Writing Song Lyrics First

Writing song lyrics first, without music in mind, is a very difficult thing to do. Having the melody line determines the rhythm of the words. Without that fundamental pattern of time signature and tempo and quantization level, all you really have is syllable count and end word rhyming. This fact probably accounts for why poetry can seem stiff and regimented.

"Nature's Way" Album Being Remixed - Released track "Time"

Just when you thought time could not get any more "non-stop", always ticking by, this track, called "Time", uses a continuous quarter note beat in cut time on the rhythm instruments. Enjoy Time This was an easy remix. Just made 6 audio tracks and then found instrumentation that was similar to the first version. I used the following instruments on the Yamaha MODX 7: 70s Solos FM Strings & Bells FM Syn Lead 3 Progressy Round Wound Beechwood SnareKit2

"Nature's Way" Album Being Remixed - Released track "Voyage Beyond"

Released way back in Jan 8, 2018, this was my first attempt into ambient music..... this is a mixture of new age and classical, if that's possible! With just a few adjustments, here is the remix: Voyage Beyond The mixdown on this arrangement took a while. There are many tracks to this song. Therefore, I used Steinberg's Cubase Pro 10.5 internal VSTi called Halion Sonic SE 3 and Spector. Instruments used in Halion were: Digi Bass Element Organ Romantic Trumpet 1984 Synth Stab Spector started as the "Shanghai" preset but was modified several times for effect. On the Yahmaha MODX 7 Imperial Strings was used for keyboard and EDM kit for the drums.

@williamajonesmusic is the Official William a Jones Account on Instagram

I've setup an account on Instagram @williamajonesmusic It was a learning experience on getting a decent product to the platform. Daily improvises, called the Video Jam Series, is my current project. Some YouTube videos were also modified to run on the platform. The Video Jam Series shoots live guitar and keyboard improvises. Some jam motifs are worked out a few minutes before. The goal is to capture improvised music. Then, after initial recording of audio on both iPhone and Cubase DAW, the audio is processed. Processing can include: Adding complementary instruments Adding EQ, compression, guitar amps, normalization, tempo detection, midi note editing Importing video to Cubase, lining up audio files, exporting video with processed audio Video is converted to the Instagram "square"

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