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#253410 - 06/11/14 02:58 PM [User Showcase] Choking
Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 10773 Loc: Florida floyd jane Veteran Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 10773 Loc: Florida	1978 (or thereabouts) I lived in Lindenwold, NJ. I've mentioned that before in another song from that era. To suppliment the few acoustic-solo-act jobs I could find, I got a job waiting tables at what appeared to be a former Steak and Ale (that Tudor-type building) on the fabulous White Horse Pike. At that time, the restaurant was owned/run by Lola who would play accordian and sing from the small stage, dressed as if she had been a Las Vegas showgirl 20 years prior. (but that's another story...) One day as we were rolling setups, one of the waitresses began complaining about how bad her life was. I listened. She just needed that. Then... I put it all in a song. This is her story... CHOKING i've been here since ten this morning there's no end in sight just my luck, i get stuck with all the drunks tonight when it comes to talking troubles i might raise my voice i'm working as a waitress cause i've got no choice my feet hurt so badly i can barely stand that busboy's so damn lazy he won't lend a hand another dollar tip another pack of kents i'd quit right now if i knew how else to pay my rent sometimes i wonder what it's all for life's just a b-movie with no back door is this someone's idea of a clever joke since i was seventeen i've been choking my old man past away seven years it's been a heart attack at fifty-two his job did him in you bust your [*****] all your life but it never pays he left me here with nothing but three kids to raise i'm forty-six tommorow you think my children care it gets to where you count on them not being there they say to set your sights on the highest star that's just to keep you from seeing where you really are sometimes i wonder what it's all for life's just a b-movie with no back door is this someone's idea of a clever joke since i was seventeen i've been choking The band... MIDI SuperTracks in song: 2066:Piano, Rhythm NewAgeAnswers Ev16 110 PianoCustom Synth is Hi-Q 001 01 Piano, Acoustic, Grand SampleTank.tgs RealTracks in song: 1856:Cello, Background PopCountry Ev RealTracks in song: 1173:Accordion, Rhythm PopCalypso Ev 100 Comments of any kind.... Have at it. floyd _________________________ 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...
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#253412 - 06/11/14 03:02 PM [User Showcase] Re: Choking [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 02/11/03 Posts: 2426 Loc: Warwickshire, UK Skyline Veteran Registered: 02/11/03 Posts: 2426 Loc: Warwickshire, UK	Totally beautiful Floyd. A superb song in a perfect setting. My, what a voice and delivery you have. John _________________________ Songs web site YouTube Channel BIAB 2019 Cakewalk by BandLab Studio One 4
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#253418 - 06/11/14 04:10 PM [User Showcase] Re: Choking [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 12/21/13 Posts: 6737 Loc: Davis, CA Greg Johnson Veteran Registered: 12/21/13 Posts: 6737 Loc: Davis, CA	Floyd, I've sincerely liked everything I've heard from you, but this is a whole other level. Absolutely beautiful!! It all works perfectly. Love the processing on the vocal. What did you use for that (mic, pre, fx)? Wonderful work! Take care. Greg
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#253432 - 06/11/14 08:09 PM [User Showcase] Re: Choking [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 05/23/10 Posts: 1719 Loc: New Zealand RichMac Expert Registered: 05/23/10 Posts: 1719 Loc: New Zealand	Very beautiful in my opinion. Love the drama of the lyrics. Without a rhythm section there is plenty of backing (the piano sounds amazing, so tasteful) but your voice and the story stand out magnificently. The introductory paragraph sets the song up well. Admire everything about this one. Cheers. Edited by RichMac (06/11/14 08:17 PM) _________________________ https://soundcloud.com/tuigorge
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#253437 - 06/11/14 08:39 PM [User Showcase] Re: Choking [Re: RichMac]
Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3988 Loc: The Netherlands RnAM Veteran Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3988 Loc: The Netherlands	A beautiful, but pretty dramatic song.. You've got a really nice country timbre in your voice. We (Europeans) have to work pretty hard for that Regards, R & AM _________________________ We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1gsdNLE7_Gy8qavoOplQow/videos http://rnam.net/
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#253445 - 06/11/14 09:57 PM [User Showcase] Re: Choking [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 04/07/13 Posts: 7631 Loc: South Carolina Charlie Fogle Veteran Registered: 04/07/13 Posts: 7631 Loc: South Carolina	This is a good song and production. Enjoyed listening. I felt it was the perfect song and lyrical message to understate the music as you did. Charlie _________________________ BIAB Ultra Pak+ 2023:RB 2023, Latest builds: Dell Optiplex 7040 Desktop; Windows-10-64 bit, Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz CPU and 16 GB Ram Memory.
