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Great song Floyd, thank you for sharing it with us. I would critique it, but that is like Pee Wee Herman making basketball suggestions to Michael Jordan.
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Midi rocks on this. This sure is food for thought.
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Bob - always nice to catch your ear. one for the bootleg collection, then, eh? Pat - your making me blush there, man... if you happen to run into Glenn or Don let 'em know they are welcome to it!  Always nice to a song compared to a classic. (so you must have typed that with your nose?). Thanks for all the nice comments...
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dani - thanks. glad you liked it...
Bob - appreciate that...
Rob - thanks for dropping in for a listen...
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Alan - some very nice things to say there... thanks so much...
Pat - thanks one more time...
Mike - appreciate that (congrats to you...)
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ROG - you've got me blushing a bit, too... my!... Elton John and Abbey Road? I'm humbled... Of course, it helps having a top player do the piano specifically for the song. In retrospect, I should have gotten him to do a LOT more - but we were "poor" at the time - hindsight... Commercial? - I DO take that as the highest compliment... it was the intent - especially at the time... I've spent the last 20 years preachin' that "commercial is not a dirty word..." Tom - Oh my!... Bacharach and Hamlisch... between you and ROG it seems I've covered a lot of ground. Again.. I'm humbled... Goes to show - you never know what will catch people's attention the most. I never really "showed this around" much - guess I maybe should have. Again - hindsight... At one point, I switched from BMI to ASCAP - there's an interesting story why.... I'll tell it to you when we share that beer you promised... (but I'll take a check from either!!) Congrats to you on the "win" - well deserved!
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Josie - Thanks! As I mentioned, the original piano track was played by Garland on whatever keyboard he brought to my house. I captured the midi output from that (while I also recorded the audio -which I used in my "old" recording). Captured in Cakewalk at the time.
I imported that midi file into the Melody track of BIAB and assigned the Hi-Q piano (the Bright, I believe) to the track.
Seemed like everyone was changing their avatar - so I figured I might as well... it is also "from another time and another place"...
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Greg - Thanks for the nice comments. Get that 2014 crankin'!
olemon - thanks. first time I've had a Toby reference... chalk up another...
John - thanks for dropping in and having a listen... appreciate it..
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I'm taking advance orders for the 2014 Floyd jane Bootleg CD, which will be compiled over the next several months. Please send $20 (Check or money order) to:
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Rob - thanks for the listen - and the comments - PeeWee... OK OK OK!!!
Frank - thanks. Yea, the SuperMidi tracks are a resource that definitely needs more digging into... just more Great stuff from the PG Team...
Oh, Bob.... are you including glossies in that package????
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Hi floyd, When I listen to an AABA song that's as robustly written and as exquisitely polished as this one, it makes me really appreciate just how strong this songwriting form is. It's a shame it's not used more these days. You've done an amazing job putting this composition together. Your writing and presentation are 'standing ovation' material. They deserve nothing less. I don't think I've heard such an outstanding performance from you. (I'm going to have to go back and revisit all your posts just to see if my impression is correct! That should keep me off the streets for a couple of months.) What stood out to me most prominently this time was how you've used lyric movement, and anticipation of lyric movement, to enhance the song's emotional punch. Opening with a standard rhyming couplet, you set the scene for it to be followed by the usual second rhyming couplet. It doesn't happen. Your disruption of what was anticipated (because so many songs use back-to-back rhyming couplets) kept me as the listener tuned, waiting for 'love' to find it's soul-mate rhyme. It never did. Leaving this dangling, unrhymed, unresolved third line so early in each A-section unbalances each of these sections very effectively and is an ideal backdrop for intensifying the lyrics' emotion. The phrases "no good believing in love" (A1), "don't believe that love can last" (A2) and "no good holding on to the hope" (A3) are magnificent phrases to leave dangling without rhyme. It's such attention to detail that makes you the master songwriter you are! I was also incredibly impressed that you used the b-c-c-b rhyme scheme to close each A-section. I've only ever played around with this. It's a very unstable pattern and has been called the "In Memoriam quatrain" - taking its name from Tennyson's poem called "In Memoriam" (apologies if I've mentioned this in a previous post or two and I'm repeating myself). To my ears, those final four lines in each A-section pack a huge emotional wallop. [If anyone reading this is curious about the effect of this particular rhyme scheme, have a look at Tennyson's poem via the below link. Read it aloud and I think it will be easy to appreciate the power of the rhyme scheme and how it leaves a listener pondering, wondering and generally feeling wistful. It's a great illustration of the emotional power of rhyme.] link to "In Memoriam"... and the bridge in "No Good Again" ... wow! It soars. It really soars. This truly is inspirational work. Regards, Noel P.S. What you've very effectively shown us aspiring songwriters with "No good again" is that an [aaxbccb] rhyme scheme, when coupled with a [5,4,5,3,2,2,3] meter and presented in AABA form, has the potential to be an incredibly emotional musical journey. This is a powerful lyric template you've provided for anyone who is brave enough to try it NOTE: The above interpretation of meter is open to other possibilities but that is how I heard it.
MY SONGS...Audiophile BIAB 2026
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"Oh, Bob.... are you including glossies in that package????"
Glossies, an authentic FJ guitar pick, and a one year membership to the FJ International Fan Club.
But wait......there's MORE!
Also included, if you act now, we are offering a bonus DVD called “The Floyd jane Story”! (Think Benny Goodman Story without the clarinet and Donna Reed).
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hi Floyd and jane wow this is my favorite as well very inspirering great job thanks for sharing eric
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Hi Floyd...
Been listening to some great music here on the forums and had to have another taste of this one. Wish I could sing like that! Every time I listened to you, I'm blown away. Thanks for a repeat of this musical treat...
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As a long time fan of the Oak Ridge Boys, I think this song fits their style very well and would be a great song to pitch to them. Great job, and quite a good song. Best Regards .
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For the last year I felt like I could at least see the floyd jane quality bar -- yeah, it was way up there (and likely unobtainable by me) but I could at least see the $%^@# thing and dream. Oh, well, now you've kicked it completely out of sight with this production. Take a strong lyric/vocal song to start with, throw in the fj cool RT choices, throw in some midi, throw in some 2014 enhancements, simmer for a while and out pops a world class production. Congrats! 
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Noel - I SO enjoy reading your review of a song. You are an encyclopedia of songwriting. Your break-down of a lyric is fascinating. Thankfully, I don't think about it that hard as it is spilling onto the page - I would confuse myself terribly, I fear I enjoyed reading "In Memoriam"... It IS an interesting rhyming scheme.... who knew! Thanks for your always-thoughtful thoughts! (time for a new Noel song...)
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Bob - Third Trailer On The Left - I know that place! "Benny Goodman Story without the clarinet and Donna Reed" - isn't that "Leaving Las Vegas"? eric - thanks. Alan - appreciate that! c_fogle - thanks for the listen and comment... do the Oaks still record? Bud - you are too kind - the cartoon is a bit freaky..
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Floyd,
Wonderful song! Professional in all aspects. Nice illustration of the HiQ midi and strings. I'll have to remember that. Thanks.
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I am at a loss for words but I'll just say that this song goes to 11.
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