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Song #3 of 26 – Come To The Light

Initial BIAB Style – Z5BOSSA – Bossa Nova 5 Instruments (One of the original BIAB MIDI styles)

Track #1 – RT921: Bass, Acoustic, Bossa Ev 110
Track #2 – RealDrums-BoassaRockPerc^1-Congas, Perc
Track #3 – Electric Piano MIDI track using MrRay’s 73MkII Electric Piano VSTi
Track #4 – RT522: Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking Ev 120
Track #5 – RT923: Guitar, Electric, Rhythm BossaFreeComp Ev 110
Track #6 – Nylon Guitar rendered from Z5BOSSA style using Kontakt 6 with the Indiginus Renaissance Nylon Guitar Instrument
Track #7 – RT479: Trumpet, Bossa Ev 140 (trumpet solo)
Tracks #8 and #9– Strings MIDI track using Sonivox Orchestral Companion Strings VSTi (Ensemble Strings selection)
Track #10 – Guitar Solo MIDI track using Kontakt 6 with the Indiginus Renaissance Nylong Guitar Instrument
Track #11 – Bridge Counter Melody Flute MIDI track using Auditory Labs RealFlute VSTi

Chris and John alternate lead vocals and John sings the harmony vocal; vocals were all run through Melodyne 4 to pull them a little better in tune, with slight reverb using Anwida Soft Reverb Light VST.

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Come To The Light
by Chris Werle and John Ford
Copyright 2000 by Chris Werle and John Ford

1 Oh, sometimes the world around us Can seem so stormy and cold.
That we don't know who to turn to when we need someone we can hold.
But there's a force out there to guide us like a beacon in the night.
All you have to do is keep the goal in sight. (to CHORUS)

CHORUS
And come to the Light, come to the Light.
Come when you feel there's no hope in sight.
Come when you're lost, when you're alone.
Come when you're tired of fighting the fight.
There's a paradise to share with a Risen Lord who cares.
When you need God's power and might just come to the Light.

2 A better world is coming, of this we can be sure.
The signs are all around us like a newborn child so pure.
If we place our faith and trust in the one who knows our strife,
We will surely lay hold on eternal life. (to CHORUS)

(Repeat CHORUS)


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Since I’ve been teleworking since March 2020 (as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic), that has afforded me time at home to work on all the original songs my buddy Chris Werle and I (John Ford) have written. Chris wrote the lyrics, chords, and melody. I then transcribe it into notation, since Chris doesn’t read music. I then write the harmonies, most of the instrumental solos and/or counter melodies, arrange all the instruments, and put everything together.

All songs started in Band-in-a-Box (and some of them are over 20 years old). Then they were worked up in either PowerTracks Pro or RealBand. Since Chris and I live in different states now, I had to rely on previously recorded vocals and his guitar playing from old PowerTracks or RealBand .SEQ files. Because of limitations in RealBand with some VSTi’s, I did have to export the some of the MIDI tracks out of RealBand and render them to audio in Cakewalk (for those that RealBand didn’t render properly), after which I would bring the audio back into RealBand. But most of the songs and the final mix were exclusively rendered from RealBand.

My goal here is to post one song each day until all 26 of the songs have been posted. Some have been posted previously, but I have gone back and reworked all of them, so they are all new mixes and are different from what was originally posted.

Most of the songs are Christian in nature, so if that’s not your thing, that’s fine. But it’s our thing. So without further ado, here is the music.

Very inspirational message.
Real nice sound from the Nylon Guitar sample.
I liked the little IV/I sequence at the last word of the chorus.
Nice vocal harmonies!

Thanks; this is one we have played and sung in church a number of times.