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#256086 - 07/11/14 06:14 PM [User Showcase] Serenade for Jessica
Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3180 Loc: The Netherlands RnAM Veteran Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3180 Loc: The Netherlands	Our new song: Serenade for Jessica This is the first (or second) song we created with BIAB and it's one of my personal favorites. Bear with us till the end of the song, it's got sort of a "suite" there. I played around with the melodist and it came up with a very nice chord progression, rather complex too. Next it was quite a challenge for Anne-Marie and me to create a singing line that would really add something extra. Especially since the arrangement contains modulations that we didn't notice at first glance. The next challenge was to create proper lyrics, this was quite a struggle actually, but after some brainstorming/soul-searching we finally managed (well, we hope..). used real tracks (from memory because we accidentally deleted the song file ) 522 guitar acoustic fingerpicking ev120 365 guitar acoustic figure picking ev85 366 bass electric country ev065 Nashville Even8 09A Guitar solos on my Squier Strat. lyrics: Serenade for Jessica without her love I'd surely hide wandering the night in restless strides I used to lay it down so simply moving freely side-by-side reveal the long forgotten dream showing what I could have been an image that I can't forget remembering all the things she said but every time you walked beside me you never really let me in keeping me at a distance instead of giving in in all my craving for perfection I left her feelings far behind never really knowing what made me try to climb that high if loneliness is what defines me and the truth is what I cannot see and though she'll always be appealing she will not belong to me but every time you walked beside me you never really let me in keeping me at a distance instead of giving in Hope you like it! As always, comments are welcome. Regards, Rob Edited by R & AM (07/11/14 06:15 PM) _________________________ We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands. RnAM Homepage (completely restyled) YouTube Channel
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#256098 - 07/11/14 07:28 PM [User Showcase] Re: Serenade for Jessica [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3258 Loc: Florida tommyad Veteran Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3258 Loc: Florida	R&AM, I will be back for several more listens. A fantastic chord progression and great vocals as usual. I really like your guitar playing and how it sits in the mix. If you ever go back and revisit, you might move the electric part including the count in back four beats. I think it would come in earlier for a better transition. However it is fine work as it stands. Tom
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#256108 - 07/11/14 08:53 PM [User Showcase] Re: Serenade for Jessica [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 02/11/05 Posts: 2646 Loc: Kentucky PgFantastic Veteran Registered: 02/11/05 Posts: 2646 Loc: Kentucky	Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing! _________________________ My Tunes Psalm 57:7 My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music.
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#256113 - 07/11/14 09:26 PM [User Showcase] Re: Serenade for Jessica [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 06/22/12 Posts: 2869 Loc: Karlsruhe, Germany boehm Veteran Registered: 06/22/12 Posts: 2869 Loc: Karlsruhe, Germany	Hi Rob and Anne-Marie, beautiful song and nice video. Enjoyed listening and watching. Guenter _________________________ http://www.21d.de/ Latest Song: What You Desire
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#256131 - 07/11/14 10:43 PM [User Showcase] Re: Serenade for Jessica [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 04/07/13 Posts: 5914 Loc: South Carolina Charlie Fogle Veteran Registered: 04/07/13 Posts: 5914 Loc: South Carolina	I enjoyed listening and the video. A very profession production. You guys are at the top of your game. Charlie _________________________ BiaB Ultra Pak+ 2020:RB 2020: Acer Laptop; Windows-7-64 bit, Intel Pentium Processor and 4 GB Ram Memory.
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#256149 - 07/12/14 04:45 AM [User Showcase] Re: Serenade for Jessica [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 05/23/10 Posts: 1718 Loc: New Zealand RichMac Expert Registered: 05/23/10 Posts: 1718 Loc: New Zealand	A lovely weaving of musical elements and interesting video. The instrumental after the vocals caught me by surprise. Very very nice. Cheers. _________________________ https://soundcloud.com/tuigorge
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#256150 - 07/12/14 04:46 AM [User Showcase] Re: Serenade for Jessica [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 08/25/03 Posts: 3078 Loc: wales gibson Veteran Registered: 08/25/03 Posts: 3078 Loc: wales	R&AM, beautiful, absolutely beautiful. I thought it had ended to soon as I was enjoying it so much then in came the drums and solo. Nice ending!! ALyn _________________________ My showcase songs My story
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#256210 - 07/12/14 06:36 PM [User Showcase] Re: Serenade for Jessica [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 03/02/13 Posts: 3966 Loc: Helsinki, Finland dani48 Veteran Registered: 03/02/13 Posts: 3966 Loc: Helsinki, Finland	Hi, Rob and Anne-Marie !:)) I agree with what has been said here earlier ! It is a very beautiful tune and you both do a superb job on it !:)) Cheers Dani
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#256231 - 07/12/14 08:57 PM [User Showcase] Re: Serenade for Jessica [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 12/21/13 Posts: 5918 Loc: Davis, CA Greg Johnson Veteran Registered: 12/21/13 Posts: 5918 Loc: Davis, CA	Really pretty music, and very unusual and cool changes! Very nice work all around (production, performance, writing)! Were some of your recent posts written before or are you guys just that prolific? Another quality production! Take care. Greg
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#256242 - 07/13/14 05:41 AM [User Showcase] Re: Serenade for Jessica [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 02/11/03 Posts: 2426 Loc: Warwickshire, UK Skyline Veteran Registered: 02/11/03 Posts: 2426 Loc: Warwickshire, UK	+1 to the above. I love the 'second movement' - a great idea. John _________________________ Songs web site YouTube Channel BIAB 2019 Cakewalk by BandLab Studio One 4
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#256288 - 07/13/14 03:45 PM [User Showcase] Re: Serenade for Jessica [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 8760 Loc: Florida floyd jane Veteran Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 8760 Loc: Florida	Hey guys... I'm getting a message that "An error occurred, please try again later".. any ideas??? I can see the frames if I cursor along the bottom, but it will not play... _________________________ 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...
