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Life Wins This is yet another song that I got in my dream and definitely not the last one  The dream started as a musical, located in a trailer park and a man singing happily the "Life wins" chorus part. Then it turned into a synth pop song which I was playing with a band. Then for some reason, I was kicked out of the band. After that I hired Nile Rodgers to produce the song. So after I woke up, I decided to finish it, although it took me 16 months to get to this point. At that time I had watched Nile Rodgers documentary, from it I used the idea to start with the chorus. But I didn't ask him to produce my song, maybe I will if this turns out to be a hit  ... Unfortunately I didn't find any Nile Rodgers RTs, where are they? There should be some Well, I used Zane instead, that was the closest playing style I could find. It took me quite a long time to figure out what Life Wins could mean, and at some point I got a profound thought how real life is like the Game of Life computer game, continuously growing and eating space on its way, but on the other hand, a persistent fighter, surviving even in the most difficult conditions. RealDrums: SynthDrumsDisco Loops: GeorgiaFunkA, 80sPopRockA RealTracks: Electric Bass #2608 Electric Piano #1437 Electric guitar #1436, #2539, #2618 Electric guitar soloist BritSyncFunky #3443 Vocal Mmms #3278 Lead vocals by me Backing vocals by Vocaloids CyberDiva & Daina Mixed in Cakewalk by BandLab Lyrics: Life wins, life wins life wins over misery you will see eventually. Life wins, life wins life wins over agony you will see eventually. when your boots of dreams are stuck in the mud when the path of fate is signed with your blood watch a flower breaching soil in a pit reaching out for the Sun with its grit. Life wins... when your skin of solace yearns for its fill when the hails of hurt seem destined to kill watch the penguins shaking through arctic chill their march of months to the sea for the krill. Life wins... Life is cruel we get tramped and eaten yet life's persistent it yields, gets up again always taking a chance finding cracks in a shatterproof substance. Life wins... ----------------- Janne
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Janne,
A very singable funky chorus anchors your more complex images in the verses; I liked that chilly penguins picture!
The backing, including synth vocal harmonies ( better and poppier sounding than Helicon harmonies for this style), sounds good.
I enjoyed the idiosyncrasy matched to a very positive and catchy song.
Robert
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Terrific, hummable song. Great intro. I love the support the harmonies lend your lead vocal. And who'd ever think krill would end up in a song? Guitar solo was the icing. Very fun tune that I enjoyed listening to several times.
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Janne, super song. Love the groove! Your vocal was really good. The mix is excellent.
To nitpick I though the synthesized harmonies sounded just that, synthesized. If they were a little lower in volume and maybe a touch of reverb and/or delay it would help. BUT this is only my opinion and others may not agree.
Regardless this is an excellent song!
Me, it's not about how many times you fail, it's about how many times you get back up.
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Boy did this sound good on the monitors. Speakers were bouncing on my desk. Very cool song. Super vocal Janne and backtrack. Well done
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A very singable funky chorus anchors your more complex images in the verses; I liked that chilly penguins picture!
The backing, including synth vocal harmonies ( better and poppier sounding than Helicon harmonies for this style), sounds good.
I enjoyed the idiosyncrasy matched to a very positive and catchy song.
Robert
Thanks Robert for your nice comment Those chilly penguins are really one of the best examples of animals surviving in the hardest conditions on Earth, so I'm glad you liked that picture. Also good to hear that you found the song very positive although there are so many unpleasant things in life. Janne
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Terrific, hummable song. Great intro. I love the support the harmonies lend your lead vocal. And who'd ever think krill would end up in a song? Guitar solo was the icing. Very fun tune that I enjoyed listening to several times. Thanks TuneMonger for your kind words Hummable - hmmm maybe that's why it was easy to remember when I woke up in the morning Glad you liked the intro, I tried to create something catchy and easily recognizable leading shortly to the chorus. Janne
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Janne,
A good lively Pop sound. The opening grabs you right away. Had me dancing in my chair!
