Sweet By and By

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Info:
Words: Sanford Bennett
Music: Joseph Webster
Key: F major
Time Sig: 4/4
Tempo: 88 | ballad
Tune: SWEET BY AND BY
Meter: 9.9.9.9. with refrain
CCLI #: 6126856
Verse: Hebrews 13:14
Ideas:
Sweet By and By was my first release with some of the finest session singers in the world you can only find in Nashville. Now that Southwest Airlines has come to Greenville SC it's a quick, cheap flight to Nashville to record.

Notice how on the demo I'm using a synth lead on the intro and some in the chorus (the high pitched electronic sound.) I'm basically playing the C part instruments part on the keyboard. A simple touch like this can make an arrangement transform from blended to pop. Listen to the orchestration demo to compare.

This arrangement is special to me: I finished it right before my dad passed away and I played the 3 part vocals version at his funeral. He would have loved it!
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Instruments mp3s are the arrangements played one time through with just piano and instrumental parts to give you an idea of the orchestration. In the early days of hymncharts before I made vocal recordings I had created these instruments mp3s as a quick demo. Since I now create both a POP and an ORC (orchestrated) mix I no longer make instrumental mp3s for newer arrangements.
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