Originally Posted By: Janice & Bud
Another fine collab from you and Bill!

“cause inside every boy is the beginnings of a man
learning when to walk away and when to take a stand”

We like that. Sometimes it is a hard lesson to learn.

This is a good one for listening while riding down our country roads.

The drums had Janice’s feet tapping. The mandolin solo and outro were very good. You always have the best sound from a banjo, adding texture but not dominating.

Vocals are excellent ... surprise, surprise smile smile


J&B


Thanks, y'all!


Originally Posted By: Al-David
Originally Posted By: floyd jane
Originally Posted By: Al-David
Hi Floyd ...

It's hard to go wrong when writing with Bill. Besides being an excellent songwriter, he's a heck of a nice guy.

Terrific song and so well produced and delivered. In addition to your great vocals and arrangements, I particularly enjoyed the mandolin on the left playing perfectly with the guitar on the right. Great backing tracks.

As always, pure excellence. Best to you & yours ...

Alan


Thanks, Alan. Bill is a top-quality lyric guy. For someone who doesn't do any music (I don't know if he plays an instrument or not - and we wrote a couple dozen together) his sense of prosody is highly developed. That "sense" of what works in a "radio song" (i.e. something pitch-able in Nashville) is a skill that only a small percentage of people truly understand...



Floyd ...

I've met Bill a couple of times in Nashville back in the early 2000s (2008 and 2009, I believe). we were there at the behest of the late Bobbie Gallup - she was a dear friend. And I think you are correct that the only things he plays are the stereo and the radio! I once wrote a backing track for a lyric he wrote for a young, emerging local star near where he lives - I'm not sure if he would want his hometown named.

And yes, excellent prosody writing is a rare commodity. I do reasonably good with it when creating lyrics for Smooth Jazz and older RnB. After that, it tanks pretty quickly!

You two are a great pairing for country music creation!

A quick question: Have you ever written with Jeffrey Steele?


Bill was easy to work with. We did about 25 songs in about a 3-or-4-month stretch. I think we only disagreed on ONE line that entire time (and, of course, we worked through that). I did not run in the same circles as Steele (there were a lot of circles, needless to say...)



Originally Posted By: Ezekiel's Storm
That's a keeper.

I enjoyed the story. Well put together and sung.


Thanks, Scott....


Originally Posted By: Deej56
Floyd,

Another master class in songwriting and production. The specifics and details within the lyrics are exactly what a song lyric should have . . . excellent vocals and harmonies . . . and an overall impressive arrangement and engaging mix . . . and a really cool hook! Outstanding work!

All my best to you,

Deej


Appreciate that, Deej...

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