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So, since I am a really patriotic guy, but don’t find much to be patriotic about these days, I decided to write a song about my lovely patriotic wife, who represents the best of America to me, in too many ways to count.

I am a southern boy who ran off to New York City for a long time in his youth, but she is from Jersey. It is a beautiful thing. Jersey girls are the best. Just ask Tom Waits.

Anyway, in our house we stand for many American values. We also stand for parallel mastering. On this song, I tried a new trick I learned on YouTube that is based on a technique utilized by the famous engineer Andrew Scheps. What you do is, you create a secondary master buss where you additionally send all of the instrumental tracks except for the drums (which have their own buss), and then you add additional magic to that Secondary Master Buss (aka Rear Buss) that you place side by side with the master master buss. It just so happens that I have the Andrew Scheps Omni Channel plugin which I put on the secondary master buss.

Hope you enjoy this.

P.S.

I should also add that in my template, I also have an instrument buss that receives all of the instrument tracks minus drums with the effects that I'm using on those instruments. So really I have two rear busses. One is the buss where I send the instruments with their effects, and the additional Scheps buss receives those tracks as well with extra pixie dust applied. Then those find their way to the master buss.


AMERICAN MADE
By David Snyder

https://soundcloud.com/david-snyder-gigs4/american-made

V1

She says she’s from Jersey
And that’s ok by me
Cause she listens to Springsteen
And she was born to be free
And she’s friendly with Jesus
And she’s friendly with me
And she looks like a woman
In the sun or the shade
And whatever I owe her
She’s says she’s already paid

CH

And she’s American made
Sexy and strong
And she’s American made
So I wrote her song
Sings like an angel, and her love never fades
I thank God that she found me
What else can I say
She’s American made

V2

So I drove her to Pittsburgh
To see McCartney play
And she said that she loved me
When he sang Yesterday
And she’s a Rock ‘n Roll Mystery
She’s a Rock ‘n Roll song
And when I feel her kiss me
That’s where I belong

CH

And she’s American made
Sexy and strong
And she’s American made
So I wrote her song
Sings like an angel, and her love never fades
I thank God that she found me
What else can I say
She’s American made

V3

So I’m not watching TV
Until I’ve cast my vote
Cause all of those people
They’ll just be cutting my throat
I’d rather be with my sweet girl
By some mountain steam
Because inside of her heart
She’s my American Dream

CH

And she’s American made
Sexy and strong
And she’s American made
So I wrote her song
Sings like an angel, and her love never fades
I thank God that she found me
What else can I say
She’s American made

All Music and Lyrics copyright 2024 by David Snyder
ASCAP/Day of Faith Records

David Snyder: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric 6-string and 12-string guitars, Lead Guitar, additional instrumentation, production, engineering, mixing and mastering

Dedicated to the lovely and epic Gayle Snyder, best wife, singer, musician, co-writer, best friend, maker of feasts and super awesome party planner and adventurous travel buddy ever. She’s American Made if anyone ever was. And yes, she loves Jesus and America, too.


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David...I fell in love with this with the intro...did you write this for or just about Springsteen? this certainly sounds like something he would cut (though the line about himself would be a little narcissistic I suppose)...I bet your wife loves this...points are always good!...well written and performed...terrific song!


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David,

Wow! Beautiful, dynamic and just all around great....

My new favorite from you.

EXCELLENT!!!

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It's a great song David.
Sound and energy.
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I don't understand the rear buss, front buss or any other kind of buss but this is a good tribute song to your wifey.
Nice guitar work.

And I certainly hope she looks like a woman in the sun or the shade! smile


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Wow! Great song, nicely arranged and passionately sung. The guitars are really cool, too.

The production is very dynamic and lively, but I'm not sure exactly what I'm hearing. It MIGHT be a pleasing amount of "good pumping". At any rate, I love it. Will definitely be checking out the rear bus technique.

Go Gayle!


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Thats a big wide sound with good instrument seperation that you've mixed. I enjoyed the song and the lyrics.

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Your playing on this is fab.
American Made/maid is a pretty good pun.
Of course I'd love a verse in their that had some inclusion in it... sort of like
"Her dad's from Kansas & her
Mum hails from Japan
And she said that she loved me
In three languages man
Yeah she’s a Rock ‘n Roll Mystery
But I won't do her wrong
When I know she's beside me
That’s where I belong".
Nevertheless - fab piece of art sir.


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Great song lyrically with a dynamic arrangement.


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Hey Dan,

Well Bruce has closed many a show with song he did not write, Jersey Girl by Tom Waits.

BUT, that is the only one.

So just as they say in Dumb and Dumber, even though there is only a 1 in a million chance:

"Are you saying, I still have....a chance?"

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David Petty Youngsteen.

Wow.

And ya made it sound New.
That's impressive.

Best energy ever.

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Hey thanks Bob.

This was a lot of fun to make. I have learned some new mad skilz (I think) watching Andrew Scheps on YouTube

See my most recent post just now on the recording forum.

Scheps does all his mixing in the box on cheap headphones. I.e., he has the same stuff we have.

Any reason for not producing radio ready from your hotel room is just an excuse these days.

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Thanks Laurent.

I had a lot of fun with this one!
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mr jane said, "David Petty Youngsteen" and that is hard to beat. smile Three that came to mind indeed!

Man, what a write and a tribute to your wife. We just celebrated 42 years and we both get it.
I won life's lotto.

Great performances by you and an epic production.

Thanks for the mastering info ... intriguing for sure.

Kudos ... on the song and y'all's life!

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"mr jane said, "David Petty Youngsteen" and that is hard to beat. smile Three that came to mind indeed!" Same here!
Great song David.
Super backing band for a great vocal.
I'll bet you are a hero in your house.


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David

Whatever ingredients you used to cook up the mastered result here sounds really clean and rich to me! Great pop/rock tune that has one of your best vocals!
I love how you take the things/people surrounding you and craft them into really good songs like this!

Rock on, TB




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Man! You have outdone yourself with this one, David, one of your best I think.

This has it all, great write, excellent vocal, and I'm enjoying your guitar work also.

I read your comments on parallel mastering, a bit above my pay grade I think wink But I'll definitely look into it, thanks for the tip.

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WOW Dave this is a great song. It's Petty and Springsteen, and it captures that feel perfectly. Great Lyrics. This is one of your best.


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Hi David,

I had in mind to tease you a bit, like you do to me. I had that orange guy in mind, but then...
Then I read the lyrics. They are good and clever in many ways!
So, I can only consider it, not only as a good song, but a wonderfut tribute to your wife too!
And that for a man that was originally 'Dutch made'.
Yes mr Snyder. In my home town Haarlem some years ago we had a lord major, also called Snyder.
Famous name around here. But sadly he was sooo vain. Luckily you are not.
And the song is Great!

Hans

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Hi, David.

You hint at Springsteen via Tom Waits, but this sounds more like Tom Petty to me. Ah, I see everyone else noticed that, too. laugh

But what's this?

   So I drove her to Pittsburgh
   To see McCartney play


You couldn't find any American singers, so you picked some random guy from Liverpool? wink

Pretty fab, anyway!


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