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#333606 - 01/27/16 09:34 AM [User Showcase] Drifter
Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3477 Loc: Florida tommyad Veteran Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3477 Loc: Florida	Had my love of travel not been overtaken by my love of family, I may have ended up this guy. As always comments/suggestions appreciated. Tom http://tommyadamsmusic.com/music http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=13306048 RealTracks in song: 1946:Mandolin, Rhythm ModernCountrySync Ev16 100 RealTracks in song: ~599:Mandolin, Rhythm Bluegrass Doc Ev 100 RealTracks in song: 590:Banjo, Bluegrass Doc Ev 100 (Rhythm - Simple) RealTracks in song: 1510:Pedal Steel, Soloist, CountryWorkinPaul Ev16 090 RealTracks in song: 603:Pedal Steel, Background Train Ev 130 Royalty Free Loops, Multitrack Instrument and Song Files and Multitrack Drums from Drums on Demand and Bass on Demand Vocals ,Telecaster and Acoustic Guitar: Tom Adams Recorded in Logic Pro x Alloy2, Nectar2 Mastered with Ozone6 Drifter left my apartment and put everything in storage headed east the sun came up and turned the whole world orange a desert sunrise beats all i’ve ever seen a forgotten postcard from my childhood dreams Another day goin nowhere time to hit the road where im headed God only knows I’ve just kind of wandered down these streets of mine if i said i had a plan good bet that i was lying theres no excuses left I'm running low on hope I pick up and pack up then I start to roll Another day goin nowhere time to hit the road where im headed God only knows I’m a drifter spending all my time out on the highway trying to find a way to do it my way this is all the life I ever knew I’m a drifter moving toward a random destination searching for a sign of my salvation But What the hell I’m only passing through i am like a leaf floating free up in the sky I don’t have to be afraid when I lay down at night Another town is calling which way will I turn Down the road to better days or the ones where I get burned Another day goin nowhere time to hit the road where im headed God only knows I’m a drifter spending all my time out on the highway trying to find a way to do it my way this is all the life I ever knew I’m a drifter moving toward a random destination searching for a sign of my salvation But What the hell I’m only passing through ©2015 Thomas Adams
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#333611 - 01/27/16 09:47 AM [User Showcase] Re: Drifter [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 08/25/03 Posts: 3078 Loc: wales gibson Veteran Registered: 08/25/03 Posts: 3078 Loc: wales	Tom, Beautiful intro, guitar, vocals, mix, I wish I could write songs even a millionth as good as this And was it that long? seemed to go by so quickly so an instant replay was necessary. excellent Alyn _________________________ My showcase songs My story
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#333612 - 01/27/16 09:52 AM [User Showcase] Re: Drifter [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 12/12/11 Posts: 3275 Loc: York, England ROG Veteran Registered: 12/12/11 Posts: 3275 Loc: York, England	Hi Tom. A super piece of country rock which hits the ground at a gallop. Sounds great LOUD, but I think I think this one really needs to be played in the truck on the interstate. Great track. Loved the whole thing. ROG. _________________________ Free online guitar lessons. Cours de guitare gratuit en ligne.
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#333614 - 01/27/16 10:09 AM [User Showcase] Re: Drifter [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 08/04/10 Posts: 2096 Loc: Midwest HearToLearn Veteran Registered: 08/04/10 Posts: 2096 Loc: Midwest	Dang! That's was REALLY cool! I really like how you build your songs! Everything works so well. I can tell you pay attention, because it shows up in your songs! May I ask what you put the loops in to use them? _________________________ C.Aaron Madison I often get asked how to pronounce my name. "Ma-Duh-Sn" J/K As people have left the "." out so many times, "Caaron" has become the norm of it. Still said as the "." was there though.
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#333621 - 01/27/16 10:31 AM [User Showcase] Re: Drifter [Re: HearToLearn]
Registered: 12/10/03 Posts: 8892 Loc: Oklahoma, USA Don Gaynor Veteran Registered: 12/10/03 Posts: 8892 Loc: Oklahoma, USA	Tommy, Always loved your great guitar work. This is definitely another keeper. Thanks for posting. Don _________________________ Donny SoundClick: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=1209254&content=music SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/donald-gaynor BIAB 2021 w/current updates.
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#333632 - 01/27/16 11:15 AM [User Showcase] Re: Drifter [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 12/06/03 Posts: 4354 Loc: Sydney Australia PeterF Veteran Registered: 12/06/03 Posts: 4354 Loc: Sydney Australia	Tom Great chorus loved the harmony. Guitars were superb. Brilliant song.
