Song #24 of 26 – The Thought Of You

Initial BIAB Style – _CELEBR8 – Celebrate Country Pop Groove

Track #1 – RealBass 2903: Bass, Acoustic, BluesyPopByron Ev 100
Track #2 – RealDrums-BluesPopBusySnare^01-HtSnr,RdSn
Track #3 – RealGuitar 2904: Guitar, Electric, Rhythm GrittyBluesyPop
Track #4 – RealStrings 2930: Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm FolkRock8thsBr
Track #5 – Chris plays fingerpick guitar on Ovation
Track #6 – RT624: Fiddle, Soloist George Ev 085
Track #7 – RT3025: Vocal Oohs, Background Pop3-partFemale 1 Ev 085
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 vocal, which was run through Melodyne 4 to pull it a little better in tune, with slight reverb using Anwida Soft Reverb Light VST.


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The Thought Of You
by Christopher P. Werle and John E. Ford
Copyright © 2000 by Christopher P. Werle and John E. Ford

1 The thought of you enraptures my mind;
Helps me to find my way in the night.
Through all the years, the laughter and tears,
The best and the worst of times, you've been my guiding light.

2 The thought of you, sharing my life
Sustains me through strife, and time spent apart.
Mem'ries are lost, from sight but not mind,
Leading me home to find your understanding heart.

BRIDGE
For all that we are, for all that we'll be,
Learning more about ourselves with complete honesty.

3 The thought of you, in every new day
Helps me to find old feelings and new.
Our secret hopes, and dreams we will share,
Restoring our faith in love the way He taught us to,

ENDING
Restoring our faith in love the way He taught us to.


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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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