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Morning Janice, Bud, and Peter,
Very different vibe happening on this one! Love the laid back groove. Janice and Peter sound great as per usual, and the mix is spot on.
We had a hobby farm for a while, alpacas and goats, but no heavy equipment, so a neighbor would come and cut and bale our hay in exchange for me helping him get his hay off the fields and into his barn, did that for a few years. Good, honest work! We still have our barn but now just have a few chickens, layers.
Enjoyed this one! Thanks Dave for the nice review and cool to hear about your farm experience. Hay baling is hard indeed. We had three options. Walk behind the wagon and toss the bales in. Work in the wagon stacking the thrown in bales. Or and the hardest stack them in the barn as they fell off the conveyor belt. And in S GA that tin roof barn was HOT. We’re happy you like the song! J&B
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Hi Janice and Bud and Peter,
Finally, I got to listen to your song!
And what have I missed in the meantime? This beautiful song, a wonderful voice, and a beautiful/unique solo.
First, the singing, although always beautiful, is perhaps even more beautiful now! Take that line: "A barn bell could be heard a mile off" and listen to how you sing it. Especially the last words; wow, beautiful craftsmanship (if you can say that)!
And what Peter did with his guitar strings was pure magic. At the beginning, in between, and so on. Or maybe Bud created that magical sound with his magical mixing skills?
No, seriously, I was immediately hooked the moment you started singing, Janice.
And I also learned something: "They're hand-hewn beams." I didn't know what that meant, so Google told me it's something like Janice's craftsmanship, but for wood.
Hans Hans, thank you for your time to listen and write such a thoughtful review. Your comments about the vocals, the guitar, the write and mix are all greatly appreciated. Oh, and we are glad google helped out with the hand hewn beams! J&B
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A song about a barn? Why not!
A lazy tempo reminiscent of relaxing after a hot day of work on the farm.
All sounds excellent. Exceptional vocal deliciously delivered. Primo lyrics. Thanks for all. I was a bit dubious about the tempo and appreciate you mentioning that it worked for you. J&B
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What a beautiful, nostalgic song. Lyrics paint a peaceful countryside scene of almost forgotten times, glad to hear a refreshing topic. The barns mainly remind me of love scenes in the hay in old Finnish movie. I haven't had much to do with barns, I only remember taking photos of a kestrel chick sitting by a barn couple of years ago.
Great arrangement and mix, the BIAB instruments are well chosen, the harmonica is a nice addition and well generated, and Peter's lovely guitar fills always find the right mood with his playing and sounds. The chord progression is very interesting.
Another excellent vocal performance, I really enjoyed the last "tell" by Janice, amazing.
Janne Thank you so much Janne. We are happy that it brought back memories. We appreciate the nice comments on the lyric, vocal and guitar. Janice was intrigued that you found her progression interesting also. All is appreciated! J&B
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Love this song Janice, bud and Peter. Beautiful lyric and vocals. The harp was a really nice touch. Boy Peter did some very impressive picking for the genre. Very versatile and talented guitar player. Super production, mix and master. All the small farms sites in the prairies are long abandoned. The land has been picked up by large farming operations. The houses and barns have blacken and most have some serious leans to them.
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Love this song Janice, bud and Peter. Beautiful lyric and vocals. The harp was a really nice touch. Boy Peter did some very impressive picking for the genre. Very versatile and talented guitar player. Super production, mix and master. All the small farms sites in the prairies are long abandoned. The land has been picked up by large farming operations. The houses and barns have blacken and most have some serious leans to them. Thank you Scott! Glad you liked it and, yes, J&B certainly agrees with you about Peter. We see those leaning and collapsed barns every time we ride about the country side J&B
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