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Cracks on my windshield
by Chadwick H Clifford. 2020

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEXn0M3ZuWc


A song about love gone wrong and set in the Highlands of Lanark County.


I play: acoustic and electric guitars and vocals.
Mixed with Garageband some effects like reverb

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Title: Crakcs on my winshield
File:Crakcs on my winshield.SGU
Key=G , Tempo 85, Length (m:s)=4:02
No intro. 82 bar chorus, from bar 1 to bar 82. Repeat x1 chorus
No Melody
No Soloist track.
Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0,
Style is _DOCBG_F.STY

RealTracks in style: ~592:Bass, Acoustic Bluegrass Doc Ev 100
RealTracks in style: 590:Banjo, Bluegrass Doc Ev 100 (Rhythm - Simple)
RealTracks in style: ~598:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Bluegrass Doc Ev 100
RealTracks in song: 1287:Accordion, Rhythm TexMex2Beat Ev 120
RealTracks in song: ~595:Fiddle, Rhythm Bluegrass Doc Ev 100 (Shuffles)
RealTracks in song: ~595:Fiddle, Rhythm Bluegrass Doc Ev 100 (Shuffles)
MIDI Drums :No Drum Patch Change (0)
'b' substyle patches :

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Wow, fantastic use of BIAB! Great song sung well. Whistling was a little shrill through my cans. I'm a fan!


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Hey thanks kindly! Yes I need to turn the whistle down. My first day on the forum so nice to have a reply so quickly. I look forward to havn a listen down thru the listing.


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Chad,

Nice song. Good vocal. Engaging.

Nice use of the BAND. Tracks fit the song well.

The panning of instruments is wide. Personal preference, I would pan a little less "hard" to allow some "blending" of the band members.

Enjoyed the song. Welcome to the Showcase.

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This sounds really good Chad. I loved this. Great production all around.

Welcome to the forum!

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Thank you Floyd! I will have another listen to the pan aspect....I finally got a pair of monitors to help.


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Thanks kindly David for the welcome and comments on the song. I am new to songwriting and mixing but am enjoying it all.


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Hi Chad ...

Welcome to forum. You'll find some exceptionally talented folks here.

This is a wonderful song! Great lyric and backing tracks. Your voice fits the song perfectly. Really nice!

I do agree with Floyd that the backing tracks are panned just a bit wide. But, it didn't detract from a really nice listen!

Wish I could whistle like that!

Also, that's one of the best uses of accordion I've heard in a very long time ... sweet!

Wishing you the very best. Have a great holiday and be safe ...

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Thank you for the welcome Alan! I will have a close listen to the width and dial it in a little. Question: so hard to describe, but would a proper width have one just able to decipher a difference in each channel or a little wider? for most instruments and maybe vocals centered? I did not know this resource/forum existed, so happy to be part of it now.


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Hi Chad
Very engaging song and performance. Love the use of accordion. An excellent entry to the forum.
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Thank you Leon!! I searched accordion and was able to insert into a track pretty quickly. Then just needed to apply it here and there...love the accordion too.


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I noticed that my BIAB MEMO includes acoustic guitar....I did not use that track as I replace the guitar parts.


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Very nice and welcome aboard. You’ve joined
A fine community.

Excellent write, vocals and acoustic band.

We enjoyed it and the vid.

J&B

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Wow that was a cool song. Got a Steve Earle vibe. Super vocal and lyric. Loved your choice of backtrack intruments. Well done


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thanks Scott.....ya big fan of Steve Earle's more recent stuff. I was thinking at the time it was a little Townes VanZandt like.


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I waited for a while before commenting. I had to battle my silly sensibilities ...I read Cracks On My Wind Shield and, immediately, my brain debated ON versus IN. I had to let that internal dialogue work its way through.
Cool song, good band.
I'm a fan of marking the edges of the stereo image through wide panning a couple of instruments.
I'm also a fan of old fashioned stereo imaging with the bass, kick and vocals up the middle.
Good voice too.


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Hey thanks. That did not even cross my mind until you mentioned the ‘on’ vs ‘in’. In is likely the proper use of language but not sure which would be more commonly used. So after thinking more on this i think ‘cracks ON my windshield’ sounds better. Possibly because if ‘IN’ was used it would sound awkward when combined with ‘wINdshield’
Thanks for this thought


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