Valentine's Day is coming, so ... I thought I'd write a love song. To be more accurate: I woke up at 5 a.m. with this idea in my head, and (since I have nothing to do until 11 a.m. - it's 7:11 a.m., as I type) it was a choice between staying in bed, or writing this. I hope to goodness I've chosen the right thing to do? smile Anyway, here's a love song from me ... Delsono-style, haha wink Hope you enjoy it, anyway smile - thanks for listening ...and thank you, once more, PG Music ... miracle workers, you really are.

If I've Not Love

EDIT: edited again, 12 February 2024. I hope that this is the final version. Tweaked the effects, so that the voice is pushed to the front and comes through, and applied the reverb only to the backing track, so that it supports the voice. Hope this now works ...

LYRICS:

The other night, I almost gave up on you
Because I haven't heard a thing from you in a while,
So I thought I would go find somebody else,
Who would comfort me, hold me ... maybe walk to me, down the aisle ...

But then a friend, who I know well, wrote this stunning song,
The lyrics of, they stabbed me through the heart,
And so I thought that I would give you one more chance,
Just in case you, too, are dreaming of a brand new start ...

For if I speak, in so many ways, but have no love,
It matter not what else it be that I may do,
If I know everything, or if I trust, or even if I sacrifice myself,
It matter not, for my love for you is the only thing I know is true ...

And so I wait, one more day, one more lonely night,
With my hope dwindling, with every moment, every time that passes by ...
Perhaps you're late ... perhaps your pen ran out of ink ...
Perhaps you're telling me to wait, for you are on your way ...

Don't be too late, please do not play with my lonely heart,
For you are playing with everything I've got ...
I'll wait for you, just one more night, I hope I'm right ...
For my friend's song may mean "hello", but "goodbye" too, I thought ...

So, if you miss me too, alike I dream, then please don't hide it all from me ...
I know you've pride, and perhaps fear, but love is so much more important, you see ...

For if I speak, in so many ways, but have no love,
It matter not what else it be that I may do,
If I know everything, or if I trust, or even if I sacrifice myself,
It matter not, for my love for you is the only thing I know is true ...

I'll wait for you.


THE BAND:

****** Song Summary *************
Title: If I've Not Love - 9 February 2024
File:If I've Not Love - 9 February 2024.SGU
Key=Bb , Tempo 60, Length (m:s)=3:52
No intro. 54 bar chorus, from bar 1 to bar 54. Repeat x1 chorus
No Melody
No Soloist track.
Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0,
Song is saved with bar changes for Key Signature,
Style is _BALK.STY (Balk Slow 12-8 Singer-songwriter)

RealTracks in style: 3117:Bass, Acoustic, AmericanaFolk68Byron Sw 060
RealTracks in style: 3088:Piano, ElectricVintage, Rhythm AmericanaSlow128Mike Sw 040
RealTracks in style: 3909:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking SongwriterSlow68DADGAD Sw 050
RealDrums in style:AmericanaSlow128Fred: a: Snare, HiHat b: Snare, Ride

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Voice recorded, and everything mixed in, Mixcraft Pro Studio 10. No effects of any kind added, apart from normalising the tracks.

EDIT: added an OVox Easy Voice preset, together with a Plate reverb preset, and a Push To The Front compressor effect. Moral of the story: don't post something you work on in the early morning straight onto the forum ... smile

Last edited by musician17; 02/11/24 10:10 PM.
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