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#311534 - 09/24/15 01:33 PM [User Showcase] Damn It Sure Is Hot
Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3258 Loc: Florida tommyad Veteran Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3258 Loc: Florida	Ok, Where was I? I’m trying to remember what I was working on. I had to take care of some business which required my full attention. But now I’m back and ready to resume. Life is definitely better when accompanied by music. My apologies for not commenting on the great songs that were posted while I was away. I will go back and listen but I will not bump them to the first page so I don’t disrupt the natural flow. Comments and Suggestions encouraged. Tom http://tommyadamsmusic.com/music http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=13218306 My Vocals and guitars Multiple Loops RealTracks in song: 2448:Guitar, Electric, Background, PopDreamyBrent Ev 085 PG Percussion Loop- Conga Damn It Sure Is Hot I used to check the weather by looking at the sky Now i just check out my phone and I don’t go outside They say the weather’s changing whether it is or not one thing I can tell you Damn it sure is hot Damn It sure is hot out here it’s hard to take a breath Mother Nature’s warning us I think she’s scared to death This is all we’ve got My wife says her prayers every night while I just fall asleep Thanks the Lord above us all and prays our souls to keep She’ll put a word in for me since I don’t take the time God please say we’re not too late since we ignored the signs Damn It sure is hot out here it’s hard to take a breath Mother Nature’s warning us I think she’s scared to death This is all we’ve got ©2015 Thomas Adams
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#311556 - 09/24/15 03:28 PM [User Showcase] Re: Damn It Sure Is Hot [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 10/25/08 Posts: 7772 Loc: Winston-Salem, NC Pat Marr Veteran Registered: 10/25/08 Posts: 7772 Loc: Winston-Salem, NC	Damn! That song sure is hot! Loved the dynamics, and the natural feel you achieved by playing much of the song yourself! In so doing, you were able to create recurring themes on multiple tracks that held everything together better than glue! I envy your intellect Tommy. Meeting you in person allowed me to witness the depth of thought that is an integral part of who you are and how you address life and your music. You always manage to write music that is immediately likeable, and this was no exception. Clever word pictures interwoven with equally clever intertwined guitar passages to create an end result that is every bit as much mood as it is melody... Indeed, that song is hot!
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#311564 - 09/24/15 03:58 PM [User Showcase] Re: Damn It Sure Is Hot [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 12/06/03 Posts: 3861 Loc: Sydney Australia PeterF Veteran Registered: 12/06/03 Posts: 3861 Loc: Sydney Australia	Damn it sure was good.
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#311566 - 09/24/15 04:08 PM [User Showcase] Re: Damn It Sure Is Hot [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 04/03/09 Posts: 7258 Guitarhacker Veteran Registered: 04/03/09 Posts: 7258	That sounds gooooood!!!! Are there RT's in that? Things I hear tell me no.... but IDK. Nice writing too. Acoustic sounds superb as does the vocals..... and everything else too. That's the level of professionalism in the sound that everyone should aspire to achieve. _________________________ You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.com Add nothing that adds nothing to the music. As the sword chooses the warrior, so too, the song chooses the writer.
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#311572 - 09/24/15 05:08 PM [User Showcase] Re: Damn It Sure Is Hot [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 04/07/13 Posts: 5916 Loc: South Carolina Charlie Fogle Veteran Registered: 04/07/13 Posts: 5916 Loc: South Carolina	My favorite from you. Enjoyed this from start to finish. Missed you while you were away from the forum but this is a great comeback song. Charlie _________________________ BiaB Ultra Pak+ 2020:RB 2020: Acer Laptop; Windows-7-64 bit, Intel Pentium Processor and 4 GB Ram Memory.
