My son wanted me to do an upbeat song that celebrated the new POTUS and new year, and I had actually wanted to do that anyway, not dwelling on you know who or whom. And this is it. Also it is the first song on the new laptop since I fixed my ASIO for the vocals.
I did not use ReaFir on the vocals, so I think I do have some AC and fan noise, but I feel it isn’t too bad and maybe avoided the oddball squeaks of noise cancellation that often arise. I used Boz Manic Compressor Clean Vocals 1 and Provocative Default only. Those VSTs seem to do a bunch of things in bundles, so I just go with what sounds good to me. The track was very low volume naked. I also tried to sing in the center in stereo. I once saw the Dead live using two mics, and I thought that was for stereo, and that is likely why I do what I do; however, I now know that was for speaker feedback cancellation at them time which later was handled with more advanced hardware/software.
Anyway, I am hoping I don’t disturb anyone this time and moreover lift all spirits in need of lifting.
A Good Chance by Steve Bancroft
There’s a good chance that we’ll make it
For a while I had my doubts
Felt the world was closing in on us
Suffocating us with no way outs
But now we’re both vaccinated
Though South Africa and Brazil
As new mutations are invading us
Pose new problems, but even still
There’s a good chance we’ll get through this
That is just the way I feel
And it’s nice to feel this optimistic
Been a long time on a bumpy road too real
The sky looks bluer already
The air smells a bit more sweet
Like music in the distance makes you want to dance
There’s a good chance we’ll be dancing in the street
There’s a good chance the worst is behind us
Nothing’s certain, there is no guarantee
And maybe new civilities will remind us
Of better times and the way it used to be
And though there’s still a lot of struggle
I think that we will make it, come what may
Like music in the distance makes you want to dance
There’s a good chance we’ll dance the night away
There’s a good chance that we’ll make it
For a while I had my doubts
Felt the world was closing in on us
Suffocating us with no way outs
The sky looks bluer already
The air smells a bit more sweet
Like music in the distance makes you want to dance
There’s a good chance we’ll be dancing in the street
