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Life ain't a Cookie Jar

Nothing fancy this time, just a standard 12 bar I-IV-V blues, although it's the first time we have done a major key blues.

The band:

1922:Bass, Electric, TexasBluesRockSlow12-8 Sw 060
675:Organ, B3, Background Blues Monday Sw 065

I used EZDrummer2 to build the drum track, and I'm playing the lead and rhythm guitar parts.

Mixed with reaper using iZotope Neutron 2 and plugins from Waves, mastered using Ozone 8 and LMC

EDIT: Uploaded a new mix, tweaked the vocal as per suggestion from Tom.

EDIT2: More tweaks, also uploaded to Soundcloud

Life ain't a Cookie Jar (2018, Christiane Spruit)

Life won't treat you kind 2x
tossing and turning and cry
howling like wind in the chimes
Life won't treat you kind
No matter how you pray
turn around or walk away
Life won't treat you kind

Heaven, heaven can wait
Just let me get something straight
Life ain't a cookie jar
just getting drunk in a bar
heaven won't get that far
no matter who you blame
it is always the one and the same
heaven wont get that far

Solo

down down down
down to myself
the key of life, lies top of the shelf
next to the open jar
no matter who you are
Life ain't a cookie jar
(guitar)
Life ain't a cookie jar

All comments welcome!

Last edited by BlueAttitude; 04/30/18 11:53 PM. Reason: uploaded new mix, added soundcloud link
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Dave and Chris, Now that's what I'm talkin bout!!! Fantabulous performances. Good write with an intriguing hook line. Masterful guitar work with the perfect amp setting for the song. The only change I would make to the mix is to bring the vocal back a hair and add a touch of delay and reverb. In other words the vocal seemed too upfront and very dry. This is a great song that just needs a minor tweak. I'll be listening again for sure. Tom

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Dave / Chris,

Wow! You guys are in excellent form! Tremendous performance - loved the mix.

Much enjoyed!

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Originally Posted By: tommyad
Dave and Chris, Now that's what I'm talkin bout!!! Fantabulous performances. Good write with an intriguing hook line. Masterful guitar work with the perfect amp setting for the song. The only change I would make to the mix is to bring the vocal back a hair and add a touch of delay and reverb. In other words the vocal seemed too upfront and very dry. This is a great song that just needs a minor tweak. I'll be listening again for sure. Tom


Thanks, Tom! I updated the mix with your suggestion.

The amp sim I'm using on this is the Custom '57 BTW.

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Dave&Chris,

Another super Blues track. Everything is "sweet" (like a cookie) smile

Nice vocal. Good job on the drums. The bass sounds especially good - beefy and punchy. Organ is nicely done, too...

Killer guitar work.

Y'all are really good at this.

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Hi BlueAttitude,
Nice and gritty, great intro playing those cookies just right!

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Dave & Chris

Excellent blues. Dave sounds like you've played the blues before! Some wonderful playing accompanying Chris strong vocal.
Nice overall sound - the guitar sounds superb.

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Wow. My kind of cookies. Awesome guitar work. Just love your tone. Very sweet playing. And Christiane's vocal was just superb. Well done...


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Oh yeah! Love it. And were it not for 12 bar blues our catalog would be reduced by half! smile

Another killer vocal and great guitar. We'd like to point out how sweet the fills are. A lot of guitar players don't weave around the vocals like that.

All is good. The mix is open and airy and the sparse production is ALL that is needed to showcase the vocals and guitar.

Right square in the middle of our wheelhouse!

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Dave / Chris,

Wow! You guys are in excellent form! Tremendous performance - loved the mix.

Much enjoyed!

Bob


Thanks Bob, happy you liked this!

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Dave/Chris,

I think you nailed the vocal mix on the Soundcloud version...and your guitar sounds great.
Begs to be played loud!

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BlueAttitude,

Nothing here not to love. Awesome lead guitar work and overall excellent production. Really enjoyed my listen on this one. Thanks for sharing!

Kind regards,

Deej

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Originally Posted By: floyd jane
Dave&Chris,

Another super Blues track. Everything is "sweet" (like a cookie) smile

Nice vocal. Good job on the drums. The bass sounds especially good - beefy and punchy. Organ is nicely done, too...

Killer guitar work.

Y'all are really good at this.

fj


Thanks as always, Floyd!

I didn't do much to the bass, just added the EQ section from Neutron so I could add a dynamic EQ node to pull down a specific frequency that was booming. Other than that, no other processing.


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I dig the organ sounds in this BlueAttitude! Very smooth vocals too they sound great! really fond of the progression too. Thanks for sharing this! smile


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Hi BlueAttitude,
Nice and gritty, great intro playing those cookies just right!


Thanks LPman!

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Dave & Chris

Excellent blues. Dave sounds like you've played the blues before! Some wonderful playing accompanying Chris strong vocal.
Nice overall sound - the guitar sounds superb.

Peter


Yes, once or twice smile Thanks, Peter!

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Wow. My kind of cookies. Awesome guitar work. Just love your tone. Very sweet playing. And Christiane's vocal was just superb. Well done...


Thanks, Scott! Always on the hunt for the ultimate tone ...

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Originally Posted By: Janice & Bud
Oh yeah! Love it. And were it not for 12 bar blues our catalog would be reduced by half! smile

Another killer vocal and great guitar. We'd like to point out how sweet the fills are. A lot of guitar players don't weave around the vocals like that.

All is good. The mix is open and airy and the sparse production is ALL that is needed to showcase the vocals and guitar.

Right square in the middle of our wheelhouse!

J&B



Thanks very much, Bud, and thanks especially for mentioning the fills! I like doing the call and response thing with the vocal, lots of fun.

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Dave/Chris,

I think you nailed the vocal mix on the Soundcloud version...and your guitar sounds great.
Begs to be played loud!

Robert


Yeah, needs to be loud for sure! Thanks, Robert!

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BlueAttitude,

Nothing here not to love. Awesome lead guitar work and overall excellent production. Really enjoyed my listen on this one. Thanks for sharing!

Kind regards,

Deej


Thanks for stopping by, Deej! Really liked the song you posted, looking forward to hearing more from you!

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