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This one’s for Andrew Dee, who has already checked out my Bandcamp collection …It’s been ten years since I recorded the following song, but it’s been 47 years since I wrote it. At that time, I was still young and naive and, for quite a while, very much in love with a girl who had, unfortunately, a very different view of the world than I did. It was then that I realized how important this is in a relationship. Title: »Daughter of Light«Based on the style TRAVEL!.STY Key: G minor 170 BPM At that time, I only used GarageBand to finish what I got from Band-in-a-box. Unfortunately, GarageBand also changes with every version of macOS – different instruments, different sounds, etc. –, so again, it’s impossible to remix the song today from the old files. Here’s the song in Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/opur-music/daughter-of-light And here the lyrics: Daughter of LightBecause you are a daughter of light and I’m a son of the earth there’s no bridge from me to you no way to understand Because you are a woman from heaven and I’m a man from the world you’ve fascinated me with every move and I tried so hard to reach you REFRAIN I thought I could love you, but now I see our two worlds can never be joined But please believe me, I regret that it ended like this Because you are a daughter of light and I’m a son of the earth I never felt your hope as you’ll never feel mine Because you are a woman from heaven and I’m a man from the world our ways couldn’t be more than parallel lines and now they must lead apart REFRAIN Because you are a girl from the angels and I’m a boy from the men my love destroyed more than it built and was hopeless ever to find it’s aim Because you are not from my world and I am not from yours I could never really see your thoughts and maybe I’m still mistaken REFRAIN
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Hi Opur! Thank you for posting this song - I came across it when sampling your music the other day and it had instant appeal for me. I’ve always liked swing-feel acoustic guitar songs so was instantly drawn to it. The matter-of-fact approach of the lyrics is contrasted with the bouncy, upbeat feel of the music. I like how you brought in additional layers of instruments as the song progresses and then variation. The cello/strings add a nice touch as well, albeit with slightly too much volume that crowds out the vocal, but by the time they enter, the listener is already familiar with what the vocal is doing. Talking of vocals, I like how you used octave harmony on certain lines, then back to the main vocal only for a tinse of intimacy. In style, your song reminded me of one by the band ‘Her Space Holiday’ and their song ‘Sleepy tigers’ ( Here on YouTube ). Great song Opur - I’ve added it to my Soundcloud favs playlist. Andrew
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Opur, this sounds great.
Super arrangement
Great vocal
Super mix
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Good song, good vocal. The lyrics don't rhyme, were they originally in French? Good job with this.
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I enjoyed this Opur. Your voice is perfect for this song. The mix and the backing are
excellent.
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Nice song. Maybe you should check the key to suite better to your vocal range. Now it sounds to be a bit to high. I like your arrangement, specially the strings, but maybe they are a bit too loud and covering your vocals.
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Very nice, Opur. SUPER vocals and vocal arrangement. Dreamy, timeless feel. Almost like a folk song, but not quite. Great demonstration of the durability of many of the older MIDI styles. The strings give the song a nice lift, and I like how you used them, too. Super job all the way around.
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Hello Opur,
I really enjoyed this song. It’s light and fresh and flows really well. Perhaps full of youthful exuberance and passion, when you wrote it. I couldn’t fault it, the mix, lyrics and production all sound perfect and professional to me. I’d expect to hear that on the radio.
Great song. Kind regards
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Guys,
thanks so much for your encouraging words.
This must be the first time anyone’s ever complimented my voice, by the way. I’ve actually always loved to sing, but I never felt as though anyone liked it, which made me a bit shy about it. In my twenties, I played bass in a band, but we had a singer with a real rock voice; I was only allowed to sing “Message in a Bottle” because I could hit the high notes (back then), otherwise I was at best part of the background chorus.
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The lyrics don't rhyme, were they originally in French? No, I've always written songs only in English. I just didn't feel like the lines had to rhyme.
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I’d expect to hear that on the radio. Yeah, that’s the big dream, of course: One day getting in the car, turning on the radio, and hearing your own song. I guess we all feel that way, don’t we?
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Nice song. Maybe you should check the key to suite better to your vocal range. Now it sounds to be a bit to high. I like your arrangement, specially the strings, but maybe they are a bit too loud and covering your vocals. There’s something to that. I remember I was in a bit of a hurry back then and hadn’t quite figured out how to automate the volume yet. And as for my vocal range, it has of course decreased since the time I wrote the song; it would be interesting to see if I could still sing it today.
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That's a great song. Love the wistful feel and vocal. Great mix as well.
Nicely done!
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HA! You'll like this: I read the opening line of your post, and when i hit play it wouldn't. I thought, hmmm maybe it is just for Andrew. Sure glad the second one worked. hehe
Man, we often hear how the old songs are the best, and man, this one proves that. What a wonderful feel, and the lyrics are so good. Excellent vocal including the harmonies. Such a good write and production, Opur.
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Hi Opur,
What a history that song has; 47 years ago you wrote it and 37 years later you recorded it for the first time. I'm a bit curious why?
It's a nice song, lovely lyrics and you have a good voice for it.
The chorus of this song really needs to be sung high. After 47 years, that is a lot harder than it was back then...
I have a song like that too, with even higher notes in the chorus, and that is 50 years old. I had to rewrite it completely to adapt it to my current voice.
But as I said, a very sweet/sad song. Really enjoyed it!
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What a history that song has; 47 years ago you wrote it and 37 years later you recorded it for the first time. I'm a bit curious why? Thanks for your nice words, I'm glad you like the song. Why I recorded it so late? Well, it's simple: because I didn't have the technical means to do it back then. When I was young, I had an acoustic guitar and a cassette recorder. You could record a song with them, but it just didn't sound like much. (Actually, I once recorded this song as well, but the recording got lost.) Later, I invested in a 4-track cassette recorder (FOSTEX), but every time I tried to produce a song really well, I was utterly disappointed with the end result—so much so that it always took me a long time before I tried again. Even when I finally bought an iMac and suddenly had GarageBand included for free, I couldn't get it to sound the way I wanted; the drums, in particular, were always a problem. The game-changer came in 2012 when I discovered Band-in-a-Box – I don't need to explain to any of you why. But then I still had to figure out how to use the audio interface, the effects, and so on, before I dared to record my first songs. Although the results were immediately much better than my previous attempts, my standards have risen along with it, and I’m basically still learning how to get it right (and I rarely pull myself together enough to keep going). In a nutshell: I’ve wasted a lot of time, growing old in the process. 
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