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Hi,

Below is a link to my latest song. Please note that the link is to audio streaming so it might take a second or two to kick in.

... link to new song

The song started in BIAB, was modified in RB and was finalized in Reaper. It's still a work-in-progress and I welcome any thoughts on any aspect whatsoever.

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Noel

About the lyrics...
The lyrics for this song developed as a result of MarioD's signature. After reading his signature a few weeks ago (i.e."The best part of waking up is waking up"), I found myself thinking that there's got to be a song in there somewhere. So with that phrase is mind, I sat down and used Andrea Stolpe's technique of "Destination Writing" to see what ideas and images came to mind.

About the chord progression...
The song was written using a modified version of the chord progression that I used in my recent post (If anyone is curious, here's the hyperlink to the original song). What I did was to transpose the chord progression down a tone and modify some of the chords so that they better suited the new melody. Band In A Box makes these processes so easy that it felt like I was cheating!

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Style: _12STACS.STY (Slow 12-String Ac. w/band (85RS))
Soloist: Fiddle, Soloist George Ev 85 (624)
RealTracks 700: Bass, Electric, PopHalfNotesPush Ev 085
RealTracks 365: Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking Ev 085
RealTracks 1118: Guitar, 12-String Acoustic, Strumming Ev 085
RealTracks 689: Organ, B3, Background Pop Ev 085
RealTracks 624: Fiddle, Soloist George Ev 085
RealDrums: NashvilleEven8^5-HiHat,Ride


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I think this is beautiful Noel. Everything about it. And your production sparkles. Well done!

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Hi Josie,

Thank you for having a listen. I appreciate your comments.

The production "sparkle" is due to Ozone 4. I have to say that for getting a polish to the final sound, Ozone is excellent. Now I just need to learn how to tweak the program to get the best out of it and improve my mixes further!

All the best,
Noel


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Great Job Noel !

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Hi Noel,

Great, great song. Love the lyrics, vocal and production. I really look forward to hearing your work.

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Noel,
Wonderfully done my friend. This song is well produced and written. The message is super. Keep up the good work.
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Noel,

Very well done! Very tasteful write and production. You have always done great work. Yet you still keep getting better and better! Keep it up!

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Hey Tommy!

Thanks for dropping by to listen and to comment

Regards,
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Hi Bob,

Once again, many thanks for your encouragement. I'm not nearly as productive as Josie and you. You set a pretty high benchmark. Maybe one day I'll catch up

All the best,
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Hi ya, Marty,

Thanks for taking the time to have a listen. As one AABA-writer to another, I find this form works incredibly well for a single moment in time and to expand on that moment of time (in this instance, the moment of waking up).

I appreciate your comments!

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Hey Steve,

Thank you for all those positive comments You've given me a pretty big smile right at the moment I'm really liking that latest one of yours, by the way. I've listened to it a number of times now.

All the best,
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I think this is beautiful Noel. Everything about it. And your production sparkles. Well done!




A great big DITTO my friend. I love that soaring, swirling melody as it weaves itself around the music.

First class.

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Hi Martin,

Thank you for having a listen. Your comments made me smile. I've never thought of my melodies as "swirling" before. I like the adjective

All the best,
Noel.

P.S. I started preparing a video for you yesterday on how I use drag and drop with BIAB/Reaper to see if that was what you were doing because the spluttering you were describing sounded like it might be something to do with ASIO (buffer setting maybe; possibly BIAB and Reaper both using ASIO at the same time; etc.). Then when I read that you'd called it quits, I didn't finish putting the video together. If you ever decide to try and get Reaper going again, let me know. I don't mind spending time to help you get it working. It really is a fabulous program.


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Hi. Noel.

As usual, excellent command of the form, and little details to keep from staying in the same old rhyming scheme.

I agree with Josie about the production "sparkle". Everything is clear and balanced - nothing overdone, and everything in its place.

The only negative comment is the instruments have a bit more "presence" than the vocal. For example, the fingerpicked guitars are bright and twangy, but seem louder and more up front than the vocals. In my book, the vocal is always the most important bit.

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Hi David,

Good to read you again It's been a while!

It's interesting you should mention the vocals versus the "shine" on the guitars. I've been playing around with those because I wasn't sure if I'd achieved the right balance yet. Your comments reinforce that I have a little way to go. (I'm still coming to grips with Ozone. It's a brilliant program but I'm very much a novice!)

All the best,
Noel


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Nice song excellently engineered. A real pleasure to listen to. Cool work Noel.

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Cool song, sir. Really like the mix.


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Thanks, John.

I just popped over to your latest webpage to listen to some of you work. Your homepage looks brilliant and I thoroughly enjoyed the songs I listened to.

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Hello anieyo,

Thank you! I appreciate the positive feedback

Best regards,
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The production "sparkle" is due to Ozone 4. I have to say that for getting a polish to the final sound, Ozone is excellent. Now I just need to learn how to tweak the program to get the best out of it and improve my mixes further!

All the best,
Noel




You're too modest, Noel. Lots of people have Ozone, but not everybody gets clear output from it. Not even Ozone can take a sow's ear and make a silk purse out of it. That means you've put the quality into your mix before it gets as far as Ozone.

Having said that... Yet another nice job!
I'm curious to know how you come up with your chord progressions... that one was like no other song I can think of... with so many songs out there its difficult to find a new progression.

I liked it.

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