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Dead End Road_with Little Scottie C. and the C-Street Band #477610 06/13/18 07:25 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,332 North Carolina David Snyder OP Veteran
OP David Snyder Veteran Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,332 North Carolina	So, I wanted to resurrect another old number, this one from the age of 19, I think it was. I wanted to bring out the pros and recreate the sound of thunder I had with my first band, so I pulled in Scott Collingwood on the electrics because he brings the big guns, and my friend and collaborator Jon Healey from LA on Sax. https://www.reverbnation.com/davidpsnyder/song/29692241-dead-end-road https://soundcloud.com/david-snyder-gigs2/dead-end-road The C in Street stands for Collingwood and Canada. Here are some guitar-worthy notes, because Scott is one awesome player. Scott is playing four guitar parts. He is doing a clean and gritty Les Paul, with a really muscular rhythm left and right channels, and when his astonishing guitar solo comes in at the 5 minute mark (a minute and a half solo) he is playing in freakin’ stereo with himself on two separate tracks, one clean and one dirty, again, left and right. You can’t miss this moment. He blows your socks off. Then Jon comes in on sax. Whoaaah. Dudes!!! That's what I'm talking about. Hope you have fun and enjoy the ride. Dead End Road By David Snyder V1 Johnny pumps gas near an overpass At a Union 76 He feeds his dreams to a coin machine He’s got a toolbox full of tricks He married his high school sweetheart On graduation night They made love in the parking lot Under some neon lights Now she works at a grocery on the boulevard And she says Life would be so easy Johnny But it’s gotten So damned hard So damned hard CH: And we’ve been driving down a dead end road Driving down a dead end road Driving down a dead end road Just driving down a dead end road V2 We got little kid brother sittin’ dirty faced By the side of the road, by the side of the road Smokin’ cigarettes, smokin’ cigarettes And acting real slow, acting real slow Stealin’ quarters, just to play some foosball All night long, down at Nicky’s pool hall Sayin’ brother drive me to the county line We’ll buy a sixpack of beer and we’ll feel real fine Then we’ll go home And mama will ask where we been But daddy’s at work at the factory He sleeps all day, goes to work at three And I think she knows, I think our mama knows CH: That we been driving, just surviving Making our plans, but never arriving On our own Cause we’re all alone We’re all alone On this dead end road Words and music copyright David Snyder, ASCAP/Day of Faith Records David Springsteen and the C-Street Band is: David Snyder, Acoustic guitars, piano, B-3, synth, Vocals Little Scottie Collingwood, electric guitars and guitar solo Jon “Skinny Man” Healey, Saxophone RealTracks in style: 1522:Bass, Electric, PopPower8s Ev 120 RealDrums in style: MetalSlowBigTomGroove: a: Toms, Snare b: Busy Big Toms, Snare David Snyder Songwriter/Renaissance Man Studio + Fingers https://davidsnydersongs.com/ https://spoti.fi/359Gigs www.davidsnydermusic.com/ www.reverbnation.com/davidpsnyder www.soundcloud.com/davidsnyderchannel https://www.songtradr.com/user/profile/david.snyder

Re: Dead End Road_with Little Scottie C. and the C-Street Band David Snyder #477613 06/13/18 08:20 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 785 Alabama cliftond Journeyman
cliftond Journeyman Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 785 Alabama	Great song David, this gives a long ago feel to me, which I love, almost Boss, Bruce Springsteen sound, we, me an my friends could not stand him in the 70's the girls loved him, well you make it sound really good. He seemed ok back then now he is just a dancing bear. HA

