTracks in style: ~~1123:Bass, Acoustic, CountryWaltz Sw 140
RealTracks in style: ~552:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm Jazz Waltz Sw 140
RealDrums in style:NashvilleWaltzSw^6-a:HiHat , b:Sidestick, Hihat

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The piano melody was written in, and exported from, Musescore 4 - with its own piano sounds. Mixed and mastered in Mixcraft Pro Studio 9. THANK YOU, PG Music, as always.

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This one seems to have "slipped through the cracks" :-) . Shamelessly bumping it up, this one time, because I would be really curious about your feedback to it. But, of course, if no-one comments this time, I won't bump it up again. Hope this is ok? :-)

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Holy Guacamole! I'd say you spent your time wisely, James. Although I miss your vocal, this is such an excellent write. You're right, this pone should be heard by many. That piano score is top-shelf. I first saw it listed as a BiaB track, but knew we can't control them to such demands. So very well written. Sounds great!


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James,
The highlight of your waltz for me is the solo piano- I wouldn`t know how to score something like this, but it sounds good.
I was a bit surprised with the RT piano-almost a piano duet in parts- it works, though I wondered if there were strings instead the lead piano might shine more.
You were right to bump...I can`t keep up with all the quickly disappearing songs around here either!

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Marty: as ever, ever so kind. I'm amazed that you miss my vocal - no-one's said THAT before, haha ... they mostly run away when I try to sing, haha ... but I'm grateful, of course, for you saying it :-))) Thanks so much for all your kindness and kind comments :-)

Robert: thanks ever so much. All I did was to write out the piano melody in Musescore 4, and then mix it with the BIAB tracks in Mixcraft - just a question of finding the right balance and, of course, backing track. You have a very good point about the strings instead of piano - but I loved that off-beat rhythm I found in this RealTrack, in the piano part ... and, for the life of me, I couldn't find it in any other track, so this one stayed :-) . And yes, it's so hard to keep up with everyone on here ... I will continue to do my best, though - including re-listening to "The Other Side of Silence" ... thank you so much for your kind explanation of the lyrics, there!!! :-)

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I agree with what Robert said, the piano makes this song very good.
IMO it doesn't need vocals, I enjoyed the song as it is now.

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B.D. Thomas: thank you. Appreciate you taking the time to listen.

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James,
It's quite a lovely piece.
My one thought was the bass is a little aggressive in tone which makes it seem louder than it is. Rolling off the top end of it should see it sitting in support.


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Sounds great James.
Super piano score!
I do agree with Ray as the bass does sound overpowering in spots, however this sounds great as is.


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This works for me!

The piano melody makes it coherent and gives it direction. It's got your chord changes, but it's easy to hear the structure behind it.

Nice!


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Ray: yes, some of the bass - and even some of the RealTrack piano, I feel - is a bit overbearing, indeed! I'll deal with it, in due course :-) I didn't really know what to do, prior to your comment, besides lowering the volume, haha ... thanks for taking the time to listen, you're kind.

Mario: Thanks :-)

David Cuny: I'm so glad you liked this one - thanks! :-)

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Hi James,

This works well as an instrumental thanks to the piano track as others have mentioned, it's right on the money.

Good job!

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Thanks, Dave, appreciated! Thanks also for taking the time to listen and comment!

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Lovely listen James. Well done


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James,

Nice job with the pianos. Cool piece.

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floyd jane and Scott: thank you so much, really kind comments - thanks for taking the time smile

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A beautiful waltz and well scored and produced!

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Thank you so much, Janice, Bud!

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Very nice one James. I sure enjoyed it, and like many here I really thought that piano was easy to listen too!

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Thank you, Brad!

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