Memorial Day Song

I  Agree with Ya, Guitar, thanks for sharing that, That was new to me, Rich

herb, great memorial day tune. or any day. the imagery of the first two verses is really good. if this song was a movie (you've got 3 generations there) i'd definately rent it! moved my heart. thanks.

I certainly remember this one - one of your best, Herb. Thanks for sharing again - definitely a good day to do it!

Thanks for the song.  Not many songs today have any significant meaning these days. 

gheeesh, Herb!  Beautiful and relevant,  for today and every day of our lives!!!

Peter Rabbit


 

the steel, dobro, and fiddle are samples.

Wow! I never would have guessed they were samples. They sound very realistic, especially the steel. Well done!
 
May I ask where you got the samples for the steel guitar? I've never been able to dig up a really good sample for that. I may already have it and just didn't know it was there. I have several sampling programs installed on my DAW that I've never used in addition to my Motif. The best steel guitar sample I've come upon so far is my Motif but I've never been able to get it to sound as good as you did in this song. Perhaps I was just too impatient while drawing in the pitch bends, etc.
 
Pete
 

Pete, the steel guitar is the primary reason I bought Band in A Box.

It , and the fiddle as well as the dobro are rendered from Band in the Box, which I use to compose much of my music...kinda like a scratch pad for composition. I then open the saved BB file in it's companion program.... Real Band, which is a DAW of sorts, and in it I can add the "real tracks" for various instruments.  On one of the songs I did with RB/BB someone commented on the fiddle (not this song) saying he could hear the bow sounds, and asking how I did that.

The down side to BB/RB is that it will follow (most of the time) the chords you have placed into the BB composition. At times, it does get confused and plays the wrong things..... whereupon, you must use envelopes to silence the garbage. For the most part, however, it does a good job. Also, you can not tell it to follow a specific melody... it still doesn't ahve that ability. Right now, it "wings it" on the leads.

I too searched for a good steel guitar. I tried a few demo's, played with the midi stuff and walked away totally unsatisfied. Then I ran across BB/RB and was blown away by the sound. With a 30 day money back, I ordered it and the rest, as they say, is history. I have upgraded from time to time, and try to stay at the cutting edge with PG's stuff.  It's not too cheap, but it does things that save me a huge amount of time and money.

 And...... it sounds good too.

I hope this answers your questions.

very good job...and very timely!

Great deal, Herb!  thanks for posting this again.  wonderful tribute to our armed service folks!

Very nice Herb. Well done!

Yeah I've heard you do this one, it's a great song, good job Herb. 

There's a great Craig Morgan cover called "God, Family and Country" that has some similar lyrics (the refrain), but the theme is universal :-)

writing and singing  + + 1  
sorry, all the instrument samples makes this sound like a karaoke song.