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That was very naughty.  Very imaginative use of instrumentation and BGVs. Fun!
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I agree with what you said. I have the same conversation with my students about how can they take any pride in anything that's written by AI. Strong vocal. Good choice on that piano track. It seems to be the glue in the instrumentation.
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Great song. The music matches the emotional pull of the lyrics. Excellent work in the instrumentation. The synth vocals are powerful and carry the song well.
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Thank you, Marty. Glad you enjoyed them both.
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Interesting post. I'm also Canadian. I agree with you about our lack of forward thinking. Don't get me started on the pipeline situation. I'd buy an EV car if it had a range of 800,000 km. But I can't choose between running my car and running the heater to keep me warm. Your suggestion about mounting a monitor on the wall and then a keyboard tray would actually be amazing. The only real source of friction is the keyboard at this point. If I had a keyboard tray that would attach to my music stand, I'd be set. But the music stand is an antique and is worth more than two of my guitars. I've barely used RealBand. I mainly use Band in a Box as a jazz combo to practice with. Figuring out the medley function so it goes from one soloist to the next instead of a single solo was a bit of an undertaking. Let me see if I can find keyboard stands anywhere....
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Thanks so much guys. JJJ - here is a 20% off coupon for Master Writter, but only for the 1 or 2 year subscriptions. https://bit.ly/masterwriter20 Dave, Ya, I need some tools also. Thanks for the endorsement. Thanks Dan! Hey, do you know if they include both the songwriter edition and the creative writer edition with a single subscription? I have a bucket list item to write a story! I already posted that it’s the same app. You can open MW in either view or both simultaneously per the MasterWriter FAQ. How do I view two versions side by side? To view two versions side by side, open the versions tab, and click the three dots on a version that is not selected, then click “show.” This will present the two versions side by side. I think you are confused! The FAQ is referring to opening 2 versions of a song, NOT the 2 versions of the program. I have asked MasterWriter directly because I am now an owner of the upgrade but based on what I am seeing so far I don't think they allow use of both versions on a single subscription. Google says you can but every method it suggests to do so fails.
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Edit: there appears to be an upgrade path for the old MW2.0 users like me. Checking it out now. Please keep us posted...I own a copy from around 2012. They emailed me back. The deal is if you have the old version 2.0, they will give you a 50% discount for a 2 year subscription. They don't support or update the 2.0 version. It's ALL subscription basis online only now. I reckon I will keep my old 2.0 for as long as the old lappy keeps running on Windows ME. Yeah, I got that offer too. I went for it!
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I see Bass Thumper has decided to avoid me and attack David simply because David had the temerity to back me up. David, I apologise for the abuse you're suffering after coming to my aid. It seems the good Samaritan is not safe. Mr Bass Thumper, leave others alone - your gripe is with me. Your libel, defamation, false statements & accusations must end. You've lost the argument, the discussion, the battle and the plot. You are in the wrong. There is nothing more to this than that you picked a fight as a result of your poor reading and comprehension then, despite having been proven wrong, you've dug deeper, become more offensive and ever more wrong. You've failed to comply the following forum rules: Registration as a User implies acceptance of the following terms and conditions: There will be no racial, ethnic, or gender-based insults or any other personal discrimination. There will be no posts meant to offend or hurt any other member in a manner that is offensive or inflammatory. This includes cryptic sentence fragments suggesting relevance to previous conversations.
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Fascinating listening to your guitar work, Herb! Andrew
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Hi J&B (and Peter) So many elements of this song that shine and would be unfair (and too long) to single them out, but to me, I have an interest in chord moves and I love the shift down at 0:35, 2:00 etc - a little bit of unexpected sparkle in an already good song. Andrew Edit: We have a spider here in Australia called the Redback Spider which is related to the Black Widow.
