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J&B, I don't think you can get it sounding any better than that! The editing is amazing and the mix is even and clear as a bell. It's great that you can share one of your other passions with us via the video. I could almost hear those shifters going click,click,click. A wonderful contribution to the forum, Tom
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This sounds so authentic, but really! It also sounds like a real bluegrass band. This is top-notch work with BIAB.
It's also great to see you guys involved in such a great and healthy hobby too ;-)
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WOW WOW WOW Bloody brilliant ,got that ricky skaggs Opry feel .THANK YOU so much for this its way beyond the call of duty
Cheers Brsd Thanks! We've listened to Ricky since the 70's. He helped keep BG alive through some hard times. Great guy. J&B
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Bud,
This rips by like the title says and sounds great to me.
Love the muddied gnarly pics and mountain scenery... there`s no extra padding here on music or riders!
Robert Thanks Robert. Love your description! J&B
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Hey Janice & Bud! Great take on this! Really fond of the mastering job too. Well done!  Thanks Joe. I appreciate you mentioning the mastering also. Bud Wow! Great job. Sounds very natural and fluid. I love the stops under the fiddle solo. Thanks. Natural and fluid was we had hoped for. Bud
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Hey Guys!
I was gonna drop in for a listen last night, well - early this morning a 2:00 but my Internet was out just got it back half an hour ago. Si I'm here as Di is in bed resting, trying to recuperate from too much time at the hospital and doctor's office yesterday.
This is cool ... and a little bit more! I know it;'s been said several times before but this really does sound like the real thing. It was like standing on the ground, watching a damned good BG band on stage at the county fair. The attention to detail shouts out in this arrangement and mix.
You were true to the craft6 and the genre. Without knowing otherwise, it would be nearly impossible to think this was all done electronically. As you know, I think, I write novels. As such, I turn reality into fiction. You turn fiction (sorta) into reality.
You guys deserve so much credit for this marvelous offering. And on top of that, I'll give a shoutout to Dr. Gammons and the fine folks at PG music. Ther made a marvelous tool for us. But that tool, like that of a master mechanic's, is only as good as the craftsman.
You guys are at the pinnacle of your craft. There are folks who aspire to meet the highest standard. And there are those very few capable of setting the standard. I think you know which group you are in, even if you won't say so yourself.
Thanks for the smile on my ears!
Alan
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I just love it! The video and music are so lively and full of energy!
Wow, what fun you must have had! Beautiful!
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Hi, guys !:))
That was quite a tornado
to me !!!!! Wow!!!!!
I´m no expert on bluegrass
but there´s nuthin´beatin´
that speed of pickin´!!!!
Love it !
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VERY authentic-sounding bluegrass tune, so hats off for that! But you may have undermined the song a little for this audience because if anyone else here is like me, they spent the first two or three listens basically looking at the pictures!
At the 1:12 marker, I'd kind of like to know the relative ages of the people on the podium... looks like y'all are whuppin' @$$ on the young 'uns!
I basically know you through your music, but I know enough about each of you to realize that you both run far deeper that what we know from this forum. Thanks for helping us to know you a little better through this music video!
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Hello, Janice & Bud
The feeling of rapidly running is amazing!
Both in the sounds and Video.
Great fun!
The choices of each solo instrument are very splendid.
I feel your accurate intention there and it is succeeded really well.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.
Best regards.
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I got sore leg muscles just from watching! The song sounds joyous and wonderfully compliments the video.
Cleverly done and a great sounding production. I'll defer to you on the bluegrass authenticity and the G run' and just say it sounds perfect to me.
Peter Thanks Peter. The Lester Flatt G Run is heard in virtually every BG tune recorded since he started it in the 40's. It's called that the irrespective of key. Capos are essential to the sound. Hope your legs are better! J&B What a cool tune to go along with a very cool video. When we chatted in the summer you mentioned you liked to mountain bike. I thought nice relaxing cruise down a green space bike path. Wowser that was all out in the dirt racing. Very cool and kudos to you and Janet for being so passionate about cycling. I was tired and sore after watching the video :-) Thanks Scott. We've about retired from racing but a local mountain bike series created a Ultra Grandmasters 70+ class this year where Bud wouldn't have the age excuse not to join in. J&B
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Wow. Great fun, great production and very skillful use of BIAB. Thanks! J&B
Hey this sounds great to me Bud!
Thanks David! J&B Wow, what a tune guys! I love the way this one flows - it's hard not to move to it The guitar/banjo work on this is superb! Very fine job here. Thanks so much for sharing! Thank you Deryk. Glad you liked the flow...that's, to us, what music and mountain biking are all about. J&B Really enjoyed Tornado. A real upbeat fun track and it certainly lives up to the name.
