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by Rob B. - 05/25/26 11:14 PM
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A test
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What a beautiful Sunday morning in Decatur, Alabama  https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=15048348I read the Word, I watch the news I write a song with my guitar I see the mystery of eternity In the sun, moon, and stars Right before my eyes I recall all the stories That have blessed so many lives Holy destiny manifests its glory Right before my eyes The desert blooms by His hand The dusty bones dance again A rising lion in the sand Right before my eyes I read the Word, I watch the news I write a song with my guitar I see the mystery of eternity In the sun, moon, and stars Right before my eyes History and prophetic verse Ancient proof for the wise A Holy God keeps His promises Right before my eyes Those who only sow confusion Suffer from a strong delusion And refuse to hear, refuse to see I read the Word, I watch the news I write a song with my guitar I see the mystery of eternity In the sun, moon, and stars Right before my eyes
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Hey Tony , Cool song , You have a lot of talent
We’re all built from the same dust and dreams,
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I don't believe a damn thing you say Mr Lied... 🙄
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Hey Tony , Cool song , You have a lot of talent Well, I sure wish somebody would tell somebody! 😁
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Good tight, economic lyric, wasn't expecting the blues, lyric is not the blues.
But that's your style I guess, when first read the lyrics I was thinking singer songwriter like cat Stevens .
Drums sound great,if I miss anything about home recording its doing the drums. I mastered ez drums and got really good at it.
Now not sure if I'll ever need it again
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I don't believe a damn thing you say Mr Lied... 🙄 It was a genuine compliment. But if you don't believe it , then...
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I don't believe a damn thing you say Mr Lied... 🙄 It was a genuine compliment. But if you don't believe it , then... Whatever
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Good tight, economic lyric, wasn't expecting the blues, lyric is not the blues.
But that's your style I guess, when first read the lyrics I was thinking singer songwriter like cat Stevens .
Drums sound great,if I miss anything about home recording its doing the drums. I mastered ez drums and got really good at it.
Now not sure if I'll ever need it again EZDrummer is just a MIDI trigger program. You need to dig deeper into the MIDI graph and start creating your own drum patterns! Or, just edit the presets if they're close enough to what you want. LOTS OF FUN! Thanx
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Good tight, economic lyric, wasn't expecting the blues, lyric is not the blues.
But that's your style I guess, when first read the lyrics I was thinking singer songwriter like cat Stevens .
Drums sound great,if I miss anything about home recording its doing the drums. I mastered ez drums and got really good at it.
Now not sure if I'll ever need it again EZDrummer is just a MIDI trigger program. You need to dig deeper into the MIDI graph and start creating your own drum patterns! Or, just edit the presets if they're close enough to what you want. LOTS OF FUN! Thanx I was using patterns but I was constantly cutting and pasting, plus if you own enough of the style sets there's something there for you in any situation. Cymbals are only thing I think that lacks a little I did go into midi mode often to change dead kick to a very like, or to change a beat that I can't find anywhere. Its hours of stringing segments together
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I was using patterns but I was constantly cutting and pasting, plus if you own enough of the style sets there's something there for you in any situation.
Cymbals are only thing I think that lacks a little
I did go into midi mode often to change dead kick to a very like, or to change a beat that I can't find anywhere. Its hours of stringing segments together I focus on the song segments... V-Ch-Br-Solo... Generally, you only need 4-5 different pattern loops to create a song. The rest is just fills and accents. What I find difficult about "only" using presets is that they're all in a different style/swing/intensity. They generally don't mix well when you just "string them together."
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I was using patterns but I was constantly cutting and pasting, plus if you own enough of the style sets there's something there for you in any situation.
Cymbals are only thing I think that lacks a little
I did go into midi mode often to change dead kick to a very like, or to change a beat that I can't find anywhere. Its hours of stringing segments together I focus on the song segments... V-Ch-Br-Solo... Generally, you only need 4-5 different pattern loops to create a song. The rest is just fills and accents. What I find difficult about "only" using presets is that they're all in a different style/swing/intensity. They generally don't mix well when you just "string them together." Yeah and the hits are heavier or lighter. You can buy a whole program of just generic beats, literally thousands of them, then through the m into the kit.
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I was using patterns but I was constantly cutting and pasting, plus if you own enough of the style sets there's something there for you in any situation.
Cymbals are only thing I think that lacks a little
I did go into midi mode often to change dead kick to a very like, or to change a beat that I can't find anywhere. Its hours of stringing segments together I focus on the song segments... V-Ch-Br-Solo... Generally, you only need 4-5 different pattern loops to create a song. The rest is just fills and accents. What I find difficult about "only" using presets is that they're all in a different style/swing/intensity. They generally don't mix well when you just "string them together." Yeah and the hits are heavier or lighter. You can buy a whole program of just generic beats, literally thousands of them, then through the m into the kit. The stock library in EZD plus the drum program in Logic is more than I'll ever need lol. Just scanning all the different styles with a chorus in mind is good for inspiration... But, you're right, I typically land on something "bluesy" 
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Another trick is to start with a rhythm pattern that's supposed to be really fast (150/180bpm) and turn it way down to 40/50... or vise-versa. You can come up with some really different stuff like that... especially if you get into odd time signatures
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You would have to do shows to be somebody Tony, Get a following
Last edited by bennash; 09/29/25 08:39 PM.
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You would have to do shows to be somebody Tony, Get a following Disabled, blind, arthritic, bad hip... Lol, I'm not tour material, Elvis
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You would have to do shows to be somebody Tony, Get a following Disabled, blind, arthritic, bad hip... Lol, I'm not tour material, Elvis Well you didn't add suicidal... So thats a good thing
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You would have to do shows to be somebody Tony, Get a following Disabled, blind, arthritic, bad hip... Lol, I'm not tour material, Elvis Well you didn't add suicidal... So thats a good thing Damn, Elvis... lol I'm not sure how to respond to that 😟
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Well thats 4 out of 5 , So You're doing great
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Well thats 4 out of 5 , So You're doing great
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