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Really great song Dave & Chris, Sultry and moody as a sultry, moody thing. And the girls in the video are too distracting, lost my focus on several occasions....or perhaps that was your intention!! But a great song for all the right reasons. Kind regards. Appreciate the listen and comments KW! I started here in April 2019, so this is new to me. BA has been working at a very high level for quite some time, so a best of seems a natural to me. How do you choose? That's gonna me a tough job. I liked this tune very much, I like that it was subtle regarding the subject matter. Playing excellent as always. Vocals were superb. Ten years, that's quite a legacy. Congratulations! Yes, choosing is very difficult. As Chris says these songs are our babies, hard to leave some of them out. Thanks for all the support, Bob!
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Hi Dave, This is fantastic! You and Chris are one of the strongest songwriting powerhouses on the forum. Love this new mix. I did a search of the forum and I found that in 2018, I wrote the below comment. Hi Dave, You and Chris have done it again! You've created yet another outstanding work. I love the rhumba (and Latin dance styles in general). Incorporating it with blues/jazz and getting that crossover between the two styles makes for a really, really fine listen. As J&B have said, you've reached the stratosphere with this work. I thoroughly enjoyed it. You and Chris have become a songwriting force extraordinaire! All the best, Noel I stand by every word I wrote  Moreover, this song has clearly stood the test of time. I wish you good fortune with your 'Best of' album! --Noel Thanks for the nice words both then and now, Noel!
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Nicely done, Chay, you are a master at composing interesting instrumentals!
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I have also played around with "Essentials" a bit and I think it is quite limited. There is no track or chord section within Tonalic itself as show in all the tutorials (at least I can't find it). Very limited set of patterns only guitar. I can put in a chord sequence in the DAW as usual and drag the pattern to the track. Only the guitar part will populate the track. That works fine the pattern adapts to the chords. Maybe I haven't found out all features yet, but I think to be of any practical use one probably needs one of the larger versions. Unfortunately they are only on subscription.
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Thanks so much Chay for listening & nice comments - very glad you liked my slow jazzy tune!! Best, Carl
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Hi Dave! PS I notice you’re posting a few songs - you might want to slow down and leave some for later. It also shares around the first page of posts so that everyone gets a turn. But … enjoying your songs! Yeah I felt like I flooded the zone a bit but was trying to give a bit of a cross section of what we have done out of the 42 songs we have released since late 2019. FWIW we probably have that many again as works in progress with 12 of them for the 4th album for release later this year almost complete. I'll sit back now and enjoy the work of others until Volume 4 drops. As for Ballarat, I don't have a 12 string so the riff is double tracked in octaves on a Tele and an acoustic
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Thanks so much for posting this. It's very helpful and deserves to be a sticky in the "Hints" groups. Jeff
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But at $4 a month for a year and can cancel anytime that is not so bad. I only see two options, $14.90 month and $24,90? That option is for folks with the essential lifetime license. Look at the FAQ near the bottom of the page. Meet the musicians you unlock when you upgrade
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Hi Dave! I like the intro repeated on this song - really adds a good variation throughout the song. My wife and I honeymooned in Ballarat back in 1985. Still married, so it did us no harm. Andrew PS I notice you’re posting a few songs - you might want to slow down and leave some for later. It also shares around the first page of posts so that everyone gets a turn. But … enjoying your songs!
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Hi Izzy! Not at all dull, man. Looking at your band list, at least the guitarists didn’t leave! Great vocal, and Mel certainly delivered the goods. I wondered why you had no delay on your vocal, then one of the verses answered that. Clearly you like a wide range of genres - you’ve got enough to compile your very own White album! Loved it. Andrew PS Really appreciated the clear instructions on how to listen to your song.
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I agree that we need to keep and even increase music in our (US) K-12 schools. Personally, I had next to none in school and none as an adult. It would be interesting to hear from folks in Canada, Europe or Australia on this subject from their school perspective. In the UK, music is certainly still on the curriculum, though how well it's handled is another matter. In my school days, ~60 years ago now, music was also on the curriculum. In elementary school I learned the note lengths & names(*) and played the occasional 'ting' on a triangle. When I started high school we listened to The Beatles, but I don't remember being taught anything. I specialised then in mechanical engineering, which is a pretty big and complex subject, and too make the time for that I progressively had to drop other subjects. Music was an early one to go. My parents weren't musical; my grandfather was a piano tuner and played piano by ear. He wouldn't teach me because "that's not the right way to learn the piano". So I pretty much had no music education until I was 58 and started piano lessons. Frankly, I still struggle with music. IMHO, anyone with a musical skill who has children, right from pre-toddler, should expose them to music encourage participation, but not force them. It can be pretty hard otherwise.
