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To all who commented on the guitar parts, Thank You Very Much! Bud and Janice make these collabs very easy and enjoyable to do. Tom
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Janice Tom & Bud
Bud - excellent pronoun free lyrics evokes the battlefield perfectly. Nicely mixed.
Tom - beautiful guitar parts that really compliment the song and encase the vocal.
Janice - lovely vocal(as expected and wonderfully delivered)!
A really superb piece - and great collaboration.
Peter Peter, thanks a lot for those nice comments. It's fun to experiment!! J&B
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Good song! Janice has such an expressive voice, and such great tone. And a big tip of the hat to Tom, guitar playing is right in the pocket, great tone too. We appreciate you saying that....very much. I'm biased, of course,  but I do feel she did a fine job with the vocal....and she also came up with the melody and chord structure. Thanks again. Bud
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Beautiful heartfelt lyric. Really hit home. Beautiful vocal and production. Toms guitar had added such a heart wrenching feel to the song. Well done..
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Really awesome song guys!! Great lyrics, vocals, guitar (Tommy) great everything. Loved it! Rich, rich writing. Extremely earthy and Americana. Great job.
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Nice work. So much to like about this.
The vox are well sung.
Nice RT production.
TA's guitar parts...fills and solo are well played as well.
My only nit is the guitar is a few cents sharp. The sharpness stands out in quite a few places. Thanks Herb! Glad you liked the production. A small number of tracks but it took some effort to get them all to cooperate with one another J&B This one's all about mood!! Set from the first minor chord, it is dark and somber, and powerful. Janice's amazing vocal, and Tom, oozing out emotion with every note, make this a real treat. So well done! Video is very cool too-really matches the vibe of the music. Baritone guitar is the perfect addition. Excellent job on the whole nine!! Take care. Greg Greg, your description nailed what we were trying to achieve..."dark and somber." Glad you liked it all and thanks for mentioning the vid. It took a while to find those photos and edit them to fit the mood. Thank you! J&B
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"thunder echoes through a valley
rain dances on a windshield
miles behind lay two hearts...
bleeding out...
on a lover's battlefield"
Great descriptive lines start to finish. Nice write.
The BAND is perfect for this - simple, sparse, subtle. Tom's guitar is the perfect compliment. Love the solo. Great drum sound.
All topped off with the best instrument of all - Janice. The voice of an angel-with-a-devilish-twinkle-in-her-eye.
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Talking about putting a smile on Janice's face...wow! And you made my music week by mentioning the mix and the lyric. Thanks mr jane. Bud
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Janice & Bud,
I love a slow burn song and you`ve really captured that brooding mood here. The guitar lead and fills are just so right for the song.
"Expressive" hardly does justice to Janice`s vocal but I can`t think of a better word.
Nice video images - particularly that broken window pane heart.
Very good!
Robert Thanks a bunch Robert. We worked to capture that mood and it very cool that you felt it. And thanks for mentioning the vocal and the video. I search for photos that I hope will "work" but also allow the listener to form their own images. Glad you like the broken pane. It was a bear to get the colors on it to fit the scheme. We do appreciate your thoughts. J&B Hello, Janice & Bud, Tom
The lead guitar of intro. and interlude is so good.
Janice's vocal is excellent as usual.
The choice of instruments is superb.
Nice video images and great collaboration.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.
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Shigeki Adachi Thank you very much for listening and the nice review. We appreciate the comments and your time to listen! J&B
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Tom, Janice and Bud,
EXCELLENT all round as usual. Superb guitar by Tom as I have come to expect!
I like Janice's voice as it seems to be closer to the listener, if you see what I mean, as if she is singing this "just for me", more intimate.
Really enjoyed.
Alyn
ps Band of Brothers was a brilliant series Alyn, thanks for listening. We're glad you like the vocal. I hard to get exactly what you described and am gratified that you noticed it. We appreciate it! J&B
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What a great collaboration.
Excellent in every way. The guitar work is really way up there, Janice's vocals are rich and deliver the song perfectly. Glad you liked it and thanks for listening and commenting. J&B Hi Janice and Bud,
Another great song! Moody, plaintive and sultry all in the right measures.
I listened to this on Soundcloud before you posted it here so was lucky enough to get a sneak preview.
