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https://soundcloud.com/user-564042721/nomad-of-the-heart

Into the Badlands...with a little acid added to the rockabilly.

Style is _BADLAND.STY (Badland Baritone Rockabilly)

RealTracks in style: 2421:Bass, Acoustic, RockabillySlapBoomChicka Ev16 100
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RealTracks in style: 1175:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm PopCalypso Ev 100
RealTracks in song: 626:Harmonica, Background Travis Ev 085
RealTracks in song: 2575:Guitar, Electric, BackgroundSoloist SurfRock16thsBrent Ev 165
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Nomad of the Heart

wouldn`t you like to ride
said the clown with toad eyes
ride around the mirrorball of heaven?
he took me by surprise
changing horses at the time
at the last 7-11

back then she was all the rage
a psychic doctor named Sage
chose me to ascend with the Master
it might have been the sun
but in her eyes I saw a gun
with one bullet in the chamber

oh father, is it time?
to go to that big empty in the desert and the bars
where wolves circle in a forest of stars
time to be a nomad
a nomad of the heart

I met a girl named Hourglass
it seemed strange but I let it pass
and for me she danced the whirlwind
I thought I`d found the promised land
when I saw her counting grains of sand
as around her room we`d spin

out below this big blue curve
there`s some truths you gotta swerve
the vultures are wearing suits and collars
but I don`t think the flood will wait
`til make all that`s crooked straight
and I gave that clown my last dollar

oh father, is it time?
to go to that big empty in the desert and the bars
where wolves circle in a forest of stars
time to be a nomad
a nomad of the heart

© Robert Cordrey Aug.2016

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Robert, I really like this. One change I would make would be to take out the "click-in" and just let it start with the wolf howling. The clicks detract from the mysteriousness of start of the song.

Very cool and the style works really well with it.


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Oops... Thanks for the heads up about the clicks- reminds me I shouldn`t post a track while suffering from Post Traumatic Production Disorder!
Glad you liked the song.

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Same thought here. But great song!!! I really enjoyed it. Good luck with the contest. This is a very solid entry.

Now that I heard this, I don't think the worst song ever written in the history of country--which I posted last week--stands a snowball's chance, but I can still hope and dream and pray.

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David,

Great that you liked my song...and I don`t believe you are throwing in the towel- just getting ready take it up those other notches before month`s end!

Robert

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Man,

I'm sitting here staring at my guitar now and I don't know what to do.

Maybe I will figure out something.

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Robert,

This definitely has that country/cowboy feeling ;-)
I love that Badland style, almost used it myself.

Rob


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Hi Robert,

Very entertaining!

All the best,
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Originally Posted By: Rob Meulman
Robert,

This definitely has that country/cowboy feeling ;-)
I love that Badland style, almost used it myself.

Rob


Thanks Rob,
Yes, its a cool style... just add wolves!

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Hi Robert,

Very entertaining!

All the best,
Noel


Glad you enjoyed, Noel... lets see how entertained the judges are.

Robert

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Hi Robert,

Loved this and especially the eery/mysterious vibe going on.

I thought it would fit perfectly in the film Mulholland Drive.

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Robert,
I'll echo my comment already made on the extra styles contest forum:

This definitely has that country/cowboy feeling ;-)
I love that Badland style, almost used it myself.

Rob


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Originally Posted By: receder
Hi Robert,

Loved this and especially the eery/mysterious vibe going on.

I thought it would fit perfectly in the film Mulholland Drive.

Cheers
Rec


ooh I haven`t seen that great movie in a long time - the mystery came from listening to some old Dylan tunes from his John Wesley Harding period.

Robert

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