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Down On Music Row #852880 05/25/25 07:33 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 200 Accrington,Lancashire,UK PeteMcN OP Apprentice
OP PeteMcN Apprentice Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 200 Accrington,Lancashire,UK	I wrote this with struggling songwriters in mind, as it is not easy to get your material listened to let alone get it to the right person!! For some reason I think it has some Dr Hook vibes in there (not that I am any Shell Silverstein!! ) Words/Music:- (c) PMcNaught 2025 Track produced in BIAB 2025 Vocal/Harmony Vocals :- P McNaught Mixed/Edited in Mixcraft Pro Studio 10 Mastering in AAMS Thanks for listening Pete Down On Music Row [Verse] He's got an old guitar strapped on his back, A notebook that's filled with every heart-felt track. Drove down I-40 with a dream rising in his chest, Trying to make it where the best meet the best. [Verse 2] Sits in a café, orders coffee plain, Writes down his storys of joy and of pain. Pitches his lyrics, knocks on every door, Most just say, "Son, we’ve heard that before." [Chorus] But he keeps chasing, keeps playing, Though the neon lights are fading. Every “no” another fire he's gonna burn. They say it’s a fool's game, But he’s staking his own name, For that one big break he’s still trying to earn. [Verse 3] A big-shot producer in a flashy suit, Said, "Kid, here's the deal," seemed all resolute. Signed all his rights, gave his heart and his hand, Next he heard his melody with some other band. [Bridge] There’s nights he calls mama, says, “I can’t go on,” The stars in this city shine for someone long gone. But she reminds him, "You’ve got spirit, my son, Even storms pull the sky toward the sun." [Verse 4] So he strums his guitar till fingers turn raw, Sings out his soul with every line he draws. He’s a poet, a fighter, with stories to sow, Still chasing his dreams down on Music Row. BIAB Info Title: Down On Music Row V3 File:Dreams On Music Row V3.SGU Key=G , Tempo 125, Length (m:s)=4:24 No intro. 134 bar chorus, from bar 1 to bar 134. Repeat x1 chorus No Melody Soloist track has 185 notes, Soloist harmony is < no harmony >(0) Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0, Song is saved with bar changes for Volume Changes,RealDrums Changes, Style is _CUT.STY (Cut Folky Americana) RealTracks in style: 3588:Bass, Electric, NashvilleRadioPopPushA Ev 110 RealTracks in style: 4456:Mandolin, Rhythm AmericanaMovinAB Ev 135 RealTracks in song: ~405:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Ev 120 RealTracks in style: 1681:Guitar, 12-String Acoustic, Fingerpicking Ev 120 RealTracks in song: 4516:Guitar, Electric, Soloist BroCountryPopBrent Ev 110 RealTracks in song: 4516:Guitar, Electric, Soloist BroCountryPopBrent Ev 110 RealDrums in Song:NashvilleEven8^4-a,b:Sidestick, HiHat Last edited by PeteMcN; 05/25/25 07:38 AM. Sometimes you just have to say f### it and do it anyway! Proud Scotsman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 now residing in England

Re: Down On Music Row PeteMcN #852887 05/25/25 07:54 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 24,717 Hamlin NY MarioD Veteran
MarioD Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 24,717 Hamlin NY	Pete, what an outstanding song Outstanding vocal and lyrics Outstanding arrangement and mix Loved it I arrived early to a restaurant. The manager asks, "do you mind waiting a bit?" I said no. "Good", he said. "Take these drinks to table 3" 64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware

Re: Down On Music Row MarioD #852894 05/25/25 09:40 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 200 Accrington,Lancashire,UK PeteMcN OP Apprentice
OP PeteMcN Apprentice Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 200 Accrington,Lancashire,UK	Originally Posted by MarioD Pete, what an outstanding song Outstanding vocal and lyrics Outstanding arrangement and mix Loved it Thanks Mario, I really do appreciate your input. Sometimes you just have to say f### it and do it anyway! Proud Scotsman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 now residing in England

Re: Down On Music Row PeteMcN #852952 05/25/25 10:09 PM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 1,042 SA, Australia Ghostgum Expert
Ghostgum Expert Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 1,042 SA, Australia	I can just imagine a bunch of flashy hot-shot producers lining up for this. Reminds me a little of Kevin Johnson's "Rock and Roll I Gave You All The Best Years." Awesome! ProTools; Ableton Live Lite; Reaper Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 MK4 interface Novation Launchkey 61 Mk4 midi controller

