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The Perfect LIfe #301209 06/28/15 02:42 PM User Showcase
Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 9 Dan-LBC OP Newbie
OP Dan-LBC Newbie Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 9	Hello everyone. My name is Dan, and I am brand new to everything here: This forum, BIAB, DAW's, Audio Interfaces, you name it. I do play guitar, but I left that up to BIAB for this one. Thanks to BIAB, I was able to "reverse the curse," of writer's block that spanned over 17 years. The Perfect Life was written and arranged in BIAB less than 48 hours after I got the program. Then came learning some mixing basics (can you say countless Youtube Tutorials?). After this short time I can say BIAB was the spark that ignited a fire and I will be forever grateful to this concept. Hope I did ok for my first post here and hope you enjoy... https://soundcloud.com/user348216565/the-perfect-life So many years ago when I was young A lot like you my life had just begun I chased the stars and I lived so free Spent all my time by a silver sea I married a beautiful woman and we shared a love so true our hearts were young and our songs were sung under skies that were always blue And now so many years were here then passed The perfect life I built could never last My bride, my love one day she slipped away She's with the lord but it was my place to stay If I had my life to live over There isn't a thing I would change And I pray some day that you will find your way To live your life the same So chase some stars and live so free Marry the one you love and live by the sea I'll spend my time in dreams of yesterday And when my time is gone I'll just fade away Song Specifics: All vocals are by me. Style is _CSTRBAL.STY (PopStingQuartet CountryBll[85RS]) RealTracks in style: ~518:Bass, Electric, Pop HalfNotes Ev 085 RealTracks in style: ~542:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm Dreamy Ev 085 RealTracks in style: ~362:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Ev 085 RealTracks in style: 2334:String Quartet, Rhythm PopChamber Ev 085 RealDrums in style: NashvilleEven8^1-a:Sidestick, HiHat , b:Snare, Ride Audio Interface - TASCAM US1200 DAW - Sonar X3 Last edited by Dan-LBC; 06/29/15 10:47 AM.

Re: The Perfect LIfe Dan-LBC #301211 06/28/15 03:00 PM User Showcase
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 5,085 Nashville, TN Sundance Veteran
Sundance Veteran Joined: May 2008 Posts: 5,085 Nashville, TN	Welcome Dan! BIAB is great for getting those creative juices flowing again. Great job! One of the best first posts I've heard on here. Beautifully done - love the melody, your voice, the harmonies and the arrangement. The mix sounds good too. You're off to super start. Looking forward to hearing more. Youtube Channel Soundcloud

Re: The Perfect LIfe Dan-LBC #301218 06/28/15 03:17 PM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 1,040 Maryland SpaceDog Expert
SpaceDog Expert Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 1,040 Maryland	Hi Dan, Welcome to the Forum and the BB community! You'll be amazed by the friendly, talented people here. Excellent start. Nice song, performance and arrangement. We'll be watching for your next post. Have fun! DC SpaceDog

Re: The Perfect LIfe Dan-LBC #301274 06/29/15 06:14 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 7,043 Davis, CA G Greg Johnson Veteran
Greg Johnson Veteran G Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 7,043 Davis, CA	Welcome Dan! I know what you mean about BIAB. I had 4 or 5 songs that I never could get a good demo of and saw no reason to continue writing what I couldn't record. Enter BIAB, and now I have written more (and I believe better songs) than ever before. What a relief! This song is very nicely done- pretty melody, nice harmonies and a sweet, melancholy lyric. Strings worked beautifully. Enjoyed it much!! Let the songs roll! Take care. Greg

Re: The Perfect LIfe Dan-LBC #301286 06/29/15 06:55 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,888 Karlsruhe, Germany boehm Veteran
boehm Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,888 Karlsruhe, Germany	Hi Dan, welcome to the forum. Great first post. I like everything about this song, especially your harmonies. Guenter http://www.21d.de/ Latest Song: What You Desire

Re: The Perfect LIfe Dan-LBC #301313 06/29/15 10:08 AM User Showcase
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 4,052 The Netherlands RnAM Veteran
RnAM Veteran Joined: May 2014 Posts: 4,052 The Netherlands	Hi Dan, Welcome to the Forum. A very good first post and beautiful vocals and backing vocals. Rob and Anne-Marie We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1gsdNLE7_Gy8qavoOplQow/videos http://rnam.net/

Re: The Perfect LIfe Dan-LBC #301318 06/29/15 10:18 AM User Showcase
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,646 Kentucky P PgFantastic Veteran
PgFantastic Veteran P Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,646 Kentucky	Beautiful song, great vocal, well produced as well; thanks for sharing! My Tunes Psalm 57:7 My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music.