The attention to detail and production is excellent throughout.
I'm amazed that an authentic-sounding recording such as this can be put together using BIAB.
Nice video too ! Very well done.
Thanks a bunch. Yep, BiaB is a heckuva product. J&B
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J&B, I don't think you can get it sounding any better than that! The editing is amazing and the mix is even and clear as a bell. It's great that you can share one of your other passions with us via the video. I could almost hear those shifters going click,click,click. A wonderful contribution to the forum, Tom HaHaHa...sometimes we hear those clicks in out dreams! Thanks for the listen and getting a good mix report from you means a LOT given your consistent high bar productions. Productions that we greatly admire. We are appreciative. J&B
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It just doesn't get better than this.
Best BIAB bluegrass ever.
Great tools in the right hands - Masterful.
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This sounds so authentic, but really! It also sounds like a real bluegrass band. This is top-notch work with BIAB.
It's also great to see you guys involved in such a great and healthy hobby too ;-)
Rob Thanks guys...we do our best to have fun! Hey Guys!
I was gonna drop in for a listen last night, well - early this morning a 2:00 but my Internet was out just got it back half an hour ago. Si I'm here as Di is in bed resting, trying to recuperate from too much time at the hospital and doctor's office yesterday.
This is cool ... and a little bit more! I know it;'s been said several times before but this really does sound like the real thing. It was like standing on the ground, watching a damned good BG band on stage at the county fair. The attention to detail shouts out in this arrangement and mix.
You were true to the craft6 and the genre. Without knowing otherwise, it would be nearly impossible to think this was all done electronically. As you know, I think, I write novels. As such, I turn reality into fiction. You turn fiction (sorta) into reality.
You guys deserve so much credit for this marvelous offering. And on top of that, I'll give a shoutout to Dr. Gammons and the fine folks at PG music. Ther made a marvelous tool for us. But that tool, like that of a master mechanic's, is only as good as the craftsman.
You guys are at the pinnacle of your craft. There are folks who aspire to meet the highest standard. And there are those very few capable of setting the standard. I think you know which group you are in, even if you won't say so yourself.
Thanks for the smile on my ears!
Alan Al, that is most kind. We love your fiction to reality analogy. And ditto to the PG Music shoutout....a marvelous tool indeed. One that more folks should be exploiting. Thanks again for the wonderful comments. We are very appreciative. J&B
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I just love it! The video and music are so lively and full of energy!
Wow, what fun you must have had! Beautiful! Thanks and, hey, we are still having that fun! J&B Hi, guys !:))
That was quite a tornado
to me !!!!! Wow!!!!!
I´m no expert on bluegrass
but there´s nuthin´beatin´
that speed of pickin´!!!!
Love it !
Cheers
Dani
Thanks Dani. We had the privilege of playing with folks who could've made these RT's.
J&B
VERY authentic-sounding bluegrass tune, so hats off for that! But you may have undermined the song a little for this audience because if anyone else here is like me, they spent the first two or three listens basically looking at the pictures!
At the 1:12 marker, I'd kind of like to know the relative ages of the people on the podium... looks like y'all are whuppin' @$$ on the young 'uns!
I basically know you through your music, but I know enough about each of you to realize that you both run far deeper that what we know from this forum. Thanks for helping us to know you a little better through this music video! Thanks Pat and glad you like the photos. The photo of me was about my biggest moment in racing. It was a nationally sanctioned race and I won...but it was a 60+ class. Now Janice is the amazing one. She's third on the podium but she had to race in a 19+ class as the promoters only had two classes for women. Both the other's could have been her daughters and then some. She ended up winning the state champion one year in that same age group (at age 53). Thanks for listening/watching and, as always, for making such thoughtful comments. J&B
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Hello, Janice & Bud
The feeling of rapidly running is amazing!
Both in the sounds and Video.
Great fun!
The choices of each solo instrument are very splendid.
I feel your accurate intention there and it is succeeded really well.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.
Best regards.
Shigeki Adachi Thank you Shigeki. That is exactly how we wanted listeners to feel. We appreciate it! J&B It just doesn't get better than this.
Best BIAB bluegrass ever.
Great tools in the right hands - Masterful.
Thanks mr jane and thanks for the title! J&B
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Fun to listen, and FUN to watch!! What a cool video!! You guys are impressive riders! Thanks for sharing! Take care. Greg
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Bud,
This is outstanding and then some! I'm sitting here right now tapping my feet, nodding my head, tapping my fingers... you name it, if it's tappable it's up and running!
floyd said "Best BIAB bluegrass ever." I'd like to endorse that comment.
You've done an incredible job with the RT surgery and production. To my ears, everything flowed seamlessly and flawlessly.
I really enjoyed it.
All the best,
Noel
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