Mario - BIG congrats on this one, the flow and the swells are perfect throughout and you got it completely right!! BEST you've done for a long time - very professional handling of the elements and the mix! Very well done, Carl
"This world is creation’s gift It’s a miracles’ playground Here on this planetary merry-go-round" Dazzling lyrics straight to the point, you always look on the bright sides of life and this song really captures those wonders. And "I thank the stars that for a little while/I get to call it home" is the attitude we should always have also during the difficult times. Beautiful melody and chords, everything just clicks, stars have been aligned perfectly to you. Very nice work with the vocals, even when it's a female vocalist, the voice still sounds like you, I enjoy that. The arrangement is perfect for the message. I vote for this to become the (inter)national anthem of Earth. Janne
Hi Janne. It's always excellent to see you. Thanks for noticing those lines. They actually took me quite a while to discover. After lots of thinking, eventually I came up with the phrase "planetary merry-go-round" and I really liked the internal rhyme. After that, I had to find some way to incorporate that phrase into the lyrics. That was the slow bit. For me, it is often the case that when I go to sleep thinking about a lyric, I awaken the next day with some thoughts in my mind. That's what happened here. The metaphor "miracles' playground" was in my head one morning when I woke up. It turned out to be the glue needed to link "creation's gift" with "planetary merry-go-round". That's so much for taking the time to write so many of your thoughts. You made my day It must be starting to look a little bit like spring in Finland right now. I hope the air is getting a bit warmer for you. --Noel
Hi there Izzy Right from the start those guitars sound great, with that picked effect…..aaahh!! Then there’s what almost sounds like a mandolin….uuuhhh! Lyrics are superb as always. Then there’s the way you pronounce “glass”! (Very posh) All blended perfectly with your BVs. Such a great production and mix. Definitely worthy of several listens. Guess where this one is going Izzy…..on my favs list. You’re always top notch Izzy. Kind regards
https://on.soundcloud.com/O4gbGAg3rkxbldw44r This is a new song. Quick relevant background points - I've always had dog sidekicks since I was a very young child. Every one has been important in my life. As well, my father was a big fan of jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli with his beautiful melodic flourishes over swing 8 rhythms. BIAB has done a great job of capturing that style in the Gypsy Jazz Ballad Fiddle soloist RealTrack. So I'm rolling all this up and throwing it at you in this tune. Unfortunately Tony Bennett isn't available, so you're stuck with my vocal. Style is _MOSS.STY (Moss Easy Jazz Swing) 768:Bass, Acoustic, Jazz Sw 110 771:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm Jazz Sw 110 4881:Guitar, Acoustic, JazzQuarterShortSteady Sw 110 4716:Piano, Acoustic, Soloist JazzSwingRH Sw 110 1207:Fiddle, Soloist GypsyJazzBallad Sw 110 JazzBrushesSticks: a: Brushes b: Snare, Ride "Houdini and me got no place to go Hangin' in the back Tryin' to take it slow Just layin' low, Passing time When old man trouble comes to ring our bell Houdini and me we don't hear too well Ain't it swell? Passing time It may look like we're missing in action And I suppose in a way I agree But I've got my buddy Houdini And he's got me Instru Break It may look like we're missing in action And yes, I can't help but agree But I've got my buddy Houdini And Dino's got me Hot May sun beatin' down today Leave that list for another day We'll stay, Passing time Gonna stay, Passing time" As always, thanks for giving it a listen, Mick
Hi Chris, To bring up the "Edit Current Bar Options" window Noel96 references in 2025 Mac you can either select F5 or select the Option+B keys on the Mac keyboard.
If enough are REALLY interested, I'll remix one of my recent User Showcase posts with these vocals. Have trialed similar products before. Most seem to replace the nice parts of my vocals and keep the stuff I wish they'd replace. Too much Artificial and not enough Intelligence yet to my ears. But maybe IKM has cracked the code...
Mario, great point about the role of personal taste. Different strokes for different folks. We have a User Showcase poster who produces some GREAT stuff with...Audacity. Blows my mind. Our hosts are permissive in their forum content. I like this about them. I like to think it's one of the many enviable Canadian attributes we enjoy here. I could be wrong about that. I'm often wrong. I could be wrong here. I did some work with a forum member who is a pro, and only records with RealBand. That blew my mind, too. He gets AMAZING results. I like to think that's more him than the DAW. And this might be right. But the point is, RealBand can produce pro results. Or at least I think so. Since PGMusic basically gives away RealBand with every purchase of BiaB, I see the logic in informing users of better alternatives. I do. Still think it's...awkward. I'm weird though. And obviously I have WAY too much free time on my hands. Ha!
Hey, Marty. Now that's what I call a keeping the faith song! Sounds like you're jamming with the Doobies. Cool rockin' tune and a fun story. Great choice of Band in a Box tracks, too. Cookin' style, eh? I'll have to copy and paste that, then try it out. John
That's knocking it out of the park! Wish they all could be that easy - kudos to PGM for putting that function in their software package. Their crystal ball was working well when they were building BB. Great responses from everyone here, and thanks to Andrew for chiming in with the right-on-target easy solution.
,,, The only thing I deliberately did differently from the first time was to do a fast style rebuild instead of a slow one, but all the third party styles are being listed correctly. Tony
I realize it's resolved, but that one made no sense.
A really good one Ron! Love your choice of style - particularly the acoustic picking pattern. I thought the bridge was a good fit and it would be a less song without it - not the highlight but very appropriate. Your vocals were fantastic - there were a couple of lower notes you sang that had a wonderful quality to them, and those BVs in parts sounded like those in 'Only living boy in New York' - took me back to 1979 when I first owned that album. Going back for a third helping! Andrew
Thank you, Andrew. Those two guitars have very complimentary picking patterns, and I love the way they bounce off each other when panned opposite like this. Don't think this was an accident by the PGMusic folks either. Glad the bridge worked for you. I'm not always convinced... Love Paul Simon, but did not ever own that album so missed this cut. On listening now, I see what you mean. It's a classic sound, isn't it? Love Paul's stuff. Fun fact (for me): In about 1974 I purchased a thick Paul Simon songbook, which featured the music for each of his duo and early solo albums. I'd only heard the obvious hits before, and didn't own any of his/their albums, so I learned all the songs in Paul's catalog by sightreading the sheet music and chord charts. So 50+ years later, I still do not know the RECORDING of "Only Living Boy in New York" very well, but I know the song itself and the arrangement Paul used (sans BGVs) quite well. Weird, huh?
Love this song Janice, bud and Peter. Beautiful lyric and vocals. The harp was a really nice touch. Boy Peter did some very impressive picking for the genre. Very versatile and talented guitar player. Super production, mix and master. All the small farms sites in the prairies are long abandoned. The land has been picked up by large farming operations. The houses and barns have blacken and most have some serious leans to them.
Awesome tune. Riding motorcycles was a big part of my teens. I remember those bikes. I had a 250 Yahama. Which was a good size bike in 1967. Loved this
Thank you J&B. I suppose there are different areas of blues like there are different areas in every genre. The type I hear around my local venues are mostly the 12 bar, rock. I find that too samey to hold my attention. I need to hear imaginative lyrics and a melody. Before I recorded this I did wonder how Janice would handle it. Vic
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