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#253447 - 06/11/14 10:10 PM [User Showcase] Re: Choking [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 07/15/12 Posts: 1831 gruverider Expert Registered: 07/15/12 Posts: 1831	Wow! I want to write one like this! Your vocal phrasing here is amazing. The melody is not a simple one against the sparse instrumental background of your chosen palette and you nailed it. The instruments that you went with are nothing short of inspired! And the lyrics could not be more perfect, a superb portrait of your heroine. They evoke the very best of Tom Waits to me. Edited by gruverider (06/11/14 10:12 PM)
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#253464 - 06/12/14 12:53 AM [User Showcase] Re: Choking [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 05/30/08 Posts: 5056 Loc: Gulf Coast Sundance Veteran Registered: 05/30/08 Posts: 5056 Loc: Gulf Coast	Very moving song with a great vocal. Really like the piano too. Josie _________________________ Josie Beck Youtube Channel
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#253480 - 06/12/14 08:51 AM [User Showcase] Re: Choking [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 06/22/12 Posts: 2886 Loc: Karlsruhe, Germany boehm Veteran Registered: 06/22/12 Posts: 2886 Loc: Karlsruhe, Germany	Hi Floyd, as others have already said: It's just beautiful. And I like the background story. Another one of your songs that really reached my heart. Guenter _________________________ http://www.21d.de/ Latest Song: What You Desire
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#253490 - 06/12/14 11:33 AM [User Showcase] Re: Choking [Re: Greg Johnson]
Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 10773 Loc: Florida floyd jane Veteran Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 10773 Loc: Florida	Originally Posted By: Skyline Totally beautiful Floyd. A superb song in a perfect setting. My, what a voice and delivery you have. John John - very nice of you to say - and very nice to see you around - I hope it means we'll be hearing something from you soon!! The voice "is what it is" - and has changed a little over the last few years... the delivery - well, I've had this song for a very long time - and the fact that it was written about a specific (and real) person factors in to how I deliver it... thanks again... Originally Posted By: Greg Johnson Floyd, I've sincerely liked everything I've heard from you, but this is a whole other level. Absolutely beautiful!! It all works perfectly. Love the processing on the vocal. What did you use for that (mic, pre, fx)? Wonderful work! Take care. Greg Greg - That's nice to hear. Thank you. Vocal recording: AT4033a (mic) to an Aphex 107 pre-amp (a good reputation - discontinued - but you can still find them for about $100(?) - Guitar Center has a used one listed for 69 I think..) then an Alesis 3630. fx - iZotope Nectar preset - Alternative and Indie - In Your Face - I probably tweaked the EQ - I usually do - followed by Focusrite Scarlett Reverb - settings - size=35% pre-filter=60% Air=60% Mix=35% I've been toying a LOT with vocals lately and I'm finding that each song is quite unique in what it requires. It is maddening sometimes... _________________________ 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...
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#253494 - 06/12/14 11:53 AM [User Showcase] Re: Choking [Re: Charlie Fogle]
Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 10773 Loc: Florida floyd jane Veteran Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 10773 Loc: Florida	Originally Posted By: RichMac Very beautiful in my opinion. Love the drama of the lyrics. Without a rhythm section there is plenty of backing (the piano sounds amazing, so tasteful) but your voice and the story stand out magnificently. The introductory paragraph sets the song up well. Admire everything about this one. Cheers. Richard - So I guess this one had enough of a story for ya? I'm glad you like it. The piano - one of the SuperMIDI tracks - they are nice to use, but not as easy to audition... There were no piano RTs that provided what I was after for this, so I "went looking"... Originally Posted By: R & AM A beautiful, but pretty dramatic song.. You've got a really nice country timbre in your voice. We (Europeans) have to work pretty hard for that Regards, R & AM Thanks y'all! You guys don't sound "European" to me when you sing - in fact, I was wondering if you were transplants... Originally Posted By: c_fogle This is a good song and production. Enjoyed listening. I felt it was the perfect song and lyrical message to understate the music as you did. Charlie Charlie - thanks for the listen and the nice comment... _________________________ 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...
