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I like it a lot. Has a late 70s to mid 80s sound to my ears. I agree with the several comments about this being a good fit for Carrie Underwood. But the first thought I had was Alison Krause. She occasionally does a straight country song. But, what do I know - just an old fart who still enjoys music - making and listening.

Great lyric and nice work with Synth vocal. That's a nice plug in for the vocal harmonies. Sounds terrific.

Take care,

Alan

Alan, yeah I really like the older style country so I guess it shows up in my writings. AK is a favorite of mine. Thanks



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Herb, cool tune. Nicely programmed vocals and the band, including the piano, sound great. The instrumental breaks really flow well, too. You describe a lot of work, but this sounds quite effortless, and quite beautiful. Well done!

DC Ron

It was a lot of work. The biggest part is in the DAW with the editing needed to pull it all together. Thanks




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My take on this: Get a decent MIDI keyboard (weighted or unweighted, it's up to you), Native Instruments "Kontakt" and a piano library of your choice.
There are even some free ones that are usable.
You don't have to sell your house to get a good piano sound.

BD Thomas

I'm cheap..... I guess it all comes down to do I want a good sounding piano or not?


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Really good song, Herb.

Did AI write the melody and chord changes, or is there a way you can tell it what you want?

Nice job on the piano, and BIAB arrangement.

Enjoyed!

Dave

With AI, the way it currently functions, you can kinda tell it what melody you want..... however, I have found that to be hit and miss. Some of them have an "upload audio" function but it only takes 60 seconds and it's really not going to faithfully reproduce the melody exactly. Same thing kind of applies to changing lyrics in AI and editing the song. It's a far cry from being perfect. It's still easier to work in a DAW.

I know some folks who literally regenerate a song over 100 times because each time it does something different. One guy I know did around 140 generations before he got something he really liked. That is NOT how I do it. Since I use Synth V for my vocals on songs, I am able, in SV to edit the melody line, change lyrics easily, and adapt the vocal line/melody to what I want it to sing.

Essentially, AI wrote a draft version based on the prompt I gave it...topic, things I wanted in the lyrics, etc. I then take it and recreate it in BB and rework the vocal in SV and put it together in my DAW and hope it sounds good.

Thanks for the compliment on the music and the piano part. I am in the process of knocking the rust off my keyboard skills.

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