If you know me on here, you'll know that I was never (and I'm still not so much) convinced by my singing voice. However: floyd, Deej, rayc, and many others have encouraged me to sing ... if only, perhaps, to improve my voice through practice? wink In any case, encourage me they really kindly did ... so here's a song where I sing, myself.

These past few days, I've managed to catch the cold of all colds ... and I'm still far from recovered. However: I woke up at 5 a.m., the other day, with a basso profondo voice, the envy of Dmitry Hvorostovsky, himself (I joke, of course, but you get my point ... I was reaching low notes I never reached before, due to the cold smile ) wink . My first thought was, obviously: hang on a minute, if I sound this low, I NEED to record Deep River ... I will never in my life get the chance to sound this rich low with my voice, ever.

The flip side to this is that my voice was also VERY croaky, so there are notes which I'm barely able to hold, which I would usually effortlessly hold, if I did not have a cold. So: advantages and disadvantages, to this smile ... but, long story short: what do you think? smile Thank you ever so much for listening, and for any comments!


THE LYRICS:

Deep river,
My home is over Jordan.
Deep river, Lord,
I want to cross over into campground.

Oh, don't you want to go,
To the Gospel feast;
That Promised Land,
Where all is peace?

Oh, deep river, Lord,
I want to cross over into campground.


THE BAND:

****** Song Summary *************
Title: Deep River
File:Deep River - 24 May 2024.SGU
Key=Db , Tempo 55, Length (m:s)=2:28
No intro. 30 bar chorus, from bar 1 to bar 30. Repeat x1 chorus
No Melody
No Soloist track.
Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0,
Style is _LUNDI.STY (Lundi Slow 12-8 RnB with Organ)

RealTracks in style: 564:Bass, Electric, Blues Monday Sw 065
RealTracks in style: 4307:Organ, Rhythm RnBSlow12-8 Sw 060
RealTracks in style: ~529:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Hank Sw 065
RealTracks in style: 3778:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm VintagePopArpSlow128 Sw 060
RealDrums in style:Nashville128^08-a:Snare, Hihat , b:Snare, Ride

Mixed and mastered in Mixcraft Pro Studio 10, with the "Voice Radio Spot" preset

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