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The dust my horse kicked up Has settled on the trail
The only light is the fire from my camp
The moons a quarter full And star all abound
The only sound is crickets and the owls
And somewhere far away there sleeps a lady
In a town she removed her fancy gown
Takes off her lipstick and rouge cause tonight she sleeps alone
This morning I left there to find my way back home
I let the fire burn all night To keep animals away
And I think about the town I just left behind
That city life is fine for some but not for me
Fast living and fast woman is not my style
Somewhere far away there sleeps MY lady
On a farm she removes her jeans and blouse
Takes the ribbons that tie her hair lays them gently on the bed
Tonight she got my message that Im on my way back home
Two years and three months its been Since I left my home
And I wonder why I ever left at all
But in my youth I was searching For the golden stars
All I needed is waiting for me home
Thought I'b be going home with my pockets filled with gold
guess I'd be wronged again
this old horse sure knows that I'm stubborn as a mule
I learn the hard way every time.
Somewhere far away there sleeps my lady
She dreams about a man alone on a trail
As fire burns down low and the time she spent alone
Theres a smile in her eyes cause at last Im coming home
Somewhere far away there sleeps my lady
Just waiting to hold her man once again
And I try to apologies and she just hush me up inside
Theres a smile in her eyes cause at last Im coming home 2x
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Mr. Kayne,
at your stage of apprenticeship you ought to have internalised some of the basic requirements:
"With the posts, please provide:
Link to the song (it is not hosted on our site, it is hosted on your site). TICK
Title and background information about the song.
Indicate which tracks were recorded by you, and which tracks were generated by Band-in-a-Box or RealBand.
If Band-in-a-Box or RealBand have been used, please provide information as to which styles or RealTracks were used. (tip: In Band-in-a-Box, the Song Memo contains the names of the RealTracks used, and you can copy/paste from that.)
List other programs used in the production (Sonar, Cubase etc.)
Describe what effects were used in the production (reverb, auto-tune etc)..."
etc.
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rayc
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Ditto to what rayc said. You've posted some great tracks here and gotten few responses. I'm sure you would get many good and helpful comments about your music if you would do what everyone else here does when they post a song. That includes commenting on the songs of others. Not being critical, I would just like to see some dialogue about your wonderful songs. Of course, if you haven't used BIAB on a song, it doesn't belong here.
Last edited by TuneMonger; 12/12/22 01:44 PM.
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superb lyrics.
liked the acoustic arrangement//guitar backing.
your a great storyteller. and nice song emotion in your vocals which are great character vocals.
wonderfull towards the ending.
kudos to you.
have a great xmas.
om
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What a great story - great lyrics
Your vocal fit very well with the backing tracks
Super mix also
I could be John Prine singing this
Me, it's not about how many times you fail, it's about how many times you get back up.
Cop, that's not how field sobriety tests work.
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A song that proves that sometimes rhyming is overrated.  Nice arrangement and singing. Good write, too. I especially like the tempo/feel changes, and the pauses. Despite Rob says, there's no requirement that the songs actually use BiaB: The User Showcase is an area where users of PG Music products (e.g. Band-in-a-Box or RealBand) can post links to their original song compositions, for others to listen to.And you're obviously a BiaB user. Still, how will we know which great bits of your songs we can pilfer if you don't tell us about them? 
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< Despite Rob says, there's no requirement that the songs actually use BiaB:
This surprised me to read. I went back and read the rules and it seems unclear. Nonetheless, I'll go back and delete that line if the board will let me. * It wouldn't let me.
Last edited by TuneMonger; 12/16/22 01:13 AM.
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< Despite Rob says, there's no requirement that the songs actually use BiaB:
This surprised me to read. I went back and read the rules and it seems unclear. Nonetheless, I'll go back and delete that line if the board will let me. * It wouldn't let me. "The User Showcase is an area where users of PG Music products..." No Kewpie Doll but this is cigar worthy.
