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FOR A LOVE LIKE THAT My wife loves Broadway musicals. (season tickets to the Straz in Tampa) So I get dragged to them all the time. Last season absolutely Sucked. This season was surprisingly good. I actually enjoyed several of them. That is unusual for me. I did not expect much from "The Outsiders" - based on a 60's-best-seller-made-into-an-80's-movie. Turned out to be the best we've ever seen (and we've seen all the biggies through the years). The songs in "The Outsiders" sound "more like what I would write" than the usual Broadway musical. That got me thinking... I thought that This I-Love-Tammy Tattoo might work as a central idea or catalyst. (I had just recently posted it). So I gathered 16 of my songs and created a story idea weaved through them. I explained this to my wife and told her she had to write the "book" (the term used to label the manuscript for a musical). She jumped at the idea. Had it finished in a couple of weeks. In the story, Tammy is so shocked by "Billy" getting an I-Love-Tammy tattoo, she leaves. She ends up tending bar in Ybor City. When her new bartending friend "Lina" asked what her story is, Tammy explains the tattoo thing. Lina lets Tammy know she's crazy to give up something like that. I did not have a song for that situation. So I had to write this one new song to complete the list... I wrote the song, created BIAB tracks, took the tracks to Studio One and sang it. I uploaded the vocal to Audimee to have it turned into a female vocal (it's a girl song). Basically, it (Audimee) gives you the exact vocal (the way I sang it) in a different voice. (done this for several of the songs that are sung by female characters. I would normally ask Janice to be my "girl singer", but this was a little too much to ask, I thought...) I then regened the BIAB tracks in the new key and remixed. The BIAB stuff: Style is _ROKAMER.STY (Pop American Guitar) RealTracks in style: ~388:Bass, Electric, Metal Ev 120 RealTracks in style: 629:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PopAmericanDirty Ev 120 RealTracks in style: 632:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PopAmericanMuted Ev 120 RealTracks in style: ~405:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Ev 120 RealTracks in song: 3438:Guitar, Electric, Soloist BritPsycPopBallad Ev 065 RealDrums in style:NashvilleEven8^6-a:Snare, HiHat , b:Snare, HiHat Open Harmonies created using Melodyne. FOR A LOVE LIKE THAT Lyrics on web page. Do your thing. fj
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Cool tune.
Welcome to the dark side.
Doesn't it feel good testing the AI waters?
The cool thing about Audimee is what it can do while still retaining the underlying groove of your vocals.
In this case, it shows through in the phrasing and vibrato. A female FJ as it were.
The song has a good rocking groove.
Edit: I believe you can get Audimee AI to generate a harmony rather than using melodyne to do it. Probably easier and not as melodyne-ish
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Great, great song with an uber infectious groove. And of course, primo lyrics. So many lines I could quote, but I especially liked the UFC reference. To my ears, Audimee singers are not as good as Suno. But I understand you're getting a female analog of your own voice, so there is that to consider. (I could hear you in the vocal, for sure). Interesting that this was inspired by a musical. It will be interesting to see where you go from here with this. I did miss your own vox because they are SO darn good, but I understand the needs of the song. Great work, let's hear more from this source of inspiration!
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Floyd,
This sounds like the love child of Floyd Jane and Pat Benatar. And I mean that in the most positive sense.
AMAZING!!!
Bob
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If I didn't know any better, I would have thought it was Chris from Blue Attitude singing here, even though her voice has a bit different timbre. Pretty good vocals. I'm not 100% sold on the vocal harmonies, to me, it sounds like Melodyne doesn't work as well with Audimee as it does with human voices. But I know from your work with J&B that you're pretty good at harmonies, so just sing the harmonies as well and send those to Audimee too. The band you chose is perfect, just like your production. The lyrics and the story are also very good, but I already expected that from Mr. "95% of all songs should be love songs" himself  I can't wait to hear it in the context of a full-length (Broadway) musical!
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Hi Floyd!
Interesting reading of the context and origins of this song. I agree with Bob Dean about the Pat Benatar vibes - which is good. I’d love to hear the flow of songs in order, to hear how the music tells the story of the musical. In that sense, would it become a concept album?
Andrew
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Uber cool, Floyd. VERY strong write, can't wait to hear how this nests with the rest of the songs. That band is really cooking, too. The rhythm section is rock solid, and that soloist sounds very into it. Can definitely hear your trademark style in the vocals, but the vocals can stand on their own for sure. Nice work with this all the way around.
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Floyd, this is fantastic. That voice conversion sounds great. Super lyrics and harmonies. Fantastic backing band.
Loved it
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