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Too Dangerous - w Tom & Janice #338948 03/04/16 03:17 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,921 Florida floyd jane OP Veteran
OP floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,921 Florida	Today is my Birthday! It is also Tom's Birthday. We discovered that we shared a birthday 2 years ago when we posted our first co-write - on March 4th! So a birthday collaboration is now a tradition. So on to this year's offering... This past Christmas, I bought Toontrack EZkeys (on sale!) as a songwriting tool. It contains libraries of short phrases in varying styles. I figured I could use it occasionally to spark new ideas. As a test, I loaded some phrases with the chords it uses (you can change those, of course) until I built a complete "song" (intro, verse, chorus, bridge, outro, etc....) (It's just a piano track). I listened to that until a lyric idea hit me - and I wrote a song. So the program had served it's intended purpose. I exported the midi file, took that into BIAB and added the rest of the BAND. I could not find a BIAB guitar soloist that fit what I envisioned, so, I asked Tom if he would add lead guitar. And the 2016 birthday song was born. Besides the perfect leads, Tom's guitar work is also "under" chorus 2 and 3 - the perfect addition.... I brought in the janettes (featuring Janice Merritt) to provide background vocals. (By pure coincidence, Toontrack asked users of it's product to submit original songs for a declared "Country Month". Since this song used EZKeys for the piano track, I sent it - late, since it required a Soundcloud link and I hesitated, not sure I wanted to do that... but I did... and it was selected to be on one of their lists) So that's the long story of... TOO DANGEROUS she ordered straight tequila so I should have known right from the start she was more than I could handle a little too much for my heart that first kiss should have been a warning there was nothing I could do i don't mind a little ragged or the roller coaster ride i've seen my share of trouble but she's a wilder side a whole new box of crazy likes of which i've never seen she's too rough around the edges she's too dangerous for me drives a tricked-out f150 with a little too much chrome she don't mind her reputation hell, she'll start some rumors of her own her daddy's 45 on the floorboard should have been another clue i don't mind a little ragged or the roller coaster ride i've seen my share of trouble but she's a wilder side a whole new box of crazy likes of which i've never seen she's too rough around the edges she's too dangerous for me the devil wears a sundress and hand tooled boots I just keep on falling no caution, no chute i don't mind a little ragged or the roller coaster ride i've seen my share of trouble but she's a wilder side a whole new box of crazy likes of which i've never seen she's too rough around the edges she's too dangerous for me ..and the rest of the BAND.. RealTracks in song: ~518:Bass, Electric, Pop HalfNotes Ev 085 RealTracks in song: 1538:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PopBelieveHeld Ev16 065 RealTracks in song: 1762:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm Pop16thsArp Ev16 085 RealDrums in Song: PraiseWorshipShine^01-a:Snare, HiHat , b:Snare, Ride Piano track built in EZKeys - exported MIDI - played through 4Front TruePiano Lead guitar - Tom Adams harmonies - Janice Merritt (and me) Janice & Bud - thanks for being great friends and partners! Tom - thanks for the great guitar work! Happy Birthday, buddy! floyd 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: Too Dangerous - w Tom & Janice floyd jane #338951 03/04/16 03:25 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,868 Middlesex, NC Guitarhacker Veteran
Guitarhacker Veteran Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,868 Middlesex, NC	Outstanding song. Loved the lyric work in this. I've known some ladies like that.... and that's all I'll say on that. Loved the song. 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: Too Dangerous - w Tom & Janice floyd jane #338967 03/04/16 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 Floyd, happy birthday! It's unfamiliar to see you without the white letters on black background. But the song is old Floyd tradition. Wonderful lyrics. I love these stories which enfold my imagination. It's like watching a movie. Great arrangement, guitar (happy birthday, Tommy) and harmonies. How did you do the aahs? They are so clear that it sounds like an instrument rather than real vocals. They add a lot to the song. Like always I can't stop listening. Guenter http://www.21d.de/ Latest Song: What You Desire

Re: Too Dangerous - w Tom & Janice floyd jane #338974 03/04/16 07:05 AM 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	This is TOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!! No reason to copy and paste some lyric-no reasonable place to stop! Great music, great lyrics (amazing images), great vocal, great arrangement, great mix, and add Tom's guitar and Janice's vocal to all that. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!! Just an amazing job guys!!! Take care. Greg

Re: Too Dangerous - w Tom & Janice floyd jane #338975 03/04/16 07:06 AM 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	Oh Yeah, and in my excitement, I forgot to say HAAAAAPY BIRRRRRRTHDAY to you two!!!

