Song #6 of 26 – Follow Me

Initial BIAB Style – _SURREAL – Surreal Bossa with New Age Piano

Track #1 – RT366_Bass, Electric, Country Ev 065
Track #2 – RealDrums-CountryEven8
Track #3 – RT405_Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Ev 120
Track #4 – RealStrings 1217: Vibes, Rhythm Jazz Sw 110
Track #5 – RealGuitar 2826: Guitar, Electric, Rhythm, BossaCompOlly 12
Track #6 – Chris playing Ovation Acoustic Guitar
Tracks #7 and #8 – Piano by John rendered using TruePianos VSTi (Diamond)
Track #9– Flute solo MIDI track real-time recorded from Ketron SD2
Tracks #10 and #11 – Strings MIDI track using Sonivox Orchestral Companion Strings (VSTi) (Ensemble Strings selection)
Track #12 – RT363_Pedal Steel, Background Ev 085

Chris and John alternate lead vocals and John sings the 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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Follow Me
by Chris Werle and John Ford
Copyright 2000 by Chris Werle and John Ford

1 Long ago our Lord and Savior walked the shores of Galilee,
Where He came upon two brothers casting nets into the sea.
And though they toiled to earn a living, there was much more they would be,
And Jesus said, "Become my disciples: follow me!" (to CHORUS)

CHORUS
"Follow me", said Christ Jesus. "Follow me and hold thy peace. "
"Follow me and you will surely be fulfilled."
"Follow me when you are weary and I will give you rest.
I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: Follow me!"

2 Jesus cast out evil spirits, healed a man with leprosy.
Calmed a storm that rose so fiercely, stalled the wind and stilled the sea.
And then He went up on the mountain. Twelve apostles named to be,
And one by one they heeded His call: "Follow me!" (to CHORUS)

3 When the road ahead is troubled and you feel you've lost your way.
He'll prepare the path before you, all you have to do is pray.
And He'll forgive you your transgressions, life's abundance give for free.
Just heed the call that Jesus made: "Follow me!"

ENDING
Just heed the call that Jesus made: “Follow me!”


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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.

John

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