Hi, Jannesan.

Originally Posted by jannesan
A classic ballad I would expect to hear on a real stage, not on this forum, so I would call it too good
Ha! Honestly, I can't think of any venue other than here where people want to hear my music. wink

Soros is a lot of fun to use, but in this song, he sort of feels like a theatre kid who's been relegated to a background part, but is working his best to steal the show in spite of that.

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Beautiful lyrics, the first verse is especially good introduction to the story. The bridge works very well and the ending "When you find me in your heart, you'll be home" is touching and just like from my guidebook: leave the best part for last
Thanks! I mentioned in a prior post that from a technical POV I should have left it off... But emotionally, it resonated with me.

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You have stepped from J-Pop straight to contemporary adult, and so the vocalist selection is reflecting that. First I thought that the female was Sheena, I didn't realize there existed even better alternative. And Saros is excellent choice to support Feng Yi's beautiful and soft voice, excellent work to make them sound great together.
I was really surprised at Feng Yi's voice. I spent a lot of time listening to the demos, and narrowed the choices to Feng Yi and Cong Zheng. I choice Feng Yi because Cong Zheng sounds a lot like voices I've already got.

Then I heard a demo someone posted of Sheena, and despite all her flaws, she just might be the next voice I get. But I knew I wasn't going to get any voices before I finished a song with Feng Yi.

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Strings and sax are especially nicely handled, fading with the sax is a bit cliche, but it works everytime for me.
Yes, "it works" is the best reason for it being a cliche.. smile

I was also worried this song would be a bit too close to another song I'd done (it ends with a trumpet on the fade), so that's the other motivation I had for finding an alternate solution.

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You have written a masterpiece where even tiny details are perfectly and skillfully positioned. You seem to have purchased everything possible, but in this case it sounds like it paid off smile
Oh, trust me... I haven't purchased everything possible... But I'm working on it. wink

Thanks for listening and your much too kind compliments. laugh

-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

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