{"id":587,"date":"2007-03-22T14:51:29","date_gmt":"2007-03-22T14:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2007\/03\/2007_03_22_2251.php"},"modified":"2017-02-08T05:36:16","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T05:36:16","slug":"fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/03\/22\/fine","title":{"rendered":"Fine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The reprise versions continue&#8230; this time with the song &#8220;Fine&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As stated [verbatim] in the Music Section:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Reprise of the song &#8220;Fine&#8221; with the following changes:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Re-recorded the guitar part with my Taylor T5<\/li>\n<li>Re-done bass track with hybrid of reason and T5 sounds (for the slides)<\/li>\n<li>Added electric guitar parts<\/li>\n<li>Re-done the vocal track with some lyric changes and added harmonies<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What I meant by <code>#2<\/code> was that I used the T5 as a bass (thanks to the GT8) for the slides then matched the EQ of the bass module in <em>Reason<\/em> to make it sound like a single instrument.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.1 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/120680521&#038;color=ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/\/ --><!--more--><!-- \/\/ -->\n<blockquote>\n<h2>FINE<\/h2>\n<p>03\/22\/2007 (original 09\/10\/2003)<br \/>\nCarlo Santos<br \/>\nTheme: Search for meaning \/ Enlightenment  <\/p>\n<p><strong>I<\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s funny how we seem to have the time we always need,<br \/>\nto keep ourselves from thinking about the possibilities&#8230; that we refuse to see.  <\/p>\n<p>We fear the change of anything; afraid they&#8217;ll pull too many strings.<br \/>\nNow we&#8217;re lying in our beds without the strength to move ahead and realize:<br \/>\n&#8220;There&#8217;s something there for me.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p><strong>REFRAIN<\/strong><br \/>\nBut my vision&#8217;s ever clear.<br \/>\nAnd I never lost the fight to reveal.<br \/>\nStaring wildly at the flame.<br \/>\nEnduring all this endless pain.<br \/>\nThrough shattered glass I&#8217;m freed.  <\/p>\n<p>I am staring at these shards of glass that lie on the floor and I look up;<br \/>\nhoping that my windowpane can take me to the horizon.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m feeling, and I&#8217;m seeing every little thing for what it truly is &#8211;<br \/>\nI seem to be content, but I&#8217;m not &#8220;fine.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p><strong>II<\/strong><br \/>\nThe signs are in the sky.<br \/>\nAnd as they as they race into our minds,<br \/>\nwe check ourselves and say &#8220;Well it&#8217;s probably my imagination.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s beyond me why we say &#8220;It would be best to move away,&#8221;<br \/>\nwhen there&#8217;s so much more to gain.<br \/>\nI know we&#8217;re all afraid, but it&#8217;s useless just to wade and test the water.<br \/>\n<em>(I&#8217;m here to take the plunge)<\/em>  <\/p>\n<p><em>REFRAIN<\/em>  <\/p>\n<p>When I look in your eyes I see so clearly the day you walk with me.<br \/>\nWishing for that day would be close as tomorrow <em>(or better yet; today)<\/em><br \/>\nI&#8217;m hoping, and I&#8217;m praying, and I&#8217;m waiting, and looking for roads with clearer signs&#8230;<br \/>\nneeding just the promise, and I&#8217;ll be fine.  <\/p>\n<p>And my visions ever clear, I have nothing left to fear.<br \/>\nSo take my hand and come with me, abandon all uncertainty.<br \/>\nWe see the way it should have been, no need to move away again.<br \/>\nTake that plunge, take that step &#8211; no regrets!  <\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;m hoping and I&#8217;m praying, and I&#8217;m looking for signs that will show my place in life&#8230;<br \/>\nneeding just the promise, and I&#8217;ll be fine.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reprise versions continue&#8230; this time with the song &#8220;Fine&#8221; As stated [verbatim] in the Music Section: Reprise of the song &#8220;Fine&#8221; with the following changes: Re-recorded the guitar part with my Taylor T5 Re-done bass track with hybrid of reason and T5 sounds (for the slides) Added electric guitar parts Re-done the vocal track &hellip; <p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/03\/22\/fine\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fine&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[432,754,803,856,1005,1007],"class_list":["post-587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media","category-music","tag-fine","tag-media","tag-music","tag-original","tag-remake","tag-reprise"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1599,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions\/1599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}