Re: Down On Music Row Ghostgum #852972 05/26/25 03:13 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 200 Accrington,Lancashire,UK PeteMcN OP Apprentice
OP PeteMcN Apprentice Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 200 Accrington,Lancashire,UK	Originally Posted by Ghostgum I can just imagine a bunch of flashy hot-shot producers lining up for this. Reminds me a little of Kevin Johnson's "Rock and Roll I Gave You All The Best Years." Awesome! Thank you so much. I'm now off to Google Kevin Johnson! Sometimes you just have to say f### it and do it anyway! Proud Scotsman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 now residing in England

Re: Down On Music Row PeteMcN #852974 05/26/25 04:52 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 8,981 Northeastern USA rsdean Veteran
rsdean Veteran Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 8,981 Northeastern USA	Pete, Great song and a great vocal. Very nicely done. Bob Robert S. Dean - SoundCloud Song Channel

Re: Down On Music Row rsdean #852994 05/26/25 06:35 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 200 Accrington,Lancashire,UK PeteMcN OP Apprentice
OP PeteMcN Apprentice Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 200 Accrington,Lancashire,UK	Originally Posted by rsdean Pete, Great song and a great vocal. Very nicely done. Bob Thank you Bob, appreciate you taking the time to listen and comment. Pete Sometimes you just have to say f### it and do it anyway! Proud Scotsman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 now residing in England

Re: Down On Music Row PeteMcN #853007 05/26/25 08:16 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 8,647 Originally Missouri ... Now Al... Al-David Veteran
Al-David Veteran Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 8,647 Originally Missouri ... Now Al...	Very nice, Pete. I made a pretty decent living playing lead guitar in several bands. I wasn't in Nashville that much, but it was country music. Excellent song - well written and great production. Vocals are spot-on. About 20 years ago, when i actually was in Nashville, I wrote a song called "The Outbound Lanes". Just another story about not making it in Nashville. I enjoyed this very much. As they say back where I'm from, "Yas did good, son!" 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

Re: Down On Music Row Al-David #853016 05/26/25 10:05 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 200 Accrington,Lancashire,UK PeteMcN OP Apprentice
OP PeteMcN Apprentice Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 200 Accrington,Lancashire,UK	Originally Posted by Al-David Very nice, Pete. I made a pretty decent living playing lead guitar in several bands. I wasn't in Nashville that much, but it was country music. Excellent song - well written and great production. Vocals are spot-on. About 20 years ago, when i actually was in Nashville, I wrote a song called "The Outbound Lanes". Just another story about not making it in Nashville. I enjoyed this very much. As they say back where I'm from, "Yas did good, son!" Alan Thank you Alan, as a Brit I appreciate even more the comments from you guys across the pond. I was the front man/acoustic guitarist in my own country rock outfit over here, but unfortunately I had to play covers inorder to get work..... That said we did do 20+years lol. I always wanted to write and knew country was the direction I wanted to go in, but having never been to the States I do find it hard to try and get that authentic feel into my lyrics. Comments like yours and the others I've received give me the push to continue. Much respect Pete Sometimes you just have to say f### it and do it anyway! Proud Scotsman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 now residing in England

Re: Down On Music Row PeteMcN #853031 05/26/25 11:51 AM User Showcase
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 8,201 Sacramento, California dcuny Veteran
dcuny Veteran Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 8,201 Sacramento, California	Hi, Pete. Nice build to the song. Good write and story. I think the guitar solo could be brought forward a bit, but that's a small nit. Well done! -- David Cuny My virtual singer development blog Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing? BiaB 2025 \| Windows 11 \| Reaper \| Way too many VSTis.

Re: Down On Music Row dcuny #853042 05/26/25 03:13 PM User Showcase
Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 200 Accrington,Lancashire,UK PeteMcN OP Apprentice
OP PeteMcN Apprentice Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 200 Accrington,Lancashire,UK	Originally Posted by dcuny Hi, Pete. Nice build to the song. Good write and story. I think the guitar solo could be brought forward a bit, but that's a small nit. Well done! Thank you David, when you say bring the guitar solo forward do you mean bring it up in the mix slightly? Sometimes you just have to say f### it and do it anyway! Proud Scotsman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 now residing in England

Re: Down On Music Row PeteMcN #854018 06/08/25 06:59 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 16,136 GA USA Janice & Bud Veteran
Janice & Bud Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 16,136 GA USA	Good write and delivery that harkens back to the "hat acts." A good thing. Our departed best friend chased that Nashville Dream all the way to a grammy nomination ... one of the rare ones. Well done! J&B Our albums and singles are on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Pandora and more. If interested search on Janice Merritt. Thanks! Our Videos