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#333654 - 01/27/16 01:35 PM [User Showcase] Re: Drifter [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 04/03/09 Posts: 7792 Guitarhacker Veteran Registered: 04/03/09 Posts: 7792	I love it!! That's my kind of country rock.... well written, and some really nice playing and good parts.... some hot fills in there.... especially in that chorus. Your voice fits this nicely. I'd pull the high harmony on the chorus back a few dB .... nothing major.... harmony sounded good. Nice lyric crafting as well. Quote: Had my love of travel not been overtaken by my love of family, I may have ended up this guy. You and me both... Edited by Guitarhacker (01/27/16 01:42 PM) _________________________ 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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#333662 - 01/27/16 02:51 PM [User Showcase] Re: Drifter [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 08/09/10 Posts: 4892 Loc: New York rsdean Veteran Registered: 08/09/10 Posts: 4892 Loc: New York	Tom, I really like this one - sounds like an undiscovered Waylon Jennings track. Excellent! Bob
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#333669 - 01/27/16 03:42 PM [User Showcase] Re: Drifter [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 04/07/13 Posts: 6464 Loc: South Carolina Charlie Fogle Veteran Registered: 04/07/13 Posts: 6464 Loc: South Carolina	This one has all the good stuff that a good song needs. Top notch across the board. Here on the forum, we're lucky your choice was family over drifting. _________________________ BIAB Ultra Pak+ 2021:RB 2021, 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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#333707 - 01/27/16 08:46 PM [User Showcase] Re: Drifter [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 05/16/15 Posts: 532 Loc: Chattanooga, TN SRP Journeyman Registered: 05/16/15 Posts: 532 Loc: Chattanooga, TN	Another super song Tom! You can sure crank them out and they are all hits! I sure like way you play the Telecaster and I have to say that you are a very talented musician. As always your overall production is always the best. Great job! Sonny
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#333758 - 01/28/16 06:45 AM [User Showcase] Re: Drifter [Re: Don Gaynor]
Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3477 Loc: Florida tommyad Veteran Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3477 Loc: Florida	Originally Posted By: gibson Tom, Beautiful intro, guitar, vocals, mix, I wish I could write songs even a millionth as good as this And was it that long? seemed to go by so quickly so an instant replay was necessary. excellent Alyn Alyn, Thanks so much for the fine compliments! Tom Originally Posted By: ROG Hi Tom. A super piece of country rock which hits the ground at a gallop. Sounds great LOUD, but I think I think this one really needs to be played in the truck on the interstate. Great track. Loved the whole thing. ROG. ROG, Actually it does sound better on the interstate. Thanks Professor. Tom Originally Posted By: HearToLearn Dang! That's was REALLY cool! I really like how you build your songs! Everything works so well. I can tell you pay attention, because it shows up in your songs! May I ask what you put the loops in to use them? Caaron, Thanks for the nice words. I usually drop the loops into Garageband and build them from there then export to Logic Pro X for mixing with Real Tracks and Live Tracks. Tom Originally Posted By: Don Gaynor Tommy, Always loved your great guitar work. This is definitely another keeper. Thanks for posting. Don Hey Don, Thanks for coming by and giving it a spin. I appreciate it. Tom
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#333760 - 01/28/16 07:14 AM [User Showcase] Re: Drifter [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 06/22/12 Posts: 2873 Loc: Karlsruhe, Germany boehm Veteran Registered: 06/22/12 Posts: 2873 Loc: Karlsruhe, Germany	Hi Tommy, you know I love your vocals and harmonies. Together with the guitars and the rest of the arrangement this makes a great song. Enjoyed listening several times. Guenter _________________________ http://www.21d.de/ Latest Song: What You Desire
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#333785 - 01/28/16 10:27 AM [User Showcase] Re: Drifter [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 04/20/08 Posts: 1122 Loc: Arizona toucher Expert Registered: 04/20/08 Posts: 1122 Loc: Arizona	All I can say is Wow.......this is what we should be hearing on the radio. Love the storage and orange almost rhyme.....lol everything is top notch.. Rob _________________________ Dang....This is addicting. http://www.reverbnation.com/roberttrippmusic
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#333808 - 01/28/16 01:33 PM [User Showcase] Re: Drifter [Re: Guitarhacker]
Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3477 Loc: Florida tommyad Veteran Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3477 Loc: Florida	Originally Posted By: PeterF Tom Great chorus loved the harmony. Guitars were superb. Brilliant song. Peter, Thanks for the very generous review. Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker I love it!! That's my kind of country rock.... well written, and some really nice playing and good parts.... some hot fills in there.... especially in that chorus. Your voice fits this nicely. I'd pull the high harmony on the chorus back a few dB .... nothing major.... harmony sounded good. Nice lyric crafting as well. Quote: Had my love of travel not been overtaken by my love of family, I may have ended up this guy. You and me both... Herb, Thanks. I think I've heard you play a very similar guitar lick before. I agree the high vocal ( which actually is the lead ) is a bit too loud. I intentionally made it louder than the lower harmony, but I may have overdone it. I'm not sure I can fix it. I bought a new computer and have been having problems moving things from one computer to the other. I was running so many plug-ins and so many tracks that the audio engine and the hard disk couldn't keep up and kept shutting down. Now I have moved the plug ins over to the new machine and many will only run on one machine at a time. Therefore cutting the volume on that one vocal track could turn out to be more than I want to tackle. Thanks for the fine review. Tom
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#333812 - 01/28/16 01:45 PM [User Showcase] Re: Drifter [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 12/21/13 Posts: 6327 Loc: Davis, CA Greg Johnson Veteran Registered: 12/21/13 Posts: 6327 Loc: Davis, CA	ft my apartment and put everything in storage headed east the sun came up and turned the whole world orange Awesome intro line!! "storage" and "orange"-so clever but not a bit of a forced feeling. The song just grabs you from the first note, and that tele is SWEEEEET! Songs can be fun, or substantive, and in the case of a truly gifted writer (one Tommyad), they can be both. If there's anything wrong with this, I don't know what it is. You are writing some killer Tom!!! Take care. Greg
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#333814 - 01/28/16 01:50 PM [User Showcase] Re: Drifter [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 12/05/11 Posts: 10743 Loc: GA USA Janice & Bud Veteran Registered: 12/05/11 Posts: 10743 Loc: GA USA	"left my apartment and put everything in storage headed east the sun came up and turned the whole world orange a desert sunrise beats all i’ve ever seen a forgotten postcard from my childhood dreams" Sheeeesh!! What a setup for a great song. Bam, right in the face...great lines and rhymes. "I’m a drifter moving toward a random destination searching for a sign of my salvation But What the hell I’m only passing through " Janice laser beamed right in on these three lines. They are STRONG! And they have a lot of company. Powerful write with a ton of wonderful imagery. And then...yeah...there are cool vocals, super pickin' and a high bar Tom Adams production to wrap it all up in. I'm an ole phart and I've heard a helluva lot of "heading out on the road" songs but this one is top of the chart. J&B "storage" and "orange" --- why can't I dream up that stuff? _________________________ J&B Soundcloud J&B YouTube J&B Website
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#333895 - 01/29/16 04:59 AM [User Showcase] Re: Drifter [Re: SRP]
Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3477 Loc: Florida tommyad Veteran Registered: 05/22/11 Posts: 3477 Loc: Florida	Originally Posted By: rsdean Tom, I really like this one - sounds like an undiscovered Waylon Jennings track. Excellent! Bob Thanks Bob. Waylon never crossed my mind, but I appreciate the comparison. Tom Originally Posted By: Charlie Fogle This one has all the good stuff that a good song needs. Top notch across the board. Here on the forum, we're lucky your choice was family over drifting. Thank you Charlie for your ongoing support. It means a lot to me. Tom Originally Posted By: SRP Another super song Tom! You can sure crank them out and they are all hits! I sure like way you play the Telecaster and I have to say that you are a very talented musician. As always your overall production is always the best. Great job! Sonny Sonny, I'm glad you're liking my songs. I think your production skills are way up there. Tom
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#333896 - 01/29/16 05:10 AM [User Showcase] Re: Drifter [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 04/20/10 Posts: 5016 Loc: Florida 90 dB Veteran Registered: 04/20/10 Posts: 5016 Loc: Florida	Another nice one Tommy. Loved the guitar fills (and the tambo). Lots of work in this one. Really enjoyed it. 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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#333928 - 01/29/16 10:40 AM [User Showcase] Re: Drifter [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 9501 Loc: Florida floyd jane Veteran Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 9501 Loc: Florida	Tom, Another excellent write. Another excellent production. Terrific melody - very catchy. Terrific imagery and phrases... not easy to make this subject sound "fresh" - but you did... Those drums sure sound good. Your guitar work on this is super. Great mix. You are a pro. I am a fan. floyd _________________________ 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...
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#333932 - 01/29/16 11:15 AM [User Showcase] Re: Drifter [Re: tommyad]
Registered: 10/13/14 Posts: 1679 Loc: Cremona-Italy Sergio Guarneri Expert Registered: 10/13/14 Posts: 1679 Loc: Cremona-Italy	Very power country. I like all of this one. Excellent real tracks. Sergio _________________________ Sergio
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