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My wife has the most disarming smile and placid demeanor...until she doesn`t, at which time its duck and cover. Conducting Lightning Style is _HOMESIK.STY (Homesick Soft Pop Serenade) RealTracks in style: ~2474:Bass, Acoustic, Held Ev 085 RealTracks in style: 2195:Piano, ElectricVintage, Rhythm CoolJazzPopHeld Ev 085 RealTracks in style: 3059:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm Muted16thsFintan Ev16 080 RealTracks in song: 3230:Guitar, Electric, Background CinemaHeldLowDarin Ev16 090 RealTracks in song: 3231:Guitar, Electric, Background CinemaHeldHighDarin Ev16 090 RealDrums [in style:CongasEv16[single] [Multi] Conducting Lightning she once seemed serene as earth dark sky never raised a frown when stars are falling her bravados walking not looking up should have known the quiet ones keep their powder dry her jagged gaze cuts through the haze of trash talk I heard waves crash round the king tried to turn the tide felt the white heat of truth shine brown eyes I`ve seen a grown man face the music shaking in his boots I saw you conducting lightning her elusive smile sparks my spine I see pie in the sky she says I`m passing through the little house you drew `til its clear who`s boss you might think still waters that`s my Mona Lisa that little mood apart isn`t all her art she`s nobody to cross I heard waves crash round the king tried to turn the tide felt the white heat of truth shine brown eyes I`ve seen a grown man face the music shaking in his boots I saw you conducting lightning I`ve seen this grown man face the music shaking in his boots I saw you conducting lightning © Robert Cordrey Oct. 2019
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Very well done, Robert! I enjoyed listening to this song.
Will
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Really great use of the Style you chose! Thanks for sharing.
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Listened to this last night on my phone and them again on the headphones. First super vocal and lyric. Loved your backtrack on this. Some very cool instrument choices and chord changes. Well done..
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Robert,
Great musical opening. Subtle and ear-catching. So good I started it over 3 times before going on to the lyric.
"should have known the quiet ones
keep their powder dry"
Good line and cool melody...
"I`ve seen a grown man face the music
shaking in his boots
I saw you
conducting lightning"
Nice.
That acoustic guitar RT is a perfect sword for you. Cool production.
Excellent mix.
Really liked this.
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Sounds like a desert symphony - Joshua Tree lightning rods et al.
Nice one.
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rayc
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Extremely atmospheric, and a very nice overall production.
No surprise the lyrics were top notch and the vocal was assured and nicely done.
An impressive piece of song writing.
Peter
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Hi Robert,
where to begin...?
The most interesting combination of the beautiful melody and that RealStyle - terrific!
A great write - really caught me.
VERY well-sung !
Awesome !
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Excellent intro! Sounded great through the 'phones.
I always enjoy your lyrics, and I like your vocal too, the falsetto you added to "dry" and "Lisa" is cool.
The lightning fx at the end was a nice touch.
Enjoyed!
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Very calming. Love the chord changes. Deep.
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Very well done, Robert! I enjoyed listening to this song.
Will Thanks Will! Really great use of the Style you chose! Thanks for sharing. Thanks for listening Ember. Listened to this last night on my phone and them again on the headphones. First super vocal and lyric. Loved your backtrack on this. Some very cool instrument choices and chord changes. Well done.. Scott, You turned me on to those cinematic guitar tracks... fun to use them here. Thanks for your support! Robert,
Great musical opening. Subtle and ear-catching. So good I started it over 3 times before going on to the lyric.
"should have known the quiet ones
keep their powder dry"
Good line and cool melody...
"I`ve seen a grown man face the music
shaking in his boots
I saw you
conducting lightning"
Nice.
That acoustic guitar RT is a perfect sword for you. Cool production.
Excellent mix.
Really liked this.
fj Floyd, I appreciate those comments- glad you liked the atmospheric intro and the chorus lyrics ( hope I made it clear who was shaking in their boots!). Robert
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Nice backstory leads to the excellent song title. And then starts the super intro, those cinematic guitars really fit the mood. Later the congas join in nicely. Dynamic melody with nice leaps. Great chording, especially in the beginning of the catchy chorus. Lyrically full of great images like "should have known the quit ones keep their powder dry", I really enjoy the story, you are really a gifted songwriter with original ideas  Janne
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Robert,
Excellent vocal on this—really crisp. The production on this is just so clean . . . very nice touches and this throughout. Not sure why this reminds me of a Counting Crows song . . . just strikes me as something they would do. Really cool tune—enjoyed it a lot!
My kind regards,
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Hello, again, 'Robertkc'...
'Conducting Lightning' is an appealing and wryly diverting title for such an introspective song. That being said, in Conducting Lightning, I feel you've used words as lyrics in a sublimely poetic way to paint a picture of a singular and unique indivdual whom you appear to know in a deep and unbounded way. In fact, I'd say you've achieved something that I have always yearned (and still hope) to do -- to compose a song about a love relationship, but without ever using the word 'love'.
Conducting Lightning is some kind of notable achievement, seriously, because 'true love' in my opinion is really about having an depthless, fathomless capacity to take in the entirety of the loved one's mind, heart and soul, without fear, judgement, or insecurity. It's a tall order, for sure, but not impossible. I believe you acknowledged that challenge and revealed your acceptance of it in your sweet song.
The Real Style you selected to convey your feelings in music is perhaps one of the most perfect pairings of Band-in-a-Box’s instrumental tracks with lyrics that I've heard on the User's Forum. It has just the right quality of fragility and sensitivity of tone that your lyrics needed. It's dreamy-sounding, quietly stirring in spirit, serene as the endless cycle of waves at low tide rolling onto the shore and then rebounding lazily back into the ocean. The congas add a playful, low-key but lively feel to the song.
You sing like a man who is planning to present the song to his heart’s pleasure as though it was her birthday gift. It's lovely, loving, and eternal in it's personal testimonial of what you see within, from without.
LOREN
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Another good bit of writing, RKC, perhaps a little less poetic than usual, but tailored, I'm sure, to fit your subject. Enjoyed it a lot as I do all of your work.
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Hi Robert, I told you before, it seems I like all your songs. You don't have a song makes me say "Mwahhh..." But, of course, that is not a complain, if you might think so (although you could try to make an awful song once  The way you play with the words in your lyrics makes me (a bit) jealous. Your vocals are very good. They make the melody of the song, althougt those chopping strings do their best to match them. I have used these chopping violins and cello often. They bring a nice tension in a song. Surely they do in your song. I would say: Chapeau! Hans
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Nice one Robert. I really love the mellow vibe from that style you used. It reminded me a lot of Bruce Springsteen's "I'm on fire", from the early 80s. Very well written lyrics too, completely understand and relate to them. Keep up the excellent work sir!
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Really well done - I really thought the lyrics added a nice dynamic, and your vocals are top notch on this one. It display some strong song-writing abilities, and the mix on it is concise and professional. Great work - thanks for sharing
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A nice production & mix...
With great vocals...
I liked unique concept of the song as well as the lyrics...
You had many notable lines...
But undoubtedly my favorite was...
"I heard waves crash round the king
tried to turn the tide"
That lyric & corresponding melodic phrase really made it shine...
As usual good job!
Jim
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Now here is an excellent song, the vocal is just awesome!!!,,, Great song all around Robert!! Cliff
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