Song for my daughter's wedding

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Good morning.
 
It has been quite a long time since I have posted a song.  I thought I would share this one since it is special to me.

My daughter asked me to write a song for her wedding to be used for the father/daughter dance and this is it.  I created this using a combination of Sonar and Band in a Box.  This is also my first song with lyrics and vocals.  I am not a singer and primarily write solo piano pieces.  

Here is the Setup:
C_SHANIA.STY Shania - Contemporary Country Ballad, set tempo to 100 bpm
RealDrums=NashvillEven16^2-SideStck,HHat
RealDrums=BluesRockFunky16ths^1-HHSnr,HHSB
663:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm SouthernRock Ev 085
664:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm SouthernRock Ev 085 (A:fpick)
665:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm SouthernRock Ev 085 (B:strum)
1827: Bass, Electric, PopModernGrooveA-B Ev16 075
1826: Bass, Electric, PopModernGrooveSync4s Ev16 075 (Left Hand Piano)
Instrument: 6 Electric Piano 2

So, I wrote the solo piano piece first.  Took the chords (verse, chorus, bridge) and put them in BiaB separately and saved into different files.  I even took these files and created several version so I could get the correct builds in energy and fills that I wanted for specific areas of the song.
As I created these sections, I used the drag and drop feature to put everything into Sonar.  I also regenerated the sections multiple times to get different feels.  In Sonar I then did a bunch of cut and paste, grabbing just the sections I wanted and spliced them together.  
I split the piano from BiaB into Right hand and Left hand.  For the left hand I put the 1826 Bass into the Guitar section of BiaB.  It created a great syncopation against the Piano that BiaB created.  I then combined these with my solo piano playing.
I have posted two versions on my website.  The complete song with vocals and the complete song as just an instrumental to really show what I was able to create with BiaB and Sonar along with my solo piano piece.

Best Regards,
Lance

It's a great thing to create something like this for your child.  I wrote a song for my Daughter's wedding that I did in Midi and analog.  It was about 20 years ago so I had 4 tracks of audio and a bunch of midi.  I gave it to the DJ at the wedding and he said he had never had a wedding song played and written by the father.  For my son's wedding I played his song that I wrote on 12 string with my sister Eva singing with me.  We played it live for the wedding dance.  I can't describe the feeling.  You know it now, though.  YOU WROTE A BEAUTIFUL TUNE.  No one will ever forget it.  Congrats.  I just noticed that "Did you Ever Believe" is on the links "related threads".  It was a rushed bad recording but it's not a bad song.  I know what it takes to write "that" song and it's not easy.  I wish the best for their marriage and MERRY CHRISTMAS!
BTW, I listened to Herb's "Fly" and it's beautiful!