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Hi Mario. This is such a beautiful composition and arrangement. As others above me have already said, you are the king of ambient soundscapes. What an amazing journey in musical textures of the contemplative kind. Wonderful music. --Noel
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I LOVE the lyrics. You're a lucky guy to have such a cool lyrics writer on your side. I also LOVE your sparse arrangement, which leaves plenty of room for the vocals, which you fill perfectly. Just right up my alley. The icing is your singing, really well sung with wonderful harmonies. And despite your doubts, the bridge works very well, so stop complaining! My new favorite of yours ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/images/icons/default/thumbs_up.gif) THANKS, B.D.! Yes, I'm lucky indeed. Always loved songwriting, but lyrics were my Achilles heel. It was a happy revelation when I realized that my brother was writing VERY cool lyrics, and had been for decades. Thanks as well for the compliment on the vocals. The harmonies and BGVs come pretty easy, but it takes a bit of work to squeeze out the lead vocals. Would probably be easier to program a vocaloid, but I like the challenge, and the results are generally satisfying. Will take your advice and stop complaining about the bridge...but it was a journey.  Glad you liked the tune!
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Lee, We appreciate the kind words. Thanks from both of us. Bob
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Appreciate the comments folks. I'll play with the chorus section to see if it can be fixed. Thanks, Mick
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Hey this is a very beautiful song Noel! Really loved the lyrics and the musical production is wonderful. Extremely good job on arranging everything and the vocal sound fantastic. Hey David. Thanks for dropping by. I appreciate your visit and your comments All the best! --Noel
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My sincere apologies to all for my offensive statements. Still friends? OK, I apologize as well as I am the resident Realband hater. If you use it and like it, all the more power to you! I would just advise any new BIAB user to at least try out other affordable DAW options in addition to trying out the free included one. Personally, after trying Realband every couple of years since I became a BIAB user 14 years ago, I have always found other DAWs to be superior. Ha! I could never seriously use RealBand for music production either. It's amazing to me that so many do. But they do... I have tried to use Realband but I could not get use to its workflow, especially after using a number of other DAWs. Cakewalk, Presonus Studio One Pro, and now Fender Studio Pro as well as a few others always seemed easier for me to use, i.e. it fit my workflow BUT that is on me. I want to make music while I can and not try to learn a new DAW, especially when I have one I like and use now; that also includes not learning Reaper. Those whom use Realband took the time to learn all of its nuances and it works for their workflow. As I have said you can't tell what DAW, if one was even used, was used when listening to a song. YMMV
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Izzy, you have a real winner here Loved that backing band Super vocals - you and Mel work well together Great mix IMHO this is your best to date Loved it
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Thank you, Ron - or like we often answer in Finland to boasts: good, that it passed.
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I tried it out and the female Jenny sounded just like the male Neil, who sounded a lot like me. It uses a lot of resources and caused my mini pc to overheat during processing. I deleted it.
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Really nice sultry blues going down there. Super sexy vocal by Janice and great guitar by Peter. Loved it, kind regards Thanks man! We three much appreciate your time to listen and comment. J&B
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I thought, "Give me a Floyd Jane track." I'll be able to listen to his amazing voice. It's good, really: great style and fantastic guitar work. Laurent
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The message limit is 300.
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Rob, I really enjoy your Writes. Pro level, terrific prosody...good melodies... Excellent mix. Nice BAND. Good vocals. NICE harp! Much enjoyed. Good Music. fj
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Marty, Love it! Good write. Good vocals. Always COOL bass. Dave is on fire. Love that outro. Do Rock Star Guitar Guys ever retire? I don't think so.....(have you SEEN Keith Richards?) Fun video! Those are some amazing porches and gathering of pickers. (what are you using for video generation?) fj
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Sounds like a good ad for an adventure holiday. Happy all the way. Vic
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Hi Laurent. Many thanks. Glad you like it. Vic
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Great sounding arrangement, B.D. Not an instrument too many or too few. Love that A1 breathy vocal. I agree there’s not enough 3/4, 12/8 styles in the Box Vic
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Hey thanks Tunemonger, Really appreciate that. Got caught up in some serious busyness right after the holidays and it hasn't let up but hopefully I'll be able to return here soon for more in-depth participation. Thanks so much!
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Predicting next chord based on previous choice from real world examples. https://www.hooktheory.com/trends These people had been around for years now and while they "lifetime" option license, their software is web based only. Not a true offline software. There are a couple of algorithmic "predictive" apps, but based on logic, not real world examples. All others are either web based or iOS. There was a quite interesting progression library app for android, but developer gone silent for years. Or how about this, interactive Riemann maps. I found them quite entertaining: https://lengua.la/hugoriemann/hugo.php?sus&dim Developer done this as a hobby, never matured to a VST or standalone.
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Super song, Dave/Chris/Marty! A really nice SOUND (again!) and great, supportive performances by all. Dave, you hit all my buttons on that solo. SO nice... I'm hearing some of the harshness that Vic refers to in the lead vocals, but not enough to ruin the listen. Like the ending a lot. You may want to extend the reverb tail a bit longer to let that last note linger a bit for the listener. Glad you resurrected this one, it's a real stunner. Hi Ron, Happy you liked the song and thanks for mentioning the solo, sometimes I get it right  For the vocal, I have a couple of vocal chains I use on her vox that I've developed over the last 10 years and more than 100 songs that just work. I get into trouble if I mess with them, which is what I did on this song  Thanks for pointing it out, my ears aren't good enough to hear subtle things like that. Hi Dave, A really well produced song. As others have said, your lead, Marty’s bass and Chris’s vocals are all on the mark. Most excellent, kind regards Appreciate the listen and positive review, Lee! This was quite different than your usual blues-rock fare - almost delicate. Didn't recognize Chris's vocal at first, but it soon got familiar again. Great song, the whole band did well! That's the difference between music that came from me and music that came from Chris, I'm the blues/rock guy. There has been a few music ideas that came from Chris, one is a Sea Shanty in 3/4 time. Might redo that one at some point. Thanks, Bob!
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Very inventive and enjoyable. Thanks for sharing, Noel.
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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.
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