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Chord changes are unique and interesting. Is that a Rhodes model (or perhaps the real thing)? Arrangement flows nicely. ?John B

Combination of Boz Scaggs and some George Benson thrown in for good measure. Nice. And your voice is slick!! ?John B

Do you ever plan on doing any of this live? Would make a great show. ?John B

Another silly love song. All comments welcome. Help me grow. https://www.soundclick.com/music/songInfo.cfm?songID=14002417 NOTE-New Link. It was messed up for a few days. Sorry. ?John B

Sorry to hear that, Sir. It works OK for me. Wish I could offer better advise. Good luck! ?JB

Do it the easy way-and it's free! https://www.izotope.com/en/products/vocal-doubler.html ?JB

It's just my opinion. What I would do if it were my music is not meant to diminish the work you have done here. ?John B

I wasn't very impressed by anything here. Kind of boring. Sorry ?John B

@bjornpdx@SPAK@daryl1968 Thanks so much, guys! ?JB

@Douglas KirbyThanks so much, Doug! @DeeringAmpsWorking on the "radio mix" at this very moment. ?JB

Very important message. People need to hear more of this kind of music. ?John B

@thegaltieribrothersThanks so much, Paul? @SPAKThank you. I guess I made a mistake putting this version up first. It's like putting the cart before the horse and I know many people here don't like long songs. Good news is I found the project folder for the short version this morning in my Cakewalk Projects folder. I was worried that I never would find it. I mislabled it 4 years ago. Now it's just a question of reprocessing WAVs from MIDIS and re sequencing and remixing. Hopefully in the next few days. I just hope that you and others will have a listen to it when it's done. I'm a bit worried that the people who do check this out may not want to revisit a shorter version of a song they've already heard. ?JB

Good tune. Sad lyrics. Your "stops" in the second verse add a unique touch. Reminds me a lot of some of the 60s pop bands like Chad & Jeremy and The Association. ?John B

Good rock tune. The octave vocal work is very effective and a nice touch. ?John B

Very majestic and lively. Makes me want to go out and take a nice long hike in the mountains. ?John B

I had this up earlier in the week but asked admin to take it down because I thought I might've posted a few years back on the old forum, but looking back, I couldn't find it. Anyway, if I did, I apologize but this is a new mix and is much cleaner than I had it in 2016. I originally created this in 2010 as a shorter version in Samplitude Music Studio and in 2016 I expanded it in Cakewalk, kind of like in the old Disco days when they put out a 45 RPM "hit mix" but for the discotheques they released an extended remix. This would be the extended remix. I don't know if this could be considered a dance song, but the original drum beat is called "Baiao" which is a form of Calypso. I just know I fell in love with it and wrote the song around it. 7 minute version and new 5 minute "Radio Mix" below. You can listen to either (or both if you want to). Oh, and I can't forget. The wah-wha guitar work is by a friend-Mr. Marc Hailkas. Please enjoy "Yes You Are" EDIT-The shorter "Radio Mix" is now available for those who don't like long songs. It's down to 5:00 but gets to the point quicker without the filler percussion breaks. Short Radio Edit Version https://www.soundclick.com/music/songInfo.cfm?songID=13994145 Extended Disco Version here https://www.soundclick.com/music/songInfo.cfm?songID=13990940 ?John B

Since I made the mistake of updating my Scarlet 6i6 drivers about a month ago (the first since I bought it 4 years ago) I've been having numerous issues. I wish I would've just let it alone. It was working fine up till then. The other day I got a BSOD when I switched on the interface (I usually boot the computer first, then flip the switch on the back of the Scarlett). This one said to google "Bad Pool Header" which I did and it said that that particular error usually means a device driver problem and as it happened right after switching the unit on I took it that the rogue driver was the Scarlett driver. I emailed Focusrite tech support and they told me to DL and try the recently revised driver from their beta page-http://beta.focusrite.com/ . I didn't try it yet. I'm afraid to. I also don't appreciate the fact that they take 5 or 6 days to reply to a tech support issue. They emailed me as survey form before I even got the answer and I responded negatively. I'm considering trying another interface, ?John B

This is very pretty. I take it this is all virtual instruments. My only nit is there seems to be a bit too much high end on the flute (Recorder?). I'd roll off a bit on that. Very beautiful composition. ?John B

Your music is so clean and well produced. Love your voice and your harmonies. The mix is perfect to my ears. So relaxing. ?John B

Wonder if that's why I got a Bad Pool Header BSOD when I went to fire up my Scarlett this morning. Seriously, it's been nothing but a PITA since I updated that stupid driver. Like the saying goes "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". ?JB

You made it your own, and did a very fine job. ?John B

Well, I set it for Automatic. I also ticked Recycle. Still have the issues with the old 32 bit plugs. In fact, an audio engine drop out happened. I also tried increasing the buffer. No joy. Guess I'll just have to swap out the plugins for 64. ?JB

Thanks so much, Colin! I'm going to look into that. You may have saved me some serious "retooling" in those past projects because I frequently go back and redo some aspects to try to improve them (as many others do, I'm sure). My music is always a "work in progress". ?JB

Thanks again, Steve. I don't like to think back on that confrontation. I'd rather move forward, but I do appreciate your thoughts. ?JB

I have a first generation Scarlett 6i6 interface. I didn't update the original drivers until a few weeks ago. After doing so I opened a project I did about a year ago and found it choppy and full of the old "lack of memory clicks". A bit angered and disturbed by this new development, I realized that beings that I now have 16 gigs of RAM on my PC, it couldn't be because my memory was running low, so I started removing plugins. I was always a fan of DaSample's Glaceverb free plugin. When I removed it from the tracks it was in, the situation improved drastically. Glaceverb is 32 bit and there is no 64 bit version available (In fact, according to KVR Audio, it's still on it's initial version that's almost 10 years old, but what do ya want for free?) I also used to make heavy use of the "Classic" effects plugins by Kjaerhus (anybody remember those? They came with Mixcraft). They also produced problems because they're also only 32 bits. So, I guess another lesson learned-You can't use 32 bit plugins in a 64 bit DAW. I have several past projects with these plugins so I guess I'll have to replace them one by one if I ever want to remix or revise any of them. But it must've had something to do with the Scarlett driver updates too, because they were fine until then. Not a question. Just an observation. ?