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Hi All. Unlike my friend Eddie, who writes from personal experience, this is simply a product of my fevered imagination! The backing started out in Realband using all RTs, but once I started looking at the vocals some of the RTs weren't doing exactly what I wanted. I moved into Powertracks to do some overdubs and ended up replacing all the RTs except one. Exactly which one remained will become obvious to anyone who listens all the way through! For the first time in twenty years, I mixed something outside of Powertracks. I've got a copy of Harrison Mixbus 32C which I've never actually used, so I thought I'd give it a try. The verdict? Better graphics than Powertracks and it's nice to have long-throw faders, but essentially it doesn't do anything which I can't do in Powertracks. So here it is. THE GIRL NEEDS MEShe's got a lot of diamond rings, she's got a lot of pretty things She's made CDs, DVDs, yes the girl can sing She's got her own atomic clock so she never runs late She's got an MGB GT V8 Everybody knows everyone can see There's only one thing that this girl needs She needs me, the girl needs me. She's got a condo on the beach, she's got money in the bank She's got a stripped-down Harley with a tiger in the tank She's got a chain of gas stations, so she's never out of juice She's got a '57 Tele that she says belonged to Bruce Everybody knows everyone can see There's only one thing that this girl needs She needs me, the girl needs me. Some day she's gonna find out Just what this life's all about No matter how hard you try There's some things that money can't buy. She's got a cellar full of wine, she's got a vinyard in Bordeau She's got a chateau in Provence where she never seems to go She's got lots of friends on Facebook, she's got friends she's never seen And her friends down at the laundry keep her money nice and clean Everybody knows everyone can see There's only one thing that this girl needs She needs me, the girl needs me. As usual, grateful to anyone who has time to listen. Cheers, ROG
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ROG,
Great driving beat from the very first note.
"She's got a '57 Tele that she says belonged to Bruce"
I really liked the lyrics, creative and could even be true!
Great delivery. I mean really great.
The fiddle solo was an unexpected surprise.
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Super backtrack on this one. Excellent vocal and harmonies and lyric. Very cool fiddle track. Well done
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ROG, Super cool song. A good rock write. The opening grabs ya right off. Like a Cars song. Goes right to your musical heart... The guitars are really well done. Nice "flavorings" (licks and fills). The figure at "needs me" is especially nice. The fiddle is really, really well done. It fits. (I would have preferred hearing you play lead  - a loud one ) Excellent mix. Enjoyed. Really catchy... fj
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ROG,
Excellent song! Great mix and vocals - really enjoyed this!
Bob
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Well the one that stays in is clearly the heavy guitar. Is that one of the metal real tracks?
By the sound of this you clearly must be a Jeff Lynne fan. We are big ELO fans!
The fiddle came as a surprise, but works so well.
What else can we say, aside from the fact that we have just raised this post up a little ;-). A very cool song!
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Prof, Smokin, driving rock track. I love those highly compressed drums again. Perfect vocals. The harmonies sound great. I was waiting for your guitar break, but the fiddle works surprisingly well. The mix is superb with a lot of low end push. Guitars sound really good. I loved everything about this. The lyrics are very well crafted and made me smile several times. A great one. Bravo!!! Tom
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Good work on this one - interesting unexpected use of fiddle.
Nicely played guitars and well performed.
Peter
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Hi ROG, Thank you for sharing this with us! I really enjoyed the progression and the violin section in the middle. Great work!
Cheers,
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Prof, Smokin, driving rock track. I love those highly compressed drums again. Perfect vocals. The harmonies sound great. I was waiting for your guitar break, but the fiddle works surprisingly well. The mix is superb with a lot of low end push. Guitars sound really good. I loved everything about this. The lyrics are very well crafted and made me smile several times. A great one. Bravo!!! Tom I couldn't say it any better! All I can add is WOW this is outstanding. It caught my ear from beat one and kept until the end! The fiddle was a nice touch but I think your guitar might have been better-YMMV This is a keeper.
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A joy to listen to
love the guitars
fiddle kicks!
enjoyed
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Glad to hear you took up fiddle The fiddle is a surprise but works amazingly well with the groove. And speaking of groove, man, instrumentally and vocally, this thing just grabs you from the first bar and chug alongs you right on through to the end. Could've been twice as long! And what a cool write...there are a ton of clever and fun lines...enough to just read through the lyric a few times to appreciate it all. Janice is with her mother today...but I'm sending her a link NOW cause she's gonna love this tune! Kudos on a super production that showcases all the great components of this tune....vocals, lyric, rhythm tracks and, yeah, the fiddle. We look forward to more plays! J&B
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Hey ROG,
Smokin' hot and that heavy guitar rhythm is is an instant grabber. What's not to like? Absolutely nothing. Di and I are are still trying to keep our feet still. You nailed it!
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I'm a big fan of that style of lyrics. I wouldn't know what to call them but you nailed it!
Great song and production.
much enjoyed!
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This is outstanding! This is my new favorite of yours. From start to finish, just excellent stuff. Like has been stated, the fiddle works surprisingly well.
I like everything about this one!
Steve
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Sounds like something the Cars might have done back in the day. Which is good! I loved that band. Loved the line about the '57 tele Fiddle was fun! Wasn't expecting that. And tasty fills throughout. Good song, well performed and produced, enjoyed the listen!
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ROG,
Great driving beat from the very first note.
"She's got a '57 Tele that she says belonged to Bruce"
I really liked the lyrics, creative and could even be true!
Great delivery. I mean really great.
The fiddle solo was an unexpected surprise.
Many thanks for the listen and kind words. That line was a teaser to see how many people knew which Bruce, but you obviously picked it up straight away! Cheers, ROG.
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Super backtrack on this one. Excellent vocal and harmonies and lyric. Very cool fiddle track. Well done Thanks, Scott. Please you liked it, including the fiddle which was a bit experimental! Cheers, ROG.
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ROG, Super cool song. A good rock write. The opening grabs ya right off. Like a Cars song. Goes right to your musical heart... The guitars are really well done. Nice "flavorings" (licks and fills). The figure at "needs me" is especially nice. The fiddle is really, really well done. It fits. (I would have preferred hearing you play lead - a loud one ) Excellent mix. Enjoyed. Really catchy... fj Hi Floyd. Many thanks for the review - always value your comments. Originally it was going to have a guitar solo, but it was hard to get a rock style to work well with that backing. Then I was listening to a Corrs album and thought, yeah a fiddle! If you're not familiar with the Corrs, you might find their stuff interesting. Maybe a loud guitar solo next time. Cheers, ROG.
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ROG,
Excellent song! Great mix and vocals - really enjoyed this!
Bob Bob, many thanks for looking in and the positive review. Much appreciated. Cheers, ROG.
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