Bob and Joliz, totally different from your other songs but just as fantastic as they are. Great lyrics, "Everybody wants salvation But they still wanna stay the same" - what a fantastic and true line Great mix Loved it
Ron, this is so good if played on the radio today it would be in the top ten for sure Great vocal The lyrics tells the story - brilliant write Great backing band and mix Loved it
40 BPM! Just what I needed to relax on a Sunday evening. I'm definitely in the clouds, happily floating around without a single worry. Great mellow sound with pleasant drums and spacy vibes. That bansuri fits perfectly the mood and your playing is enjoyably dreamy. The melody is beautiful. Not only music, but a life-affirming landscape. Janne
Thanx so much Janne for this fantastic review. I appreciate it.
Dave, Chris & Marty, as always this is a radio ready production. I love the blues so you know that I would love this one. This is better than a lot of blues songs from Alligator Records. Chris sang her heart out. Guitar master Dave outdid himself on his leads. Marty played the perfect supporting bass lines. Loved it
A bit off topic but I would love to see a double blind study of music folks attempting to differentiate a .wav vs a high quality .mp3. Bud
I did some blind tests of 44.1khz 16 bit wav files vs 320 kbps mp3 files. On harmonically rich stuff e.g things with vocal stacks, I could definitely hear a difference - the MP3 sounded a bit smeared or mushy, to my ears at least.
A song about orphans, not those who have no parents, but those who haven't received love or attention from their parents. Style : _STUMBLE.STY (Americana Soul Groove) RealTracks dans ce style Style: 2260:Basse, Electrique, Funky Groove 60s Bin 100 RealTracks dans ce style Style: 1690:Piano, Acoustique, Rythmee PopPromise DblCrch Bin 100 RealTracks dans ce style Style: 2904:Guitare, Electrique, Rythme Graveleux Bluesy Pop Bin 100 RealTracks dans ce style Style: 2930:Guitare, Acoustique, Rythme Folk Rock 8ths Bin 100 RealTracks dans ce morceau song: ~674:Orgue, B3, Arrière plan Blues Roadhouse Bin 120 RealTracks dans ce morceau song: ~1438:Piano, Electrique, Soliste Jazz Funk Groovin DblCrch Bin 110 RealDrums [dans ce Style:Soul60sEv^6-a:Snare, Bass Drum, HiHat , b:Snare, Bass Drum, Ride Vocals and additional guitars: Suno Mixed in Cubase Thanks for the feedback Laurent
..................................... Those shots of the students with terrible technique (curled or splayed fingers, lowered wrists) ....................................... That he chooses to call Am chord an "A chord" is a huge red flag.
As a longtime guitar teacher I have had a lot of experience getting students whom were taught with terrible technique. I can also tell you that correcting most of those students' techniques took a lot longer and a lot more expensive that if the student went to a good teacher first. I say more expensive because one is paying to start over, hence paying again for what should have been taught the first time. Calling A-C-E an A chord not only is a terrible mistake it also shows that he doesn't know what the hell he is talking about. PS - I do know that if I wanted to learn on my wife's piano and I wrote 1-3-5 on the keys I would be singing soprano the next day!
Well Izzy, your internal clock must have had a reset to the reggae “off” beat because your lyric is a perfect match for that. You very convincingly performed and produced a joyous reggae song. Our current forum song is also a reggae song. A genre we’ve loved for years. Janice said that your beat is still hanging around in her head, making her smile. 😊 Oh and Wao also has a reggae tune. What’s happening here mon? Well written, performed and produced - all around. Kudos and here’s to us old dogs with new tricks! J&B
Janice & Bud I have not listened to your reggae track yet. I always need time to fully absorb your wonderfull art to appreciate the skill and talent involved. I can feel another OTT review coming up ! I have also noticed a wee reggae regatta happening here all of a sudden, The universe works in spooky ways. As always I appreciate your thoughtful,kind and supportive words 🙏🏻 best regards Izzy.
........As much as I loved the sound of those, touring with tube amps was just asking for trouble.
Hence the reason I always carried spare tubes. That one time I set up and my fuse blew due to a cracked power tube envelope, and having to run up the road to buy a replacement tube was the only lesson I needed. From there on I always had spares with me.
Beautiful vocals, a killer band, super ballad, and overall excellent production with extra points for the vocals and the harmonies. Nothing not to like
Thanks for listening and commenting. This is one of my favorite songs I wrote with Pat.
I love the verse before the solo - drama, depth and YOUR voice. Then Dave's ace solo! Marty - marvelous stuff...contemplation of mortality along with some sage advice - you've nailed it.
Well, the problem started on my Win 11 laptop where I tried to run BiaB from an external hard drive. I did a reset to factory settings and it didn't fix the problem. My DAW had no problems on the laptop. Then I moved the drive back to my desktop and experienced the same no-audio poblem. Since my last post I did a factory reset on the desktop and (surprisingly) I now have audio again. Running BiaB on my laptop (right now) is a low priority; so for now we can say problem mainly solved. We'll see how stable it is over the next few days . . .
Update to my download issue: Problem fully solved ! It was an issue with my DSL conection from German Telecom. IP packets get lost and cause slow downloads. As workaround I used Cloudflare Warp this helped immediately. I have now restarted my DSL connection via service portal Telekom and after reset and restart the download works as expected . So issue was definitiv located at German Telecom and a Reset of the DSL connection at Service Portal solved the issue. BR Stephan
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