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J,B and P. Good, fresh write. Very nicely done, all. Vic
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Marty, This is an AWESOME song! Killer vocal and killer chorus! Love the band, including Bill. The whole sound and feel of this song is just so infectious. Another hit! Bob Thank you, Bob. I see you as first in so many categories. Great song, and I liked how tight the lyrics were within the melody. Good vocals, chorus was just catchy enough, Steel solo was great (maybe too short). Excellent work, coach! Thanks, Bob. I'll pass on your steel comment as "zydecoal" doesn't show up here often. I like the percussive sound of this one Marty! Bill’s steel adds some atypical effects to the accompaniment. Good vocal from you as usual, and a very hooky chorus. I enjoyed this very much! Andrew Thanks, Andrew. Bill told me he wanted to put his pedal steel into songs that aren't country. Although this one has some flavors from the country cabinet, i'm trying to comply. Ha! Your vocals always sound like you're having fun. It's very infectious. Super tune, sung superbly. Love the harmonies! Nice playful feel with the bass as well. The steel sounds great. Very nicely arranged and produced. Am assuming the clip-clops are from EZDrummer. They work great, too. You've distilled the essence of the once-I-was-hurt-but-now-I'm-fine song form perfectly. Well done! Thanks, Ron. Creating things sure is fun. The bass sympathized with the story. hehe Yeah, all the drums are EZD.
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Hey Bob, They say good things come to those who wait.....Seven years later, and you finally realized the best 'Fiverr vocalist' was the guy sitting in your own chair! Honestly, hearing you deliver these lines, I’m convinced even Waits himself would be taking notes—or at least asking you for a cigarette. 😊 The Patterson sound bite is a clever bit of production flair, and it really glues the bluesy, brawling vibe of the song together. Between the New Orleans drums, that bari sax, you’ve built a real moody masterpiece here. My only complaint? I’m still waiting for a dash of your harmonica to seal the deal! That original vocalist was just keeping the seat warm for you Bob and seven years later you’ve finally delivered the knockout punch! Like Ron I was also wondering what a 'lum' was, but you've since cleared that up. Seriously, you’re becoming the must-hear voice on this forum. 👏 Best, Izzy.
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See? Clear and unambiguous. David, I agree, your attack is in fact, very clear and unambiguous but the problem is that you’re confusing your mis-guided attacks with your personal world views. The subject we are discussing is not your attacks but whether your views on antisemitism are unclear and ambiguous. If someone cannot take a definitive stand and disambiguate whether they agree or disagree with antisemitism, then my analysis stands as-is, until or unless a flaw can be found in it. It comes as no surprise that you produced zero material from the experts that materially differ from my 5-point analysis. It looks like my analysis is well on its way to becoming time-tested. Who knows, maybe even the experts will use it if they haven’t already derived it themselves. Wouldn’t that be cool? 😊 David, I recommend you guys put your heads together, collaborate privately and produce joint, well-articulated, disambiguated responses. Feel free to hold conference calls to coordinate and facilitate this, because this has not been challenging me in the least, neither intellectually nor morally. Moreover, in the marketplace of ideas, I hardly think that 2 or 3 against me is a level playing field. Therefore, in the meantime, I’ll be hoping that you can recruit a heavyweight or two that can strengthen your ranks since I find responding to your ambiguity little more than child’s play. In the bargain, maybe he/she can help you disambiguate and clarify your worldview. And don’t forget, I’m still waiting for a thoughtful and convincing rebuttal of my 5-point analysis result . . . if you can produce one. PS> The heavier the heavy-weight, the better 😊
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You guys are SO original and unique - lyrics, melody, production... Always a treat to hear your music. Terrific underlying groove. Fills work well - good cohesive sound start to finish.. Excellent vocals and BGVs. Nice arrangement. Good mix. fj Thank you for the feedback, Floyd. Appreciate the listen!
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Cool tune, Herb. Super arrangement and great production choices. Really love your wide range of guitar work on this one. Very tasteful, snappy stuff. Sounds like a HIT to me.  Very relatable. Life is too short to choose misery, regardless of the financial rewards... I must have recorded and deleted a dozen or so complete guitar tracks and an equal number of solos.... I still don't really like the solo completely. I've got a 16th note rhythm underneath, a fairly clean flat picked track as well as the fills. It was pretty close to a single take with a few punches. Life is too short to drink cheap whiskey, or eat inferior chocolate. I have fired people and have been fired a few times, I've walked away from jobs and customers and always picked up the pieces to build something new and better. We have choices in life. Choose wisely. Thanks for listening
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Thank you, Ghostgum. Too much rev delay on vocal and not matching the instrument tracks I think. Work in progress.  Vic
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Andrew, Thank you for the kind words. We both appreciate it very much. Bob
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That was very naughty.  Very imaginative use of instrumentation and BGVs. Fun!