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#311597 - 09/24/15 07:57 PM [User Showcase] Re: Damn It Sure Is Hot [Re: Guitarhacker]
Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3258 Loc: Florida tommyad Veteran Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3258 Loc: Florida	Originally Posted By: Pat Marr Damn! That song sure is hot! Loved the dynamics, and the natural feel you achieved by playing much of the song yourself! In so doing, you were able to create recurring themes on multiple tracks that held everything together better than glue! I envy your intellect Tommy. Meeting you in person allowed me to witness the depth of thought that is an integral part of who you are and how you address life and your music. You always manage to write music that is immediately likeable, and this was no exception. Clever word pictures interwoven with equally clever intertwined guitar passages to create an end result that is every bit as much mood as it is melody... Indeed, that song is hot! Pat, you leave me at a loss for words. You have a way of saying things that just stop me in my tracks. So I will just say glad you liked it. Thanks, Tom Originally Posted By: PeterF Damn it sure was good. Thanks for listening and commenting. Tom Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker That sounds gooooood!!!! Are there RT's in that? Things I hear tell me no.... but IDK. Nice writing too. Acoustic sounds superb as does the vocals..... and everything else too. That's the level of professionalism in the sound that everyone should aspire to achieve. Thanks Herb. The dreamy guitar real track referenced above is in the choruses and a couple of fill spots. The vast majority is loops. The real tracks can work well with layered loops and I originally had more but I ended up deleting them because it was getting way too busy. Glad you liked it. Tom
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#311599 - 09/24/15 09:18 PM [User Showcase] Re: Damn It Sure Is Hot [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 04/08/11 Posts: 5148 Loc: Akron, Oh eddie1261 Veteran Registered: 04/08/11 Posts: 5148 Loc: Akron, Oh	I really appreciate lyric writing like this. Both literal and symbolic. Nice work. _________________________ Objects in this signature may be closer than they appear.
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#311604 - 09/25/15 02:24 AM [User Showcase] Re: Damn It Sure Is Hot [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 01/28/12 Posts: 3149 Loc: Murgon Queensland Australia Rob4580 Veteran Registered: 01/28/12 Posts: 3149 Loc: Murgon Queensland Australia	Hey Tommy. You are the master my friend. _________________________ https://soundcloud.com/ironbarkbob https://open.spotify.com/artist/6IPuZM4B48Drnd38DEWC7L https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoXdTc0EC_3aaZSqT4dyzug Using Studio One.
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#311605 - 09/25/15 03:48 AM [User Showcase] Re: Damn It Sure Is Hot [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 04/20/10 Posts: 4840 Loc: Florida 90 dB Veteran Registered: 04/20/10 Posts: 4840 Loc: Florida	Love the guitar work Tommy. Regards, Bob _________________________ Dyslectics Untie! https://90dbband.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/90-db https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm_3mpivKYV7T7XFJmXL-GA
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#311606 - 09/25/15 04:12 AM [User Showcase] Re: Damn It Sure Is Hot [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 02/27/07 Posts: 1815 Kemmrich Expert Registered: 02/27/07 Posts: 1815	Dang, I should be using your tune as a reference track for my mixing endeavors! It is magnificently mixed and just sounds great. Wonderful dynamics, just pro from top to bottom. Mighty fine lyrics, too. _________________________ Now at bandcamp: Crows Say Vee-Eh @ bandcamp or soundcloud: Kevin @ soundcloud
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#311615 - 09/25/15 05:49 AM [User Showcase] Re: Damn It Sure Is Hot [Re: 90 dB]
Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3258 Loc: Florida tommyad Veteran Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3258 Loc: Florida	Originally Posted By: c_fogle My favorite from you. Enjoyed this from start to finish. Missed you while you were away from the forum but this is a great comeback song. Charlie Hey Charlie, Glad to be back. Thanks for the nice words. Tom Originally Posted By: eddie1261 I really appreciate lyric writing like this. Both literal and symbolic. Nice work. Eddie, I'm glad you liked the lyrics. I tried to keep it simple. By now everyone should realize we have a big problem with the environment. Thanks, Tom Originally Posted By: Rob4580 Hey Tommy. You are the master my friend. Thanks Rob, I like to think I am the master of my own universe, but sometimes it doesn't work out like that! Thanks, Tom Originally Posted By: 90 dB Love the guitar work Tommy. Regards, Bob Bob, As much as I would like to take credit for all the guitar parts, a lot of it is loops - especially the really cool parts. I just figure whatever gets you there. Thanks, Tom