Re: Too Dangerous - w Tom & Janice floyd jane #338982 03/04/16 09:59 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 3,365 York, England ROG Veteran
ROG Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 3,365 York, England	Fabulous. Happy birthday Tom & Floyd. ROG. Free online guitar lessons. Cours de guitare gratuit en ligne.

Re: Too Dangerous - w Tom & Janice floyd jane #338993 03/04/16 11:12 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,647 Sydney Australia PeterF Veteran
PeterF Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,647 Sydney Australia	Floyd, Tom, Janice Beautifully done. You must be very pleased with how that came out! Great mix - wonderful guitar - gorgeous backing vocal (nice piano) and a really powerful lead vocal. Superb.

Re: Too Dangerous - w Tom & Janice Guitarhacker #338998 03/04/16 12:03 PM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,921 Florida floyd jane OP Veteran
OP floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,921 Florida	Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker Outstanding song. Loved the lyric work in this. I've known some ladies like that.... and that's all I'll say on that. Loved the song. Thanks, Herb - appreciate that. 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: Too Dangerous - w Tom & Janice floyd jane #339002 03/04/16 12:27 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	Happy birthday to both of you Floyd and Tom Great way to celebrate it with this super song. Hey Floyd, I'm not on the site since a long time, but...How many songs have you composed? You're very creative and the songs are very nice for the most part. Sergio Sergio

Re: Too Dangerous - w Tom & Janice boehm #339014 03/04/16 01:34 PM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,921 Florida floyd jane OP Veteran
OP floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,921 Florida	Originally Posted By: boehm Hi Floyd, happy birthday! It's unfamiliar to see you without the white letters on black background. But the song is old Floyd tradition. Wonderful lyrics. I love these stories which enfold my imagination. It's like watching a movie. Great arrangement, guitar (happy birthday, Tommy) and harmonies. How did you do the aahs? They are so clear that it sounds like an instrument rather than real vocals. They add a lot to the song. Like always I can't stop listening. Guenter Guenter - thanks for all of that... the aahs - I should have mentioned that..they are done using MIDI SuperTracks - 2058:Strings, Rhythm CelticAir Ev 085 and applying a synth choir aah from Studio One - I wanted an angelic choir behind the "devil lyric"... did a little editing of the midi notes, but mostly it was what came from the strings SuperMidi track... As always, thanks so much for your support (we are getting thinner all the time, eh?) 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: Too Dangerous - w Tom & Janice floyd jane #339021 03/04/16 02:16 PM User Showcase
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 21,094 Melbourne, Australia AudioTrack Veteran
AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 21,094 Melbourne, Australia	More genius from Floyd, Janice, & Tom. Another absolutely sensational delivery, not a weak link anywhere. First class lyrics, guitar playing, vocals. BIAB & RB2026 Win.(Audiophile), Windows 10 Pro & Windows 11, Cakewalk Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Session Keys Grand S & Electric R, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M, Pioneer Active Monitors.

