Music by Roberto Maffione, re-arranged by myself
vocals: orh/oldresident
lyrics: Stephen Spender (1909-1995)
http://www.teachrobb.com/documents/What%20I%20Expect.htm (http://www.teachrobb.com/documents/What%20I%20Expect.htm)
Enjoy!
I like the arrangement very much , and that elderly persons vocal is superb ,alfredo , how did you do the fiddle and banjo , they sound excellent
Rob
Quote from: facemask93 on June 02, 2011, 12:35:06 PMI like the arrangement very much , and that elderly persons vocal is superb ,alfredo , how did you do the fiddle and banjo , they sound excellent
Rob
Thanks, Rob!
For everything else than acoustic guitars, I've used the most recent version of Band-in-a-Box, coupled with the sequencer that comes bundled with it, called RealBand.
It's not very simple to obtain good results with it, but since I use BIAB since the distant days of DOS :o now I know exactly what to do, what is better avoid and how to obtain something with a *sense* of music.
Lot of fun finding out the best solution to my ears, I'm glad you like it!
Alfredo
Thats amazing , i'll investigate BIAB , it sounds so good
Rob
great work alfredo, a strange experience for me singing someone else's words, and thrilled to hear such a great final mix.
Great colab guys! ORH, perfect song for you. Your vocals dead on as usual. That fiddle is absolute KILLER! Banjo isn't bad either! :D
WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
must get time to put this on piePod before I'm leaving on a jetplane today
Hi Alfredo and I agree with Geir, WOW. Classy work all round with supurb vox.............Willie
Wow is right.... fiddles/guitars/mandolins/The old res singin. This is a beautifully crafted song. Reminds me of my younger years takin trips to Branson Missouri and Lake of the Ozarks... This music could be heard on every street corner. Nothing catches my attention more than a great fiddle player. This one is definately goin on the play list. Great job guys... will have to take a trip up to the top of the mountain by my house and listen as I gaze over the valley... perfect song for such a scene.
Hi Rata-tat-tat
What you have said moved me. Really I wanted to do a song simple and direct as a popular song "that you can listen to on every street corner". And perhaps thanks to Alfredo a James, in some way, we have succeeded.
Roberto
on this day bump
What a great bump missed this for some reason, top quality all the way, all very talented people, fantastic!!!
Really glad this got bumped! Incredible instrumentation coming out of BIAB, Alfredo. Wow. Fantastic setting for Jim's vox. DD
Jeepers creepers this is good! Great bump, or I would have missed this as well! I can't believe the fiddle and banjo were sampled! Amazing! Wonderful song and recording, Jim superb vox once again
I absolutely love this
andy
Quote from: andycasson on June 03, 2012, 02:15:07 AMI can't believe the fiddle and banjo were sampled! Amazing!
andy
First of all, thanks again everybody, I'm really glad you enjoyed it!
Andy, in fact these instruments ar NOT sampled, they are micro-fragments of REAL instruments played by REAL musicians, hence the name of "real tracks" that BIAB gives to this kind of tracks. No MIDI at all, everything is REAL and AFAIK this is the only software giving this possibility.
The real tricky point is to put these fragments together in order to have, as a final result, something sounding fluent, natural and with a musical sense, and often this can require much time and attention...it's not so easy, after all!
Alfredo