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#256356 - 07/14/14 04:28 PM [User Showcase] Re: Serenade for Jessica [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 07/15/12 Posts: 1728 gruverider Expert Registered: 07/15/12 Posts: 1728	Great progression and love the guitar solo! It puts me in a nostalgic mood as it reminds me of the prog rock (maybe Moody Blues?) of the 70's with it's chord changes and changes in dynamics. much enjoyed!
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#256441 - 07/15/14 01:23 PM [User Showcase] Re: Serenade for Jessica [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3180 Loc: The Netherlands RnAM Veteran Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3180 Loc: The Netherlands	Thank you, PGFantastic, Guenter, Charlie, RichMac, Gibson, Dani and Lawrence Tommy, you're probably right about the timing of the 'suite' part. At the time this seemed logical, but in retrospect we probably should have set it in for beats earlier. Greg, some of the songs were written before, others just very recently. And of course there is much more to come. This wonderful forum is such a great stimulation to keep on writing! Floyd, the YouTube error message happens sometimes. We get this occasionally with videos of other people. Usually it works to try it again on another day. Let us know as soon as you viewed the video. Regards, R & AM _________________________ We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands. RnAM Homepage (completely restyled) YouTube Channel
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#256442 - 07/15/14 01:39 PM [User Showcase] Re: Serenade for Jessica [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 8760 Loc: Florida floyd jane Veteran Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 8760 Loc: Florida	still getting this: _________________________ 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...
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#256459 - 07/15/14 03:21 PM [User Showcase] Re: Serenade for Jessica [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 04/03/09 Posts: 7258 Guitarhacker Veteran Registered: 04/03/09 Posts: 7258	Cool tune. Kind of like some of the folk bands of the day. I liked both parts.... One nit, and I may have mentioned this on a previous review. The vox, the female vox in particular seems a bit muffled....like you rolled off the high end to avoid sibilance kind of a thing. The male vox were OK, could have stood a slight brightening but nothing major.... kick the highs up a bit on the female vox next time around. _________________________ You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.com Add nothing that adds nothing to the music. As the sword chooses the warrior, so too, the song chooses the writer.
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#256470 - 07/15/14 05:41 PM [User Showcase] Re: Serenade for Jessica [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3180 Loc: The Netherlands RnAM Veteran Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3180 Loc: The Netherlands	Floyd, Are you using Firefox by any chance? I've done some googling, this appears to be a well known issue. Can you open it in Internet Explorer? Is anybody else having the same problem? Regards, R & AM _________________________ We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands. RnAM Homepage (completely restyled) YouTube Channel
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#256471 - 07/15/14 05:45 PM [User Showcase] Re: Serenade for Jessica [Re: Skyline]
Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3180 Loc: The Netherlands RnAM Veteran Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3180 Loc: The Netherlands	John, thanks for your nice comment! Regards, R & AM _________________________ We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands. RnAM Homepage (completely restyled) YouTube Channel
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#256472 - 07/15/14 05:46 PM [User Showcase] Re: Serenade for Jessica [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 8760 Loc: Florida floyd jane Veteran Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 8760 Loc: Florida	Originally Posted By: R & AM Floyd, Are you using Firefox by any chance? I've done some googling, this appears to be a well known issue. Can you open it in Internet Explorer? Is anybody else having the same problem? Regards, R & AM I use Internet Explorer 10. _________________________ 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...
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#256496 - 07/15/14 10:38 PM [User Showcase] Re: Serenade for Jessica [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 11/04/10 Posts: 503 Loc: Midwest RobbMiller Journeyman Registered: 11/04/10 Posts: 503 Loc: Midwest	Interesting idea for a duet. I also liked the build at the end.
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#256552 - 07/16/14 01:14 PM [User Showcase] Re: Serenade for Jessica [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 04/09/07 Posts: 276 PatrickH Apprentice Registered: 04/09/07 Posts: 276	Very nice. Like others said great. Chord progressions lyrics and production I really like the video too. Thanks for posting _________________________ Patrick http://youtube.com/musingthemusic https://soundcloud.com/musingthemusic
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