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"He who lives in the memory of his loved ones is not dead, he is only distant. Dead is only who is forgotten." - Immanuel Kant - Listen to THE SHINING SKY I’m still surrounded by the darkness and it seems like yesterday iI's like a never ending process I am here and you are on the way And there is still so much that I want to telling you but I think you already knew it long ago I am now looking up to the shining sky Want to get out of the dark no longer wants to asking why I am now looking up to the shining sky Nothing is the way it was but now I want to stop cry Whenever i drive by your window I see you waving to me Your smile is like a rainbow and will remain so for all eternity You brought a lot of love into my life and I always want to touch your light ****** Song Summary ************* Title: TheShiningSky File:TheShiningSky.SGU Key=C , Tempo 75, Length (m:s)=4:44 1 bar intro, 84 bar chorus, from bar 2 to bar 85. Repeat x1 chorus No Melody Soloist track has 252 notes, Soloist harmony is <no harmony>(0) Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0, Song is saved with bar changes for Volume Changes,RealDrums Changes, Style is _CRAG.STY RealTracks in song: ~~534:Bass, Electric, Pop Sw 065 RealTracks in song: ~~364:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking Ev 065 Loop in Song: Drums/PopSyncSw16^04-HtSdStk,ClHtSnr RealTracks in song: 1543:Synth Pad, PopBelieve Ev16 065 RealTracks in song: 2337:Violin, Background, PopHigh Ev 085 (1TrackStringSection) RealTracks in song: ~~368:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Ev 065 RealTracks in song: 3063:Vocal Aahs, Rhythm Pop3-part Ev 085 RealDrums in song: AmericanaRoots16th^05-a:Kick, Sidestick, b:Snare ******************* THE SHINING SKY Lyrics & Music: Andreas Melzer Vocals: Andreas Melzer ©2021 by PROJECT M
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Pretty ballad and nice arrangement and production work. Enjoyed my listen.
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Pretty ballad and nice arrangement and production work. Enjoyed my listen.
Charlie Thank you very much. And that's what it's all about, after all. Many greetings Andi ;-)
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Hi Andi,
Excellent lyrics and musical arrangement. Also a very sweet sounding timber in your voice. I can already tell you're going to be a quick favorite around here! Nice tune, thanks for posting!
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Hello. Thank you very much for the great feedback. I am of course very happy. Many greetings Andi ;-)
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Very nice song. Super mix. Loved the acoustic and violin. Super vocal and lyric. Well done
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Hi Andi, Very nice ballad, good choice of instruments and nice arrangement. Good vocal. A little too much processing on it for my tastes, but I'm old school in that regards I guess  Welcome to the forum!
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Hello Andi,
The song is beautiful, with nice strings to support it. The composition is cleaver made. i like that.
About your vocals it looks as if you hold back in your singing as if you want to prefend it to clip. You can hear that very much in where you start with: "Whenever i drive by your window..." I think you need to sing more full and give your 'despair' more body. If you do that this will become a very nice song!
And welcome in the forum, by the way, Hans
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Hi Scott Thanks for your feedback. Glad you liked the song. Many thanks Andi ;-)
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Hello Dave Thanks for your feedback Nice to be here Many greetings Andi ;-)
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Hello Hans Thank you for your feedback. I agree with you 100 percent. A good singer can get much more out of this song (and also out of my others). I was never a singer. But I also don't know anyone who wants to sing my songs. And now that I have such a great band with BiaB I just try to sing it myself as good as I can. Many greetings Andi ;-)
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Andi, A nice song. Good arrangement. Good mix. I like the vocal processing. (I USED to be old-school like Dave, but I'm not any more  ) Well done. Enjoyed the listen. fj
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Hello Floyd Well, if I could do without vocal effects I probably wouldn't use them so much either ;-) But with effects I really feel better Thanks for your feedback Many greetings Andi ;-)
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I really like this one Andi! That violin at the start and in various spots really was an excellent choice! It's a lovely song that you did a super job with in all aspects! Thanks, Torrey
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Thank you Torrey Thanks for your feedback Great that you like my song Many greetings Andi ;-)
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Masterful composition, Andi. Great band you've chosen, too. Excellent vocal. There's something particularly interesting in the quality of your vocal. Very well done.
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Hello Marty Probably the special German accent ;-))) Anyway great that you like my song thanks a lot many greetings Andi ;-)
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That sounded good.
I'm going to guess that English isn't your native tongue.
Aside from a few incidental grammatical errors.... No big deal really... You have a very cool timbre to your voice. I don't think you need to cover it up or hide behind vocal effects. If you want to double the vox for fullness you should have one of the tracks up front and the others down to barely audible and panned wide. Oh, and don't clone them. Record them each.
I liked the song. I'll check out some of the other stuff you posted.
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but you can't do both.
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Hello Guitarhacker thanks for your feedback and tips Can you maybe tell me which errors are in the text? That's really a pity that I don't have anyone to check my texts fortunately they are only small mistakes ;-) Many greetings Andi ;-)
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Nice song, good melody. I like the lyrics. Band mix is very good.
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