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Here is a new Spirit Level song. Lyrics and vocal are by Robert Cordrey. This song was developed from my instrumental Swiftsure. Guitar tracks were done by myself and Ray Cochrane. Ray Cochrane also did the bass track on this song. Kudos to Ray for steering the arrangement to its current state. It is a much better version of the song since its first inception.. Palace of Memory Lyrics: Palace of Memory pale day pale day wears away the song leaves the singer thought he had more to say motes of dust our moments rust to pictures pictures are mirrors you can`t trust the way back way back a rutted track the house where old ghosts whisper apologies behind your back rewrite the verse zoom in reverse your pictures pictures are strangers who bless and curse reverie show the making of me a beggar in the palace of memory at last gone at last your wrinkled mask in a field the child lies dreaming a god wakes with no past mysteries in time decieve your pictures pictures are speaking their meaning holds you fast reverie show the making of me a beggar in the palace of memory © Robert Cordrey May 2021 This was the original BIAB file ****** Song Summary ************* Title: memorypalace File:memorypalace.SGU Key=Bm , Tempo 86, Length (m:s)=1:12 No intro. 22 bar chorus, from bar 1 to bar 22. Repeat x1 chorus No Melody No Soloist track. Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0, Song is saved with bar changes for Volume Changes, Style is _BUBLPOP.STY (21st Century Radio) RealTracks in song: 1827:Bass, Electric, PopModernGrooveA-B Ev16 075 RealTracks in style: 1861:Synth, Rhythm, EuroDance ChorusHousePianoOffBeat Ev16 120 RealTracks in song: 3752:Guitar, Baritone Electric, Rhythm MoodySlowGrittyBrent Ev16 075 RealTracks in song: 3656:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm IndieGentlePush Ev16 080 RealTracks in song: 3753:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm MoodyArpRotaryBrent Ev16 075 RealDrums [in Song:PopModernGrooveSync16^1-a:Snare on 4, HiHat , b:Snare, Ride ******************* Used the drag and drop midi chord track from the BIAB with the BBC Symphony VST. (Thanks Floyd for the heads up on the Free BBC VST download) Lead Guitar Scott C Rhythm Guitars Ray C and Scott C Bass Guitar Ray C.
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Powerful lyrics.
Very unusual arrangement.
The vocal panning played with my mind.
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Very cool, guys! Fabulous listen on the phones.
"the song leaves the singer
thought he had more to say"
Yeah! Great line of many.
Lovely playing Scott, nice and melodic. Great vocal from Robert and solid bass work from Ray.
Overall just an excellent song, listened a couple of times.
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Scott, Ray, Robert...
COOL song.
Good write - lyrics and melody. Good vocal.
Very cool guitars spread nicely across the soundscape. Very good mix. Good bass, too. (Drums are a bit "back" for my tastes). Excellent arrangement.
Great listen!
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Hi guys,
what a cool song. Great lyrics, well done in all aspects.
Cheers,
Stefan
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Scott, Ray & Robert,
This may be my favorite Spirit Level track...
An awesome arrangement, mix and outstanding guitar.
The beautiful and haunting vocal by Robert is mesmerizing - a real showstopper.
Bob
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"motes of dust our moments rust
to pictures pictures are mirrors
you can`t trust"
The vocal panning definitely evoked images of mirrors for us. Very effective.
Vocal, guitar and bass performances were excellent. Great guitar tone for the feel and all is nicely glued together with the bass.
Everybody was in the pocket for the psychedelic vibe. As we've said before ... sophisticated psychedelia.
You also picked an excellent supporting BiaB group and topped it all off with an open mix with a great soundstage. And nice work with the VST.
So when are we going to have a light show vid?
Well done y'all
J&B
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Echos of "Time in a bottle" and Leonard Cohen, nice work, liked it a lot
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Powerful lyrics.
Very unusual arrangement.
The vocal panning played with my mind.
moto
Thanks Moto. When I first heard the vocal panning I took a step back and let it sink in. Was perfect for the vibe of the song. Thanks for checking it out. Glad you liked it.
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Loved the way some verses jumped the previous verse, a very cool effect. Lot of great imagery. Good playing by all.
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Hi Scott, Ray and Robbert,
As captain Moto said, an unusual arrangement. Very intriguing.
Robberts' vocals are (as always) very good, despite the fact that the singing is so complicated in this song
I had no idea what you were singing about, but it must be wonderful. It souned like that!
And I liked how the band played it all. At first I got confused by the rhythm of the drums compared with the singing, but that was just me.
So, a very nice song from a great Spirit Level (I wanted to write higher instead of great, but that could lead to misinterpretations...)
