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Song #5 of 26 – A Father’s Prayer

Initial BIAB Style – _BALADE – Country Ballad w/ Electric Guitar

Track #1 – RealBass 366: Bass, Electric, Country Ev 065
Track #2 – RealDrums-NashvilleEven16^5-HiHat, Ride
Track #3 – RealPiano 365: Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking, Ev 085
Track #4 – RealGuitar 362: Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Ev 085
Track #5 – RealSrings 542: Guitar, Electric Rhythm Dreamy Ev 085
Track #6 – Chris Werle playing Ovation Acoustic Guitar
Tracks #7 and #8 – Choir patch (don’t remember the VSti that rendered it)
Track #9– Strings MIDI track using Sonivox Orchestral Companion Strings VSTi (Ensemble Strings selection)
Tracks #10 and #11 – Piano by John Ford rendered using TruePianos VSTi (Diamond)
Track #12 – Flute Solo MIDI track real-time recorded from Ketron SD2

John sings both lead vocal and 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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Father’s Prayer
by Christopher P. Werle and John E. Ford
Copyright © 2002 by Christopher P. Werle and John E. Ford

1 I still can recall the day you came home, a bundle of life to share,
A baby of our own. So much to be learned, to handle with care,
And each day I took the time to say a father's prayer.

2 Then I turned around, (then I turned around)
To find you were grown. (find you were grown)
So eager to change the world, to set out on your own, (on your own)
And though you had gone, (though you’d gone)
I still felt you there, (I felt you there)
And each day I took the time to say a father's prayer.

BRIDGE
I hope faith and love will show you the way.
I hope you find peace on earth only knowing a perfect day; this I pray.

(Repeat BRIDGE)

3 I still can recall the day you were wed, before Him you joined two hearts
With solemn vows you said. A child of your own, now you're holding there.
I'm so glad I took the time to say a father's prayer.
I'm so glad He had the time to hear a father's prayer.


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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.

BTW, This is a song that Chris and I have sung multiple times for the Father's Day service at church. My friend Steve's daughter, Jenny, would play the flute part. I would play piano and Chris would play acoustic guitar.