Originally Posted by Janice & Bud
“Sometimes I feel like a mouse in a big rat race
And I don’t know how much longer I can keep this pace
Something’s bound to change it always does
Only thing that won’t is us”

We love that sentiment!

To our ears this is outstanding “Hat Act” country.
A good thing indeed and great to hear.

Your vocals are perfecto for the song.
Well delivered in tone and phrasing.

Your guitar track and all the BiaB wrecking crew provided excellent support to the lyric and your vocals.

And you topped it al off with a fine mix.

We much enjoyed it!

J&B

Feedback from you two is always much appreciated and reading your words is like opening a gift on Christmas morning. Thank you!!

Originally Posted by Noel96
Hi Scott.

This is such easy-listening country music. I love your song and your presentation of it. You really know how to create fine music!

--Noel

Thank you so much, Noel!

Originally Posted by animarorecords
Hello Scott,

It's a really nice song that serves as a model for country songs.
Your vocals are also fantastic, making it perfect for singing country music.
Country songs really are the soul of America.
I felt that strongly once again.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Oh my gosh. Thanks for all of that!

Originally Posted by BobLMusic
Hi Scott,

Outstanding country song!

Enjoyed the guitars, fiddles and steel guitars.

Excellent vocal, lyrics, production and mix.

Well done!

Bob

Thanks for the spin. Glad you liked it, Bob!

Originally Posted by Ghostgum
Back to Texas ticks all the boxes. Vocals (tick), lyrics (tick), backing band (tick), mix/production (tick).
Got yourself another fan (tick).

Enjoyed my listen.

Another fan? Music to my ears. Thank you!!

Originally Posted by Ronnie Fields
Now That's Country. I've missed a lot of excellent songwriters, and this one should be on the radio. Great song.

Well, it's streaming everywhere, but I doubt it'll find it's way to country radio. Thank you for the thought though, and for your generous words.

Originally Posted by TuneMonger
Good song, great vocals! There was an odd bit of silence between the lines of the first verse - I didn't notice it after that. Good energy in this tune, well done!

Good ear. I'm presently working on an old mix that has an artifact I haven't quite been able to isolate and if I can't I'll have to go all the way back to the raw tracks in Sonar. Daunting.

Thanks for the listen and the feedback.

Originally Posted by Scott C
Excellent vocal and backtrack. Cool country tune. Super mix. Well done

Thank you!

Originally Posted by Tano Music
So totally excellent, in every regard. Loved the lyric, delivery, choice of construction with the various RT's and live stuff. All around top-notch.
And the lyric-story is very appealing.
I esp liked the tag at the end with the city names.
Only "improvement" suggestion I can make...the phrase "rat RACE" seems a bit forced, placing the accent on the wrong element. If it were mine, I'd look for a more natural line-ending where that emphasis fits a bit better...a nit, but it would bother me.

Thanks for all of that. I appreciate your kind words and suggestion.

Originally Posted by Torrey Bliss
Nicely done Scott!

You have the perfect voice for Country as proved on this track!

I've always admired those Collings acoustics. They are among the best available!

Lovely song that sounds great to me!

Take care, TB

I was reluctant to spend the bucks for a Collings, but now I'm glad I did. Thanks for listening and for taking the time to reply with those nice words.

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