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Here is my latest song. After doing a couple of "sad" songs, I decided it was time for me to pick it up a little. I am personally a pretty upbeat person, so I usually write pretty upbeat songs. But this one is pretty different from my normal musical style. All the instruments are Realtracks and Realdrums, except for just a smidgen of brass (from Logic). All the vocals are me (cheap labor). I hope you enjoy it!

Beautiful Day

Here are the RT/RD's used...
RealTracks in song: :Bass, Electric, JazzFunkGroovin Ev16 110
RealTracks in song: :Guitar, Electric, Rhythm JazzFunkGroovinChords Ev16 110
RealTracks in song: :Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PopCrossover Sw16 075
RealTracks in song: :Guitar, Electric, Rhythm JazzFunkGroovinMute Ev16 110
RealTracks in song: :Organ, B3, Background Blues BB Ev 085
RealTracks in song: :Sax, Alto, Soloist JazzFunkGroovin Ev16 110
RealTracks in song: :Piano, Electric, Soloist JazzFunkGroovin Ev16 110
RealTracks in song: :Guitar, Electric, Soloist SmoothJazzPoppy EV16 090
RealDrums in Song: JazzFunkPop^2-HHSnr,RdSnr
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And here are the lyrics...

Beautiful Day
Copyright Stephen W. Young

Verse 1:
The sun is shining, it's a beautiful day
There's not a worry in view
I told my problems to get out of the way
I have the power to choose

Chorus:
Every day is good when you see things right
You can find some joy in everything you do
It's a wonderful life, it's a beautiful thing
Like a dream come true

Verse 2:
No time to focus on the sadness and strife
Those things, we need to forget
It's time to celebrate the good things of life
No use in having regret

(Chorus)

Verse 3:
The past is over and the future is bright
I see a better wy
So I keep moving to the rhythm of life
This is a brand new day

(Chorus)

Have a great day!

Steve


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Nice one Cuz ,good groove!

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Fantastic stuff. Certainly brought a big smile to my face.

Great summer toon!!

Love it.


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Hey Steve,

Really cool jazzy groove. Great use of RT's as always - also really enjoyed your vocal approach to this one. Very well done.

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Hey Steve,

Love the feel and the vocals rock. Great job! I like feel good songs too. And in many ways I think they are harder to write.

I was kind of hoping for a little adlibbing solo vox against the stack on the next to last or last chorus - just a thought. Your arrangement is great.

Well done!

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Hi Steve,

Wow! This is good I thoroughly enjoyed the listen. I think that this is one of the most inventive songs I've heard from you and, as always, your professionalism shines. For what it's worth, on my sound system (pretty good Altec Lansing 2.1 system), the vocals in the chorus sounded a little muffled and tending towards a background sound. As I'm sure if this is intentional or not, I'm passing the comments on in case they're useful to you.

I really enjoy listening to your music. It's always excellent.

All the best,
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Nice song with a great groove, I like it!
Thanks Steve.

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Tommy,

Thanks a lot, Cuz! Glad you like it!

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Martin,

Thanks so much for your kind comments! Glad you like it!

Keep smiling!

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Steve!
My foot is still tappin'. Good groove and like they said, superb use of real tracks! Loved the background harmony and vocals. Nice song.
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Bob,

As always, I appreciate you taking your time to listen and comment. Glad you like this one!

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Josie,

Thanks again for your kind comments! One of these days, I will have to find someone who has a great pop voice to do the lead vocals on this one for me. Like you, I can hear a lot more, that I am just not too good at doing, myself.

I hear what you are saying about writing feel-good songs. I do think they are harder to write. It is so much more of a challenge to keep from being too "corny"! I hope I came close to succeeding on this one.

Thanks again!

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Noel,

I truly appreciate your input! I really value your thoughts. As to the chorus, I did that intentionally. I think I may need to bring up the volume on the chorus vocals, but it was done intentionally with tight harmonies, no real individual lead part there.

Again, I really appreciate your input and time!

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Hi Marty,

Just noticed that you had posted here. Glad it got your toes to tapping! Thanks so much for taking the time to listen and comment. Much appreciated!

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Hey Steve, I just now listened to your new song. It is great!! We have a few people including you that can make recordings that could be played on the radio. I enjoy listening to your songs. And someone else that I really like is Marty Whitman. You both are top notch. occ

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OCC,

Thank you so much for your very kind words! Yes, Marty does an outstanding job. We do have many talented folk here in this forum. I feel blessed to be among them!

Thanks again!

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Great groove with super vocals and backing tracks.

You are the RT master!


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