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Uploaded: Oct 21, 2004 - 09:35:15 AM
Last Updated: Oct 19, 2004 - 01:07:05 PM
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Description:
I'm calling this a Gospel Power Ballad. Not sure if that's accurate. This is a song about hope.

Lyrics:
For such a long time i've been under this cloud/
couldn't even see the road/
my heart was heavy-- my shoulders burdened/
on my back was such a heavy load/
i was looking out for everyone except myself/
didn't know if i would even survive/
and then i looked up and saw an angel appear/
it was then i knew that hope was alive/

beyond a dark horizon/
i see risin' a sun that's new/
beyond a dark horizon/
i see you/
beyond the darkness falling/
i hear calling a voice that's true/
beyond a dark horizon/
i hear you/

sometimes you have to wait a lifetime/
for just one moment for all things to change/
and it's in those moments of clarity/
your thoughts begin to rearrange/
maybe you always thought that life was goin' one way/
never to look ahead/
but sometimes you need someone to enter your life/
to remind you to raise your head/

beyond a dark horizon/
i see risin' a sun that's new/
beyond a dark horizon/
i see you/
beyond the darkness falling/
i hear calling a voice that's true/
beyond a dark horizon/
i hear you/

I was down on my knees/
begging someone, "Please--/
is this as good as it gets?"/
And then suddenly you/
came out from the blue/
telling me, "No, not yet!"/
Like a drowning man in the middle of the ocean/
I was dying along with the tide/
But then you swept me up with your love and compassion/
And held me close to your side/
You--you kept me alive/
And now, I'm gonna survive.../

beyond a dark horizon/
i see risin' a sun that's new/
beyond a dark horizon/
i see you/
beyond the darkness falling/
i hear calling a voice that's true/
beyond a dark horizon/
i hear you/

Hardware:
Radium 66 key midi interface; Plantronics digital mike; iMac

Software:
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Like the fade in! &mdash 10/21/04 - 10:40:37 AM
But you really should get a cupcake to sing it . Hope is a beautiful thing. Let's share some.

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Mistake in my post &mdash 10/21/04 - 10:44:40 AM
I put a wink after the comment about getting a "cupcake" to sing the song... but the site filtered it out. Didn't want it to come off as negative, which it looks like without the wink.

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Great Opening &mdash 10/21/04 - 12:44:07 PM
I love how you started this piece off. The old timey record and then fading into CD quality stereo rocks. But, then I start to fade as a listener. I want more. I think the verse needs something more. Perhaps adding a guitar line could bring another layer and sustain the piece. It just seems to drop off in intensity. Overall, I think you're on to something with this though.

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Great Opening &mdash 10/21/04 - 12:46:32 PM
thanks fer the feedback. i wanted to crank this one out quick--i was burning
to share it. i'm no real keyboardist. i really wanted to wail on the gospel organ
thing. i'd love to redo this with a full gospel choir and maybe another singer.
it does need fill. but i did get hooked on that chorus (obviously).

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Mr. Cantor &mdash 11/05/04 - 08:29:50 PM
Wonderful words, so full of optimism in the cold dark light
of day.

I like your melody and refrain. It's got that hypnotic thing
working again. I want to fall into a trance as I listen to this
as if it is set to an endless loop.

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Seriously soulful vocals &mdash 02/04/05 - 07:24:51 PM
This is great stuff.

Unfortunately, the drums really spoil this. They have a
half-time feel that saps the energy from the vocals.

Try layering a percussion loop (or two) over it, and turn
them down a bit too?

Really, these vocals deserve better.

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