Re: Down On Music Row Janice & Bud #854025 06/08/25 08:38 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 200 Accrington,Lancashire,UK PeteMcN OP Apprentice
OP PeteMcN Apprentice Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 200 Accrington,Lancashire,UK	Originally Posted by Janice & Bud Good write and delivery that harkens back to the "hat acts." A good thing. Our departed best friend chased that Nashville Dream all the way to a grammy nomination ... one of the rare ones. Well done! J&B Thank you both, I was introduced to country by my late father as he was a huge Merle Haggard fan..... Loved the genre ever since! Chased my own dream here in the UK for over 20 years but it obviously wasn't meant to be lol. Such is life. 👍 Sometimes you just have to say f### it and do it anyway! Proud Scotsman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 now residing in England

Re: Down On Music Row PeteMcN #854055 06/08/25 01:55 PM User Showcase
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,241 Maryland TuneMonger Veteran
TuneMonger Veteran Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,241 Maryland	Great song, love the storyllne. The lyrics were a little herky-jerky, but you sang them into musical shape and the finished product was just fine! Windows 11, Intel Core I5 10400, 16 gig ram, Scarlett 2i2, Sony Acid Music Studio 10, BIAB 2020 UltraPlus Pak

Re: Down On Music Row TuneMonger #854085 06/08/25 04:26 PM User Showcase
Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 200 Accrington,Lancashire,UK PeteMcN OP Apprentice
OP PeteMcN Apprentice Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 200 Accrington,Lancashire,UK	Originally Posted by TuneMonger Great song, love the storyllne. The lyrics were a little herky-jerky, but you sang them into musical shape and the finished product was just fine! Thank you, glad you enjoyed it, however I'm not quite sure what you mean by the lyrics being 'herky-jerky'.... Not a phrase I'm familiar with?? Pete Sometimes you just have to say f### it and do it anyway! Proud Scotsman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 now residing in England

Re: Down On Music Row PeteMcN #854173 06/09/25 07:48 PM User Showcase
Joined: May 2023 Posts: 2,245 UK WaoBand Veteran
WaoBand Veteran Joined: May 2023 Posts: 2,245 UK	Excellent song all around. Some favourite Waoist Adages: #1: Play on the Way. #13: Ask not for whom the flower blooms, it blooms for you. #58: Bring consciousness to it. #63: On the road to effortlessness, effort must be made. #92: Be Love Now, the rest will come on its own.

Re: Down On Music Row PeteMcN #854183 06/09/25 10:52 PM User Showcase
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,163 California Muzic Trax Veteran
Muzic Trax Veteran Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,163 California	I can play the piano enough to get by. Couldn't strum a guitar if it saved my life. THIS is the beauty of BIAB, session guitarist on hand and ready to lay down some tracks. I loved how you kept kinda simple and allowed your vocals to shine. That guitar sounded incredible! Beautiful song, vocals and mix all around. I really enjoyed listening to this, Trax

Re: Down On Music Row WaoBand #854188 06/10/25 01:51 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 200 Accrington,Lancashire,UK PeteMcN OP Apprentice
OP PeteMcN Apprentice Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 200 Accrington,Lancashire,UK	Originally Posted by WaoBand Excellent song all around. You're too kind, thank you very much. Pete Sometimes you just have to say f### it and do it anyway! Proud Scotsman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 now residing in England

Re: Down On Music Row Muzic Trax #854189 06/10/25 01:52 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 200 Accrington,Lancashire,UK PeteMcN OP Apprentice
OP PeteMcN Apprentice Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 200 Accrington,Lancashire,UK	Originally Posted by Muzic Trax I can play the piano enough to get by. Couldn't strum a guitar if it saved my life. THIS is the beauty of BIAB, session guitarist on hand and ready to lay down some tracks. I loved how you kept kinda simple and allowed your vocals to shine. That guitar sounded incredible! Beautiful song, vocals and mix all around. I really enjoyed listening to this, Trax Thank you so much, I'm so glad you enjoyed it👍 Pete Sometimes you just have to say f### it and do it anyway! Proud Scotsman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 now residing in England

Re: Down On Music Row PeteMcN #854191 06/10/25 01:58 AM User Showcase
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 3,703 DC Ron Veteran
DC Ron Veteran Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 3,703	Peter, super song! Love your vocals, and those harmonies are just perfect. Nice dynamic flow for a longish tune, and the modulation shows up at the right time. I'd pull that solo up a bit, but it's well placed, too. GREAT job! DC Ron BiaB Audiophile Presonus Studio One ASUS I9-12900K DAW, 32 GB RAM Presonus Faderport 16 Too many guitars (is that a thing?)

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