Cheers
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I went back and read the rules and it seems unclear. Perhaps this sentence will help clarify things: If Band-in-a-Box or RealBand have been used, please provide information as to which styles or RealTracks were used.The "if" allows that not all songs posted will necessarily have styles or RealTracks. That's my reading of it, anyway. IANAL, YMMV, et cetera.
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Dave, prior to the line you quoted is this line:
Indicate which tracks were recorded by you, and which tracks were generated by Band-in-a-Box or RealBand
That's why I think it's unclear, especially when coupled with the line you quoted.
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Hi Elliott,
Nice song and well sung.
Rhyming - David I must slightly disagree with you. The verses have no Rhyming and would definitely benefit IMHO from a Rhyming word at least at the end of the last two lines.
The Choruses have no Rhyming at all and are crying out for some repetition rhymes within the lines and rhyming words at the ends of the lines.
Again IMHO I think too many of the songs on this forum lack quality real (as opposed to false) Rhyming.
Best Regards
Nigel
Nigel Spiers
Christchurch, New Zealand
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I purposely did not Rhyme in this song. I do enough Rhyming in many other songs, but for some reason it didn't feel right or needed for the tone, mood, and character I created for this tune. The syllables fit together for meter of the song
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Hi Elliott,
Good song and very nice vocals too.
Best Regards
Nigel
Nigel Spiers
Christchurch, New Zealand
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This is absolutely beautiful, excellent guitar playing. I loved my listen. Wow!!
Music is an expression that is a universal language, Never criticize anybody to harshly. They need time to grow but when they do, they do. Always be kind in what you say and do because the man upstairs is watching.
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Some have asked me to post the song memo:
I played many of the acoustic finger picking guitars myself and replaced the BIAB guitars.
****** Song Summary *************
Title: somewhere far away2
File:somewhere far awaybest.SGU
Key=A , Tempo 165, Length (m:s)=6:06
No intro. 250 bar chorus, from bar 1 to bar 250. Repeat x1 chorus
No Melody
No Soloist track.
Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0,
Song is saved with bar changes for Tempo,Volume Changes,
Style is _CBGE_PD.STY (Easy Country w/ Pedal Steel)
RealTracks in style: 521:Bass, Electric, Pop Syncopated Ev 136
RealTracks in style: ~407:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking Ev 165
RealTracks in song: ~407:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking Ev 165
RealTracks in song: ~524:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Ev 165
RealTracks in song: 619:Guitar, Resonator, Background Cowboy Ev 165
RealTracks in song: ~407:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking Ev 165
RealDrums in Song:NashvilleOutlaw^06-a:Sidestick, HiHat, b:Snare, HiHat Half
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****** Song Summary *************
Title: somewhere far away2
File:somewhere far awaybest.SGU
Key=A , Tempo 165, Length (m:s)=6:06
No intro. 250 bar chorus, from bar 1 to bar 250. Repeat x1 chorus
No Melody
No Soloist track.
Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0,
Song is saved with bar changes for Tempo,Volume Changes,
Style is _CBGE_PD.STY (Easy Country w/ Pedal Steel)
RealTracks in style: 521:Bass, Electric, Pop Syncopated Ev 136
RealTracks in style: ~407:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking Ev 165
RealTracks in song: ~407:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking Ev 165
RealTracks in song: ~524:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Ev 165
RealTracks in song: 619:Guitar, Resonator, Background Cowboy Ev 165
RealTracks in song: ~407:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking Ev 165
RealDrums in Song:NashvilleOutlaw^06-a:Sidestick, HiHat, b:Snare, HiHat Half
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Beautiful song and beautiful voice.
What more do you need?
C'est la vie en rose!
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This song rolls along very smoothly. Uncomplicated melody matched to an interesting lyric. I liked the pause before the outro (nice touch).
My music may not set the world on fire but if it causes a glow in just one person's heart, it has all been worthwhile
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Elliott,
This is a great sounding song with an excellent vocal performance and production! Don't know what the instrumentation used was but it all sounds really good! It's clean and crisp sounding! The song puts me in mind of the 70's/80's era group Toby Beau!
Thanks, TB
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