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(Country) Out In The Storm - Finished!
















Written on Sept. 11 2008, and performed by Fred E. Jam

Do you heed the call?
Do you give your all?
When you light the light and fight the fight,
You're standing tall, for all to see

Do you want be?
Living life that's free
And giving to your children, all the blessings
That this land can give

Do you make them proud?
Do you sing out loud?
Is the message there, and do you care
To show us all what you can be

Is your country free?
Will it always be?
Do you realize that they give their lives
So you and I can live in peace?


-Chorus-

They're out there in the storm, and they're there because they choose to be
Giving themselves for our freedom that's what it costs
They're making a difference in this world because they do not flee
Their bravery and courage in the face of the fear and all the loss

Yes they love this land
So they make a stand
To protect our way of life, you know the cause they have
The cause is grand

Does it make you feel?
A love that's real
Do you realize that they give their lives
So you and I can live in peace?

-Chorus-

Produced at F-Jam Online Musical Studios

25 comments:

Stonehead said...

Sounds good Fred

Good luck

Keeper said...

Thanks Ian

Keeper said...

I've reworked the drums and worked on the dynamics of the piece a little. Latest Mix is what I uploaded.

Latest Mix

Keeper said...

I posted a VERY ROUGH vocal take. This is the 1st attempt at singing since my vocal chord surgery. My range has definitely been affected. Before I could have sung this in my sleep, with no problems on the high end at all. I am hoping it'll get better as I rehearse, and do more takes. It didn't help all the noise the household was making but no excuses.... Either I can do it or not. We'll see. I'm keeping the vocals open for auditions if they happen.

I have also started working on some pedal steel. All of this is up in the air.

After the chorus, where the next verse comes in I am thinking to drop all but voice and stringed quartet, for those two verses, and then have the band come back in on the chorus for dynamic feel. It's still very rough, but you are starting to get the idea of my vision on this. It still remains to see how the pedal steel works, and or the orchestration. I will be doing some tests on arrangement. The bass will no doubt change too as i get to it. It will be morphing...

Rough Vocal take 1

Keeper said...

The orchestra morph has begun in this mix. Many more changes in store, including vocal takes to do the high parts right. Had to stop for now. Real life is calling.

Out_In_The_Storm_Rough_Vocal_Take_Orch_Morph

Keeper said...

Guitar lead test in outro posted. Nex will be more steel guitar early in the song, and vocal punchins.

Out_In_The_Storm_Lead_Test

Keeper said...

Chords.doc has bee uploaded.

Keeper said...

Ok Pete, a bassless mix is posted below. I hope the vocals don't mess with ya too much. I am am planning pinchins to fix the high parts. This is the first vocal I've attemped since my vocal chord surgery.

Also-

The muted staccatto bass feels fine under the chorus to me, so if you wanted to do that style there I think it's ok, but I was thinking to myself that the verse could use something a little different. Not quite so much stacatto 8ths like I'm doing all the way through. I was going to try something a little more sustained (going by feel of course). And use the stacatto 8ths just in the builtup parts. Your call, just telling ya what I was pondering. Really it's all open to your interp. I've tried hard to work dynamics between the verse and chorus.

Europica said...

Fred, I got the bassless and other files too except one, but I have what I need. I see your point about the 8th note pattern. I'll see what I can do, maybe use them during the chorus. I'll see what I can do.

Keeper said...

QUOTE Europica

Fred, I got the bassless and other files too except one, but I have what I need. I see your point about the 8th note pattern. I'll see what I can do, maybe use them during the chorus. I'll see what I can do.
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"Except one"? Did I forget one? Thanks Pete.

Keeper said...

Pete-

The chord document is an old version. I've changed the arrangement since then. Ignore the B in there. The other chords are indeed used. A slightly different arrangement, but indeed the chords are there except the B. It should help anyhow. Thanks.

Europica said...

Fred, the only file I dont have is the "Take_Orch_Morph" one. I used the rough vocal file. I've just uploaded an mp3 with my bass in there and .ape of the bass only.

I've just read your last comment about ignoring the "B" but the rough vocal file I used did have a B in there.

I dont know it I've used the correct mix? Let me know which one and I'll rerecord.

Keeper said...

Quote Europica ...

Fred, the only file I dont have is the "Take_Orch_Morph" one. I used the rough vocal file. I've just uploaded an mp3 with my bass in there and .ape of the bass only.

I've just read your last comment about ignoring the "B" but the rough vocal file I used did have a B in there.

I dont know it I've used the correct mix? Let me know which one and I'll rerecord.
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The trak I made for you to record against, is the bassless mix. Maybe I missed something there, but I've gone through my arrangement chord change by chord change, and I was sure the B was no longer in there. Maybe just for clarification sake I will do a chord chart that is up to date, and if I am missing something you can tell me where.

