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#384619 - 12/17/16 02:47 PM [User Showcase] HARD BELIEVING
Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3180 Loc: The Netherlands RnAM Veteran Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3180 Loc: The Netherlands	Hello everyone, This is our last forum post of 2016. I consider this one of our best ballads. It features the beautiful Eddy Dunlap pedal steel guitar RT. It wasn't easy to sing (took us quite a few takes) because the song's key wasn't really our comfort zone. But it resulted in one of our most powerful harmonies, I think. Any comments are welcome. Rob Style is _ATMSPH3.STY 1536:Bass, Electric, PopBelieve Ev16 065 2542:Pedal Steel Background ModernBalladAtmosphere Ev16 065 1543:Synth Pad, PopBelieve Ev16 065 1037:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm NorthernRockBallad Ev 065 1542:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm PopBelieve Ev16 065 Loop in Style: Chillout\Chillout - lounge_85_fx_f_sharp_minor.wav Loop in Style: Chillout\Chillout - destiny_71_drum_loop_b_minor ev16.wav Hard believing It's what you made me do No matter where we're falling No matter where we look Now did you leave the best of worlds behind could you not see just what it is we'd find Oh my love we should be healed It's hard believing With all the things you said No matter where I'm running Whatever love I'd get How could I leave your precious world behind Too blind to see It's only pain I'll find Oh my Love you should be here Hard believing It's what you made me see No matter where we'll end up No matter what we'll be Or did you need me running back to you Not make me see just what it is you do And all our dreams What did they mean to you All this revealed My barren heart is sealed _________________________ We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands. RnAM Homepage (completely restyled) YouTube Channel
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#384625 - 12/17/16 03:18 PM [User Showcase] Re: HARD BELIEVING [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 12/12/11 Posts: 3041 Loc: York, England ROG Veteran Registered: 12/12/11 Posts: 3041 Loc: York, England	Hi Rob & Anne-Marie, What a super power ballad. Loved the whole thing, but in particular the pick-up at around 1.28 - beautiful bit of production. Vocals? Maybe not in your comfort-zone, but you'd never know - both the lead vox and harmony are stunning. Very atmospheric video to complete the package. An excellent way to end the year. ROG. _________________________ Free online guitar lessons. Cours de guitare gratuit en ligne.
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#384653 - 12/17/16 05:40 PM [User Showcase] Re: HARD BELIEVING [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 06/09/16 Posts: 2891 Robertkc Veteran Registered: 06/09/16 Posts: 2891	Rob & Anne-Marie, Terrific! Yes, you are ending the year on a high note. The melody ( and your vocals ) are so captivating that its easy to float by the lyrics...and they are good, avoiding the big ballad cliches. To my ears this has real commercial potential. Lovely video images too. Robert
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#384655 - 12/17/16 05:50 PM [User Showcase] Re: HARD BELIEVING [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 12/03/03 Posts: 728 Loc: Colorado Buford Journeyman Registered: 12/03/03 Posts: 728 Loc: Colorado	Wow...very nice. Pro in every way. Great vocals, production, instrumentation. Thanks for posting. Bob _________________________ BIAB 2018 ULTRA https://soundcloud.com/bob-buford https://www.youtube.com/user/hawgly https://www.songtradr.com/user/profile/bob.buford
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#384667 - 12/17/16 06:25 PM [User Showcase] Re: HARD BELIEVING [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 08/24/16 Posts: 297 Loc: uk scotland colly Apprentice Registered: 08/24/16 Posts: 297 Loc: uk scotland	I think I posted a review on this..? pro sound and again pro sound you got it as Roy Orbison would say. I sent you a pm. Hopefully you get the time to reply. Take care
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#384670 - 12/17/16 06:48 PM [User Showcase] Re: HARD BELIEVING [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 12/06/03 Posts: 3865 Loc: Sydney Australia PeterF Veteran Registered: 12/06/03 Posts: 3865 Loc: Sydney Australia	Rob & Ann-Marie Just superb. Lovely vocals, excellent song. A great way to end the year with one of your best. Peter
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#384785 - 12/18/16 09:35 AM [User Showcase] Re: HARD BELIEVING [Re: ROG]
Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3180 Loc: The Netherlands RnAM Veteran Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3180 Loc: The Netherlands	Thank you ROG for such a thoroughly positive comment! About the break: It was quite tempting to do this, considering the beautiful style which already had a lot of "fullness" in it. We wish you al the best and a very musical 2017. Rob and Anne-Marie _________________________ We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands. RnAM Homepage (completely restyled) YouTube Channel
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#384791 - 12/18/16 09:54 AM [User Showcase] Re: HARD BELIEVING [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 04/07/13 Posts: 5930 Loc: South Carolina Charlie Fogle Veteran Registered: 04/07/13 Posts: 5930 Loc: South Carolina	What a song to end 2016 on. Great production, music and video. As Rog noted, this is the complete package. Very enjoyable listen. 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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#384809 - 12/18/16 11:08 AM [User Showcase] Re: HARD BELIEVING [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 11/13/14 Posts: 552 Loc: North Yorkshire, England receder Journeyman Registered: 11/13/14 Posts: 552 Loc: North Yorkshire, England	Rob & Ann-Marie, A great ballad to end the year on! By the way, I loved the dark and moody colours in the video. I and no doubt many others look forward to your future offerings in 2017. All the best, Jez _________________________ Win 10 x64, BB 2017 E'Thing, Sonar Platinum (LT Updates), Variax JTV-89F, Fender USA Tele & others. New Songs: In The Bleak Midwinter , O Come O Come Emmanuel
