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What I'm Listening To.... #289860 03/28/15 11:35 AM Off-Topic
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,550 Florida floyd jane OP Veteran
OP floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,550 Florida	I tend to listen to CDs for the songwriting. But sometimes it is for the productions (but they still have to be well written). These are what I have been listening to for the last year (or so). Others may find some value in them. If you have specific CDs that have captured your attention, add them to the list. I'm always looking for "the next thing" to add to my iPod... Let's have a running list... Brandy Clark - 12 Stories This is one of the best written Country CDs I've ever heard. Actually, no need for the "Country" qualifier... Anyone interested in songwriting ought to own this and listen with every fiber of your soul... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdDs7tHcsAGLFvMxvGv3jt74n9-JFDPkc Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park Almost as good as Brandy... nice simple, open productions.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du_NnTzjs2o Jason Isbell - Southeastern Soulful writing. Simple productions for the most part - and all these songs need... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdwnGG29Upw&list=PLCw7uifZvD5vtxDgpFsXPeIiAyWjtY0PX Lee Brice - Hard2Love (had to list each of these because they did not group together) Well-written commercial Country with exceptional (modern) production... Hard To Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtFwuPnzidE A Woman Like You (if you don't like this song, there's something wrong with you....) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQYORsIfFE0 That's When You Know It's Over https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN1jZaZbBhw Don't Believe Everything You Think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cr4oYF7QAE I Drive Your Truck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCSMCgqlc-0 See About A Girl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf2YAKYnWjE Life Off My Years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtM7vs9gdZg Seven Days a Thousand Times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC3Z8FHK-5c Beer (this is actually a GOOD Country song about Beer....) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDlTEJ_thJg That Way Again By Lee Brice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fgmrM0Rh1M 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: What I'm Listening To.... floyd jane #289862 03/28/15 12:19 PM Off-Topic
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Kemmrich Expert Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,815	I am a fan of Kacey and Jason so I will have to check out Brandy and Lee. For me I am totally (and I mean totally) stuck on a Darrell Scott kick: River Take me The Day Before Thanksgiving A Crooked Road Now at bandcamp: Crows Say Vee-Eh @ bandcamp or soundcloud: Kevin @ soundcloud

Re: What I'm Listening To.... floyd jane #289941 03/29/15 02:26 AM Off-Topic
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,129 NYC J Joe V Expert
Joe V Expert J Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,129 NYC	Thanks for starting this topic Floyd. One of my favorite threads is one where my BIAB friends - who all have great musical taste and ears for music, share their favorite artists and productions. I'm still listening to hits of the 70s, and I think during that time the 'studio' wizards were at their heights producing cuts for the top charts. For example, I just heard a few Carpenters songs the other day, and was amazed at the clarity of the mix. On another note - one of my favorite artists of all times - John Denver, seems to not have such great productions on his studio albums. The one great gem in his collection is a double-studio live album where I think they did the recording well - "An Evening with John Denver".

Re: What I'm Listening To.... floyd jane #289946 03/29/15 03:04 AM Off-Topic
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Guitarhacker Veteran Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,480 Middlesex, NC	Quote: Brandy Clark - 12 Stories This is one of the best written Country CDs I've ever heard. Actually, no need for the "Country" qualifier... Anyone interested in songwriting ought to own this and listen with every fiber of your soul... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdDs7tHcsAGLFvMxvGv3jt74n9-JFDPkc Love, love, love this writer.... Especially #3, #5, #8, #10... is so clever, #12.... the rest are excellent... but these are the stars in the group. You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.com Add 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.

Re: What I'm Listening To.... floyd jane #289991 03/29/15 09:15 AM Off-Topic
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OP floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,550 Florida	Kevin - thanks for the reminder - a buddy of mine is a big Darrell Scott fan - I need to give those a listen... Joe - interesting... part of the reason that I want to do this thread is to introduce all of us to new "listens"... we, as a group, tend to date ourselves at times - and stay in the past where it's "safe". I don't see a lot of mention of current music (favorable mention, that is) and there is good stuff if we are willing to dig a little. It might also help some update their own sound a bit... BIAB is there to help when we are ready to embrace the "now"... 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: What I'm Listening To.... floyd jane #289996 03/29/15 09:33 AM Off-Topic
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OP floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,550 Florida	This is Country with Attitude. Solid writing and Interesting production. (favorites in bold) Eric Church - Carolina 1. "Ain't Killed Me Yet" Eric Church, Deric Ruttan 3:22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxYF3XU_Voo 2. "Lotta Boot Left to Fill" E. Church, Jeremy Spillman 3:24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb23SrGKPXA 3. "Young and Wild" E. Church, Spillman 3:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvqTUyH0Un4 4. "Where She Told Me to Go" E. Church, Casey Beathard 4:48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfAkYaWkQLA 5. "Longer Gone" E. Church, Stephanie Chapman 3:08 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4pVv8qAkS8 6. "Love Your Love the Most" E. Church, Michael P. Heeney 2:50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7gbtQSFz4Q&list=PL8965C8040793FA3C&index=12 7. "Smoke a Little Smoke" E. Church, Jeff Hyde, Driver Williams 3:11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxWjtWONuGc&index=10&list=PL8965C8040793FA3C 8. "Without You Here" E. Church, Brandon Church, Spillman 2:42 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xo9iiofd1M 9. "You Make It Look So Easy" E. Church 4:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbDA3d88qg8 10. "Carolina" E. Church 4:39 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlVoFytdG-w 11. "Hell on the Heart" E. Church, Ruttan, Spillman 2:44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpUNCW-5sFk&list=PL8965C8040793FA3C&index=11 12. "Those I've Loved" E. Church, Brett Beavers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhWlkYgaG1c 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: What I'm Listening To.... floyd jane #290016 03/29/15 12:00 PM Off-Topic
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rockstar_not Veteran R Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,913 Colorado Springs, CO, USA	Recent favorites: Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left (found it at the local Goodwill for $1.99 -Score!) Beck: Morning Phase (slow and lovely and won a Grammy) Josh Garrels: Love and War and the Sea In Between (to hear what kind of magic can be captured in a home studio with a real 'album' of songs woven together) http://joshgarrels.bandcamp.com/album/love-war-the-sea-in-between Loodma recordings Soundcloud page (very well-done IDM - Intelligent Dance Music) https://soundcloud.com/loodmarecordings A Boy and His Kite http://aboyandhiskite.com/ Zander Zon: Sonorous (plays virtuoso solo bass guitar strung with a very strange mix of strings - my favorite album for helping to sleep on airplanes) http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ZanderZon My Songs, photos, writing,etc. My Sound Cloud

Re: What I'm Listening To.... floyd jane #292775 04/24/15 03:56 AM Off-Topic
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OP floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,550 Florida	Today, listening to Brandi Carlile... Mostly from the CD "The Story"... it a good journey, so far... a mix of roots country, pop, alt-rock... nice, basic, small band productions... easily done in BIAB if you wanted to emulate these productions... The Eye (a new one) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl_eNu4NUVI Hard Way Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AV5TRO1BqU The Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8pQLtHTPaI Turpentine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSmE0BBOwSg That Wasn't Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNmo8I4dEQE Dreams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSBl8zD9J_M 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

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