Very catchy - as a Pop song should be. The verses are quite catchy, too - nice!
A really nice production. And very well mixed. I like your vocals on this. Excellent drums. Nice ending guitar...
I enjoyed this. I wish I could dream music like that!
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Janice said, a la Steve Martin, that your song gave her happy feet!
The vocaloid backing sounds good to us...that synthetic feel is what
we frequently hear in current pop music.
We also like the ever so slight hint of reggae in the song.
Good dream, good write and good vocals.
Nice mix also!
Enjoyed it...
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Janne, super song. Love the groove! Your vocal was really good. The mix is excellent.
To nitpick I though the synthesized harmonies sounded just that, synthesized. If they were a little lower in volume and maybe a touch of reverb and/or delay it would help. BUT this is only my opinion and others may not agree.
Regardless this is an excellent song! Thanks Mario, I appreciate your positive feedback I'm glad you liked my vocal. You are right, I didn't work much on the harmonies, I could have added some vibrato, but that doesn't work very well when there are several voices singing together. I used Izotope's Vocal Doubler on that track, maybe that amplified the synthesized effect. But I'd rather use real singers to do the job, maybe Nile Rodgers brings his Chic girls  Janne
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Boy did this sound good on the monitors. Speakers were bouncing on my desk. Very cool song. Super vocal Janne and backtrack. Well done Thanks Scott, it's a pleasure to get such a nice feedback I hope your speakers didn't fall off your desk Janne
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A good lively Pop sound. The opening grabs you right away. Had me dancing in my chair!
Very catchy - as a Pop song should be. The verses are quite catchy, too - nice!
A really nice production. And very well mixed. I like your vocals on this. Excellent drums. Nice ending guitar...
I enjoyed this. I wish I could dream music like that!
fj Thanks Floyd, I really appreciate such a heartwarming feedback from a master of songwriting I tried to make it catchy from the beginning so I'm really glad I managed to convince even you I wish you musical dreams Janne
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Janice said, a la Steve Martin, that your song gave her happy feet!
The vocaloid backing sounds good to us...that synthetic feel is what
we frequently hear in current pop music.
We also like the ever so slight hint of reggae in the song.
Good dream, good write and good vocals.
Nice mix also!
Enjoyed it...
J&B Thanks Janice and Bud for your positive words Happy feet describes my dream very well, the dream started with a man dancing. I guess the reggae feeling came from the backbeat on the loop I used, interesting observation. Janne
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Yeah, funky reggae! That's what life is. Very creative, Janne. Keep the dream alive.
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Yeah, funky reggae! That's what life is. Very creative, Janne. Keep the dream alive. Thanks Marty for your positive feedback Yes, let's keep the dream alive - that sound a very good song title Janne
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Funky tune! By definition a song of hope. Nice arrangement and vocals. I jumped right in listening and was surprised how well your electronic girls singed this with you after reading comments. Easy listener. I liked that solo too. Thank you for sharing and keep dreaming!
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Hi Janne ...
Man, that was a really cool listen! This is very creative and so much fun to listen to. I always enjoy listening to your music. Thanks so much for this great listen! Loved it!
Best to you. Please be safe ...
Alan
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Interesting and creative.
All the RT's work well together and that mix is tight! It has that professional sheen or grit to it that is so appealing.
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Funky tune! By definition a song of hope. Nice arrangement and vocals. I jumped right in listening and was surprised how well your electronic girls singed this with you after reading comments. Easy listener. I liked that solo too. Thank you for sharing and keep dreaming!
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Thanks Misha for your kind words a song of hope, very nice description! I'm glad you liked the solo, I had many alternatives for it but this one really strike me with its quality. Yes, let's keep dreaming! Janne
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Man, that was a really cool listen! This is very creative and so much fun to listen to. I always enjoy listening to your music. Thanks so much for this great listen! Loved it!
Best to you. Please be safe ...
Alan Thanks Alan for your very kind and supportive words Janne
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