Re: The Perfect LIfe Dan-LBC #301328 06/29/15 10:58 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,429 Florida floyd jane Veteran
floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,429 Florida	Welcome, Dan! A terrific first post. Good mix. Nice vocals and harmonies. Looking forward to more. floyd 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: The Perfect LIfe Dan-LBC #301367 06/29/15 04:15 PM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,079 wales gibson Veteran
gibson Veteran Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,079 wales	Welcome, A good 1st post nice harmonies and just as I was settling in to the song it finished!! Too me that is a sign of a good song when the listener wants more. So I played it again. I look forward to more. BIAB certainly gets the juices flowing, it is an amazing programme straight out of the box and with a bit of thought can do some off the wall stuff. I look forward to more Alyn My showcase songs My story

Re: The Perfect LIfe Dan-LBC #301387 06/29/15 09:43 PM User Showcase
Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 4,494 Kyrkslätt, Finland dani48 Veteran
dani48 Veteran Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 4,494 Kyrkslätt, Finland	Hi, Dan ! A warm Welcome from me too ! I love this song and the way you sing it ! Lovely harmonies !! Cheers Dani

Re: The Perfect LIfe Dan-LBC #301395 06/30/15 01:33 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,671 South Carolina C Charlie Fogle Veteran
Charlie Fogle Veteran C Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,671 South Carolina	I really enjoyed your first post here and welcome to the forum. Looking forward to hearing more from you. You did a good job with this first post and like Alyn said in his comment, left us wanting more Charlie BIAB 2025:RB 2025, Latest builds: Dell Optiplex 7040 Desktop; Windows-10-64 bit, Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz CPU and 16 GB Ram Memory.

Re: The Perfect LIfe floyd jane #301409 06/30/15 03:02 AM User Showcase
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 4,335 Florida tommyad Veteran
tommyad Veteran Joined: May 2011 Posts: 4,335 Florida	Originally Posted By: floyd jane Welcome, Dan! A terrific first post. Good mix. Nice vocals and harmonies. Looking forward to more. floyd +1. Fantastic harmonies. My only nit is I would have shortened the intro by half. Good to have you here. Keep writing. Tom

Re: The Perfect LIfe Dan-LBC #301438 06/30/15 07:09 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 9 Dan-LBC OP Newbie
OP Dan-LBC Newbie Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 9	Thanks everyone for giving this a listen, the nice welcome messages, and the feedback. I am truly humbled at this experience and am inspired to be here. I finally got some time to listen to a number of submitted songs. To say the talent level here is anything but outstanding would be an understatement. I have learned so much from just being here a few days. Thanks to all of you who make this forum such a wonderful place to hang out. Time for me to go listen to more submissions... Last edited by Dan-LBC; 06/30/15 07:10 AM.

Re: The Perfect LIfe Dan-LBC #301459 06/30/15 11:32 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 15,359 GA USA Janice & Bud Veteran
Janice & Bud Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 15,359 GA USA	Wow! This is a great way to introduce yourself. We much enjoyed the listen and the mix sounds very good on our monitors. Sundance really summed it all up..."Great job! One of the best first posts I've heard on here. Beautifully done - love the melody, your voice, the harmonies and the arrangement. The mix sounds good too." WTG! J&B Our albums and singles are on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Pandora and more. If interested search on Janice Merritt. Thanks! Our Videos are here on our website.

Re: The Perfect LIfe Dan-LBC #301544 07/01/15 11:17 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 33 E Evenios Enthusiast
Evenios Enthusiast E Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 33	nice haha i was thinking it was a remix/redo of mobys "Perfect Life" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9fp74toyA0 (which the source files of the album version are available free for anyone to remix :-p) but your song is nice too ;-).

Re: The Perfect LIfe Dan-LBC #301560 07/01/15 05:25 PM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 277 PatrickH Apprentice
PatrickH Apprentice Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 277	Welcome Dan, Nice first post. As other noted, the harmonies and strings are well done and well placed. Looking forward to hearing more. I'm glad you discovered BIAB! Patrick http://youtube.com/musingthemusic https://soundcloud.com/musingthemusic

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