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Beautiful instrumental, Mario. I love the instrumentation you're used. The whole piece has a dreamy Medwyn Goodall-like vibe to it. This is one of a very few songs and instrumentals which evoke the seaside for me, to the point I can almost smell the salt air. The only vocal band who's music evoked that vibe for me was Country Joe & the Fish back in the 60s, particular some of the tracks on the "I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die" album, such as "Janis" ( made for JJ), and "Pat's Song". When I was at art college in the late 60s CJ & the Fish ended a UK tour there - though there was a new guy on keyboards and the drummer and bassist were from Big Brother & the Holding Company - and I got to talk with CJ. A group of us art students were to do the light show for the performance, but then the daft students union said we still had to pay to get in, so we said 'frack that' and gave up on the light show so we could enjoy the performance. I showed CJ some of the slides I'd made for the light show and he signed one for me. He was super-friendly. That was 57 or 58 years ago and I was only 17! … Now I really feel old! 
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FYI - Chapter 10 in your 2025 manual shows you how to input notes via your computer keyboard. You may find this a better option than using a mouse. YMMV Cheers I'll take a look 
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Great dance song. Based on my use of BiaB B3s I'd guess the organ was from BiaB. I second Brian BD's point about more info about used samples.
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A great song inspired the non-great pandemonic. I particularly liked that bass-line.
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What I remember - Jeff said it was easy to add to RB (years back) and I think both are written in Delphi, so ... probably a matter of prioritizing vs possible Help prioritize thru Wishlist
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Hi Ron, A beautiful subject, good rhythm, and great vocals. I thought the backing vocals were very good too! The subject you touched upon reminded me of a situation I experienced in my country that gave me—somewhat—that same unsettling feeling you sang about: I was involved in politics in my country. I lived in a relatively large city near Amsterdam (our capitol). And there I had a meeting with fellow party members from that city. That should have been a home game for me, but within a few seconds I really felt like a schoolboy again. Awkward, I didn't understand their way of speaking, their greedy behaviour and so on. Very uncomfortable. I have never forgotten that feeling, although I was able to handle it much better later on. Your lyrics brought this back to the surface for a moment, while listening to it. And I consider that a fine achievement of yours, to articulate it so well, in a somewhat understated way. Compliments! Hans
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Hi Rob, yes, you've got rhythm and great lyrics! I noticed, well... we all noticed it, I must say, that you mentioned us in your song too. Now my cheeks are blushing, still with pride, that we're standing there swinging along with you! I just looked everywhere for that harp. However, I only heard the harmonica. What happened here, Rob? (don't take this sentence too seriously) Nevertheless, I thought what you did was really amazing; the cool vocals, the beautiful melody, and the good use of BiaB. What more could we want? And this is meant very seriously, Rob! Hans
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You know I like this one, Brain. Fascinating how it developed. When i read the words i wondered how you were going to get them into a melody. But no surprise, you did amazing. What a terrific job from germ of an idea to this riveting production. Yep, Herb said it best. Thanks Marty Once I gave up on trying to make it a Rap song, I realized that in a "normal" song, you have plenty of time to fit everything in.
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Hi James, this is really a nice, relaxing song, but also one with a few little surprises in the chord progression, just as I’ve come to expect from... only... you! It’s really beautiful. I fantasized I could hear your voice in it, saying sad/beautiful things about love. But in reality, no voices, just that relaxing melody and the use of these very nice instruments... Hans
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Hi Bob and Joliz, This is truly a beautiful song! I liked the guitar playing and how you both filled in the chorus. Sung together very beautifully! I read that almost everyone thought the flute was beautiful too. And then my problem arose: I didn't have the same feeling. It sounded more like a recorder, and I'm not really a fan of those. Maybe no reverb was used, or too little? But do you understand my problem? I have never complained about (certain parts of) your songs. On the contrary, I think they are all great. And now I am the only one with a point of criticism regarding this instrument. A tricky situation, let's say. For me, anyway. I could have said how beautiful the song is (which it is) and kept my mouth shut about that flute. But I didn't do that. But then again, I always want to be able to enjoy your songs... Hans (no revenge, please!)