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#253498 - 06/12/14 12:30 PM [User Showcase] Re: Choking [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 12/05/11 Posts: 12734 Loc: GA USA Janice & Bud Veteran Registered: 12/05/11 Posts: 12734 Loc: GA USA	Stronger than a garlic milkshake, that one is. I reached down in my superlative basket and there's nothing good enough to hang on this one. I'm not gonna parse out all the wonderful details but I will say that if someone isn't moved by this then they have a very serious emotive deficit. We're gonna add this to our 25 top three fj songs! _________________________ J&B Videos J&B Soundcloud J&B Website
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#253507 - 06/12/14 02:31 PM [User Showcase] Re: Choking [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 2234 Loc: WEST MIDLANDS, UK sixchannel Veteran Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 2234 Loc: WEST MIDLANDS, UK	Magnificent writing Floyd and delivery. Listening to this, and the harshness and hardship of some folks lives, it was me who was choking. Superb storytelling - did your "waitress lady" ever hear this? Wonderful cheers ian _________________________ Old Guys Rule.The older I get,the better I was! BB2023 ULTRA, 1006, Win 7 and 10 ALL TRACKS - https://app.box.com/s/501rnzrbadng1elvi45hbf7y08kl5oxp SOUNDCLOUD-tracks using BB- http://soundcloud.com/sixchannel Videos- https://youtube.com/user/Sixchannel1
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#253557 - 06/13/14 04:20 AM [User Showcase] Re: Choking [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 05/12/12 Posts: 2822 Loc: South Africa JoanneCooper Veteran Registered: 05/12/12 Posts: 2822 Loc: South Africa	My goodness Floyd, what a sad song. I kept hoping for a happy ending. A definite departure from your usual style. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Right now I'm off to have a whisky to cheer myself up. _________________________ Quickly and easily generate lyrics for your next song Browser: https://lyriclab.net/ IOS App: https://apple.co/409d4pm Android App: https://bit.ly/3JhdMtF
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#253579 - 06/13/14 08:02 AM [User Showcase] Re: Choking [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 07/08/03 Posts: 654 Loc: Sulphur Springs, TX Charlie McG Journeyman Registered: 07/08/03 Posts: 654 Loc: Sulphur Springs, TX	Great job. Enjoyed it a lot. Very pretty. _________________________ "The desire for fame is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise." Cornelius Tacitus
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#253601 - 06/13/14 09:56 AM [User Showcase] Re: Choking [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3810 Loc: Florida tommyad Veteran Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3810 Loc: Florida	floyd, I used to work alongside this grizzled old cigar chomping ex marine who offhandedly says to me one day...The definition of a pessimist is an optimist with experience. It hit me then that life is a struggle for everyone and it all comes down to attitude as to how well you handle your struggle. This song is a perfect slice of real life staged with a character that most of us might have seen at one time or another. Brilliant writing ! The vocal is close to perfect in delivering the emotion and still telling the story. The phrasing is trademark fj. Piano sounds good. Mix is good. Vocal processing sounds top shelf. Nectar2 has some great presets. As a slice of life song, they don't get any better than this. Great stuff, Tom
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#253629 - 06/13/14 02:08 PM [User Showcase] Re: Choking [Re: boehm]
Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 10773 Loc: Florida floyd jane Veteran Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 10773 Loc: Florida	Originally Posted By: gruverider Wow! I want to write one like this! Your vocal phrasing here is amazing. The melody is not a simple one against the sparse instrumental background of your chosen palette and you nailed it. The instruments that you went with are nothing short of inspired! And the lyrics could not be more perfect, a superb portrait of your heroine. They evoke the very best of Tom Waits to me. Geez, Lawrence... that's just a few too many nice things to handle all at once. LOL. "write one like that.." - I know when I say that it's pretty high praise - been doing it a lot lately - listening to Brandy Clark's "12 Stories" - maybe the best country CD ever penned - songwriting the way it should be done! Appreciate the note on instrumentation. I was going for the feeling you get when you watch a piano singer-songwriter doing this type of song. Kind of surprised that no one has noted the piano track choice... and "..the very best of Tom Waits" - I might have to print that out and tack it on my wall! Originally Posted By: Sundance Very moving song with a great vocal. Really like the piano too. Josie Thanks Josie. Appreciate that... Originally Posted By: boehm Hi Floyd, as others have already said: It's just beautiful. And I like the background story. Another one of your songs that really reached my heart. Guenter Guenter - Thank you. Always good to know when a song touches the right places... _________________________ 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...
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#253638 - 06/13/14 03:54 PM [User Showcase] Re: Choking [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 04/20/10 Posts: 5139 Loc: Florida 90 dB Veteran Registered: 04/20/10 Posts: 5139 Loc: Florida	I remember the White Horse Pike well. Lola too. We called her Lo-Lo-Lo-La-Lola. Another keeper. Gonna have to make a 3 CD bootleg this year. Keep em comin' Col. Bob Parker Authentic fj Bootlegs, Inc. 2nd Trailer On The Left Pine Barrens, N.J. _________________________ Dyslectics Untie! https://90dbband.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/90-db https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm_3mpivKYV7T7XFJmXL-GA
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#253658 - 06/13/14 06:14 PM [User Showcase] Re: Choking [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 03/02/13 Posts: 4342 Loc: Helsinki, Finland dani48 Veteran Registered: 03/02/13 Posts: 4342 Loc: Helsinki, Finland	Hi, Floyd ! What a wonderful write ! I am taken by your mastery of both writing and delivering your songs ! This is no easy song to sing but you nailed it completely ! I am amazed !:)) Cheers Dani
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#253663 - 06/13/14 06:38 PM [User Showcase] Re: Choking [Re: dani48]
Registered: 08/24/07 Posts: 1872 Loc: Florida, USA cubanpete Expert Registered: 08/24/07 Posts: 1872 Loc: Florida, USA	Wow Floyd! I envy you guys whom are able to put into words and create a beautiful song like this one. I could never do that, that's one of the many gifts I do not have. I have to be content with being inspired by something and compose an instrumental. Wonderful stuff as usual my friend (if I may call you that). Mike B. _________________________ Music should be part of your life http://www.soundclick.com/blackcatjazzcafeband
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