Well, work consumed my day yesterday, so I was unable to post. Anyway, here is the next song. Tomorrow will the last song in our current catalog.

Song #25 of 26 – You’re My Sanctuary

Initial BIAB Style – _PBALDF – Fast Pop Ballad w/ Dreamy Electric Guitar

Track #1 – RealBass 518: Bass, Electric, Pop Half Notes Ev 085
Track #2 – RealDrums-NashvilleEven8^5-HiHat, Ride
Track #3 – RealPiano 365: Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking Ev 085
Track #4 – RealGuitar 362: Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Ev 085
Track #5 – RealStrings 542: Guitar, Electric Rhythm Dreamy Ev 085
Track #6 – RT409: Fiddle, Background George Ev 085
Track #7 – RT1006: piano, Acoustic, Solo-Accompaniment, PopCaliforniaSlo
Track #8 – RT3021: Vocal Oohs, Background Pop3-partMaleHigh 1 Ev 085
Track #9 – RT3023: Vocal Oohs, Background Pop3-partMaleLow 1 Ev 085
Track #10 – RT1690: Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm PopPromise Ev16 100

John sings lead and harmony vocals, which were run through Melodyne 4 to pull it a little better in tune, with slight reverb using Anwida Soft Reverb Light VST.

Chris wrote this as an All-Saints Sunday song, reflecting on those in our lives who have gone before, but have helped make us who we are.


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You’re My Sanctuary
by Christopher P. Werle and John E. Ford
Copyright © 2001 by Christopher P. Werle and John E. Ford

1 Arise and shine, your Light has come. Join with the rising of the sun.
You are my shelter from the cold, you are my strength as I grow old.
No matter how long or far I roam, You're my sanctuary, and my home.

2 You always shared my secret dreams, ever patient, and it seems
Your understanding helped me see how a true friend can set us free.
If ever I face the night alone, You're my sanctuary, and my home.

BRIDGE
Thought I saw your face today in a cloud that passed my way
Drifting along, high above.
The world that we came to know, covered now, with silent snow;
Yearning for spring, and life that it brings.
Of all the treasures that I own, You're my sanctuary, and my home.

3 Arise and shine, new life's begun; warmed by the rising of the sun.
You were my shelter, from the cold. You're still my strength, as I grow old.
If ever I face the world alone, You're my sanctuary, and my home.

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Since I’ve been teleworking since March 2020 (as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic), that has afforded me time at home to work on all the original songs my buddy Chris Werle and I (John Ford) have written. Chris wrote the lyrics, chords, and melody. I then transcribe it into notation, since Chris doesn’t read music. I then write the harmonies, most of the instrumental solos and/or counter melodies, arrange all the instruments, and put everything together.

All songs started in Band-in-a-Box (and some of them are over 20 years old). Then they were worked up in either PowerTracks Pro or RealBand. Since Chris and I live in different states now, I had to rely on previously recorded vocals and his guitar playing from old PowerTracks or RealBand .SEQ files. Because of limitations in RealBand with some VSTi’s, I did have to export the some of the MIDI tracks out of RealBand and render them to audio in Cakewalk (for those that RealBand didn’t render properly), after which I would bring the audio back into RealBand. But most of the songs and the final mix were exclusively rendered from RealBand.

My goal here is to post one song each day until all 26 of the songs have been posted. Some have been posted previously, but I have gone back and reworked all of them, so they are all new mixes and are different from what was originally posted.

Most of the songs are Christian in nature, so if that’s not your thing, that’s fine. But it’s our thing. So without further ado, here is the music.

John

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