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Down The Old Contrary #308016 08/22/15 11:55 PM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,647 Sydney Australia PeterF OP Veteran
OP PeterF Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,647 Sydney Australia	Down The Old Contrary https://soundcloud.com/peterf1957/down-the-old-contrary Leon - Vocal & Lyrics Me - Various Guitars Here’s an old one that I updated with a few new real tracks. Hope you like the lyrics. RealTracks in style: 2421:Bass, Acoustic, RockabillySlapBoomChicka Ev16 100 RealTracks in style: 2424:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm RockabillyBoomChickaKevin Ev 100 RealTracks in style: 2423:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm RockabillyBoomChickaBrent Ev 100 RealTracks in style: 2422:Guitar, Baritone Electric, Rhythm BoomChickaRootFiveBrent Ev16 100 RealDrums in style: BoomChickaEv16^01-a: Brush, Train, b: Rods, Train You’re always cold I’m always hot You’re always certain I’m often not You’re always right I’m always wrong You’re supposed to be weak I’m supposed to be strong You’re always busy think I should be too You say I’m a bear and belong in the zoo Although we don’t ever seem to agree I love you like crazy and I think you love me I always choose what catches my eye You check out everything two or three times I go for red wine you opt for white I prefer loose fit while you like ‘em tight I wake up amorous you wake up surly Later you’re glamorous and I’m hurly burly Although we don’t ever seem to agree I love you madly and I think you love me I’m always laughing you’re kind of morose I’m a man of few words you’re kind of verbose You like the opera you love a good aria I like the way they dance down in the Barrio I’m open handed like to think I’m big hearted A fool and his money you say soon will be parted Although we don’t ever seem to agree I love you madly and I think you love me I love to walk in the rain and the wind You think I’m crazy and you’d rather stay in You like to map it out I like to wing it You like to talk it through I like to sing it I’m hot for Horowitz you’re sold on Rubinstein You like Count Dracula I prefer Frankenstein Although we don’t ever seem to agree I love you honey and I think you love me Rpt 1st Verse

Re: Down The Old Contrary PeterF #308019 08/23/15 01:43 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,866 South Carolina C Charlie Fogle Veteran
Charlie Fogle Veteran C Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,866 South Carolina	You guys are doing some pretty stuff here lately. Enjoying your posts and I'm enjoying this contribution from you with my morning coffee. Charlie Last edited by c_fogle; 08/23/15 01:44 AM. BIAB 2026:RB 2026, Latest builds: Dell Optiplex 7040 Desktop; Windows-10-64 bit, Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz CPU and 16 GB Ram Memory.

Re: Down The Old Contrary PeterF #308048 08/23/15 06:24 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,888 Karlsruhe, Germany boehm Veteran
boehm Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,888 Karlsruhe, Germany	Hi Peter, you and Leon are a good team. I enjoyed this. Guenter http://www.21d.de/ Latest Song: What You Desire

Re: Down The Old Contrary PeterF #308105 08/23/15 08:09 PM User Showcase
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 8,196 Sacramento, California dcuny Veteran
dcuny Veteran Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 8,196 Sacramento, California	Fun song! -- David Cuny My virtual singer development blog Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing? BiaB 2025 \| Windows 11 \| Reaper \| Way too many VSTis.

Re: Down The Old Contrary PeterF #308116 08/24/15 01:10 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 3,615 Murgon Queensland Australia Rob4580 Veteran
Rob4580 Veteran Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 3,615 Murgon Queensland Australia	An opposite song . love it. Rob https://soundcloud.com/ironbarkbob https://open.spotify.com/artist/6IPuZM4B48Drnd38DEWC7L https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoXdTc0EC_3aaZSqT4dyzug Using Studio One.

Re: Down The Old Contrary PeterF #308128 08/24/15 03:44 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 5,139 Florida 90 dB Veteran
90 dB Veteran Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 5,139 Florida	Peter- Good on ya mate! This songs screams for a video! Loved it. Regards, Bob Dyslectics Untie! https://90dbband.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/90-db https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm_3mpivKYV7T7XFJmXL-GA

Re: Down The Old Contrary PeterF #308134 08/24/15 05:18 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 24,696 Hamlin NY MarioD Veteran
MarioD Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 24,696 Hamlin NY	OK have you and Leon been spying on my wife and me! This is one of your best. Your vocal is perfect and I just love these lyrics! Great song! OK, a random thought; Why does toilet paper need a commercial? Who's not buying it? 64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware

Re: Down The Old Contrary MarioD #308198 08/24/15 10:20 PM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,647 Sydney Australia PeterF OP Veteran
OP PeterF Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,647 Sydney Australia	Thanks to all for the comments. Mario OK have you and Leon been spying on my wife and me! I think he's been spying on all of us married males! Charlie - glad we can add something to the morning coffee.

Re: Down The Old Contrary PeterF #308212 08/25/15 02:22 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,866 South Carolina C Charlie Fogle Veteran
Charlie Fogle Veteran C Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,866 South Carolina	Originally Posted By: PeterF Thanks to all for the comments. Mario OK have you and Leon been spying on my wife and me! I think he's been spying on all of us married males! Charlie - glad we can add something to the morning coffee. That's too funny. Here I am again this morning listening to your song while having a cup of coffee, look at the comments and see the above. BIAB 2026:RB 2026, Latest builds: Dell Optiplex 7040 Desktop; Windows-10-64 bit, Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz CPU and 16 GB Ram Memory.

Re: Down The Old Contrary PeterF #308225 08/25/15 03:39 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 16,132 GA USA Janice & Bud Veteran
Janice & Bud Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 16,132 GA USA	Cool and inventive take on the "opposites theme!' What to say? Everything works. The entire production well supports the cool lyric and vocal. Nice guitar work indeed. Very enjoyable! J&B PS It added to our morning coffee also. Our albums and singles are on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Pandora and more. If interested search on Janice Merritt. Thanks! Our Videos

Re: Down The Old Contrary PeterF #308235 08/25/15 05:10 AM User Showcase
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 4,067 The Netherlands RnAM Veteran
RnAM Veteran Joined: May 2014 Posts: 4,067 The Netherlands	Hi Peter, Very funny lyrics! It all sounds very professional, the music as well as the vocals. Good job! Rob and Anne-Marie We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1gsdNLE7_Gy8qavoOplQow/videos http://rnam.net/

Re: Down The Old Contrary PeterF #308274 08/25/15 12:06 PM User Showcase
Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 1,679 Cremona-Italy Sergio Guarneri Expert
Sergio Guarneri Expert Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 1,679 Cremona-Italy	Hello great country song to me. Nice song and instruments choice Good work. Hello. Sergio Sergio

Re: Down The Old Contrary PeterF #308697 08/29/15 03:43 PM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 7,052 Davis, CA G Greg Johnson Veteran
Greg Johnson Veteran G Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 7,052 Davis, CA	Very fun and clever write!! There are some gems among these lines. I really love the vocalist for this style. I think this song was written for my wife and I! Thanks for sharing. Great stuff! Take care. Greg

Re: Down The Old Contrary PeterF #308727 08/29/15 08:59 PM User Showcase
Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,831 gruverider Expert
gruverider Expert Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,831	Thank you for sharing your art with us. This is a wonderful forum for posting original music. Not to mention a great product for creating music. You have found a suburb community of generous artists who love to listen to, and comment on other artists songs. If only to give feedback to others who are also sharing their art.

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