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Song #4 of 26 – Extraordinary Life, Extraordinary Man

Initial BIAB Style – _WALZBRT – Country Waltz w/ Brent Mason

Track #1 – RealBass 1121: Bass, Acoustic, CountryWaltz Sw 085
Track #2 – RealDrums-NashvilleSwing8^4-HiHat, Snare
Track #3 – RealPiano 1285: Guitar, Electric Soloist Country Waltz
Track #4 – RealGuitar 822: Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking Country
Track #5 – RealStrings 824: Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Country Waltz
Track #6 – Strings MIDI track using Sonivox Orchestral Companion Strings VSTi (Ensemble Strings selection)

Chris sings 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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Extraordinary Life, Extraordinary Man
by Chris Werle and John Ford
Copyright © 2011 by Christopher P. Werle and John E. Ford

Born in a stable, a simple bed of straw.
Kings bearing riches, bound to give it all.
His destiny was written, part of God's great plan.
An extraordinary life, an extraordinary man.

Never to be wealthy, a carpenter was He.
Faith he did give us, truth that set us free.
Beneath the star in heaven, the greatest love began.
An extraordinary life, an extraordinary man.

Ev'ry year at Christmas we celebrate His brith.
Dozen days of frankincense and myrhh.
Praise our Holy Lord and King who gave to us His worth.
And to one and all peace on earth.

Born in a stable, a simple bed of straw.
Kings bearing riches, bound to give it all.
And I'll try to emulate Him in ev'ry way I can.
An extraordinary life, an extraordinary man.
An extraordinary life, an extraordinary man.


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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.

Everything about this is pleasant easy listening experience.

I completely enjoyed this, all aspects--lyric, message, melody, arrangement, performance. Thanks!

Thanks for the nice comments.