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Herb, Excellent. Big punchy sound on this one. Great vocals. Really fine work! Bob
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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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Nicely done and what a backstory. It certainly makes our approach seem very simple. We don't use styles and just roll our own band which causes a lot of track auditions. Too many decades of simple bluegrass arrangements I reckon. It's fascinating learning how others approach this production thing. Soooo your efforts certainly paid off and your performances are excellent. As is the very cool write and the mix. And yes those are some excellent rhymes. Pants and glance ... a great near rhyme indeed. Enjoyed it all including the vid. J&B
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But since you mentioned your are working on the Great American Novel, have you looked at https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview. I am working on my Biography with the 30 day free version of Scrivener, however, I am in the procrastination stage of writting which is good for me since the 30 days only counts when you actually use Scrivener so there is no rush.  's great strength is as an outlining and organizing tool—write to your outline structure, change as needed, plug anything else in, then compile to Word (or any of the free Word emulators) for final editing and publication. Very powerful—I've done picture-laden coffee table books, ghost-written a few other books etc. It can be a bit confusing but there's good support and a number of User Groups where someone is always ranting about Scrivener not performing the way they want—without learning how to use the app. There are three versions, one each for Mac, Win and iOS/iPadOS but none for Android. Stand-alone pricing is $24 for iPadOS, $60 for Mac or Win, $96 for Mac/Win bundle and there are Subscription options as well. They can all work on the same files as long as they are hosted in Dropbox—the free version has enough storage for most users. Scrivener can be made to work with other cloud services but only Dropbox is supported. If not accessing your files from more than one station, the Mac/Win versions work fine as stand-alone. I bought the iPad version in 2016 from the App Store. Scrivener 3 was released in 2017, the last time L&L got any money from me. Nine years since the last paid upgrade works for me.
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Hey Bob! I think you meant DIRECT INPUT RealTracks? The Soloist is a MIDI function, and IMO it’s not possible to use it with the RealTracks. Vlad
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Well we could parse everything out but ... We enjoyed both versions. The new vocals were completely convincing. The video was well done and your vocals were very nice. Yeah, the versions are different but each one ad has a lot to enjoy. Nice solo too. J&B At least you showed up to the party. Welcome all.... Glad you enjoyed it Thanks for stopping by
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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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Hi. I went with the Snapdragon tablet purely out of logistics. I live in a small condo. I don't have an entire studio devoted to music, i have a corner in my living room. The tablet sits on a music stand. It's small, it's lightweight, and it doesn't have any fans that turn on and interfere with recordings. It's slower than most PCs but that's not a problem. I'm happy to wait. It takes about five seconds to generate all my reels tracks but that just gives me more time to get ready to play. The only real problem is that because I'm sitting in front of the music stand on a chair, I don't have a proper desk for it. So I use a Bluetooth keyboard that sits on my lap. It gets a little annoying at times but it's the best I can do for now. I hope this answers your question. And why isn't the UK a powerhouse of computer technologies? You guys invented the first computer 
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Janice, Bud & Peter, this is one of the best blues songs that I have ever heard and I have heard a lot of them. Great vocal, guitar leads, backing band, and mix. This is a true blues masterpiece. Loved it
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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.
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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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[quote=Bass Thumper]David, you say that you’ve unambiguously stated your worldview on this subject. I have yet to see that. Where?? You only have to read what I've written. My very response makes my position clear. [quote] David once again, you keep making ambiguous statements. I've asked several times for this and you simply say your position is "clear". I have indeed read your writings and I cannot find your clear position. "A" is clear, so is "B" and so is "C". Do you understand the term "clarity"? I do hope you will except this homework assignment and report back with your results. Refer to and digest the information from the experts and answer this simple question. Is what the experts are saying on this subject materially different from my 5-point analysis result? If no, then so state. If yes, then explain in unambiguous detail. Based upon your past writings I predict that you will consider even this assignment an “attack”, even though it is nothing more than a simple homework assignment request to help with your education. Like I say, education is a beautiful thing. Experts
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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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+The organ is fabulous - tone, part & placement. The song is fabulous and the piano is the anchor. Lead parts - on point. Mix...blooody hell it's ace.
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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 Thank you for the kind words! Very much appreciated!
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Hi, Ken. A lovely bit of music. It sounds especially nice in my headphones.
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Well done all around. An excellent presentation of a tough subject ... one that is sadly on repeat. Nice mix and the whistle was a great addition. J&B
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