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Marty You're on top form again. Fantastic vocal, this sort of song really suits your vocal. Bill's pedal steel gives this a great feel to an already excellent choice of style and tracks. It just goes to show, you need a lot of words for a catchy chorus. Great stuff, kind regards
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Hi Andrew, You're the only guy I know who can turn a summary into a novel!! Sooo much detail and all date stamped... who does that? Mr.Dee! I know what you're doing. You're leaving as much detail as possible for future musical historians to compile your audio-autobiography! This is a great life story, and it probably resonates with me as our lives have been very close and similar. Apart from my divergence back to ol' blighty for 15 years, this mirrors my life. Great choice of BIAB styles and tracks and your classic song writing style. Love The Whitlams of course, internationally underrated, and I'm hearing their influences here, as well as touches of Crowded House which your song writing style draws on. You're producing some good songs Andrew. Kind regards
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Hi Christian, Just goes to prove, the blues is a universal language. Really great production Christian. Kind regards
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No embarrassment there Russell, that is an excellent composition. Your vocals are outstanding and the whole arrangement is perfect. Loved it. Kind regards
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Wow Scott, that really rocks. That opening with the aahhs, i thought very reminiscent of a Queen intro, but the rest of the song is higher octane than Queen. I can see what you're saying about the vocals, but they are still so good for this song. Vocals for this type of song really need to be on the razors edge, and that's where they are here. Fantastic, kind regards
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Need a bit of help guys. I have to admit I have no current workflow for writing lyrics! Fact is it has never been a priority for me. I've dabbled and stumbled with different attempts over the years but never found a successful appoach. So at this moment I am looking at "Master Writter" https://masterwriter.com/songwriters/. Looks to me like a possibility for me. I don't like that it exists only the Web and only a timed license can be purchased. But ignoring that, can you give me a yea or a nea? Dan, your question triggered a trip down the MasterWriter rabbithole for me! I think I owned this or something just like it about 13 years ago when it was standalone software. I liked it a lot but never really used it all that much and I've lost track of it. But with that said, I am probably going to sign up for this $9.95 to see if I like it and would use it then maybe buy a 2-year subscription (my wife says I shouldn't even buy green bananas but I'm an optimist!) I watched one of their videos tonight and I love the features they have. Yes, most (all?) of the things it does can be done using a text editor and Google search but it sure does look handy to have everything in one program! I'm going to be participating in an online songwriting group soon so I'll buy that 1 month at that time and try it out and let ya know what I think soon!
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Now we get to the crux of the matter dear Mr BassThumper: your exhumation of senator Joseph McCarthy & McCarhyism wherein you seek to make the PG Music Forum your own Government Operations Committee's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations aligned with the House UnAmerican Activities Committee so that you can demand compliance by wielding the threat that "To be sure, conclusions will be drawn." This isn't 1938 but this is the same extremism, the same fascism, the same desire for control that McCarthy exhibited in his "I have here in my hand a list...a list of names " performative attempts at oppression. Do you plan a blacklist of non-compliant forum posters? Almost any sane reader of this thread will, in all likelihood, take from it that two pompous gits argued over the failure of one of them to be able to comprehend written text. That one of those pompous gits embarrassed themself by chronic failures of logic and reading then compounded that pomposity by using "disambiguate" in an attempt to achieve "gravitas".  Thank you David & Mario for your attempts to set Mr BassThumper on the path to accurate reading, logical thinking as well as tolerance and, in doing so, your defense of my rights. Finally, Mr Bass Thumper. You've done a fine job of proving yourself both a fool and thoroughly lacking in self awareness, (Dunning-Kreuger?). You owe David, Mario, myself and anyone who has read this thread, (and by doing so been labelled an enabler for not taking your side), a sincere, "unambiguous" apology for your errors, your attacks and your defaming of them.
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Hi, Janne. I like it! It may not match your original vision, but it's cool in the new suit.  The vocal feels a bit muffled - I think it's competing with other instruments in the midrange.
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Hi, Mario. Exactly as advertised. Nice work on the guitar and SWAM soprano sax.
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Thank you for listening Lingyai, appreciate it. Kind regards
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Scott, super concept and SO entertaining. Your granddaughter, and those who share her passion for service, are special. Love your arrangement and splendid guitar lines. That tone is killer, as always. The video unfairly steals the show though. That's some awesome footage, and really well edited/synced with the audio. Fantastic song/video.
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Hi, Arri. That was rhythmically interesting. Especially the use of the horns!
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Hi, Ron of the DC. Yep, that chorus makes the song worth revisiting! Happy sad pop. Love it.
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Hi, Bob. Excellent write. The strummed guitar moves the song along. Nice harmonies by Joliz.
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Hi, Chris. Breezy song - a bit at odds with the lyrics, but easy on the ears.
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David, That's very kind and appreciated. Thanks so much from both of us. Bob
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Jump in Mike when you are ready the link is above that is all you need to open it. The help file gives instruction on how to install on a desktop or laptop. Then all you need is a few PDF chord sheets and matching MP3 files to sync up. I see you use finale, if you export PDFs out of finale, you can export as continuous format. If you already have PDF songs sheet, you can use PDFgear a free editor to crop the PDF pages to have no gap in the middle that always messes with the scroll speed on these type apps. My whole point here i love making my take on a song with BiaB and I want to be able to toss my old shabby notebook and clean it up. I have tried several other scrolling apps but never really liked them. Either too complicated or not enough development. i thought hhhmmm make my own.
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Scott, We are very appreciative - thank you. Bob
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Scott, Thanks - we appreciate that! Bob
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What a cool tune Laurent. What a pick me up tune. Had me tappin my toes right out of the gate. Super vocal and lyric and production was awesome. Wel done.
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Loved this Chay. Really cool melody. Excellent instrumentation choices. Super production and mix. Well done
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Cool country tune Vic. Love the feel to this tune. Super vocal and creative lyric. Excellent backtrack..
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Loved this Mario. Cool instrumentation choices. Well done..
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Loved the descending chords in the intro. Very creative. Another super vocal and lyrical story. Really cool song..
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Loved this Marty. Cool vocal and lyric. Real toe tapper groove. Well done
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