Remember Me

When the birds fly south for the winter
there's no map, no compass stone to guide them home
But there's a voice they hear through the darkest night
calling out, showing them the way deep inside them

   Remember me, remember
   Remember me
   I know that you hear the winds blow
   The calling of the sea

And so you sail uncharted waters
where the sea is so deep like the endless sky
From morning light, to fall of night, chase the horizon
like some far off beach just beyond your reach
begging for you to find them

   Remember me, remember
   Remember me
   I know that you've got to go so far away from me

If you need someone to guide you, let me light the way
You'll see me shining like a beacon in the night

   Just remember you are loved
   You're not alone
   When you find me in your heart, you'll be home


RealTracks
3467:Bass, Electric, AmericanaSyncSteveAB Ev16 085
3329:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm LoungeFunkSwells Ev16 080
4192:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm SongwriterPickingSyncopated Ev16 080
1840:Synth Pad, PopModernGrooveMellow Ev16 075
1856:Cello, Background PopCountry Ev 085
2019:Sax, Tenor, Soloist PopCountryMark Ev 085
CajonFolkSlow8ths: a: Cajon b: Cajon, Shaker

Effects
Master Buss: Hornet Master Tool, GW MixCentric
Drums: RealTracks, Panagement2 (Heaven)
Guitar1, Guitar2: RealTracks, Panagement2 (Heaven)
Sax: RealTracks, Magma BB Tubes, EZMix2 (Bright Reverb), routed to Plate
Piano: Kontact (Alicia's Keys, Audience Dry), Panagement2 (Concrete)
Synth: RealTracks, Panagement2 (Heaven), routed to Raum
Lead Vocal: SynthesizerV (Feng Yi), GW VoiceCentric (Factory Default), Panagement2
Harmony Vocal: SynthesizerV (Saros), GW VoiceCentric (Natural Mix), Magma BB Tubes, Panagement2, routed to Plate
Strummed Guitar: Picked Acoustic (Sunny Porch)
Fingerpicked Guitar: Picked Acoustic (Picking Ballad)
Strings: Spitfire Originals (Long Flautando), Orchestral Tools (LA Sessions, Studio Violins, Tremolo swells long), routed to Raum
Cello: RealTrack, Panagement2, routed to Plate
Trumpet: Kontact (Chapman Trumpet)
Descant Horn: Kontact (Audio Imperia, Solo, Solo Descant Horn)
Violin: Kontact (Audio Imperia, Solo, Solo Violin)
French Horn: Kontact (Audio Imperia, Solo, Solo French Horn)
Plate: Sunset Sound (Plate 2)
Reverb: Raum (Dreamy Synth)


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Short version: All comments are welcome! smile

I bought a new SynthesizerV voice, so that meant I needed to write a new song using it.

As usual, I started out with a BiaB demo (this time around, _PHASE) and fiddled with the chord progression. I had a friend who mentioned that I didn't use bridges in many of my songs, so I made sure to include one this time. I because well acquainted with the [b]Song Form[/i] feature in BiaB by the time the song was worked out.

Per my usual process, I put together a backing track in BiaB, and them imported it into SynthesizerV to work out the melody.

I started writing this with an entirely different subject, but it proved too hard a nut to crack. So I took some of the more lines and built it out from there. The basic idea was one of finding "home" no matter where you go, but it turned into a more general ideal of being pulled by different calls - the call of nature, of adventure, or of a waiting lover. I suspect that idea is a bit muddled in some places. But I was so relieved to get something written that I decided not to do a major rewrite.

I thought I'd keep the harmony basic, so I decided to use Saros. He's got a very theatric voice, and is a good contrast to the lead. As usual, I went overboard with the "backgound" vocal. wink

I really liked the sound of the arrangement "out of the box", but figured it needed something to give it some change. So I played the Native Instrument Picked Acoustic using the one-finger auto-chord function, and copied that over to *another* instance of Picked Acoustic with a different pattern. That added a strummed and fingerpicked guitar.

I played the piano part with the Alicia's Keys piano, a recent purchase that I felt I needed to justify by using at some point..

And since I'd also recently bought the Audio Imperia Solo instrument library, I decided to use it for the solo instruments.

Then I balanced everything out, so everything wasn't playing at one time. It still seemed to be missing something, so I added light strings using Spitfire Originals. That was a bit thin, so I doubled that with tremolo strings from Orchestral Tools.

The cello from BiaB was last-minute addition, but it didn't really work on the fade like I was hoping. Neither did adding a violin part. I couldn't find a BiaB lead guitar that worked, either. So I settled for a BiaB saxophone, which I think works well.

As usual, nothing's set in stone, so if you've got any suggestions, I'll be happy to hear them!

-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?