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- Lyrical imagery
- Overall production and open sound
- Tom's guitar
- The extra oomph added by the Cajon in the chorus
- No pronouns - adds to the "mystery" i.e. we don't know who Janice is singing about.
Loved it,
Jez Reading something like this makes it all worthwhile. Thank you....big time!! J&B
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Hi Janice & Bud,
Great tune! The vocals and guitar are wonderful! Janice I love your process for writing without pronouns. I'm going to give that one a try! I would like to hear a little more reverb as well on your voice; I'm liking the tune as is but it would be interesting to hear a comparison. Thanks for sharing.
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Late night, smoky bar, souls that don’t want to go home for many different reasons, but a few listening to Janice singing this song, knowing darn well why and every word cutting to the bone.
That is where I was taken in my imagination. That is the ability of good songwriting each must take from it what they want, and how they see it.
Good show Janice & Bud
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We like where your imagination took it! It's really gratifying to know that you like the "you connect the dots" way we wrote this. Thanks for listening and offering your comments. Made our day!! J&B
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To all who commented on the guitar parts, Thank You Very Much! Bud and Janice make these collabs very easy and enjoyable to do. Tom And thank you for the perfect complement to Janice's vocal. Bud
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Beautiful heartfelt lyric. Really hit home. Beautiful vocal and production. Toms guitar had added such a heart wrenching feel to the song. Well done.. Thank you. You mentioned all of the aspects we worked for and we are happy it all worked for you. And we hugely agree with your comments about the guitar! J&B
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Late to the party on this one. I love when the performance blends so seamlessly into the production. And Tommy adds so much. Really enjoyed this one. Another hit for I-75!
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Really awesome song guys!! Great lyrics, vocals, guitar (Tommy) great everything. Loved it! Rich, rich writing. Extremely earthy and Americana. Great job. "Rich, rich writing" coming from you is an enormously appreciated compliment since the two of us so greatly admire your writing. Wow...thank you David!
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Hi Janice & Bud,
Great tune! The vocals and guitar are wonderful! Janice I love your process for writing without pronouns. I'm going to give that one a try! I would like to hear a little more reverb as well on your voice; I'm liking the tune as is but it would be interesting to hear a comparison. Thanks for sharing.
Pauline
PG Music Team Thanks Pauline for listening and commenting. Unlike SoundCloud YouTube will not let you replace a file once it has been uploaded...so if I were to change the video by adding a new soundtrack I would have to create a new youtube upload (new IRL) and essentially start all over by regenerating the movie and uploading -- and losing the current link and all the viewer data. But I will change the reverb a bit and upload it to SoundCloud. Thanks for your observations! J&B
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"thunder echoes through a valley
rain dances on a windshield
miles behind lay two hearts...
bleeding out...
on a lover's battlefield"
Great descriptive lines start to finish. Nice write.
The BAND is perfect for this - simple, sparse, subtle. Tom's guitar is the perfect compliment. Love the solo. Great drum sound.
All topped off with the best instrument of all - Janice. The voice of an angel-with-a-devilish-twinkle-in-her-eye.
fj
I don't see how I could say it any better than Floyd so I won't try. He said exactly what I was thinking. I enjoyed the video and also like the photo on soundcloud
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Late to the party on this one. I love when the performance blends so seamlessly into the production. And Tommy adds so much. Really enjoyed this one. Another hit for I-75!
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Bob Thanks Bob. We appreciate you mentioning the production. And, yep, Tom certainly did. J&B "thunder echoes through a valley
rain dances on a windshield
miles behind lay two hearts...
bleeding out...
on a lover's battlefield"
Great descriptive lines start to finish. Nice write.
The BAND is perfect for this - simple, sparse, subtle. Tom's guitar is the perfect compliment. Love the solo. Great drum sound.
All topped off with the best instrument of all - Janice. The voice of an angel-with-a-devilish-twinkle-in-her-eye.
fj
I don't see how I could say it any better than Floyd so I won't try. He said exactly what I was thinking. I enjoyed the video and also like the photo on soundcloud Thanks Mr Gruve....we always appreciate your comments!! Great to see you back around. J&B
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Janice & Bud & Tom,
Another excellent song. Great lyrics and outstanding vocal by Janice. Love Tom's guitar lines - perfect as always. Lots of emotion in this song. Great job all!
Bob
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