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Hans, I love every part of this! You've got a unique voice that always drives your songs! I'm a fan! I really like the laid-back rhythm section on this, especially the drum track! The chorus on this is great! Take care, TB
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Hi Mario, Andrew and TuneMonger, the vocal " do do do do doo... " come from the biab guitar, they sing the same notes that the guitar plays.
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Mario, My first thought was, Jim Morrison has returned! I love the whole thing! Your work with midi is always excellent! i like your voice here and also the tone on that short guitar solo! Thanks, TB
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What a great sentiment Marty and the bridge lyric really nails it! We enjoyed the lyric and were reminded of many interviews with musicians. All who lamented those same concerns. You and Dave are in fine form and, as always, work your magic together! Fine mix and supporting vid ... all is so cohesive. Happy New Year! J&B
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Hi Hans - many thanks for your very nice comments, I played my Takamine TH-90 Hirade classical guitar which does have an internal pickup (I've changed it)! This tune was recorded in my tiny bedroom in Logic Pro X using a Microtech Gefell M300 condenser mic into a GoldenAge Pre 73 DLX and GoldenAge Comp 54 mk 2, from there straight into my MOTU 828 ES audio card! Same recording setup for the Taylor Grand Concert Custom 12-fret acoustic for slide playing, the piano sound is 4 simultaneous VST pianos and the el gtr is a small mahogany PRS style custom with P90 pickups from www.mojopickups.co.uk (THE best). Hope that helps, have a great 2026 - Cheers from a very cold UK, Carl
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The reason I started playing guitar was because I saw other guitarist get the girls! The irony is that the one I married I did not meet at a gig. I was totally surprised the first time. I knew the girls went for singers, my older sister was crazy for Elvis Presley, but I didn't know they liked musicians, too. On the road in college towns, before DJs took that business, I met and romanced a lot of young girls. It was fun. I married one, and sooner or later it wasn't fun anymore. It was as much my fault, as it was hers. I knew what I wanted in a relationship, but I didn't know what I didn't want. She had both, and I wasn't what she thought I'd become, either. We're still friendly. After the divorce, I was back 'in circulation' but I wasn't interested in getting married. Then I met this goddess who was in another band. We were each other's groupies for a while, both our bands broke up within a couple of weeks of each other. We ended up in the same, new 5-piece band. It turned into a 6 then a 4 and went through personnel problems resulting in us being out of work 3 months in one year. That was in 1985, and the girl, who is a world-class singer and also plays guitar and synth, decided to become a duo. The gigs weren't as glamorous, but the money per person was better, and we both had strong work ethics. I could make backing tracks on a 4 track, Teac, reel-to-reel, tape machine and mix them to cassettes. The only time we've been out of work since, was during the COVID lockdown. I eventually married that girl, and we're living happily ever after. Although I met Mrs. Notes at a gig, she wasn't there as a fan, but as a peer.
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Asio works here without any mucking around with buffers Om
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I fully understand that and would likely take the same approach 20-30 years ago. However I picked my very first instrument and started on the music journey @ 65 after retirement. I am now one step away from 70 and found out that manipulating audio editing software is not an immediate thing. The more software one uses, the less instrument playing time one will have available. ........ I'm headed to 72 this year. My how time flies. I create the song in BB. Then I open the DAW and insert the BB plugin. I can drag the tracks I want and use BB plugin to add more instrument real tracks. All of that is quick and easy. I still have plenty of time for playing the keyboard, guitar, and bass parts if I'm inclined to play them myself. I don't see that it takes any more time this way. In fact I believe it is quicker. When I need to control the volume of something, in the DAW I simply add a volume envelope and manually drop my nodes. If it's too loud or too soft I can change it with a quick click drag. If I don't like a particular track, I mute it and keep on going. Yeah there's a little bit of a learning curve but once you get the hang of it, it becomes a much faster way to work. And adding FX..... There's no comparison to how easy it is in the DAW. Stacking multiple FX and rearranging the order is a click drag process. 2 seconds and done
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Also, don't forget about multi band compression as a tool for highlighting or reducing parts of the kit. I've used the ozone multi band compressor for this very issue with good results.
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Chorusless seems to be the new trend for 2026  Good song, I like the contrast between the gentle backing band and the (unfortunately) still relevant lyrics. And as far as production goes, it's as good as it gets. Excellent ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/images/icons/default/thumbs_up.gif) Ha! Thanks for breaking the ice on chorusless end-of-year tunes. Glad you enjoyed the tune, B.D. Cool song. I got that same gentle on my mind vibe that Floyd noted. Mix sounded good THANKS, Herb! Can't be highly offended by any "Gentle on My Mind" comparisons, that's a great tune.