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#384832 - 12/18/16 12:06 PM [User Showcase] Re: HARD BELIEVING [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 07/11/15 Posts: 3080 Loc: Missouri Torrey Bliss Veteran Registered: 07/11/15 Posts: 3080 Loc: Missouri	Rob, excellent work all the way around as always! Video and audio complement each other completely. Vocals shine! Thanks, T _________________________ Torrey Bliss www.soundcloud.com/torrey-bliss
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#384899 - 12/18/16 04:29 PM [User Showcase] Re: HARD BELIEVING [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 11/19/12 Posts: 2360 Loc: Middletown, PA. 44kfl Veteran Registered: 11/19/12 Posts: 2360 Loc: Middletown, PA.	Your vocals make this song! Such a good power ballad, great mix, production. Enjoyed! Kenny
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#384905 - 12/18/16 05:35 PM [User Showcase] Re: HARD BELIEVING [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 05/30/08 Posts: 4600 Sundance Veteran Registered: 05/30/08 Posts: 4600	Beautiful! Wonderful sound. Some of the prettiest harmonies I've heard you do. Great arrangement of the backing tracks too. Love it. _________________________ My New Song Mercy My Song Walking Streets Of Gold passes 6K YT views! My Soundcloud
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#384911 - 12/18/16 06:00 PM [User Showcase] Re: HARD BELIEVING [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 12/08/11 Posts: 5338 Loc: Edmonton, Ab, Canada Scott C Veteran Registered: 12/08/11 Posts: 5338 Loc: Edmonton, Ab, Canada	Awesome vocals and lyric. Well done Rob and Marie _________________________ Scott Collingwood https://soundcloud.com/scottt709 https://soundcloud.com/spiritlevel-ca
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#384968 - 12/19/16 05:35 AM [User Showcase] Re: HARD BELIEVING [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 8766 Loc: Florida floyd jane Veteran Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 8766 Loc: Florida	Rob & Anne-Marie, I agree with all that's been said already. Your vocals and harmonies are always good - and this might be one of your best! Strong. Excellent arrangement. Terrific build. Excellent mix. The piano is EQ'd nicely. Nice use of the steel (the new ones are a great addition to BIAB!). Beautiful song. Nice video! A great listen (many, in fact). Wishing you a productive 2017 (for our sake! ) fj _________________________ 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...
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#384983 - 12/19/16 06:26 AM [User Showcase] Re: HARD BELIEVING [Re: Sundance]
Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3261 Loc: Florida tommyad Veteran Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3261 Loc: Florida	Originally Posted By: Sundance Beautiful! Wonderful sound. Some of the prettiest harmonies I've heard you do. Great arrangement of the backing tracks too. Love it. I thought I commented on this but I must have been called away before I typed it in. Great job as usual. I really enjoyed it! Tom
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#385087 - 12/19/16 02:42 PM [User Showcase] Re: HARD BELIEVING [Re: Robertkc]
Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3180 Loc: The Netherlands RnAM Veteran Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3180 Loc: The Netherlands	Thank you Robert, we really hope to score that hit one day _________________________ We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands. RnAM Homepage (completely restyled) YouTube Channel
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#385164 - 12/20/16 04:46 AM [User Showcase] Re: HARD BELIEVING [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 08/09/10 Posts: 4440 Loc: New York rsdean Veteran Registered: 08/09/10 Posts: 4440 Loc: New York	Rob, Great song - very atmospheric... Outstanding vocals! Bob _________________________ SoundCloud Tracks
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#385223 - 12/20/16 09:10 AM [User Showcase] Re: HARD BELIEVING [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 12/05/11 Posts: 9529 Loc: GA USA Janice & Bud Veteran Registered: 12/05/11 Posts: 9529 Loc: GA USA	What's left to say? It's the quintessential power ballad. Absolutely nothing left to add to it and nothing to take away. The arrangement, vocals and both the audio and video production are spectacular. What a way to close out the year. Have a great holiday season! J&B _________________________ Featured Song J&B Soundcloud J&B YouTube J&B Website
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#385227 - 12/20/16 09:29 AM [User Showcase] Re: HARD BELIEVING [Re: RnAM]
Registered: 05/26/16 Posts: 265 Loc: San Jose, CA Marty Sorensen Apprentice Registered: 05/26/16 Posts: 265 Loc: San Jose, CA	Very enjoyable. I'm learning so much from you. I hope some day to be able to produce such wonderful sound.
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#385276 - 12/20/16 01:11 PM [User Showcase] Re: HARD BELIEVING [Re: Buford]
Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3180 Loc: The Netherlands RnAM Veteran Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3180 Loc: The Netherlands	Thank you Bob, much appreciated! Best wishes to you. Rob & Anne-Marie _________________________ We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands. RnAM Homepage (completely restyled) YouTube Channel
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