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I agree with what you said. I have the same conversation with my students about how can they take any pride in anything that's written by AI. Strong vocal. Good choice on that piano track. It seems to be the glue in the instrumentation.
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Great song. The music matches the emotional pull of the lyrics. Excellent work in the instrumentation. The synth vocals are powerful and carry the song well.
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Thank you, Marty. Glad you enjoyed them both.
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Interesting post. I'm also Canadian. I agree with you about our lack of forward thinking. Don't get me started on the pipeline situation. I'd buy an EV car if it had a range of 800,000 km. But I can't choose between running my car and running the heater to keep me warm. Your suggestion about mounting a monitor on the wall and then a keyboard tray would actually be amazing. The only real source of friction is the keyboard at this point. If I had a keyboard tray that would attach to my music stand, I'd be set. But the music stand is an antique and is worth more than two of my guitars. I've barely used RealBand. I mainly use Band in a Box as a jazz combo to practice with. Figuring out the medley function so it goes from one soloist to the next instead of a single solo was a bit of an undertaking. Let me see if I can find keyboard stands anywhere....
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Thanks so much guys. JJJ - here is a 20% off coupon for Master Writter, but only for the 1 or 2 year subscriptions. https://bit.ly/masterwriter20 Dave, Ya, I need some tools also. Thanks for the endorsement. Thanks Dan! Hey, do you know if they include both the songwriter edition and the creative writer edition with a single subscription? I have a bucket list item to write a story! I already posted that it’s the same app. You can open MW in either view or both simultaneously per the MasterWriter FAQ. How do I view two versions side by side? To view two versions side by side, open the versions tab, and click the three dots on a version that is not selected, then click “show.” This will present the two versions side by side. I think you are confused! The FAQ is referring to opening 2 versions of a song, NOT the 2 versions of the program. I have asked MasterWriter directly because I am now an owner of the upgrade but based on what I am seeing so far I don't think they allow use of both versions on a single subscription. Google says you can but every method it suggests to do so fails.
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Edit: there appears to be an upgrade path for the old MW2.0 users like me. Checking it out now. Please keep us posted...I own a copy from around 2012. They emailed me back. The deal is if you have the old version 2.0, they will give you a 50% discount for a 2 year subscription. They don't support or update the 2.0 version. It's ALL subscription basis online only now. I reckon I will keep my old 2.0 for as long as the old lappy keeps running on Windows ME. Yeah, I got that offer too. I went for it!
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... And yes those are some excellent rhymes. Pants and glance ... a great near rhyme indeed. … Hi J&B! Thank you for listening and commenting! Several times I considered mispronouncing ‘glance’ to make it a true rhyme with ‘pants’, but as I live in a part of Australia that pronounces glance, chance, dance etc with the ‘a’ sound as in ‘car’, I decided to stay true to how I speak. Now being a near rhyme, it still works, I think. I’ll continue to post my writing and production notes but with less detail than my last - I sense there is an interest on the part of most writers to understand how others arrive at their finished song. As always, thank you for your keen interest! Andrew
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We're feeling good listening to this good feeling. Love the vibe on this. Great band to support your amazing performances. Nice poppin' open mix. Excellent on the monitors. What do we do to feel good? Go outside and play or listen to music or both! Enjoyed it! J&B
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That is an excellent production. The mix set up a great soundstage on our monitors. A sad subject and you poignantly delivered the melody and fine lyric. Well done! J&B
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@rharv &  Reading your post again I fully agree, you pointed in the right direction! I didn't read it so well the first time and just got the impression you were talking about partial looping within a song and then I thought this was just another cup of tea and not my focus for the time being. So my apologies for not understanding that your input was a brilliant suggestion/analysis/conclusion of the potential problem. Hence, the very good thinking was started by rharv. Hopefully PG/Andrew can sort out the SW issue.
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Hi, Mario. Ha! You're a funny (and talented) guy. Thanx so much David.
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Man! you've got that tone dialed in. Killer chops. You outdid ourself on this one. Chris writes and sing with the best of 'em. Marty is, of course, SOLID. Excellent mix. Blue Attitude does (commercial) Blues Rock as good as anyone. So Damn Good. Y'all should be touring. fj Actually I would be quite happy just to be able to play in the same room and Marty and Chris  Thanks! Great work on the guitars and the singer is excellent. Beautiful song. Laurent Thanks, Laurent! Really like that! Love the guitar work (is that you?) I know it's "blues" but the guitar soloing gave me a David Gilmour sorta vibe. Really enjoyed it! Yes, I play the lead guitar parts on all my songs, and sometimes the rhythm parts too if I want something specific. Nice to meet you, and thanks for the kind words!
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