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Hi Torrey, I think I'm a bit late, but never for a good song. And this is truly a very, very good song. In every way: the vocals, the song itself and its structure, the lyrics, absolutely everything! However poignant your words are, it's also simply a pleasure to listen to. I've long considered your choruses one of your strongest points in your songs, and well... they've remained that way! And a very happy 2026! Hans
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In a way, it's a cheerful song, Andrew! Despite most of the lyrics. The choruses especially gave me that feeling! I really liked that! I think it's a really good song. I do have a suggestion: Maybe, just maybe, it would be stronger if you didn't end so high too often (sing the endings of some lines lower or neutral). But maybe others here on the forum disagree, or you don't. Then leave it as is, because the song is simply good. A creative 2026, Andrew! Hans
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Hi Bob and Joliz, A very lovely, but also sad song. Beautifully expressed in your lyrics! That's one of your strong skills! Joliz done a subtile, but very good singing in the back! I listened to this song for the first time, some days ago (last year, so to say). but I didn't had the time to respond. Didn't matter, because now I had the pleasure of listening to it again. That confirmed my first impression of it! I wish you both a happy and healthy 2026, Hans
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Retourne sur ton compte BIAB. Reprends le DERNIER lien qui apparait. Recommence.
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That made my head spin a few turns, their brother David. Fascinating commentary on the subject. It may have caused the OP to run for the hills!! I am at about 1000 hours into the learning curve with AI. None of my LLMs are suited to tackle that issue. I now have an excellent medical LLM that only searches my data and nothing else. Several million pages of first-class peer-reviewed data, like The Merck Manual. The issue may be solvable with AI, but that is just a guess. My best guess is that public AI would be woefully unsuitable for the task. Happy New Year to everyone. I am wishing for the best for all of you for 2026! Billy
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Scott - congratulations on a great song & project, like Beth wrote this would fit Bowie singing it but no need as you did such a great job with fine vocals! Great mix & production - very well done!! Best wishes for 2026, Carl
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Sorry this should be just thrown out and the standard save as windows dialog should be used. This solves many other problems with this approach. After exploring how this works, I don't think that a 'Save as' standard Windows dialog can be used. I don't think that the schemes are saved as external files, but rather, they are stored within another configuration file. Regardless, a populated list of existing scheme names is still required. No, they are stored in the Data subdirectory and a subdirectory strangely called called Schemes. ... Good pickup, Jeff. I used a search tool to search file contents (including binary files). Apparently the tool didn't include file names! (my bad). So yes, a Windows Save As is really required, and would probably be more straightforward anyway.
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Thanks Noel, yes he's fast. What's also astounding is that the mechanics of the piano can keep ahead of him. Studying the mechanism of the piano action of keys, hammer shanks, knuckles, hammers etc, that's quite a technical achievement for everything to be back at rest ready for the next key press.
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Interested in what you went with if you don't mind sharing. If still looking, I can give a few lists that range from barebones but excellent to really-people pay this kind of money? with good reasons for my recommendations. My VO setups have changed over the decades, but the current one is now priced on the low side of midrange and I am very happy with it. sure. please share
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I love your humor. How can one not love a song that starts with "Got up this morning to take a pee." Cool choice to put the fun lyrics against the jazz instrumentation. Excellent guitar work.
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Fascinating, Noel. It's remarkable how far languages have changed and been adapted. I noticed with interest that the word 'Gold' has never changed. It seems that somethings are treasures forever. Trev I didn't notice that, Trev. Thanks for pointing it out. Interesting You can hear the residual effect of printers substituting the "Y" for the thorn character "Þ" in words like "You" and "Ye". These would have been pronounced as "Thou" and "Thee". There's also confusion with the "ſ" if you read old text, because it looks a lot like an "f", but has the crossbar of an "f" on the left side, but not the right. Yay typography!  That's very interesting. It's amazing how time changes things and understanding gets lost in history.
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I have been asking from conception that they bring over the Lyrics and Chords window. I always type in the lyrics over the chord sheet with bar based lyrics. This makes it show up in the Big Lyrics window in BiaB. Please bring that concept to the iOS and Android versions!!! If not, we could always get a microsoft tablet i guess
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