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#311628 - 09/25/15 08:01 AM [User Showcase] Re: Damn It Sure Is Hot [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 8762 Loc: Florida floyd jane Veteran Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 8762 Loc: Florida	This is one of the best songs I've heard in a LONG time. I'm NOT talking just on the forum. I want this to be on the radio - so I can anxiously wait for the next time it will play. There are a lot of good productions that come through here (the forum). This may be THE best. EVER. The songwriting is perfect. Perfect. I do not say that lightly. "Damn It sure is hot out here it’s hard to take a breath Mother Nature’s warning us I think she’s scared to death This is all we’ve got Damn it sure is hot" Perfect. I wish I had written that. (Truly something I do not say lightly). "My wife says her prayers every night while I just fall asleep Thanks the Lord above us all and prays our souls to keep She’ll put a word in for me since I don’t take the time God please say we’re not too late since we ignored the signs" Ditto. (see above) The opening acoustics are stunning. Did you play that? or parts of that? If loops, where did they come from??? Tasty guitar licks ALL OVER THE PLACE!!! Are any of those loops? or all you? You did not list a RealDrum... when the full kit comes in, what is that? Your best vocal ever! Jimmy Buffett needs this song, but it would be second best (vocal). What a nice ending! The cymbal roll... where did that come from. You need to be pitching this. Again, something I do not say lightly - because it is almost an impossible endeavor these days. But THIS should be on the radio. And you deserve to make a bunch of money from this. A perfectly built production. A perfectly built SONG (lyric AND melody)! A true lesson in "how it is done". (I would LOVE to see a snapshot of your DAW screen!) Tom, take this WOW!!! and blow it up 10 feet tall. floyd _________________________ 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...
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#311629 - 09/25/15 08:05 AM [User Showcase] Re: Damn It Sure Is Hot [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 06/22/12 Posts: 2869 Loc: Karlsruhe, Germany boehm Veteran Registered: 06/22/12 Posts: 2869 Loc: Karlsruhe, Germany	Hi Tommy, great song. Like the lyrics and the performance. Especially the vocals. Very enjoyable listen. Guenter _________________________ http://www.21d.de/ Latest Song: What You Desire
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#311630 - 09/25/15 08:05 AM [User Showcase] Re: Damn It Sure Is Hot [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 02/27/07 Posts: 1815 Kemmrich Expert Registered: 02/27/07 Posts: 1815	OK, I should have written what Floyd did! But, as usual, he uses words to better effect that I do. _________________________ Now at bandcamp: Crows Say Vee-Eh @ bandcamp or soundcloud: Kevin @ soundcloud
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#311658 - 09/25/15 11:48 AM [User Showcase] Re: Damn It Sure Is Hot [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 10/13/14 Posts: 1679 Loc: Cremona-Italy Sergio Guarneri Expert Registered: 10/13/14 Posts: 1679 Loc: Cremona-Italy	Hello, nice song very relaxing. I like the chords you used. Great voice and melody on the base. Hello. Sergio. _________________________ Sergio
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#311661 - 09/25/15 11:55 AM [User Showcase] Re: Damn It Sure Is Hot [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 10/25/08 Posts: 7772 Loc: Winston-Salem, NC Pat Marr Veteran Registered: 10/25/08 Posts: 7772 Loc: Winston-Salem, NC	Quote: You need to be pitching this. Again, something I do not say lightly - because it is almost an impossible endeavor these days. But THIS should be on the radio. And you deserve to make a bunch of money from this. It may be worth mentioning that there are other music markets besides Nashville. Niche markets don't get near the number of submissions as the mainstream places. In the same sense that Josie will probably succeed in marketing all the rhino songs to a rhino conservation group, there are probably a BUNCH of environmental groups who would license a song like this for ads. They might even get behind it and push for air time in order to promote awareness. In short, there is life beyond Nashville. And therein (niche/special interest groups) lies the best chance for people like us to market our songs.