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I got to thinking of how we're all born and, in the beginning, we're all so innocent and pure. And then, people sand life mold us ,like clay, and we turn into whatever we turn into. So, this song speaks to that. The underlying thought is that we all were pure and innocent at one time too.....but................. YOU'RESO ADORABLE, YOU'RE SO SWEET A SLICE OF HEAVEN WITH TINY FEET EVERYTHING GOOD AND WONDERFUL IS YOU YOUR EYES THEY SPARKLE, YOUR HEART'S SO PURE YOUR SMILE'S CONTAGIOUS, YOU'RE SO DEMURE EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL AND LOVEABLE IS YOU LIFE HASN'T DAMAGED YOUR OUTLOOK YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TAUGHT HOW TO HATE A BUNDLE OF JOY, SO EASY TO LOVE A TREASURE WE ALL CELEBRATE BUT THINGS CAN CHANGE, THEY ALWAYS DO HOW LONG CAN YOU BE THIS WONDERFUL YOU YES, BABIES ARE WONDERFUL, BUT WE WERE WONDERFUL TOO LIFE HASN'T DAMAGED YOUR OUTLOOK YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TAUGHT HOW TO HATE A BUNDLE OF JOY SO EASY TO LOVE A TREASURE WE ALL CELEBRATE BUT THINGS CAN CHANGE, THEY ALWAYS DO HOW LONG WILL YOU BE, THIS WONDERFUL YOU YOU'RE A BABY AND WONDERFUL, BUT WE WERE WONDERFUL TOO YES, YOU'RE A BABY AND WONDERFUL, BUT WE WERE WONDERFUL TOO ****** Song Summary ************* Title: YOU'RE A BABY AND WONDERFUL File:YOU'RE A BABY AND WONDERFUL.SGU Key=G , Tempo 95, Length (m:s)=2:46 4 bar intro, 60 bar chorus, from bar 5 to bar 64. Repeat x1 chorus No Melody No Soloist track. Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0, Style is -DREAM.STY (Dream - Slow 50s Swing Ballad) Style MIDI Instruments are : Acoustic String Bass (33), Acoustic Piano (1), Nylon String Guitar (25), Slow Strings (50), RealDrums in style:JazzBrushes: a: Brushes Swirling b: Brushes Busier
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Floyd, Thanks so much for the kind review. We both appreciate every word. Bob
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Chay, Very beautiful... Those strings blend so well with the other instruments. Outstanding mix. Loved it! Bob
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Hi Torrey! I like the intro and outro, and your guitar fills in between. In fact, is the guitar run into the chorus a nod to ‘Hello goodbye’? The proximity of the word ‘goodbye’ to this run is what made me think. A really good song with lots of Easter eggs in it. Andrew
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Scott, Thank you for the kind words. Much appreciated. Bob
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Clever bittersweet lyrics. Backing band is reminiscent of a cool 70s easy listening sound. Thx Thanks.
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Hi Sol! At first glance, I thought your song was about a believer becoming an atheist, but no, it’s a good ol’ brokenhearted love song! So much of love is about belief (or trust). I love it when your signature backing vocals come in. Well done. Andrew Thank you. The loss of belief and trust can be a truly difficult thing to deal with.
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Thanks a lot everyone. Cheers. Montxo
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Yes, a setting would be great because very often you need to insert or delete bars in the CHords page but not modifing the audio. Thanks. Cheers When you use the insert/delete bars command, audio tracks will shift accordingly - This is been the behaviour for a few years - prior to that it was considered a bug that insert/delete bars did NOT do that. Perhaps there could be a setting for it.
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And if you use IReal Pro while you read the score in Mobilesheets, you don’t need BIAB ! 😉 is it the target of the tablet BIAB app?
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I'm mulling getting the choirs. I don't often ever do SATB writing, but it's pretty tempting. One thing that's holding me back is that things are changing Real Fast Now™, and will continue to do so. And then there's Cantai, which probably offers a better price for the amount that I'll be using it. I'll probably download it and play with it next week, and let me ears be the judge.
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Hey, K. "Red Dirt Roads" has an easy, gritty, haunting melody. Neil Young would love it! The grittiness is complimented well with smooth soft vocals. Works beautifully! I've always enjoyed songs about being on the road. It's terrific! This is a song I could listen to over and again. I'm on my third round now. Warm regards, John
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Another of Max's originally written around 1974 when his band Men Of Country had a residency in Kings Cross in Sydney, known for it's wild nightlife and women of the street, there was an unnamed hooker they saw on most nights when leaving the gig and that was the inspiration for the song. BIAB - Medium Pop Ballad, drums and multiple string tracks Max Richards - vocals & harmonies Bob Browne (RIP) - lead vocal last verse Julie Richards - harmony Wes Grady - pedal steel Dave King - rhythm and lead guitar / baritone guitar (both Telecasters) Mic - Sennheiser MD427 Interface - Focusrite Solo DAW - Reaper I had a lot of trouble taming the attack on the baritone and to some extent failed miserably No One Knows Midnight Like Melinda
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