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Very cool, guys! Fabulous listen on the phones.
"the song leaves the singer
thought he had more to say"
Yeah! Great line of many.
Lovely playing Scott, nice and melodic. Great vocal from Robert and solid bass work from Ray.
Overall just an excellent song, listened a couple of times. Thanks Dave We worked very hard on the arrangement and mix on this song. Lots of gigabytes passed back and forth until it got to a place where we really liked it. Robert's developed some very cool lyrics for this song. Made especially harder from the fact he was using one of my melodies. Glad you liked the song. Scott, Ray, Robert...
COOL song.
Good write - lyrics and melody. Good vocal.
Very cool guitars spread nicely across the soundscape. Very good mix. Good bass, too. (Drums are a bit "back" for my tastes). Excellent arrangement.
Great listen!
fj Thanks Floyd for checking out the song. The drums had been moved around quite a bit on this song during its development. Robert did such a cool vocal on this that we want it to be front and center. Ray added the cool pan left to center pan and right to center pan and I felt it really focused the attention on it. Really glad you liked the song..
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Very cool! "Memory" is very well suited for that tune with such a vintage and melancholic vibe. I loved how you played over those changes. Great job!
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Another interesting dreamscape, gents, very well played and sung.
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Thanks folks,
It was a nice track to play on and the work Scott n Robert put in made it an easy task.
Cheers
rayc
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Hi guys,
what a cool song. Great lyrics, well done in all aspects.
Cheers,
Stefan Thanks Stefan Glad you liked the song Scott, Ray & Robert,
This may be my favorite Spirit Level track...
An awesome arrangement, mix and outstanding guitar.
The beautiful and haunting vocal by Robert is mesmerizing - a real showstopper.
Bob Thanks Bob. Robert did a really cool vocal on this tune. Glad you liked it. "motes of dust our moments rust
to pictures pictures are mirrors
you can`t trust"
The vocal panning definitely evoked images of mirrors for us. Very effective.
Vocal, guitar and bass performances were excellent. Great guitar tone for the feel and all is nicely glued together with the bass.
Everybody was in the pocket for the psychedelic vibe. As we've said before ... sophisticated psychedelia.
You also picked an excellent supporting BiaB group and topped it all off with an open mix with a great soundstage. And nice work with the VST.
So when are we going to have a light show vid?
Well done y'all
J&B
Thanks Janice and Bud for the awesome comments. We have been spending lots of time experimenting with the different production techniques to enhance the song. These song change so much from the initial inception to the finished piece. Really glad you liked it.
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Man, what a great collab group, Spirit Level. Always rising to the top. Weird that I've listened to this song about 5 times, but failed to comment on it here. Robert is always magical with the lyrics and vocal. Really cool and haunting melody. The guitars sing from the same page.
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Cool, unusual, and enjoyable.
Absolutely love the lyrics.
All aspects of the production sound good. Guitar, bass, vocal, mix.
Thanks for that experience!
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Echos of "Time in a bottle" and Leonard Cohen, nice work, liked it a lot Thank you for the awesome comments. Really glad you liked the song Loved the way some verses jumped the previous verse, a very cool effect. Lot of great imagery. Good playing by all. Thanks TM for checking out the song. Your comments are very much appreciated. Hi Scott, Ray and Robbert,
As captain Moto said, an unusual arrangement. Very intriguing.
Robberts' vocals are (as always) very good, despite the fact that the singing is so complicated in this song
I had no idea what you were singing about, but it must be wonderful. It souned like that!
And I liked how the band played it all. At first I got confused by the rhythm of the drums compared with the singing, but that was just me.
So, a very nice song from a great Spirit Level (I wanted to write higher instead of great, but that could lead to misinterpretations...)
Hans Thanks so much Hans for checking out the song. We are always trying to push the envelope on our songs. Now that we are older and wiser we can appreciate the you using great instead of higher. If this was back in the late 60's we would have taken higher in a different context. :-).. Glad you liked the song.
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Very cool! "Memory" is very well suited for that tune with such a vintage and melancholic vibe. I loved how you played over those changes. Great job! Thanks so much for checking out the song. Really glad you liked it Another interesting dreamscape, gents, very well played and sung.
Regards,
Leon Thanks Leon Glad you liked the song Man, what a great collab group, Spirit Level. Always rising to the top. Weird that I've listened to this song about 5 times, but failed to comment on it here. Robert is always magical with the lyrics and vocal. Really cool and haunting melody. The guitars sing from the same page. Thanks Marty. I have been catching quite of the new songs on Facebook as well. Thanks for the awesome comments and really glad you liked the song.
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