Re: Dead End Road_with Little Scottie C. and the C-Street Band David Snyder #477624 06/13/18 11:20 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,438 Florida floyd jane Veteran
floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 12,438 Florida	Hey, Spanish Johnny... That's a mighty fine 19-year-old write. Nice job of getting Springsteen-like images and phrasing throughout. Sort of a Wild-and-the-Innocent chaos, too. I thought it was difficult to separate Scott's guitar (lead) and Jon's sax - they are such similar frequencies. Good BruceYells in the outro... fj 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: Dead End Road_with Little Scottie C. and the C-Street Band David Snyder #477655 06/13/18 03:13 PM User Showcase
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,382 K Kent - PG Music PG Music Staff
Kent - PG Music PG Music Staff K Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,382	David, This is awesome as always! I love the rawness of your vocals and production. Side note: Does that TEAC reel-to-reel in the pic still see any use? Cheers Kent

Re: Dead End Road_with Little Scottie C. and the C-Street Band David Snyder #477681 06/13/18 10:49 PM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 8,074 Northeastern, USA rsdean Veteran
rsdean Veteran Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 8,074 Northeastern, USA	David, This is over the top AWESOME! Love the huge production and mix. Your vocal and instrumentation was perfect Great guitar playing by Scott... I was with you for the whole 6+ minutes! Bob Robert S. Dean - SoundCloud Song Channel

Re: Dead End Road_with Little Scottie C. and the C-Street Band David Snyder #477705 06/14/18 04:28 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 7,969 Edmonton, Ab, Canada Scott C Veteran
Scott C Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 7,969 Edmonton, Ab, Canada	Thanks David for including me on the track. Really had allot of fun with it. I borrowed a few licks from Little Steven on this one :-) Excellent vocal. Love what you did with the lyrics. Great story telling.... Scott Collingwood https://soundcloud.com/scottt709 https://soundcloud.com/spiritlevel-ca https://www.youtube.com/@SpiritLevel-ge3hm/

Re: Dead End Road_with Little Scottie C. and the C-Street Band David Snyder #477710 06/14/18 04:37 AM User Showcase
Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 3,414 Deryk - PG Music PG Music Staff
Deryk - PG Music PG Music Staff Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 3,414	Great work - this is a throwback to the 80's! I love the synths, and the song has a great energy to it. The tune sounds so huge and vast. There's some really cool lyrics as well here. Pretty impressive you wrote this when you were only 19! You did an outstanding job on this one - thanks for sharing Cheers, Deryk

Re: Dead End Road_with Little Scottie C. and the C-Street Band David Snyder #477718 06/14/18 06:13 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jun 2017 Posts: 2,954 BC Ember - PG Music PG Music Staff
Ember - PG Music PG Music Staff Joined: Jun 2017 Posts: 2,954 BC	This song delivers the whole package. It gives you this really raw feeling, like you used to hear more often in older rock songs. I think you did a really good job on this one. It was fun to listen to! Thanks for the experience. Cheers, Ember

Re: Dead End Road_with Little Scottie C. and the C-Street Band David Snyder #477730 06/14/18 07:24 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,327 Middlesex, NC Guitarhacker Veteran
Guitarhacker Veteran Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,327 Middlesex, NC	I like the way you can capture the feel of both Dylan and Springsteen. Your voice lends well to this style. Really good job of the lyrics. Man they could have been a Springsteen write from back in his Asbury Park days on the Jersey shore. Personally, if you're redoing this, I'd do a slight rewrite and eliminate the many repeats BECAUSE... man you don't do that in the first verse and it just flows extremely well and shows the gritty side that Springsteen is soooo good at doing. Don't get lazy in the chorus and the second verse. Quote: Johnny pumps gas near an overpass At a Union 76 He feeds his dreams to a coin machine He’s got a toolbox full of tricks He married his high school sweetheart On graduation night They made love in the parking lot Under some neon lights Now she works at a grocery on the boulevard And she says Life would be so easy Johnny But it’s gotten So damned hard So damned hard Man, that's freaking brilliant writing right there..... It takes you into the story and makes you feel the heat of the night and the sound of the coins dropping into the pinball machine. I'm sure the sax and guitars parts were great, but they are playing together and over each other hiding the brilliance of each other in the confusion. This song has potential to be a slam dunk knock out. But it needs some more work. Last edited by Guitarhacker; 06/14/18 07:25 AM. You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.com Add nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.

