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Song #8 of 26 – I Want To Thank You, Lord

Initial BIAB Style – NITELIFE – Nite Life – Pop Rock Straight 8ths (MIDI Style)

Track #1 – Bass – using Halion Sonic VSTi GM soundset
Track #2 – Drums – using Halion Sonic VSTi GM soundset
Track #3 – Piano – using Halion Sonic VSTi GM soundset
Track #4 – Brass – using Halion Sonic VSTi GM soundset
Track #5 – Strings – using Halion Sonic VSTi GM soundset
Track #6 – Soloist – Nylon Guitar using the Indiginus Renaissance Nylon with Kontakt 6

John sings lead vocal and harmonies were created using the TC-Helicon harmonizer from RealBand; vocal was 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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I Want To Thank You Lord
by Christopher P. Werle and John E. Ford
Copyright © 2002 by Christopher P. Werle and John E. Ford

1 Jesus, I want to thank you, Lord, for all the stars that shine at night,
For every song I sing. Jesus I want to praise you, Lord.
For every tear you shed for me, for hope and joy you bring. (to CHORUS)

CHORUS
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, as you give us this day.
My eyes are ever toward you now, to walk with you forever I pray.

2 Jesus, I want to thank you, Lord, for gentle rains and summer winds,
For friendships old and new. Jesus, I want to praise you, Lord,
For ties that bind us all as one through faith held strong and true.
(to CHORUS 2x)

3 Jesus, I want to thank you, Lord, for sandy shores and endless seas,
For sunsets shared by two. Jesus, I want to praise you, Lord,
For children blessed and pure of heart, we come to worship you.

ENDING
Jesus, I want to thank you, Lord. Jesus, I want to thank you, Lord.
Jesus, I want to thank you, Lord.


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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, this is a real nice praise song.
The vocal harmony is real tight--nice!
My only comment -- seems like the lead vocal can be brought forward a bit.

A pleasant listen, John. Nicely arranged and a good mix.