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Hi Floyd, I read everything you wrote about how you came up with this song and also about how you transformed into a woman. Uh, only in terms of the vocals, of course! I think the song sounds really great; a good rhythm, a good melody and lyrics (naturally), and also that female voice. The funny thing was that while I heard her singing, I heard you singing too. And it was also funny that I read that Ray said almost the same thing. Oh, and Scott Olson (above) as well. This doesn't mean there is anything wrong with that female vocal. Not at all! It just means that I have heard so many of your songs, and know your lyrical structure a bit, which is why I heard you in it too. I immediately looked up Audimee on the internet. I didn't know it. It looks good/promising, although I did think their harmony examples sounded a bit artificial. I'm going to try it out soon. Thanks for the tip, so to speak! So, all in all, it is a very beautiful song, Floyd! Including that lady. Can we now expect that only female voices will be heard in your upcoming songs? Regards, Hans
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I'm looking forward to it when it comes, Marty. Your scat singing reminded me of one of my heroes, Roger Miller. I wish I could do it. Vic Thanks, Vic. Roger that. Yeah, i liked him a lot too. My favorite sailor shows his skills once again. Pleasant and bouncy tune on the sea of life. I really enjoyed the vocals, scatting and imaginative backing vocals. The uplifting message is the lighthouse, and the words like "Through the calm night, we'll be doing what we please." are what we need to be the captains of our lives. Your slogan seems to be "When you listen to Babu Music it lifts your soul" Janne Wow, thanks so much, Janne. Love the message in the lyric Marty. Another cool vocal and backtrack. Loved it.. Thanks, Scott.
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What a good remake. I remember it, vaguely. Everything sounds good.
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Distortion, and its use, is a very, very subjective thing and distortion in a mix is a long way from what most people imagine. Finding the D.I. RTs is the best way to go in BIAB. I can't see an whole suite of single person preference RTs being developed unless that individual has amazing clout. BEST option, aside from recording your own is reamping the DI in real time.
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I agree Rustyspoon, It's not a technically challenging thing to incorporate & would make classic reggae, for example, so much easier to do.
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This is such a pleasant surprise to see how many of you could see what I intended and your enjoyment of the song! TUNEMONGER, thank you very much! Yes, the eerie mood is precisely what I intended. It began with experimenting with the first few chords, then I knew just what the song would be about. LAURENT, Twice??? Wow, thank you! I very much appreciate your insight. I hadn't thought about the slight detachment yet I do remember keeping the emotion of the situation somewhat apart to get through calmly. You picked up on that. The ending guitar, though, is the acknowledgment that you can't keep those feelings away successfully...they eventually amplify! K-DUB, You picked up on it, too, and why we write the songs that we do. Thank you much! DC RON, yep, the vocalist is superb. That's David Luke. He very unexpectedly really picked up the emotion of the song I never could have done. It's just in the last few days I remixed it. I have learned a lot in the last five years of mixing/mastering my songs because I'm too much of a cheapskate to pay for producers...out of necessity. But I'm very curious about how things work. My first attempts were muddy with too much reverb. MARTY, Thank you very much! Always wonderful to see correspondence from you! Yep, makes perfect sense. The melody always comes to me first. Sometimes I have to wait for the melody to tell me what it's about, even what its name is. After coming up with the first few chords, I knew what the song would be about. The chords progressed naturally to follow the experience. To me, the melody is the emotion that fills the spaces between the words. Some of the melodies I've had didn't let me know until six months, a year, even 20 years, later of what their name was and what the story was about. Because my songs are like a travelogue of my life, I write clearly what life is about and that doesn't follow gender roles and society's expectations. Sometimes my songs are about emotions and insecurities people don't want to admit. But then, that's what we do as artists, songwriters, and music makers! MARIO, You've done some pretty darned brilliant things yourself. Thank you! SCOTT, Yep, that was most definitely the aim. Bingo! Music and songs have to reflect what the story is about. John
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Really nice. Clean mix and a great story song
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Your lyric and performance are full of wistfulness. The band offers the perfect support and the dreamy steel is ace. Nice session guys and the acoustic guitars work very well. Good one! J&B
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Scott, Thank you - we appreciate that! Bob
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Love this song David. Your guitar instrumentals are stellar. I can understand why you get lots of streams on these tunes. Beautiful piece
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Very pretty song. Sad lyric. Mix and instrumentation was top level. Cool vocal. Well done..
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Cool jazzy piece Mario. Excellent melody and backtrack. Loved the saz. Well done
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Thanks Mike and David for checking out the song. I really appreciate your comments. Glad you like the song
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Ah, what a great vehicle for Peter to drive. Janice singing (like no one else can) Bud's lyrics (written like no one else can), and Peter at the wheel with a 6-string shift. Oh, yeah, this is definitely MY kind of genre. I dig those punny --no funny-- lyrics. Thanks for writing this one guys. What a treat!!! And what a treat to read all that from a fine blues man. Thanks for all and extra thanks for mentioning the lyric. Bud had serious doubts about it despite encouragement from Janice. 😀 Love the description of Peter! J&B
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