Re: Dead End Road_with Little Scottie C. and the C-Street Band David Snyder #477732 06/14/18 07:26 AM User Showcase
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,262 Finland jannesan Veteran
jannesan Veteran Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,262 Finland	Very strong pumping rock tune. Excellent vocals, 'wall of guitars' mix and guests. Janne Hear My Music: Soundcloud YouTube

Re: Dead End Road_with Little Scottie C. and the C-Street Band cliftond #477748 06/14/18 08:53 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,332 North Carolina David Snyder OP Veteran
OP David Snyder Veteran Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,332 North Carolina	Thanks Clifton!! David Snyder Songwriter/Renaissance Man Studio + Fingers https://davidsnydersongs.com/ https://spoti.fi/359Gigs www.davidsnydermusic.com/ www.reverbnation.com/davidpsnyder www.soundcloud.com/davidsnyderchannel https://www.songtradr.com/user/profile/david.snyder

Re: Dead End Road_with Little Scottie C. and the C-Street Band floyd jane #477750 06/14/18 08:55 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,332 North Carolina David Snyder OP Veteran
OP David Snyder Veteran Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,332 North Carolina	Hey Magic Rat, Are you pants still rolled up? Is your girlfriend still sitting on the hood of a dodge drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain? Are you gonna disappear down Flamingo Lane? I don't know man, the poets down here don't write nothing at all, they just stand back and let it all be. And yeah. I need to clean up that solo mix. David Snyder Songwriter/Renaissance Man Studio + Fingers https://davidsnydersongs.com/ https://spoti.fi/359Gigs www.davidsnydermusic.com/ www.reverbnation.com/davidpsnyder www.soundcloud.com/davidsnyderchannel https://www.songtradr.com/user/profile/david.snyder

Re: Dead End Road_with Little Scottie C. and the C-Street Band Kent - PG Music #477751 06/14/18 08:58 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,332 North Carolina David Snyder OP Veteran
OP David Snyder Veteran Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,332 North Carolina	Thanks Kent man, couldn't have done it without ya--literally!! As for the Teac. Yessir. Being an engineer, I guess you know there is just nothing like getting a perfectly pristine ready for iTunes stereo digital track, loading it into Real Band, and mastering that puppy onto tape. Or feeding an acoustic guitar part back into the console with some tape on it. Oh yeah. She runs, buddy. You better believe. Attached Files (Click to download or enlarge) (Only available when you are logged in) David's Four Track_209.jpg (107.75 KB, 61 downloads) David Snyder Songwriter/Renaissance Man Studio + Fingers https://davidsnydersongs.com/ https://spoti.fi/359Gigs www.davidsnydermusic.com/ www.reverbnation.com/davidpsnyder www.soundcloud.com/davidsnyderchannel https://www.songtradr.com/user/profile/david.snyder

Re: Dead End Road_with Little Scottie C. and the C-Street Band rsdean #477752 06/14/18 09:01 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,332 North Carolina David Snyder OP Veteran
OP David Snyder Veteran Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,332 North Carolina	Thanks Bob! We had a lot of fun with that! Glad you enjoyed it!! David Snyder Songwriter/Renaissance Man Studio + Fingers https://davidsnydersongs.com/ https://spoti.fi/359Gigs www.davidsnydermusic.com/ www.reverbnation.com/davidpsnyder www.soundcloud.com/davidsnyderchannel https://www.songtradr.com/user/profile/david.snyder

