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It's Not Magic
Welcome to the next installment of The Forum Monkeys monkeying around. It's Not Magic© 2018 The Forum Monkeys Verse 1: Was there really a hidden meaning Towards this sign I’m truly leaning Was it all just random behavior Or did you just become my cosmic savior Pre-Chorus: Your sorcery made a believer out of me The voodoo that you do, it’s total witchery Chorus (x2): And magic didn’t bring us both together Not all the stars aligning either This is truly beyond fantastic Amazing yes, but it’s not magic Verse 2: Did you really hypnotize me Or was it always in your eyes There’s something marvelous but kind of tragic In our romance, but it’s not magic Repeat Pre-Chorus Repeat Chorus (x2) Bridge: Magic, it’s not magic Magic, it’s not magic Solo Repeat Chorus
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daryl1968
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/09/08 19:54:36
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I enjoyed this one. Great job on the mix Baps.
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/09/09 00:46:24
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Nice guys - this is a great tune - enjoyed this one a lot.
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/09/09 04:57:04
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Reminded me a lot of The Cars when I heard that buzz-saw synth come in. ("You're Just What I needed".) Good mix too. I like it.
Bill
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Mesh
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/09/10 12:35:59
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MarkusClinus
Nice guys - this is a great tune - enjoyed this one a lot.
Thanks Mark - we had a lot of fun working on this and how about that bass? The Bapster rocked it!!
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/09/10 16:54:33
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I think it's time to listen to your song. I'll give a review soon.
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/09/10 18:03:02
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/09/10 19:48:12
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I Love this! I want that synth sound!
I love monkeys but have cats
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eph221
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/09/11 04:14:43
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Lyrics are great but the music kind of let me down, it's a little samey. Well recorded though!
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/09/12 18:16:11
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Wayfarer
Reminded me a lot of The Cars when I heard that buzz-saw synth come in. ("You're Just What I needed".) Good mix too. I like it.
Bill
Thanks for the listen Bill
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Freddy J
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/09/13 00:09:18
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I love this song. It does have a wee bit of a Cars New Wavy sound (that's cool). And yes bapu did a great job on bass but the rest of the lads did a knock-out job as well.
Great stuff guys!!!
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/09/14 08:23:16
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Hi, Daryl and Ed, FANTASTIC!!! I love this song from start to finish! I'm on my third listen. Great writing, super instrumental performances, dynamite vocals and harmonies, and the mix is pro sounding and radio-ready! Love that bass tone and playing, Bapsi! I agree with Bill and Freddy about the Cars reference, I remember having to manually dial in that synth sound on my old dual-monophonic Yamaha CS15 for 3 or 4 Cars songs that my old band did from the first two albums when they first came out. We did "Just What I Needed", "Let the Good Times Roll", "Let's Go" and "Living in Stereo". Good times! Anyway super job, guys, this might be my favorite Forum Monkeys gem! Have a good one! Bob
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bapu
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/09/16 07:00:27
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/09/16 19:15:04
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Hey Hey it's the forum monkeys!
nice mix, gents! really great sound! everything sounds great - nice work.
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bapu
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/09/17 17:21:18
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bayoubill
I Love this! I want that synth sound!
I love monkeys but have cats
Tanks
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/09/17 19:29:24
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Definitely has that new wave 80s sound. Love that gritty bass growl you got going on there Bapu. The guitar tone was spot on too. And Daryl's Lennon-like voice was perfect for this! The mix sounded great to me as well. Nothing to crit here... Great job!
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bapu
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/09/19 13:26:32
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☄ Helpfulby daryl1968 2018/09/19 14:02:36
eph221
Lyrics are great but the music kind of let me down, it's a little samey. Well recorded though!
Thanks David Thanks David Thanks David
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bapu
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/09/19 23:30:15
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Freddy J
I love this song. It does have a wee bit of a Cars New Wavy sound (that's cool). And yes bapu did a great job on bass but the rest of the lads did a knock-out job as well.
Great stuff guys!!!
Thanks for the kind words Freddy.
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daryl1968
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/09/21 09:47:44
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thanks for all the nice comments
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/09/21 10:57:48
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Catchy little number, ain't it?  Started out loving this but towards the end got a little, lets say fatigued, I kinda agree with David (eph221) here, but none the less a great song. Well done
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bapu
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/09/22 23:52:05
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Mark me down for curious @eph221 & SupaReels Music.
Samey/Fatigued = mix, performance or arrangement?
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bapu
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/09/28 05:34:22
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Beagle
Hey Hey it's the forum monkeys!
nice mix, gents! really great sound! everything sounds great - nice work.
Thanks Reece
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Re: It's Not Magic
2018/10/03 20:06:16
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The Cars? Yeah, they're definitely in there with that lead synth. But for me it was much more about the fun and catchy symposium chimps than anything. Another winner, and I think Harry agrees. Bapu - as for the samey/fatigued thing, I found it more about the mix than the song itself. I got a bit of a hi/hi-mid's "wall of sound" in the second half (or last third) that could be maybe use a short breather or arrangement tweak.
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