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Well, I'm back from my camping vacation. Had an amazing time, just being out in the woods enjoying nature. But I'm back, so without further ado, here's the next song.

Song #15 of 26 – Lost ‘Til I Found You

Initial BIAB Style – _SERENE – Serene Retro Soul Rock w/ Vocal

Track #1 – RealBass 1398: Bass, Electric, Soul70sA-B Ev 16 100
Track #2 – RealDrums-Funk 16ths^03-HiHatIBsySn, RideSn
Track #3 – RealPiano 2526: Piano, Electric, Rhythm Funk Tremolo Ev16
Track #4 – RealGuitar 2904: Guitar, Electric, Rhythm GrittyBluesyPop
Track #5 – RT3057: Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking SongwriterFolk AltBass
Track #6 – RealStrings 3027: Vocal Oohs, Background Pop3-part Ev 085
Track #7 – Guitar Solo: Kontakt VSTi with Indiginus Renaissance Nylon Guitar
Track #8 – Flute Solo: WIVI Band VSTi with Flute

John sings lead vocal and harmony vocal which was run through Melodyne 4 to pull it a little better in tune, with slight reverb using Anwida Soft Reverb Light VST.

Upon re-listen, I know that the vocal sits a little too far back in the mix. I'll fix that when I have time to revisit the song.

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Lost ‘Til I Found You
by Christopher P. Werle and John E. Ford
Copyright 2003 by Christopher P. Werle and John E. Ford

1. Lord, I want to feel you, feel you touch my heart
Every day, in every way, never to be apart.
Feel you in the morning, sunlight on my face,
Every ray, in every way eclipsing time and space. [to CHORUS]

CHORUS
When I tried to live without you it seemed my life was through
And after all this time, one thing I know is I was lost, 'til I found you.

2. Lord, I want to hear you, hear you in my mind
Every day, in all you say, never a thought unkind.
Hear you when the night calls, gently on the wind.
Every day, here to stay just like a longtime friend. [to CHORUS]

BRIDGE
Lord, I was lost 'til I found you.
You showed me so many things that helped to see me through.
If I could live a thousand lifetimes, each day to start anew.
After all that time, one thing I'd know is I was lost, 'til I found you.

ENDING
If I could live a thousand lifetimes, each day to start anew.
Then after all that time, one thing I'd know is I was lost, 'til I found you.
Yes, I was lost, 'til I found you.



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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, I liked this one. Your vocal was right-on, and the overall song had a kind of up-beat bouncy movement that matched its message. I liked the flute coloring and the nylon guitar add-ins. And I especially liked the little vocal harmony phrase repeated right there at the end.

One thing I think could be improved--the strings sounded real "midi-ish", and I think there are better, more authentic-sounding choices--it was a little jarring when it first came in, because everything else sounds so natural. Just my 2 cents.

Great addition to the anthology!

Thanks, I think I forgot to post the strings track instrument source. I'll have to go back and look to see what it was.