Re: Dead End Road_with Little Scottie C. and the C-Street Band Scott C #477753 06/14/18 09:02 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,332 North Carolina David Snyder OP Veteran
OP David Snyder Veteran Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,332 North Carolina	Thanks Scott. Man you killed it. You made the song. I do need to fix the guitar and sax mix on my second go around. It needs some work. But hey, Bruce took six months to mix Born to Run, so maybe I will get it done before that. David Snyder Songwriter/Renaissance Man Studio + Fingers https://davidsnydersongs.com/ https://spoti.fi/359Gigs www.davidsnydermusic.com/ www.reverbnation.com/davidpsnyder www.soundcloud.com/davidsnyderchannel https://www.songtradr.com/user/profile/david.snyder

Re: Dead End Road_with Little Scottie C. and the C-Street Band David Snyder #477818 06/15/18 01:31 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 6,959 Cooran Queensland Australia rayc Veteran
rayc Veteran Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 6,959 Cooran Queensland Australia	Definitely sounds like it belongs on The Wild, the innocent & the E Street Shuffle - part Sandy & part Wild Billy with some later Thunder Road thrown in for BIGgness... Cool revitalization of your musical youth (pass the Dutchie anyone?). Great contribution from your collaborators. Cheers rayc "What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe

Re: Dead End Road_with Little Scottie C. and the C-Street Band Deryk - PG Music #477856 06/15/18 07:34 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,332 North Carolina David Snyder OP Veteran
OP David Snyder Veteran Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,332 North Carolina	Thanks Deryk! I am so glad you liked it man. David Snyder Songwriter/Renaissance Man Studio + Fingers https://davidsnydersongs.com/ https://spoti.fi/359Gigs www.davidsnydermusic.com/ www.reverbnation.com/davidpsnyder www.soundcloud.com/davidsnyderchannel https://www.songtradr.com/user/profile/david.snyder

Re: Dead End Road_with Little Scottie C. and the C-Street Band Ember - PG Music #477857 06/15/18 07:34 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,332 North Carolina David Snyder OP Veteran
OP David Snyder Veteran Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 8,332 North Carolina	Thanks Ember! That was very sweet of you to say! Glad you liked it! David Snyder Songwriter/Renaissance Man Studio + Fingers https://davidsnydersongs.com/ https://spoti.fi/359Gigs www.davidsnydermusic.com/ www.reverbnation.com/davidpsnyder www.soundcloud.com/davidsnyderchannel https://www.songtradr.com/user/profile/david.snyder

Re: Dead End Road_with Little Scottie C. and the C-Street Band David Snyder #477864 06/15/18 08:20 AM User Showcase
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F.M.M. Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 2,699	hi david love the vocal and the lyrics guitar and sax sounded nice sure brings memories back thanks eric AMD (TM) 5950 4.9 GHz 16Core Processor 64 bit 32 bits of ram windows 10 pro 64 bit os. sound card Antelope ZenQ guitars Ibanez 2202a 1968 les Paul Custom and Cavin ae 185 Guitar boss Gt-100,GT1000 pedal Yamaha HS8 studio monitors

Re: Dead End Road_with Little Scottie C. and the C-Street Band David Snyder #477867 06/15/18 08:33 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 8,362 Originally Missouri ... Now Al... Al-David Veteran
Al-David Veteran Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 8,362 Originally Missouri ... Now Al...	Hello David, Scoot & Jon, too. I fully agree with the Springsteen references. Pretty in-depth lyric for a 19 year-old - nice insight to things most kid at that age don't have. But, you've always been a visionary with your music. You truly are one the most creative people on the site -. You accomplices outdid themselves - you are so fortunate to hive them with you on this. Scott and Jon are more than icing on the cake - they add a lot to the batter, too. Super collab. You guys kicked it in the a$$! Alan BIAB 2024 Ultra Plus-all StylePaksWin1132GB DDR5Rhyzen 9745xAT 2035 MicPeavey Nashville 112 AmpIbanez ART120* Acoustic/Electric/Washburn D200S Acoustic*Stromberg Monterey Jazz Guitar Loops: https://aldavidmusic.wixsite.com/bestmusicloops

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