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On Their Side

Bud & Janice kindly agreed to collaborate on a new tune.
I sent Janice Leon's lyrics and a set of chords.
Janice came up with melody and phrasing.

Janice - Vocals and melody.
Leon - Lyrics
Bud - Recording Janice and final mastering.
Me - arrangement and rhythm and lead guitar tracks.

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Safe and sound
Finally found
Safe harbour in a stormy sea
Best thing that ever happened to me

That lucky day
You looked my way
Call it fate or serendipity
Best thing that ever happened to me

Could so easily have strayed
Into the danger zone
Might have struggled to remain
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On their side
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Let’s fly away
Me for you and darling you for me
Heaven knows what the future will be

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Into the danger zone
I sure hope that we can stay
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Janice, Peter, Leon and Bud ...

As expected with that cast of musical magic, this is is a truly wonderful song and listen. Peter, you always have a such a sweet touch on the strings. A strong lyric from Leon. And how could you ever go wrong with Janice on vocals? And that Bud guy is the best knob twister in these parts ... and probably most other parts.

Loved that strong guitar outro ... just soars so smoothly. Loved it from all angles!!! Best to all of you. be safe ...

Alan


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Collaborations are the best.

Strong write from Leon and Janice has a real knack at coming up with a good melody, and of course always delivers a top notch vocal.

Smoking outro solo, Peter!

Great song guys and gal, enjoyed.

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Originally Posted By: Al-David
Janice, Peter, Leon and Bud ...

As expected with that cast of musical magic, this is is a truly wonderful song and listen. Peter, you always have a such a sweet touch on the strings. A strong lyric from Leon. And how could you ever go wrong with Janice on vocals? And that Bud guy is the best knob twister in these parts ... and probably most other parts.

Loved that strong guitar outro ... just soars so smoothly. Loved it from all angles!!! Best to all of you. be safe ...

Alan


Thank you Alan.

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Leon, Janice, Peter (and Bud)...

A good write. A very tight lyric. And the melody suits it nicely - "wistful".

A big sound. Excellent mix throughout.

Nice guitar. Cool bit of shredding in the outro.

And, of course...that angelic voice!!

Great team effort.

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Leon, Janice, Peter (and Bud great job guys love it, love your voice Janice always and great guitar fills and solo perfect fit on everthing thanks eric


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Originally Posted By: Al-David
Janice, Peter, Leon and Bud ...

As expected with that cast of musical magic, this is is a truly wonderful song and listen. Peter, you always have a such a sweet touch on the strings. A strong lyric from Leon. And how could you ever go wrong with Janice on vocals? And that Bud guy is the best knob twister in these parts ... and probably most other parts.

Loved that strong guitar outro ... just soars so smoothly. Loved it from all angles!!! Best to all of you. be safe ...

Alan


Appreciate the comments Alan.

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Hi there Janice, Peter, Leon and Bud.

A fabulous song with the whole team excelling themselves in this one.

A very evocative soundtrack which invoked pictures as it unfolded.

Great lyrics which can be interpreted in several different ways.

Wonderful guitar work - I'd have said this was a song simply for guitarists had
it not been for the fact that Janice was singing.

Janice - you know already what I mean to say. Perfect in every way.

Proper job, team.

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EXCELLENT.
The guitar licks do tread on Janice's vocals in the section before the solo - a bit of panning EQ or level work would easily sort that.
Super collab.
There are a couple of dream teams in this forum.


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Sounds great! Some fine lyrics interpreted and delivered by an expert vocalist and some great guitar work. The outro guitar work is outstanding and reminded me that lots of players know how to rip off some wild shredding lines but very few know where to put them. Peter does. Well done all four, Tom

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Hello Janice, Peter, Leon, Bud,

I can only agree with what all others have said about the song, the vocals en the solo. It's a very strong song and I liked it.

With all those well earned compliments, it is probably equivalent to suicide to suggest a change in the song.
I take that risk though:
The way Janice sings is in contrast with the time signature of the drumming and strumming (slow versus 16th, I guess). That can distract the attention to the vocals. If I was in charge for making this song (;-) the vocals gets the focus and the tempo of the instruments would be in line (in 8th). Of course that is a matter of taste. And beside that, I wasn't in charge and still the song is very nice...

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Peter,Leon, Janice & Bud,
A gently uplifting song sent into the outer spheres by that fantastic outro guitar!
I liked the thoughtful lyric, yearning feel of Janice`s vocal and that you all agreed to let Peter ride it on out.


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Originally Posted By: BlueAttitude

Collaborations are the best.

Strong write from Leon and Janice has a real knack at coming up with a good melody, and of course always delivers a top notch vocal.

Smoking outro solo, Peter!

Great song guys and gal, enjoyed.


Thanks Dave - it was a treat having Janice come up with the melody.

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Beautiful in every aspect - including that fiery guitar solo at the end. Janice sings masterfully as usual, the song is beautifully written and produced ... what is there to say? Congratulations!

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Leon, Janice, Peter (and Bud)...

A good write. A very tight lyric. And the melody suits it nicely - "wistful".

A big sound. Excellent mix throughout.

Nice guitar. Cool bit of shredding in the outro.

And, of course...that angelic voice!!

Great team effort.

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Thanks floyd appreciate the comments.

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Wow that one pulled on the heart strings. What a beautiful vocal Janice. Leon that lyric came from a very special place. Peter very cool backtrack and guitar was perfect for the song. So expressive. Well done.


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Peter, Leon, Bud and Janice:

Now that’s quite the collaboration . . . and a very cool result all around. Agree with others on that killer solo in the break and on the outro. Well done—kudos to you all!!

My best to each of you,

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Leon, Janice, Peter (and Bud great job guys love it, love your voice Janice always and great guitar fills and solo perfect fit on everthing thanks eric


Thanks Eric.

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Peter, Leon, Bud and Janice: As soon as I saw these names listed in the credits I knew that this was gonna be a winner. And a winner it is!

As everyone has previously said everything about this is just plain perfect. This is so much better than what is on the radio today it is frightening.

Excellent work.


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Originally Posted By: BlueAttitude

Collaborations are the best.

Strong write from Leon and Janice has a real knack at coming up with a good melody, and of course always delivers a top notch vocal.

Smoking outro solo, Peter!

Great song guys and gal, enjoyed.


Thank you Dave!

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