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Organic Love

From my latest album "Band Mix" that I posted here the other day...

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****** Song Summary *************
Title: Organic Love
File:Organic Love.SGU
Key=Am , Tempo 85, Length (m:s)=4:50
4 bar intro, 32 bar chorus, from bar 5 to bar 36. Repeat x3 choruses
Fadeout ending bars =6.
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 ETERNAL.STY (Eternal - Mystical 4/4 New Age)
Style MIDI Instruments are : Seashore (123), Bird Tweet (124),
RealTracks in song: 776:Bass, Acoustic, PopWaltz Ev 085
RealTracks in song: 2462:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm NewAgeAnswers Ev16 110
RealTracks in song: ~1656:Organ, Soloist Bossa Ev 085
RealTracks in song: ~~2200:Guitar, Nylon, Background CountryBrent Ev 085
MIDI Drums :1 Standard Drum Kit (1)
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Last edited by Trygve Larsen; 06/18/16 07:24 PM.

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Hi Trygve,

very nice one. Great choice of RTs.
Enjoyable listen.

Guenter

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Coooool!

Enjoyed it.

J&B


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Leo,

I find it much easier to maintain my interest for one song at a time! Thanks for making the listening process a bit easier for this old man!

On this forum, most comments are based on how a song works in the context of the lyrics or vocals or video or personally played instrument... but your song is strictly real tracks set to a chord pattern. I'm not sure how to comment on that, except to say that this was an interesting combination of real tracks, and they worked well with the chord pattern you used.

Another recurring theme in comments revolves around how well the generated tracks were tweaked to keep the end result from sounding "generated". Straight generated tracks have too much randomness, and so they don't sound "arranged". Arrangements tend to have recurring themes, or motifs throughout.

Typically, people cut and paste sections in order to establish a recurring theme that sounds like the song was mapped out and not just randomly generated with some chords and some real tracks.

In listening through your album yesterday, I got the impression that you've been having a blast exploring the possibilities you can get from mixing and matching instruments, styles and chord patterns. Indeed, there's a lot that can be done along those lines.

But I think you've gotten to a degree of proficiency with the software now where you're ready to focus on the arrangement aspect of your songs. It takes a little longer to finish an arrangement than it does to generate a chord pattern in a mixed and matched style... but the end result can be dramatically more satisfying, and I think you'll find that people will find more of the elements in your songs that they are inclined to comment on.

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Hello,
very relaxing song well played. Great acoustic guitar part.

Sergio



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Thank's Guenter !


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Thank's J&B!


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Originally Posted By: Pat Marr
Leo,

I find it much easier to maintain my interest for one song at a time! Thanks for making the listening process a bit easier for this old man!

On this forum, most comments are based on how a song works in the context of the lyrics or vocals or video or personally played instrument... but your song is strictly real tracks set to a chord pattern. I'm not sure how to comment on that, except to say that this was an interesting combination of real tracks, and they worked well with the chord pattern you used.

Another recurring theme in comments revolves around how well the generated tracks were tweaked to keep the end result from sounding "generated". Straight generated tracks have too much randomness, and so they don't sound "arranged". Arrangements tend to have recurring themes, or motifs throughout.

Typically, people cut and paste sections in order to establish a recurring theme that sounds like the song was mapped out and not just randomly generated with some chords and some real tracks.

In listening through your album yesterday, I got the impression that you've been having a blast exploring the possibilities you can get from mixing and matching instruments, styles and chord patterns. Indeed, there's a lot that can be done along those lines.

But I think you've gotten to a degree of proficiency with the software now where you're ready to focus on the arrangement aspect of your songs. It takes a little longer to finish an arrangement than it does to generate a chord pattern in a mixed and matched style... but the end result can be dramatically more satisfying, and I think you'll find that people will find more of the elements in your songs that they are inclined to comment on.


Thank's a lot for ur always kind words and positive advice Pat ! I'm impressed over all the time u take to listen and comment to our work on BiaB !

I tend to agree on what u said about Generating track vs Arrange tracks, and haven't spent time on that part yes.. I guess it has to do with my personality... I am a starter and explorer type, and not expert in anything in life, but know a little about much, instead of much about little... But after generating more than 200 tracks since mid 2015, I start to get the feeling my self, that I could like to dig more into the arrangement part...

You inspired me to do so !


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Originally Posted By: Sergio Guarneri

Hello,
very relaxing song well played. Great acoustic guitar part.

Sergio


Thank's a lot Sergio !


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A good listen, Trygve. I preferred the guitar (mellow) to the organ (frantic). Good mix.

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Hi Leo,

wow, love this!
The organ solo part is very cool, but I like the acoustic Spanish guitar part even better!
very good work!

Rob


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Hi, Tryggve !:))


This is a most interesting
experiment and display of
what can be done with BIAB !

I liked it very much !:))

Cheers
Dani

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Originally Posted By: floyd jane
A good listen, Trygve. I preferred the guitar (mellow) to the organ (frantic). Good mix.


Thank's Floyd ! Yeah, actually, me too..;)


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Originally Posted By: RnAM
Hi Leo,

wow, love this!
The organ solo part is very cool, but I like the acoustic Spanish guitar part even better!
very good work!

Rob


Thank's Rob ! I agree !


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Originally Posted By: dani48
Hi, Tryggve !:))


This is a most interesting
experiment and display of
what can be done with BIAB !

I liked it very much !:))

Cheers
Dani


Thank's Dani ! Yeah, what can be done in BiaB is no less than extraordinary...


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Hi Trygve,

Sounds like you've been having lots of fun flying BIAB smile Like others before me, I really liked the guitar. It had such a beautiful and relaxing sound.

All the best,
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Originally Posted By: Noel96
Hi Trygve,

Sounds like you've been having lots of fun flying BIAB smile Like others before me, I really liked the guitar. It had such a beautiful and relaxing sound.

All the best,
Noel


Yes, I have Noel ! Thank's a lot for always great support from u !


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Leo,

Really enjoyed this one - excellent mix!

Bob

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Leo,

Really enjoyed this one - excellent mix!

Bob


Thank's Bob!


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Very cool tune Trygve. Organ was very neat to listen too. Well done


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