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The Summer Dance Ends

The Summer Dance Ends

Author: John Chivers via YouTube
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Original song music and lyrics by me (John Chivers), dedicated to my recently departed friend and fellow founding member of the Coventry band, BAiT, Daniel Hall (1969-2024).

The broad themes touch on our time together, and a regret on my part that the germ of an idea to record as BAiT again with Dan singing lead could not be realised before he was taken from us. But you are of course free to interpret the song as you like. It lends itself to similar scenarios with friends, partners and loved ones.

It was high time I wrote and recorded another original song.

I’m no lead singer, but wanted to make the effort here with different vocal voicings, from a soft, open voice to a raspy, rock vocal.

At time of publishing, there’s a fundraiser set up by Dan’s brother in memory of Dan and in aid of the British Heart Foundation at https://www.justgiving.com/page/andrew-hall-1729160859931. If you’ve enjoyed this piece of music, please consider making a donation. If the fundraiser is no longer available for some reason at the time you find this, you can make a donation directly to https://www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-help/donate/your-donation/get-started.

The track can be heard and downloaded from the music page of my website:
https://www.johnchivers.com/music

Technical Details
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Software:
Steinberg Cubase Artist 11
Native Instruments Kontakt 6 Full Version

VSTi Virtual Instruments:
Drums: Toontrack Superior Drummer 3
Keyboards: Cherry Audio Memorymode, Cherry Audio Polymode, GForce M-Tron Pro, AM Rotary Organ 64, Steinberg Halion Sonic SE
Guitars: Native Instruments Session Guitarist Electric Sunburst Deluxe, Native Instruments Session Guitarist Picked Acoustic
Bass Pedals Synth: Smartelectronix Taurus

Hardware:
PC running Windows 10
Alesis Crimson 2 electric drum kit
MIDI Keyboard: Korg microKEY 37
Microphone: Samson S2

Stock video footage sources
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Thanks to the following for the video clips:

cottonbro studio – https://www.pexels.com/@cottonbro/
MART PRODUCTION – https://www.pexels.com/@mart-production/
Pavel Danilyuk – https://www.pexels.com/@pavel-danilyuk/
Taryn Elliott – https://www.pexels.com/@taryn-elliott/
Yaroslav Shuraev – https://www.pexels.com/@yaroslav-shuraev/

And to Yaroslav Shuraev for the cover photo:
https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-in-blue-dress-standing-on-green-grass-field-4937768/

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