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Another song with a story.... I started on this as a message to a friend who is a fantastic singer but doesn't really believe in herself. She is truly a find and her talent level is off the charts. Yet she listens to people who tell her she isn't good enough rather than the people who tell her she is. So the lyric line is about "Hey. You are a rare find. Go for it. And above all, Believe!" As I was writing this, I was going for "Think about if U2 met Queen and they had a baby, and fed that baby Red Hot Chili Peppers, and because of it were arrested by The Police in a Sting operation." It is almost a spooky kind of feel, close to trance with droning drums and a guitar loop. Props out to Rog who did the guitar solo and provided me with a fine young singer who took this song and ran with it. Rog also had the vision to add the effects that are almost an echo effect. I love what he did on the production end. And here again... I uploaded this to Soundcloud. Depending on where I play it back, the drums in the bridge are either just right or too loud. I really need to get this sorted out. Unless people come to my house to listen.... Believe
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I really dig the tune, Eddie. It's catchy! But it doesn't sound like a BIAB production. Am I wrong?
At any rate. Awesome tune!
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Outside of some fill parts that took a LOT of cutting and pasting, this is all played in by either my hand or Rog's hand. And Courtney's voice....
I use Real Band exclusively, and this was a great example of why RB is NOT lacking as a DAW.
The hat ride came from RB sending MIDI clock to my drum machine as I recorded like 200 bars of it. I knew I could cut them off the back rather than add them later if I fell short. Then came the bass lines. Then the scratch guitar. Then the looped guitar. The drums during the choruses are Real Drums with a little sweetening from the drum machine. After that I sang it in the best I could so the vocalist had an idea of how it was supposed to sound, but this was never intended for me to sing it.
Off it went to England, where Rog and Courtney worked hard on it for a few weeks. She did MANY layers of vocal, and Rog did that solo that I couldn't have written any better myself. That heavy reverb bordering on echo was genius, and it fit the piece beautifully. The whispers at the end were a total surprise to me, but I loved that they added to the intended eerie feel of the piece.
I like this one too.
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Awesome job, bro! Very enjoyable tune!
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eddie - "Now, that's what I'm talkin' about!!" Awesome song. Cool production. Rog's guitar work is sweet! That last whisper gave me chills. Great job.
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Floyd, when I got those tracks back and plugged them in and heard the vocals for the first time I was blown away from the onset. THEN the song came to the end and the whispers happened and I got the same chills. The only thing I did with the whispers was added the fade out and moved the last one to anticipate.
Rog has some talent in his stable! Waiting to get tracks back from his male students doing the last song I wrote which has not been made public yet. Waiting for the vocals to come back from England and a sax part to come back from Florida before I unveil it.
The Motown remake project will have to be on my home page since this forum is for originals only, and I will work that out as that project progresses.
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hi eddie well done great job love it thanks for sharing i don,t sing however love hereing vocals can be challengeing good job buddy eric
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Me, it's not about how many times you fail, it's about how many times you get back up.
Cop, that's not how field sobriety tests work.
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The whispers at the end are a great way to finish the song, brilliant!
the vocals seemed a little low on my system but didn't distract from the song.
a thumbs up!
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Like the production work. Vocal sounds great. The lead guitar is outstanding. Thanks for sharing! My Music ReverbnationMy Music SoundcloudMy Web Page
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I like this one a lot. Pretty creative and sounds like it could be on today's alternative radio stations (which I happen to listen to here and there).
Production-wise, the vocals are too low, the drums are too loud and I could see another instrument or two thrown in there to get a "bigger" sound.
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The subliminal tongue in cheek part of this song is that you can, if you choose to, superimpose the bass line that Vanilla Ice stole from Pressure to make Ice Ice baby. I smiled about that the whole time.
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Nothing not to like in this production . . . well done!
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I listened to this song. This song could be a hit. You can probably sell a lot of copies of this on I-Tunes.
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What are you trying to do, completely de-moralize my feeble songwriting efforts?!!
This is an AWESOME song and recording, and inspires me to reach higher! Posting it here has opened my creative thinking to some new ideas, and this tune will definitely help me "believe", and it will stick in my head.
THanks.
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Very cool!  I really like it. Fix that drum volume problem and it's good to go! Greg
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Hi Eddie,
Cool song. I really like it too. It's really hard to hear what she's singing on the chorus because the drums are almost drowning her out. The overall volume of the track is a little low. I agree with Greg, fix the mix and it's good to go.
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