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Weeds Whatever happened to getting muddy, smashing things up in the woods and kids getting into mischief in general? If my 9yr old & his buddies are representative, its been replaced by blowing up digital cyborgs on Xbox and watching 30 something Youtube "stars" prattle on while blowing up cyborgs. Its weird to find yourself wishing your boy got into a little more trouble.Thinking along those lines led to this.. if you listen and figure , nah, just another bluegrass tune, make sure you make it to the Grandpa rap section! Style is _GRINNER.STY (Grinner Bluegrass with Washboard) RealTracks in style: ~~592:Bass, Acoustic Bluegrass Doc Ev 100 RealTracks in style: ~~599:Mandolin, Rhythm Bluegrass Doc Ev 100 RealTracks in style: ~~589:Banjo, Bluegrass Doc Ev 100 (Rhythm) RealTracks in style: ~~598:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Bluegrass Doc Ev 100 RealDrums in style: WashboardBluegrass^01-a:Sync, b:Stdy RT 408 Resonator Background RT2041 Resonator Solo Loop Beatscratch Weeds some kids are wallflowers sweet peas and orchids tell `em they`re nice they`re pretty everyday to their face us kids are dandelions poison ivy skunk cabbage its true we admire our own disgrace come home battered dishevelled tattered got you baffled jamming tailpipes with crabapples creeping spies with moss green eyes we vine and shine through cracks in the dark do our mud dreads impress we`re not your bright sparks we are the weeds you`ll know us by our deeds weeds weeds growing wild from respectable seeds we`re the raggabrash chorus not your choir of angels fix our hair for Sunday find sticks and bugs wings we howl from the hollows turn your house to a wasteland climb up to bed sleep the sleep of blessed things knock the brains outta words bring the worst to church like a stone in your shoe we got the measure of you there`s no foolin rats in a ruin you`re watching shows `bout sex drugs and money you`re Tom I`m Jerry not your Little Bunny we are the weeds you`ll know us by our deeds weeds weeds growing wild from respectable seeds thorns`n thistles that`s our creed © Robert Cordrey April 2018
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Nice bluegrass groove.
Personally, I had a hard time hearing the vocals. They're a bit buried in the mix.
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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Well! I'd call that a bluegrass stream-of-consciousness work! Love how you worked in the granddad rap, the spoken/whispered words near the end--the way the whole thing varied was very interesting. The melody line was also creative enough that it wasn't predictable. And overall the production was nice (probably agree with the vocal level as noted above).
Get those boys outside playing!!
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Thanks for the comment-I agree vocals were too far back. Should be better now.
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You had me smiling with this.Very original fun tune. Thanks for listing.Rob
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Robert,
I really like the way you approached this song. Great message and something a bit dark bubbling underneath the bluegrass backing...
Excellent - really enjoyed this song.
Bob
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That sort of defies easy categorization. Interesting and complex - looked up Raggabrash
(A disorganized or grubby person) never heard that one before.
As always your work is stimulating.
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Very nice, Robert! Creative as always.
Love the rap bit. Lots of great lines, I think my favorite is:
"knock the brains outta words bring the worst to church
like a stone in your shoe we got the measure of you"
Mix sounds good too.
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Robert,
As always, an interesting, unique lyric. Descriptive and visual.
And, this time, an interesting, unique musical style to go along.
Bluegrass Poetic Rap.
Cool.
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I quite enjoyed this Robertkc! The bluegrass vibe is prominent and the lyrics are captivating to a simpler time. Thanks for sharing!
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This is so different from anything I’ve ever heard that it is a genre unto itself. The free flowing poetry jam mixed with the bluegrass backing is truly unique. I enjoyed my listen and you reminded me of my childhood when I gone from the house except for meals and sleep. It’s a different world for kids now. Good job, Tom
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Well! I'd call that a bluegrass stream-of-consciousness work! Love how you worked in the granddad rap, the spoken/whispered words near the end--the way the whole thing varied was very interesting. The melody line was also creative enough that it wasn't predictable. And overall the production was nice (probably agree with the vocal level as noted above).
Get those boys outside playing!! Thank you - grandad rap parts are mixed higher now ( my boy said he couldn`t hear them well enough to give me an opinion... very diplomatic!). Robert You had me smiling with this.Very original fun tune. Thanks for listing.Rob Glad you enjoyed this Rob! Robert,
I really like the way you approached this song. Great message and something a bit dark bubbling underneath the bluegrass backing...
Excellent - really enjoyed this song.
