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lingyai, an excellent instrumental. Super groove. Great violin lead and chord progression. Excellent work.
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Joyful journey and a lovely landscape. The arrangement is lush and exciting, each instrument is like a living creature. Enjoyed the beauty of the lead voice and the violin that seems to speak in magical language. Thanks for another epic visit to colorful Marioland. Janne Thanx Janne for this wonder review.
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Fjane, This is an excellent first post. It shows that you are a pro. Great vocal! Super arrangement and instrumentation. Excellent mix. Loved it.
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Chay, this is fantastic. Love the groove and that first guitar lead. The keys after it fit perfectly, followed by a Duane Eddy type lead - brilliant. That pan flute was a pleasant surprise. Then a George Benson lead. You have a real knack of selecting totally different instruments and molding them into a masterpiece. Loved it.
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Hi Andrew. I haven't used Auto-fix for a while. Whenever I have, though, it's always been okay. I wonder if you have 'Natural Arrangements' active in "Song Settings". If you do, this setting gives BIAB the freedom to modify chords if PG Music's chord-progression analysis routines determine that there is a better chord to suit the progression. Then when auto-fix is enabled, it's possible that in the audio tuning of the sour notes, there is substantial changes. This could potentially cause the output sound to be noticeably affected. With 'Natural Arrangement' off, the generated chords are as written (although 7ths can sometimes get added to notes). To remove every opportunity for BIAB to not make any changes to chords, (a) disengage Natural Arrangements and (b) activate 'Force Song to Simple Arrangement (non-embellished)'. See if that helps. --Noel P.S. If you want to upload the BIAB MGU or SGU file to a sharing site and then post the link here. I'm happy to download the file and have a listen.
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Yes, it is sort of happy – in a wistful, hopeful way. Great story-song with a well-matched backing band. I like it. Thank you Ghost! Much appreciated!
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The audio hug works again. Warm, strong and sincere. Cool band, cooler bass and a lovely bit of grit in that steel. EXCELLENT.
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VERY cool song but made even more so with the inclusion of your guitar work. ACE!
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I switch so far I really have dug deep into them just testing Tonalic to create some tasty guitar tracks. Melodyne I have used at times to help with sharp,or flat vocals and some note adjusting but not a power user.
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Thanks lingyai for your detailed comments. I'm not a sound ingenior and that part of the work doesn't interest me very much. I prefer to spend py time writing lyrics, composing melodies, finding chords and making arrangements. Everyone has their own preferences!
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Hi Andrew, Thank you very much. Regards, Knut Erling
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After rebooting my Mac, everything is working fine. Weird.
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https://soundclick.com/song/14651932 I read somewhere recently on the forum that someone was requesting new western swing RTs, that the old ones aren't very good. It reminded me that I used one of the western swing Realstyles for an instrumental in 2012. I never posted it, so here it is. I don't recall which Realstyle I used but it sounds good to my ears.
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I don't think that's a lake in his profile image .. 
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Black Widow We’re working on an album release of our slow burn blues tunes … aptly named Burning Slow. 😀 Black Widow was first released 8 years ago and this is a re-mix with all new effects and mastering. Now that's my kinda blues right there!! Love the groove! Vocals, lyrics and guitar work are excellent! Looking forward to hearing more from the album!
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Thanks, Marty. Seems like songwriting is simple when you're just paraphrasing someone else's words. Kudo to Nev for coming up with a tune on the spot.
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Hi Ken! The video deepens the mystery! We see enough to get some understanding but still many questions unanswered. A little spooky at the end when she turns her head and looks… It’s one of those ‘you can make your own mind up’ videos that I like. Well done! Andrew PS Good song as well!
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Heh Told you that you'd find a better price! Ha! Yes, indeed you did! And you were right! 😁🤑
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You can find the alternative version from 2010 on my website. I almost forgot that I actually made a video. This was my old studio at the other house. Obviously a younger version of me too. Ok first - This is a great song! Lyrically very good! I'm actually adding this to a play list. Guitar and keys are perfect for the mood of the lyrics! Second I have to say, after I listened too all three, IMHO, *This* version is the best of the three, and my favorite. I like your voice and getting to watch you perform the different parts really got me into the song! Nicely done! I'm unsure why you went with an AI voice as your vocal suits the song so well and brings life to the "feeling" of the song. Anyway, great writing and super performance! Thanks for listening and commenting. The vocals...That was what, 16 years ago??? My beard and hair were a little less grey at the time too. I would much rather sing than to use AI vox in many cases. However, my voice has never fully recovered from having a breathing tube down my throat when I had to have surgery several years ago. It's for this reason that I find myself having to rely on technology more often than not now days to get things done. Fortunately, while I have some stiffness at times, I don't have problems with arthritis in my hands, so I am still able to play the guitar and other instruments fairly well, which you do hear in my tunes.
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Honestly, the style isn't really my thing, but I loved the video, which is excellent. Laurent Thanks Laurent for your compliment on my video. Janne
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All that's left is another masterpiece by Marty & Dave. Simple magic of love both in the story and music. Sounds like a song that should be on any "biggest hits of the decade" compilation album. Perfectly rich melody that fills the Earth with awe. Dave plays beautiful melodies and your vocal performance is warm and sentimental - that final "love" is the delight of any night. Janne
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The full rebuild (I always disliked fast/slow - it's computer dependent anyway, and even fast rebuild seems slow to me, but I digress) which is just rebuilding the styles index, should just be part of the process for every update. Don't ask about it, it should just do it. There are decades of posts about how doing a rebuild (even when PG said it should be unnecessary) fixed the problem.
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You have really captured the majesty of the forest in your instrumental. Oohs and aahs are very atmospheric and the drum adds primitive feel. I walk in a forest every day so I can feel the same sacred beauty you have painted here. Losing a forest, or even a small part of it, to "development" is always sad. This has recently happened in the forest right next to where I live – it is becoming increasingly difficult to find a path where I don't see this destruction. Thanks for sharing your songmaking process, very laborious, glad to notice that it wasn't waste of time, I wouldn't have patience for 216 vocal takes Janne
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This 18th century poet is lost for words. You have great songwriting sense Izzy, melodically, lyrically and vocally. This is yet another great song, I am so jealous of your talent. Terrific mate. An 18th-century poet at a loss for words? I should probably frame that sentence and hang it on my wall. You’ve certainly written a better review than I could have written a sonnet. And Lee, don’t be jealous! I’m still currently in the ‘writing songs while staring blankly at a wall’ phase of my process, so believe me, there’s plenty of frustration to go around. Truely, thanks for the support Lee......it means a lot! best regards Izzy.
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Sounds Cash-ish and has a nice groove. Cool song, well sung, with good lyrics. Well done ![[Linked Image]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/images/icons/default/thumbs_up.gif)
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