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... And yes those are some excellent rhymes. Pants and glance ... a great near rhyme indeed. … Hi J&B! Thank you for listening and commenting! Several times I considered mispronouncing ‘glance’ to make it a true rhyme with ‘pants’, but as I live in a part of Australia that pronounces glance, chance, dance etc with the ‘a’ sound as in ‘car’, I decided to stay true to how I speak. Now being a near rhyme, it still works, I think. I’ll continue to post my writing and production notes but with less detail than my last - I sense there is an interest on the part of most writers to understand how others arrive at their finished song. As always, thank you for your keen interest! Andrew
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We're feeling good listening to this good feeling.  Love the vibe on this. Great band to support your amazing performances. Nice poppin' open mix. Excellent on the monitors. What do we do to feel good? Go outside and play or listen to music or both! Enjoyed it! J&B
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I really like the guitar riffing in the background; it has a sound somewhere between an electric guitar and a synthesizer. The singing is great. Very good song. Laurent Thank you, Laurent. Yeah, those saturated guitar tones can pass for a synth when they're not sliding and hammering, and sometimes even when they are. It's one of my favorite guitar voices but I try not to overuse it. Glad you enjoyed the tune!
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That is an excellent production. The mix set up a great soundstage on our monitors. A sad subject and you poignantly delivered the melody and fine lyric. Well done! J&B
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I tried a full factory reset and ran into the same problem. I downloaded the new version from the link you sent me, installed it, and....[it's installing now] That actually made it worse! Now the numbers don't even appear on a blank brand new song. 
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@rharv &  Reading your post again I fully agree, you pointed in the right direction! I didn't read it so well the first time and just got the impression you were talking about partial looping within a song and then I thought this was just another cup of tea and not my focus for the time being. So my apologies for not understanding that your input was a brilliant suggestion/analysis/conclusion of the potential problem. Hence, the very good thinking was started by rharv. Hopefully PG/Andrew can sort out the SW issue.
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Bob, outstanding job on the vocal. Super backing band I believe this is the first song that I have ever heard that was based on the sport of boxing. "You got a heart like Floyd Patterson's jaw." What a great heartbreaking line  IMHO this is your best to date!
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Hi Vic, I'm late to the party so I am assuming that the version I just listened to is the latest corrected version. I really liked the song but I agree with Brian about the reverb. I have found that different brands of reverb sound different on instruments and vocals. If you can scrap your current reverb and try another. Just my two cents.
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Bob and Joliz, this is fantastic. IMHO this is the best Joliz has ever sounded. Couple that with Bob's verses it is a true masterpiece - brilliant work. Your guitar strums fit the song perfectly as did the backing band, all mixed to perfection. A great song.
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Hi, Mario. Ha! You're a funny (and talented) guy. Thanx so much David.
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Man! you've got that tone dialed in. Killer chops. You outdid ourself on this one. Chris writes and sing with the best of 'em. Marty is, of course, SOLID. Excellent mix. Blue Attitude does (commercial) Blues Rock as good as anyone. So Damn Good. Y'all should be touring. fj Actually I would be quite happy just to be able to play in the same room and Marty and Chris Thanks! Great work on the guitars and the singer is excellent. Beautiful song. Laurent Thanks, Laurent! Really like that! Love the guitar work (is that you?) I know it's "blues" but the guitar soloing gave me a David Gilmour sorta vibe. Really enjoyed it! Yes, I play the lead guitar parts on all my songs, and sometimes the rhythm parts too if I want something specific. Nice to meet you, and thanks for the kind words!
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Hey BD, That is such a great feel good song and worthy of being heard on the radio. It is a reggae rhythm but the song doesn’t sound overly reggae to me. Perhaps it’s because it also have that commercial pop feel going on. I’ve always struggled with the reggae beat, ask Mr.Dee, but you’ve nailed it and this is great songsmithing. Most excellent, kind regards. Thank you for your nice and positive comment, Lee. Since I’m not familiar with the musical theory behind Reggae, I’ve probably written something that feels like Reggae (at least to me), but technically isn’t. Probably just your mundane Caribbean Pop or something
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Thanks, Ron. I used octave effect of my Vox ToneLab for guitar and Kontakt Kontrol - plugin Reggae Bass. Because I don't luckily have to earn my living producing these, I can adventure freely and have fun during my last years. Great that some others enjoy these too. The kantele (zither) sound was played with an Italian Luigi Emberger Concert Mandoline Nro 1 from year 1902 considered as a Stradivarius of mandolins. I used to as well have a genuine 6-string kantele, when my daughter was in music play school. Here they start to learn to play with that 6-string kantele, because tuned in open chord it's easy to play triads, called for children strawberry, blueberry and rasberry.
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