May not be any need to retrack. Let me check out what ya posted.

I've added quite a bit more pedal steel to the mix here, in the last day or so. I have a little more to do and I will post an update to let you hear it. I probably will need to cut some of it out with fresh ears. I'll check out what you have and post response. Thanks...

Keeper said...

Ok I had a listen, and it seems you followed my suggestions quite well Pete (getting away from the 8ths on the verse). I am aware that you mixed your part on top to make it easier for me to follow your audition. I will take your ape and mix it and try to refine my thoughts. You did exactly what I suggested. I need to clean my audio pallette, and come back to this with fresh ears. I've listened to my bass track for so long on this it's engrained. I need to flush it out of my head and have a listen to your parts mixed a little lower. The changes are exactly what I was asking for. Now to get used to them, and put the old away.... Thanks....

Europica said...

Nice one Fred. I've just been listening to it and I think my playing is a bit sloppy in the opening measures.

From what you've given me I think the song has a cool subtle feel with some nice build ups. Yeah it plays along quite nicely :-)

Keeper said...

Well, you've never had a problem with me doing tweaks etc. Pete. In light of that, I never worry too much about sloppy.

I have to tweak my own takes on a regular basis. I have done quite a bit on the vocal to tweak timing, and pitch. Where it goes to the highest parts, tweaks will not do on my vocals, so I am definitely going to have to resing that part.

On the chording, I used a VST for the acoustic guitar, but I manually formed the chords, so I went along very specifically on the guitar chords, and I am quite certain there is no B chord in there. It's possible the bass could play B where the acoustic does not. But I will retrace my chording work and be specific as to the chords I am using for what measures, quite like you did with your classical piece. Then we can discuss it specifically. I thought I had done this outline type thing, in an updated file, but then I looked at the doc file I had in the folder and realized it was an older one. The very first arrangement I posted had the B in there, but later on when I worked the arrangement around the vocals/lyrics, the B chord was dropped. It's in the key of G.

So yeah I'll redo the chord outline, with specifics shortly. I am being careful to make decidisions with fresh ears. I often have misconceptions when I've been at the console awhile and fatigue is a factor. So I'll reserve making any concrete statements until I do this outline.

Thanks again my friend....

:-)

Keeper said...

Here is a mix with some of my pedal steel work in it. Now I do realize it might be a bit much, so I will decide on where to cut, and what with fresh ears. I am probably going to leave this alone for a few days, just to clear my pallatte. But here is where it is at in my project file. I stopped the pedal steel just before the 1st chorus.

The steel will die down during the orchestra, and come back in near the very end of the song I think.

Of course a lot could change once I get back in there with fresh ears. I like where the pedal steel is going but right now it feels like too much is in. We'll see. Consider it a rough draft.

Out_In_The_Storm_More_Pedal_Steel

Keeper said...

Pete-

I was not real sure of what I wanted to do with the bass when I gave you suggestions. I think I am going to do some experimenting in search of a direction on this. The original bassline actually seems to fit it well, but I don't really like that it does 8ths all the way through. So not really knowing what I want on this I guess I need to do some testing. I may end up leaving the original bassline in, but I want to do some testing of a more sustained approach first. If I find something that seems to complement I'll post it. I have a bit of work to do...

Thanks for your audition...

Europica said...

Okies Fred. I'll leave it in your hands. Let me know if there's anything I can do, maybe differently. It's good jammin' with ya again ;-)

Keeper said...

Fiddle test (i know it's a little loud in the mix).

Out_In_The_Storm_Fiddle_Test

Keeper said...

Getting 5 star ratings on feedback so far! That's encouraging... :-)

5 star rating

Keeper said...

Made some fiddle edits, and added a bit more on the end. Not sure about it yet. Listening some to decide if I like it yet or not...

Out_In_The_Storm_Fiddle_Test2.html

Keeper said...

Out_In_The_Storm_Steel_Test2.mp3

OK I've changed a few small things. Changed the fiddle a bit, from the last mix. Not quite so busy. I've made the word "fear" sharp to where I was singing it before (which I like much better), and I've added some more steel on the end, to make it do a dual guitar with the lead on the end there. Testing that. It feels ok as I listen, but I fell like it should go one more time around on the end to complete the buildup. I also made the piano hit the last chord with everyone else in this mix. Feeling things things out a bit yet. It's getting there... :-)

Keeper said...

First master mix posted. I am already hearing things I will change. Just listening now.

Master_Mix_1

I know I gotta work on the bass. Nudge it down in the mix for starters. Maybe too mugh ultra highs in the vox. The "s" sound. Might have to do a volume envelope or two. Or EQ. SOme parts are getting a little lost. Need listen a bit.

Keeper said...

Out_In_The_Storm_Final_Mix_2.html