Bob Bob, I remember my own subversive inner kid well so I`m happy you heard that in the song. Thanks for your kind comments. Robert Robert
That sort of defies easy categorization. Interesting and complex - looked up Raggabrash
(A disorganized or grubby person) never heard that one before.
As always your work is stimulating.
Peter Peter, Well I threw that word in liking the sound- I`m glad the meaning works too! Thanks for your listen and support. Robert
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Robert, was this ever a cool song. First I just loved the banjo and dobro. The Grandpa rap that made me chuckle. This was so creative. Super vocal and harmonies. I love the Blue Grass mixed with some very different music. I agree with Tom that this is a genre all by itself. Like I said very creative.... Well done!!!
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That was... different. As Tom said, sort of like walking through someone's subconscious. Neat! 
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Robertkc,
This is an ambitious tune. For my tastes, there’s perhaps a bit too much going on musically, and as others have noted, the sound seems to diminish the vocal and ultimately the lyric. I’d be tempted to slow this down some. That aside, from a production standpoint, you’ve introduced a nice variety of instruments that compliment the tune—just some fine tuning on the mix and pace might do it for me. Just one (not so talented) guy’s opinion for you to use or lose, respectfully. Keep working it!
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A fine use of the washboard real drums track. I think this is the first I've heard someone use it.
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Very nice, Robert! Creative as always.
Love the rap bit. Lots of great lines, I think my favorite is:
"knock the brains outta words bring the worst to church
like a stone in your shoe we got the measure of you"
Mix sounds good too. Dave, Thanks for having a listen- possibly the only time for the rap bit! Robert Robert,
As always, an interesting, unique lyric. Descriptive and visual.
And, this time, an interesting, unique musical style to go along.
Bluegrass Poetic Rap.
Cool.
fj Thanks the kind comments Floyd, I wasn`t going to post this, but with all the chat about modern music I thought what the heck... perhaps not my finest 3 minutes, but a fun foray into new territory nonetheless. Robert I quite enjoyed this Robertkc! The bluegrass vibe is prominent and the lyrics are captivating to a simpler time. Thanks for sharing! Joe, I appreciate your listen and comments. Robert This is so different from anything I’ve ever heard that it is a genre unto itself. The free flowing poetry jam mixed with the bluegrass backing is truly unique. I enjoyed my listen and you reminded me of my childhood when I gone from the house except for meals and sleep. It’s a different world for kids now. Good job, Tom Tom, I`m pleased you got the intention behind the song; thanks very much for the thumbs up I heard the rap sections might fit and wrote them out same time as the bluegrass song... then thought "have I just invented a new genre?" Turns out these guys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAgVPEmf2ws&index=0&list=RDkAgVPEmf2wshave been there for a few years... with real rappers of course. Robert
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Hello, Robert
Very unique sound!
Surely it is bluegrass style, but something is different.
You always add another flavor to the traditional sound.
But that is always comfortable.
This song is no exception.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.
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Shigeki Adachi
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As fj said: "Bluegrass Poetic Rap."
As Tom said: "This is so different from anything I’ve ever heard that it is a genre unto itself."
As Tano said: "Well! I'd call that a bluegrass stream-of-consciousness work!"
Man, you never get into a rut do you? This is remarkably creative...something we would never imagined much less tried to execute.
And you made it into a "song" -- much, much more than a curiosity.
Great write and performance also!
Very entertaining.
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Robert, was this ever a cool song. First I just loved the banjo and dobro. The Grandpa rap that made me chuckle. This was so creative. Super vocal and harmonies. I love the Blue Grass mixed with some very different music. I agree with Tom that this is a genre all by itself. Like I said very creative.... Well done!!! Scott, Glad this made you smile. Thanks for your thumbs up. Robert That was... different. As Tom said, sort of like walking through someone's subconscious. Neat! My subconscious; a scary place, with a lot of rhymes that won`t shut up! Robertkc,
This is an ambitious tune. For my tastes, there’s perhaps a bit too much going on musically, and as others have noted, the sound seems to diminish the vocal and ultimately the lyric. I’d be tempted to slow this down some. That aside, from a production standpoint, you’ve introduced a nice variety of instruments that compliment the tune—just some fine tuning on the mix and pace might do it for me. Just one (not so talented) guy’s opinion for you to use or lose, respectfully. Keep working it!
Best regards,
Deej Deej, Points taken - if there were a separate forum to post " musical experiments", I would have put this there. Maybe I`ll get back to this and think about the mix again- no doubt it could be improved. To my ears, after the fact, some of the rap phrases sound rushed, so maybe that`s what you hear in the tempo. Thanks for taking the time to listen and share your impressions. Robert
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