This is a remake of a song we did back in 2016. The song was entirely composed by Chris, she sent me a track with her piano and vocal, and I built a backing track with BIAB and added some guitar parts.
For this version Chris redid her vocal, I replaced the BIAB drums, and Marty replaced the BIAB bass.
Turns out we had never done a video for it, so the video is new.


The Band:

1831:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PopModernGrooveBrightA-B Ev16 075
1828:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm PopModernGroove Ev16 075
Chillout\Chillout - dimensions_145_percussion_a_minor ev16.wav

Bass: Marty Straub from BabuMusic (original had 1827:Bass, Electric, PopModernGrooveA-B Ev16 075)
Drums: EZDrummer3 (original used PopModernGrooveSync16^5-a:Snare on 4, HiHat , b:Snare, HiHat )

Piano: Chris Spruit
I added the lead guitar parts, fills and solo

Mixed in Reaper with plugins from Waves and iZotope, mastered with Ozone12.

Counting hours (2016, Chris Spruit)

The light of the day , is fading out
Melting down within the heat , the life of this town
The girls and boys, in the neighbourhood
Will get the call, to run back home
before the nightly curtain falls

Chorus:
Get home soon, when the Night comes down
Head back home, when the sun gets low
Find me home, counting hours down the curbstone
Leave a light on for you, on the window sill
When the night gets still, you know I will
Find me home counting hours , down the curbstone

The woman next door, she turns the radio on
The thin white duke was a wonderful bloke,
it is my favourite song
For my love , maybe he sings to me
Wild is the wind darling, cling to me
Like the leaf to the trees

Chorus

Bridge:
There were times in life, you know
that I walked through every open door to see
the dark side of the moon
Every time from now I’ll spend with you,
take me further on to see,
my colours shine on you


The original version from 2016 is here if anyone is interested: Counting Hours 2016 (ReverbNation)

All comments welcome!

Last edited by BlueAttitude; 02/10/26 04:46 AM.
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