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Latest song from Christiane and myself, a ballad this time. Counting Hours (reverbnation link) Song is also up on soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/blue-attitude/counting-hours-featuring-chris-spruitCounting hours (lyrics by Chris Spruit) The light of the day is fading out Melting down within the heat the life of this town The girls and boys in the neighbourhood Will get the call to run back home before the nightly curtain falls Chorus: Get home soon when the Night comes down Head back home when the sun gets low Find me home counting hours down the curbstone Leave a light on for you on the window sill When the night gets still you know I will Find me home counting hours down the curbstone The woman next door she turns the radio on The thin white duke was a wonderful bloke it is my favourite song For my love maybe he sings to me Wild is the wind darling, cling to me Like the leaf to the trees Chorus Bridge: There were times in life, you know that I walked through Every open door to see the dark side of the moon every time from now I’ll spend with you take me further on to see my colours shine on you Guitar solo Chorus Outro The band: Drums: PopModernGrooveSync16 Bass: 1827 Pad: 1543 Rhythm Guitar: 1831 Chris plays the piano on this, and I am playing the two lead guitar parts. All comments pro and con appreciated!
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Dave & Chris...
I really like this. A lot!
A good write - very "comfortable" (a good thing). The Bowie and Floyd references are nice touches. A picture well painted.
The arrangement is nice. The "big" bridge into the solo is well done. The guitar solo is sweeeeeeet!
Excellent vocal.
Has the feel and sound of a song that might have been a part of our past... like "I used to listen to this all the time.."
Well done.
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Dave & Chris,
Very, very good!
I enjoyed everything on this song, especially the vocal which sounds so warm, upfront and natural.
Most enjoyable listens.
Robert
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A remarkable lyric write.
The overall production has worked so really well, and the vocals are absolutely spot-on.
This is worth listening to again and again.
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WOW, what a great tune!! Just love the laid back and natural vibe happening here. Arrangement is perfect and the vibe is infectious. Love that solo-has the feel of Harrison in Let it Be. This is a REAL treat!! Take care. Greg
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I, too, give it high praise. Mostly, the overall vibe is
most appealing.
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Very cool song. Awesome vocal. Loved the guitar solo. Very well done. Awesome tone...
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Dave & Chris...
I really like this. A lot!
A good write - very "comfortable" (a good thing). The Bowie and Floyd references are nice touches. A picture well painted.
The arrangement is nice. The "big" bridge into the solo is well done. The guitar solo is sweeeeeeet!
Excellent vocal.
Has the feel and sound of a song that might have been a part of our past... like "I used to listen to this all the time.."
Well done.
floyd Wow, thank you, Floyd! It made my day to read this, and I've just sent it off to Chris 
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Dave & Chris,
Very, very good!
I enjoyed everything on this song, especially the vocal which sounds so warm, upfront and natural.
Most enjoyable listens.
Robert
Thanks so much Robert! Chris and I have been working together for about a year now, this is our 13th song (lucky 13!). Before that I did mostly instrumentals, so learning how to work with a singer and properly mix vocals has been quite a journey. But, a fun journey! Thanks again
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Dave and Chris,
I really enjoyed this song. Cool vocals and loved the guitar sound and the solo.
Also some great imagery in the lyrics and a lovely clean production.
Good job,
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A remarkable lyric write.
The overall production has worked so really well, and the vocals are absolutely spot-on.
This is worth listening to again and again. Thanks so much!
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WOW, what a great tune!! Just love the laid back and natural vibe happening here. Arrangement is perfect and the vibe is infectious. Love that solo-has the feel of Harrison in Let it Be. This is a REAL treat!! Take care. Greg Thanks, Greg! I appreciate you taking the time to listen and the kind words
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Very cool song. Awesome vocal. Loved the guitar solo. Very well done. Awesome tone... Thanks Scott! I just recently started using the Scuffham S-Gear amp simulator, before that I was using a POD XT to record with. I highly recommend it!
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The vocal, arrangement, track choice and the mix all well support the great write.
And the guitar is spot on...and the tone is killer.
A production to be proud of and we most enjoyed the listen.
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Dave and Chris,
I really enjoyed this song. Cool vocals and loved the guitar sound and the solo.
Also some great imagery in the lyrics and a lovely clean production.
Good job,
Rec Thanks for the listen and the kind words, rec!
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The vocal, arrangement, track choice and the mix all well support the great write.
And the guitar is spot on...and the tone is killer.
A production to be proud of and we most enjoyed the listen.
J&B Thanks the listen/comments! I'm using a new toy for the guitar, Scuffham S-Gear amp simulator.
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Beautiful song.
One of the best I have heard in the last times.
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Hi Dave and Chris,
Beautiful ballad, we like this kind of song very much!
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This is top shelf all the way! I really liked the vocal and lyrics! And that super sweet guitar lead was the icing on the cake. Great chops man!
If I heard this in a record/CD shop I would have bought it then and there.
This is a keeper.
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Beautiful song.
One of the best I have heard in the last times.
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Thank you Sergio! Hi Dave and Chris,
Beautiful ballad, we like this kind of song very much! Thanks very much for taking the time to listen and to comment, happy you liked it!
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This is top shelf all the way! I really liked the vocal and lyrics! And that super sweet guitar lead was the icing on the cake. Great chops man!
If I heard this in a record/CD shop I would have bought it then and there.
This is a keeper. Well, you just made my day with those comments! Thanks so much!
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Dave and Chris, I like the write and the production very much. Great vocal and guitar playing. The S-Gear is definitely the way to go. Sounds impressive. Tom
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Dave and Chris, I like the write and the production very much. Great vocal and guitar playing. The S-Gear is definitely the way to go. Sounds impressive. Tom Thanks Tom, yes, I spent a lot of time evaluating various amp simulators before I discovered the S-Gear. To my ears it is the most natural sounding of the ones I tried, hard to believe it is all being done with software!
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Sounds great!!! I just fanned you on Reverb! Excellent guitar and gorgeous vocals. Great work!!
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Dave and Chris,  This is incredibly good music. The two of you really pack song-writing and song-performing punches with this. Chris's singing is excellent, first class.... so is the production... so are the guitar and piano parts! I thoroughly enjoyed this journey. The line "Counting hours down the curbstone" is still ringing around in my mind. All the best, Noel
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Sounds great!!! I just fanned you on Reverb! Excellent guitar and gorgeous vocals. Great work!! Thanks David, I appreciate that! I just fanned you over on reverb too, and had a listen to "Lucifer" over there. Dave and Chris,
This is incredibly good music. The two of you really pack song-writing and song-performing punches with this. Chris's singing is excellent, first class.... so is the production... so are the guitar and piano parts!
I thoroughly enjoyed this journey. The line "Counting hours down the curbstone" is still ringing around in my mind.
All the best,
Noel Thanks very much Noel Yes, I really like that line too.
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