Re: Too Dangerous - w Tom & Janice Greg Johnson #339068 03/05/16 01:52 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,921 Florida floyd jane OP Veteran
OP floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,921 Florida	Originally Posted By: Greg Johnson This is TOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!! No reason to copy and paste some lyric-no reasonable place to stop! Great music, great lyrics (amazing images), great vocal, great arrangement, great mix, and add Tom's guitar and Janice's vocal to all that. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!! Just an amazing job guys!!! Take care. Greg Greg - always appreciate what you have to say about songs... this is especially nice... Originally Posted By: Greg Johnson Oh Yeah, and in my excitement, I forgot to say HAAAAAPY BIRRRRRRTHDAY to you two!!! ...and this, too... 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: Too Dangerous - w Tom & Janice floyd jane #339083 03/05/16 03:36 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 8,330 Edmonton, Ab, Canada Scott C Veteran
Scott C Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 8,330 Edmonton, Ab, Canada	Happy Birthday Floyd and Tom. Another beautiful piece of music. Excellent collaboration. Guitar and vocals were excellent. Scott Collingwood https://soundcloud.com/scottt709 https://soundcloud.com/spiritlevel-ca https://www.youtube.com/@SpiritLevel-ge3hm/

Re: Too Dangerous - w Tom & Janice floyd jane #339084 03/05/16 03:44 AM User Showcase
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 4,067 The Netherlands RnAM Veteran
RnAM Veteran Joined: May 2014 Posts: 4,067 The Netherlands	This is great work guys! The intro of the song, and the song in general has sort of a Garth Brooks feel to it. (Of which I'm a big fan!) Rob We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1gsdNLE7_Gy8qavoOplQow/videos http://rnam.net/

Re: Too Dangerous - w Tom & Janice floyd jane #339086 03/05/16 03:50 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 1,057 Maryland SpaceDog Expert
SpaceDog Expert Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 1,057 Maryland	Floyd, Tom, Janice, Great colab. Floyd, thanks for the back-story and I hope you had a happy birthday. SD

Re: Too Dangerous - w Tom & Janice ROG #339112 03/05/16 05:43 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,921 Florida floyd jane OP Veteran
OP floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,921 Florida	Originally Posted By: ROG Fabulous. Happy birthday Tom & Floyd. ROG. Thanks, ROG! 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: Too Dangerous - w Tom & Janice floyd jane #339128 03/05/16 07:48 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2,699 F.M.M. Veteran
F.M.M. Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2,699	hi guys great colab love the vocal and piano work great write love your work thanks for sharing eric AMD (TM) 5950 4.9 GHz 16Core Processor 64 bit 32 bits of ram windows 10 pro 64 bit os. sound card Antelope ZenQ guitars Ibanez 2202a 1968 les Paul Custom and Cavin ae 185 Guitar boss Gt-100,GT1000 pedal Yamaha HS8 studio monitors

Re: Too Dangerous - w Tom & Janice floyd jane #339150 03/05/16 10:31 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,250 WEST MIDLANDS, UK sixchannel Veteran
sixchannel Veteran Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,250 WEST MIDLANDS, UK	Hi Floyd and Tom First of all - Happy Birthday guys. Another brilliant collab from you, and with Janice providing the Janettes, it is a complete Beauty!! cheers ian Old Guys Rule.The older I get,the better I was! BB2023 ULTRA, 1013, Win 7 and 10 ALL TRACKS - https://app.box.com/s/501rnzrbadng1elvi45hbf7y08kl5oxp SOUNDCLOUD-tracks using BB- http://soundcloud.com/sixchannel Videos- https://youtube.com/user/Sixchannel1

Re: Too Dangerous - w Tom & Janice floyd jane #339165 03/05/16 12:48 PM User Showcase
Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 4,497 Kyrkslätt, Finland dani48 Veteran
dani48 Veteran Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 4,497 Kyrkslätt, Finland	Hi, Floyd & Tom !:)) Happy Birthday guys!!!! May your birthday be as sweet as this tune you´ve put together !:)) I think I got miself a new floyd fav !!!:)) Cheers Dani

Re: Too Dangerous - w Tom & Janice floyd jane #339203 03/05/16 11:06 PM User Showcase
Joined: May 2012 Posts: 2,936 South Africa JoanneCooper Veteran
JoanneCooper Veteran Joined: May 2012 Posts: 2,936 South Africa	Happy birthday Tom and Floyd. I think I will keep this one as a birthday present to myself! Wonderful wonderful stuff. LyricLab – Where words become music https://www.lyriclab.net/

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