Listen To The Silence

We live in a noisy world, human-made noise is all around us, traffic, construction work etc. And even though we would like to enjoy a leisure activity, we go to a forest with boomboxes, to a rock concert or a ball game, where excitement is artificially created with loud music and advertisements. Many nature sounds are hidden under the constant background noise, or in the worst case, they may have disappeared completely without us noticing... This is a hymn to that lost silence. I hope you enjoy it, but you may of course turn down the volumn and listen to the real silence instead laugh

The wonderful and relaxing band was naturally provided by BIAB together with the additional strings by The Orchestra. When working with the outro, it reminded me of Coldplay so I used a Coldplay song as Ozone reference track.

I asked comments from AI for the lyrics and I changed two words based on AI's suggestions. AI was more heavily involved in the video I had time to make for the song, but it didn't add any noise smile

Based on the style _SCARCE.STY

RealDrums:
AmericanaRoots16th-04-SdStk,Tms [Multi]

RealTracks:
#2877:Bass, Acoustic, AmericanaSlow16thsByron Ev16 060
#2704:Synth, Rhythm CloudRapLowOrgan Ev16 075
#2878:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm AmericanaSlow16thsBrent Ev16 060
#2666:Pedal Steel, Rhythm LushChordsSlow Ev 075
#2650:Guitar, Electric, Background DreamyPopBalladFillsBrent Ev 085
#2448:Guitar, Electric, Background, PopDreamyBrent Ev 085
#4567:Dizi Flute, Background CalmingMelodic ev 065
#3278:Vocal Mmms, Rhythm RockNRollGospel12-8 4-part Sw 065
#3669:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm NewAgeArp16 Ev16 090

MIDI:
The Orchestra using Chord Track

Vocals:
Synthesizer V Liam & Weina (lead), Liam & Jun (backing)

Mixed in Cakewalk Sonar (Neutron 4, Neoverb, Ozone 11)

Lyrics:

Somewhere between the airport and the speedway
there once was an arbor my haven on its heyday
among mice, butterflies, pure peace no worry
no barriers of sound, no hooters of the hurry

Listen to the silence
through all the noise around
hear when a crowd makes no sound.
Listen to the silence
not the man-made machine
but the holy evergreen.

Once we got thrilled by watching calm of blossom
Today the trend is: the louder the more awesome
I live now in the grave of foregone glory
they buried long ago the stillness of satori

Listen to the silence
through all the noise around
hear when a crowd makes no sound.
Listen to the silence
not the man-made machine
but the holy evergreen.

Call me an ecofascist or call me a jerk
but I just get annoyed by the loudest fireworks
don't listen to me, hush cacophony for a while
perceive the treasures lost in exile.
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Janne

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