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Another channel-swap and remix of a track from 2 years ago, the 3rd version of 4 in the "Venus Walks" quadrilogy, all but the "V2" having each chord cycle begin with 3/4 time, then switching to 4/4.

Drums: Soaring Power Ballad w/ Guitar Solo ~ Shannon Forrest
Bass Guitar: Country Rock Guitar Solo Pop Ba ~ Tobin Frank
Rhythm Guitar 1: Country Rock Guitar Solo Pop Ba ~ Darin Favorite
Rhythm Guitar 2: Jovian Divine Alt Rock Soloing ~ Mike Durham
Organ: Country Rock Guitar Solo Pop Ba ~ Gene Rabbai
Guitar Solo: Rose To You Country Ballad Solo ~ Johnny Hiland
Piano Solo: Giggle Rumba Pop AC Piano Solo ~ John Jarvis
Piano 2: Soaring Power Ballad w/ Guitar Solo ~ Blair Masters
Fiddle Solo: Modern Celtic Reel Fiddle Solo - Andy Leftwich
Marimba: Cay Island Steel Drum ~ Todd London

180 bars; 3/4 & 4/4, Em; tempo 110; Time 6:20


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Sounds great, Chay!

The piano solo was really nice.

I also liked the Irish/Celtic sound of the fiddle, and the guitar solos were superb, they really wailed!

Excellent production and mix, well done!

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Chay,

Some really great sounds in here. LOVE the guitars and the mix. Everything has it's place and can heard. You really know how to get the very best out of these tracks.

Awesome!

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Hi Chay!
Gee, you make a two chord tune (if I am correct) sound great. As I was listening, it made me imagine the closing finale in a concert where everyone in the band gets a solo on the way out. Like others have said, I love the effort you put in to find RealTracks that work so unexpectedly well. Good stuff!
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Chay, this is fantastic.
Super guitar, fiddle, and piano leads.
Super rhythm section.
As usual an excellent mix.
Outstanding work.


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Sounds good, Chay.
Dig that piano.

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Originally Posted by BobLMusic
Sounds great, Chay!
The piano solo was really nice.
I also liked the Irish/Celtic sound of the fiddle, and the guitar solos were superb, they really wailed!
Excellent production and mix, well done!

Thanks, BobL. Greatly appreciated.
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Originally Posted by rsdean
Chay,
Some really great sounds in here. LOVE the guitars and the mix. Everything has it's place and can heard. You really know how to get the very best out of these tracks.
Awesome!
Bob

Thanks, Bob! Yep, but it takes a heck of a lot sample auditioning and sometimes editing to get those solos to sound consistently good.


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Originally Posted by Andrew Dee
Hi Chay!
Gee, you make a two chord tune (if I am correct) sound great. As I was listening, it made me imagine the closing finale in a concert where everyone in the band gets a solo on the way out. Like others have said, I love the effort you put in to find RealTracks that work so unexpectedly well. Good stuff!
Andrew

Two chords, Andrew! I say thee nay! There are actually 5 in that, though until you mentioned it I'd never actually counted them. This chord structure with the ¾ & 4/4 comes from two versions of a song I wrote in the early 80s, which has a lot more chords, but when I first started with BiaB I couldn't remember them all so after the opening Cs to Ems I improvised. The other 3 chords used are Em7, Bm & Am. But I not only have a couple of old songs which only use 2 chords, I have one which only uses one as a drone.


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Originally Posted by MarioD
Chay, this is fantastic.
Super guitar, fiddle, and piano leads.
Super rhythm section.
As usual an excellent mix.
Outstanding work.

Thank you, Mario. Always much appreciated.


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Originally Posted by floyd jane
Sounds good, Chay.
Dig that piano.

Thanks Floyd. I've now used that piano Style in a few tracks, including a new one I've just finished, but it's a shame that I get the same phrases appearing in different instrumentals. There are some unique solos which are hard to reuse as the riffs/licks/phrases are too unique and too noticeable, but luckily such are not so noticeable with this piano and some other solos I use.


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Originally Posted by WaoBand
Two chords, Andrew! I say thee nay! There are actually 5 in that, though until you mentioned it I'd never actually counted them. This chord structure with the ¾ & 4/4 comes from two versions of a song I wrote in the early 80s, which has a lot more chords, but when I first started with BiaB I couldn't remember them all so after the opening Cs to Ems I improvised. The other 3 chords used are Em7, Bm & Am. But I not only have a couple of old songs which only use 2 chords, I have one which only uses one as a drone.
Chay - I'm now discombobble-ulated!
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Hi, Chay.

Sounds good! smile


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Hi, Chay.
Sounds good! smile

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Really dynamic, Chay. It pulled me right in and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Loved the piano and fiddle parts especially. Do you prefer I comment here or on your videos? I know it can help the algos to comment on youtube. But it's so convenient to just listen to the embed. Let me know what you prefer.

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The time signature change on this song is very memorable from your previous posts. Excellent job providing an evolving series of dynamic punches with the lead instruments. Very lively mix, too. Super job (again)!


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Originally Posted by BYOBand
Really dynamic, Chay. It pulled me right in and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Loved the piano and fiddle parts especially. Do you prefer I comment here or on your videos? I know it can help the algos to comment on youtube. But it's so convenient to just listen to the embed. Let me know what you prefer.

Thanks, Beth. Comment where you're moved to comment. I mostly comment others posts here and on YT, but all that matters is what you're moved to do.


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The time signature change on this song is very memorable from your previous posts. Excellent job providing an evolving series of dynamic punches with the lead instruments. Very lively mix, too. Super job (again)!

Thanks, Ron! I've recently completely redone the original "VW" with the 3/4 & 4/4, but it's very different to this. I hope to upload it before the end of August.


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Sounds good. You're a brave musician, using all those tracks. But you handled it well. Nice work.


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Originally Posted by TuneMonger
Sounds good. You're a brave musician, using all those tracks. But you handled it well. Nice work.

Thanks, TuneMonger. 9 stems is pretty average for me. I'm just now remixing and old post with 16 music stems, plus 4 SFX stems. I think that's my record so far.


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