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Loved this Kenny. It is amazing how one can just sit down and in a short period of time a new song is born. Such a cool gift. Super vocal and backtrack..
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Hi Kenny.
It's an absolute classic and I love the whole thing from beginning to end!
Quality has nothing to do with how much time was spent. I've spent weeks on things which were rubbish!
This song sounds like it could make money.
Cheers, Rog.
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This is such a good song for a "quick write". Really impressive. Thanks for sharing! Thank you Ember
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Really liked that - excellent melody, vocal and instantly ear friendly.
Great work - enjoyed the story about the writing as well.
Basically floyd said it all very well before me.
Peter Peter, Good to hear from you, I appreciate your listen and kind words
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Yes, I agree with Floyd. Just good songwriting, period, you just have that special gift. Of the 40+ songs I have done with Christiane I wrote the lyrics for only one, and it was a painful process. Somewhat like I imagine passing a kidney stone would be like  Hey Dave, Thanks for your kind words
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Nice one Kenny, As an Australian I see the title and start singing the Ganggajang song in my head House of Cards but your track forced me to focus on a different melody and treatment. Cool cross over/roots/rock arrangement, fine melody and a good narrative. I do hope you re-track the vocals when you're better able. The song is worth the revisit.
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This is right in your wheelhouse Kenny! It's got a great sound with wonderful chord changes galore! Your vocals fits it perfectly! Thanks, Torrey
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"I could write maybe two or three of these a day, is it good? I don’t think it’s as
good as letting an idea or song live in your head for a few days, giving you
time to be your own critic or come up with a better version."
Two or three a day? Seriously? I'd be supremely happy to do that once a month....really.
Sounds like something we would hear on our daily listenings to various Americana playlists.
As Tom said, "The connect the dots lyrics are just open ended enough to keep the listener engaged. " Yep. And that is a sweet spot to lay a lyric.
The aforementioned write, the vocals, the band and the mix...YEAH!
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A great song and a fascinating insight into its creation. Thanks for sharing Kenny.
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Mike
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Kenny,
Nice!
You sure do know how to write hook-y song!
Loved the vocals on this.
This is great:
There’s a train comin’ thru your heart
And you’re falling like a house of cards
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Kenny,
I don't care how long it took you or how you got it down on paper...this is simply GOOD songwriting. Song craft. Some folks "got it" (some don't) - YOU "got it" in spades. (And it seems to gets better with each song!) And it is not just the words and how they are put together, but also the melodies and the perfect cadence of how those words fit and "fall on the ear"...
Love the BAND!. The vocal is killer. Mix is excellent.
"There’s a train comin’ thru your heart
And you’re falling like a house of cards"
...not your run-of-the-mill lyric.
Excellent.
I agree with all of that!! Especially the YOU GOT IT part!! Love it!!! I love your head cold/chest cold voice! Take care. Greg
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Kenny,
I like this a lot. To me it has a Tom Petty feel, which is just great.
You completely nailed the vocal and mix on this one...
Excellent!
Bob Thanks Bob very appreciated
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Hi Kenny, Really good song. The title/hook was intriguing. This is my 3rd FAWM and I do enjoy it. I feel pretty good about my songwriting process, so don't really need to do FAWM, but I find the people inspirational and I like to see the creativity, what they come up with and how, just as you have explained in your song. I find that very interesting. I find it true that writing from a prompt for me is not always successful. My best songs have come from a really good title that inspired me and something that connected with my life experience. However, professional writers write everyday and they have to write for various projects and be good at it and maybe it's not something they relate to. I remember one long time songwriter, his name escapes me, but he always said "Some people say songs should strike like lightning, so its good that lightning strikes for me every day at 9:00 am". I like that. For me it's like a gym work-out keeping the muscles toned and stimulating the grey cells, so that when you do get that great inspiration, you can do a song justice. I watched that video posted here the other day about the musician who wrote over 4,000 songs and had access to great bands and only about 15 or so of his songs got in the top ten on the charts. I think probably a lot of those over 1,000 written were probably really good songs, but there's so much out there these days. But the point is he wrote a lot of songs and I'm sure they weren't all from inspiration, for him it was a work week.
Another thing I've learned from FAWM is that it gets me outside of my comfort zone. It stimulates me to try something I've never thought of or a genre I've never considered. I learn something new that someone else is doing and it expands my horizons.
Love a lot of your lines and the imaginary they produce. Good vocals and the rock style really fits the emotion of the song. You nailed it!! Congrats. Thanks Belladonna, Wow, I really appreciate your listen and very kind words I look forward to hearing your next song
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Kenny, you have an infectious groove here. Like a lot of your other stuff it so easy to listen to. The melody is familiar but it is also new at the same time. The connect the dots lyrics are just open ended enough to keep the listener engaged. Another winner,Tom Thanks so much Tom, yup, connect the dots I greatly appreciate your support and kind words
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As others said - this is really impressive for a quick write! Sometimes the ideas just flow and it happens quick, and this is proof that can end up in a solid tune. Love the groove on this one, and the prominent vocals almost demand your attention. Nicely catchy, but it also has a bit of ruggedness to balance it out. Great work and thanks so much for sharing  Hey Derek, Thanks for dropping by for a listen, I appreciate your feedback and kind words
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Hi, Kenny !:))
One of your absolutely
best I´ve heard so far !:))
Wonderfully great music so
delicately performed and
produced ! I truly liked it !
Cheers
Dani
Hey Dani, Thank you so much I'm glad that you liked it
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Hi Kenny,
I have to say that you are an EXCELLENT song writer. This song just rocks! And your vocal shines...
Really, really enjoyed listening to this! And I will listen to it again tomorrow!
Thanks for sharing,
Will
Hey Will, Thank you for the very nice comments
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Kenny,
For something you kinda put together without thinking . . . well, very cool—nice Petty feel to this one. The vocal really works with this one. Very impressive given your approach to writing this song. Well done!!
Best regards,
Deej
Hey Deej, Thanks for the listen and kind words it wasn't completely void of thought, I sketched out my plan and template, just another way of writing I appreciate the Tom Petty reference, he will always be one of my favorites.
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Sometimes I think artists make terrible judges of their own work, because the see the craftsmanship and compromises that went into something, instead of being able to objectively observe the final result.
Love the Tom Petty groove, nice write, enjoyable listen. Hey David, You're right, I have no idea if something that I write is any good or not It's for others to decide I appreciate your listen and kind words It's funny, when I don't try to do a Tom Petty influence in a song it seems to come out more.
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Cool tune.
That's a good way to write. Pick a topic or a line and write something to it.
I used to be with TAXI and they have listings coming in constantly. They are often very short notice turn arounds.... a few days at most. The challenge is to write on the topic, in the style, and get a polished radio ready recording finished in the allotted time of 2 to 3 days. It forces you to write, and it forces you to not overthink your work. You can't set and ponder for 3 days on one line or a few words.
I like the rawness of the song and the recording. Kinda like a Bruce Springsteen vibe going on in there. Yep.... good work there.
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