"Prayer for the Unsaved"

I just got Wavelore's Virtual Pedal Steel Guitar and decided to try writing a country-rock song.  Partly tongue-in-cheek, partly serious...depending on my mood.  Enjoy!

Prayer for the Unsaved

EDIT:  After I posted this I noticed that Jimmy Gentry has passed away.  I've read some of his posts in the past but I didn't know him anywhere near as well as some of you.  But I am still deeply saddened nonetheless. 
This song is a prayer to God from me.  It's about getting through tough times and my own pain (bad spine and nerve pain).  I would have liked to have dedicated it to Jimmy, but this song isn't really appropriate for him.  But it may help some of you in dealing with your sadness.
And as Jimmy mentioned in some of his posts that he was a "wanna-be piano player", well I am a "wanna-be singer"  so please excuse my lousy singing.

Interesting, I'd never heard of a pedal steel plug? I guess they did OK with it, but there's really no substitute for hearing that instrument in a song.  It would be like a fiddle plug :-( Violin plugs for orchestral type compositions are very common, but not so much for like a country/bluegrass "fiddle." It's just a unique sound that must be very difficult to capture with samples and translate to a library.

yeah if I ever try to learn another instrument (I play lots) I think it will have to be pedal steel... 

Very nice.  The pedal steel sounds great...sounds like a lot of fun learning to 'play' it.    lol

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Nice work. I always loved Poco and especially Rusty Young! I can't imagine how to try to replicate the playing of a pedal steel on a keyboard controller.

Thanks again for your comments.  
Yeah, the manual for this plugin is filled with a few dozen color charts showing all the variations and configurations you can have on your keyboard.  The keys are grouped in various sections (depending on which control key is activated)  Some keys can be played as chords, some only one at a time.  I've only mastered the first (open) configuration so far.  Like I said, I think it'd be easier to learn how to play the real thing.  But Wavelore certainly did an excellent job in trying to transfer the configurations of a real pedal steel to a piano keyboard.
BTW, they do have a trial version for those that are interested in checking it out.  It's pretty limited by you'll get the idea.

'Had to give this a second listen, as I seriously love the psychedelia chorus-hooks.   This song is my fav of the forums of late.  (I hummed it a bit yesterday)

Lee, my thoughts remain: a few of the verse phrases (not the chorus) need Melodyne or retakes, to compliment your excellent on-pitch instrumentation.  If your head and chest registers are fighting for the pitch, a retake may be necessary. 

The way I overcome 'register-slips' are re-takes: 1 to 100 retakes -- ha ha!  (My adolescent 12 y/o has gone from angel to frog-vox -- and requires 50-60 takes sometimes, to get it right.)  OTOH, this song is so magical to my ears, I'd be elated to cover this prayer-song with my vox samples and/or kid-choir: That Heavenly Choir; though your sweet vox and mix is already God-send-awesome for this.  (PM me if interested.)

A nice, gentle song. Definitely a mood setter.

Hi Lee,

I like this song. The midi-steel is kinda cool...doesn't always sound like a steel guitar but it always sounds nice

Good job.