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#311677 - 09/25/15 01:14 PM [User Showcase] Re: Damn It Sure Is Hot [Re: Kemmrich]
Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3258 Loc: Florida tommyad Veteran Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3258 Loc: Florida	Originally Posted By: Kemmrich Dang, I should be using your tune as a reference track for my mixing endeavors! It is magnificently mixed and just sounds great. Wonderful dynamics, just pro from top to bottom. Mighty fine lyrics, too. Most of the credit for the sound should go to the whoever recorded the loops. I am glad you came by and commented Kevin, Tom
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#311679 - 09/25/15 01:17 PM [User Showcase] Re: Damn It Sure Is Hot [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3258 Loc: Florida tommyad Veteran Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3258 Loc: Florida	Originally Posted By: floyd jane This is one of the best songs I've heard in a LONG time. I'm NOT talking just on the forum. I want this to be on the radio - so I can anxiously wait for the next time it will play. There are a lot of good productions that come through here (the forum). This may be THE best. EVER. The songwriting is perfect. Perfect. I do not say that lightly. "Damn It sure is hot out here it’s hard to take a breath Mother Nature’s warning us I think she’s scared to death This is all we’ve got Damn it sure is hot" Perfect. I wish I had written that. (Truly something I do not say lightly). "My wife says her prayers every night while I just fall asleep Thanks the Lord above us all and prays our souls to keep She’ll put a word in for me since I don’t take the time God please say we’re not too late since we ignored the signs" Ditto. (see above) The opening acoustics are stunning. Did you play that? or parts of that? If loops, where did they come from??? Tasty guitar licks ALL OVER THE PLACE!!! Are any of those loops? or all you? You did not list a RealDrum... when the full kit comes in, what is that? Your best vocal ever! Jimmy Buffett needs this song, but it would be second best (vocal). What a nice ending! The cymbal roll... where did that come from. You need to be pitching this. Again, something I do not say lightly - because it is almost an impossible endeavor these days. But THIS should be on the radio. And you deserve to make a bunch of money from this. A perfectly built production. A perfectly built SONG (lyric AND melody)! A true lesson in "how it is done". (I would LOVE to see a snapshot of your DAW screen!) Tom, take this WOW!!! and blow it up 10 feet tall. floyd First of all, I want to make this perfectly clear. The majority of this is a full band loop that was sliced, diced and spliced to make an arrangement. All the really cool stuff was already there. All I did was add some guitar parts and I used the dreamy guitar Brent real track in the choruses. The acoustics are Apple loops and I used a stereo spread so they kind of phase back and forth across the field. The drums are part of the full band loop. I thought the vocal was a bit pitchy in spots but as I have said many times before my vocal chops are limited. Because the loops were so well recorded a lot of the hard stuff was already taken care of. That’s the beauty of loops and Real Tracks. All we have to do is work up a viable arrangement then put the final touches in the mix. Thanks for the over the top comments about the write. It can’t be much more simple than that. Again I really want to stress that the chorus was a full band loop that only required being dropped in the right spot. The loops were put together in Garageband and then exported as one stereo track to Logic where everything else was done. Thank you for taking the time to write this best ever review. Tom
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#311693 - 09/25/15 04:07 PM [User Showcase] Re: Damn It Sure Is Hot [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 10/31/08 Posts: 16709 Loc: Australia Noel96 Veteran Registered: 10/31/08 Posts: 16709 Loc: Australia	Hey Tom, Like you, I've been absent from the forum for a bit. To come back to this, wow! After reading what you've written above in reply to floyd, I'm amazed at what loops can do in the hands of competence. As everyone (without exception) before me has said, this is fantastic. Songwriting and song-presentation doesn't get any better than this anywhere. Such talent is obviously not a surname thing. How I wish it were All the best, Noel latest re-visited BIAB arrangement: Road With New Horizons _________________________ LINKS TO MY BIAB/RB SONGS audios on Soundcloud videos on VIMEO
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#311697 - 09/25/15 04:47 PM [User Showcase] Re: Damn It Sure Is Hot [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 07/15/12 Posts: 1728 gruverider Expert Registered: 07/15/12 Posts: 1728	Wow! just wow. This is a great song! The lyrics are flawless, tight, work on more than one level! Wonderful and your vocals are perfect for this style and melodic cadence
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