Hi, Hans.

Originally Posted by Birchwood
I always enjoy reading your stories about the songs you've created. You always describe your challenges as if they were voyages of discovery.
I think you had to make even more adventurous choices in this story than in the previous one, but I'm not sure anymore. I enjoy all your stories.
The prior song was a real adventure. My attitude there was keep working on it until it's right. On this, it was work fast, until it's done.

Because of this, I think the narrative is less clear. My daughter noted the time jump to the second verse is jarring, and the identity of the narrator is unclear. The narrative in my mind was about a lover who had left for good, leaving his lover devastated. That obviously didn't come through.

That is, of course, entirely my fault. And to some extent, it doesn't matter, because the heart of the song is the chorus. The verses justify the chorus, and it's much more positive than the verses.

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And about the song itself: it's a beautiful song with some really good duets in the AI ​​vocals. Fantastic. The melody is also very nice, the instruments all sound clear.
There's a new feature in SynthV which makes it trivial to double voices, and I had fun with that.

[quote I do have some reservations about the kick drum, but that's not the point.[/quote]
I'll have another listen in a couple of days. It's MIDI, so I can swap out the kick for another.

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I'd like to mention one "but":
When I hear the song (I don't mean the – good – lyrics), I picture a happy, laughing couple, madly in love, in spring, among the beautiful flowers and the birds darting around them. There's nothing wrong with that, just a little too sweet for my taste. Nothing unexpected happens, while with a title like "After the Rain," I'd expect exciting twists and turns.
Well, this song takes place after they were madly in love, on the rainy day her lover decides to leave her:

verse 1
You're looking out the window, watching your lover drive away and leave you for good.
There were signs that this would happen, but you didn't want to believe them.

verse 2
You've been up all night, thinking over and over again about how he left you.
You'd like to run away like he did, but you're stuck here being miserable.

bridge
stop trying to make sense of this,
sometimes things just don't work out

chorus
you're miserable now,
but tomorrow it will hurt less, and life will go on for you

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Well, nobody always gets what they want.
Well, in this case, you actually got exactly what you wanted! wink

Thanks for your comments, I see what can be done about that kick drum.

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Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?

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