@user-830390974: thanks frm jonnie and me!

a beautiful enchanting song! the vocals shine through..and beautifully recorded!! :)))

Beautifully played and excellent vocal.  Well done!

Beautiful voice and piano play Jimena! Well done!

What a great revisit I had on this song. You two follow each other so close on this wonderful piano&singing song

Lovely vocals and piano playing..beautiful emotion filled track

This is a new recording of this song Jonnie and I wrote a couple of years ago.

We truly want to thank @AudioZoo for this AMAZING review of this song. 
http://audiozoo.proboards.com/thread/224/overview-excorde
Please check out his SC page @randomly_rawring
And forum here: http://audiozoo.proboards.com/

"This is both a lyric video, and an emotional performance.

But completely an amazing song.

It is called 'If I Saw You'.

Jimena of Excorde is singing about a person who she has never met.

The lyrics are beautiful & heartfelt.

The singing performance is flawless.

The complex piano chords & song pacing are perfect, allowing us to fully appreciate her vocal ability, vocal range, vibrato, expression, artistry, musical passion and undeniable singing skill.

I have heard many songs by Excorde, and personally I consider getting involved in mastering assistance, to help others to recognise the full potential.

That hasn't happened so far, but I have assisted them with promotion to help people to recognise their ability as a group.

So to hear this song & see this phenomenally emotionally charged video, it is a wonderful thing, because the sound quality is immense, the music is immersive & the performance is captivating.

I hope as many people as possible get t see this video so that finally Excorde's potential can be seen on a larger scale.

Is this a song review? It could be.

I think the purpose of writing this is ultimately to help others to recognise the importance of emotions in music.

I won't give it a score, but please just listen. Watch it. Feel it.

Embrace it.

I'm not sure if I should say '10/10' or just admit it brings me close to tears, that I'm happy to see Excorde put out a video that shows how truly great they are."

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When Jonnie told me he was writing a new song, I was certainly not expecting to receive this! Wow! I was (and still am) in awe. Not because his compositions haven’t impressed me in the past, but because he can also write melancholic ballads on the piano. And what a ballad!!! So heartfelt, so unique... This magical piece was very different from all the ballads I had done before and I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to come up with something as good lyrically or vocally. But after the initial “I-can’t-do-this” shock subsided, I understood that, in order to make it right, my contribution to the song would have to be unique, too. So I tried to sing differently this time, not with my full voice, but emulating the intimate atmosphere Jonnie had created with the keyboards and sing as intimately as I possibly could. I sincerely hope you like the result.

Instrumental Composition, Production & Final Mix: Jonnie Cook (@jonnie-cook)
Vocal Composition & Lyrics: Jimena Arroyo (@jimenaarroyo)
Copyright © 2016 Jonnie Cook and Jimena Arroyo. All rights reserved.

Lyrics:


If I Saw You

If I saw you
If I had you here with me
I’d touch your hand
To see if you were real

If I saw you
If I could hear you breathe
I’d know I am alive
I would finally feel

All the hell I’ve been through 
My entire life made sense now
Everything would fit together well
Everything was meant to be the hard way

Chorus
You are here
You are mine
You are real
We are one, we are aligned
As it should’ve been from the start
As it should be for the rest of our lives

If I saw you
If I had the merest chance
To watch your face
I’d love you at first glance

If I saw you
If you could make me heal
And make me forget
I would finally feel

All the bitter battles I have fought 
And lost were worthwhile
Everything would fit together well
Everything was meant to be the hard way

Chorus
You are here
You are mine
You are real
We are one, we are aligned
As it should’ve been from the start
As it should be for the rest of our lives

If I Saw You (Excorde)

(ENG) Jimena Arroyo is a singer-songwriter from La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the age of 19, she won a car in a singing competition on a TV show in her country. From that moment on, she started performing live and worked as a touring singer in a cover band for over ten years. After that, she decided to focus on her original songs, so she started working with very talented musicians, composers and producers from all over the world. She is also the lead singer of Excorde. She's been nominated for several international music awards. In 2021 she won the International Singer-Songwriters Association Award for Best International Female Vocalist.  She released her first solo album "But First We Burn" with producer CJ Teffner, which won Intl. Female Album of 2022 - Gold by ISSA. 

(ESP) Jimena Arroyo es una cantautora de La Plata, Bs. As., Argentina. A los 19 años, ganó un auto en un concurso de canto en un show de televisión. A partir de entonces, cantó en una conocida banda de covers por más de diez años. Luego decidió enfocarse en sus canciones originales junto con renombrados músicos, compositores y productores de distintas partes del mundo. También es conocida por ser la cantante de Excorde. Fue nominada a varios premios internacionales a la música. En 2020 y 2021 recibió el premio de Mejor Vocalista Femenina Internacional de la Asociación Internacional de Cantautores. Su primer álbum solista con CJ Teffner, ganó el premio a Álbum Femenino Oro 2022 de ISSA.

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