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The Rule (co-write w/ 44kfl) #484589 08/04/18 02:21 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 11,831 Florida floyd jane OP Veteran
OP floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 11,831 Florida	A co-write with Kenny Leverett (44kfl). This was originally done as a "Eagles type Country Rock" song using the melody that Kenny wrote. Kenny sang it and did the instrumentation and mixing, etc. It was called "Exception To The Rule". When I considered doing a recording of it, I was a bit tired of doing that style of song... (I had done a bunch of them). I re-envisioned it as a moody Rock kind of thing. (A "reversal of roles" for the two of us....) I wrote a new melody and did a completely different style production (which Kenny was okay with). Since they are really different songs, I renamed it as well to keep them separate. This has been sitting around for a couple of years. I decided to post it yesterday - to see if it might bring Kenny "out of the woodwork". He had sort of disappeared on us - and I, for one, missed hearing his cool brand of music. And, out of the blue... there he was with a new post!! I thought about putting this back on the shelf for a while, but figured...it must be a sign... THE RULE from a spark to a flame when you whispered my name but times, i've been burned by blue eyed cool smoky barroom vignettes nothing but regrets there's always an exception to the rule been stood up, knocked down my heart's been dragged around girls like you playing me for a fool are you just in it for the fun or could you be the one could you be the exception to the rule you've been slowly breaking my resistance with that sweet intoxicating southern drawl pretty soon there'll be no safe distance should i walk away before i have to crawl so what's it gonna be settle in or set me free are you playing for keeps or playing dirty pool one last kiss; one last dance or should we take the bigger chance there's always an exception to the rule you've been slowly breaking my resistance with that sweet intoxicating southern drawl pretty soon there'll be no safe distance should i walk away before i have to crawl slowly breaking my resistance that sweet intoxicating southern drawl soon there'll be no safe distance should i walk away before i have to crawl The BAND: Style is _POPBRIT.STY (PopBrit 2 Guitars (120 RS)) RealTracks in style: ~388:Bass, Electric, Metal Ev 120 RealTracks in style: 645:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PopRockBritEdgy Ev 120 RealTracks in style: 648:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PopRockBritHeavy Ev 120 RealTracks in song: 698:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm ElecRockDirty Ev 120 (A:muted) RealTracks in song: 633:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PopAmericanMuted Ev 120 (A:sync) RealTracks in song: 1722:Guitar, Electric, Soloist TexasBluesRockStraightSol Ev 120 RealDrums in style: RockHardModernEv8^1-a:Snare, HiHat , b:4 beat Snare, HiHat Loop - BIAB Cowbell Hope you enjoy it. Kenny - welcome back, man! floyd 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: The Rule (co-write w/ 44kfl) floyd jane #484598 08/04/18 04:32 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 7,969 North Carolina David Snyder Veteran
David Snyder Veteran Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 7,969 North Carolina	Minus the electric solo, I could totally here R.E.M. doing this. (Not that I mind the solo, mind you.) There is some really sweet jangle rock going on here. Floyd, I have decided you are really a rocker just pretending to be the sensitive guy. Great collab guys. David Snyder Songwriter/Renaissance Man Studio + Fingers https://davidsnydersongs.com/ https://spoti.fi/359Gigs www.davidsnydermusic.com/ www.reverbnation.com/davidpsnyder www.soundcloud.com/davidsnyderchannel https://www.songtradr.com/user/profile/david.snyder

Re: The Rule (co-write w/ 44kfl) floyd jane #484600 08/04/18 05:02 AM User Showcase
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 5,232 Ontario, Canada BlueAttitude Veteran
BlueAttitude Veteran Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 5,232 Ontario, Canada	Yeah, I love this! I like it when you let your inner rock star out, Floyd! You have a good voice for this type of material IMHO. Lots of good things happening in the production, the holds in the chorus for example. Lead guitar sounds "right" to me, fits the song perfectly. Nice collaboration you two! Dave Blue Attitude Website Blue Attitude YouTube channel

Re: The Rule (co-write w/ 44kfl) floyd jane #484601 08/04/18 05:11 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 3,312 York, England ROG Veteran
ROG Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 3,312 York, England	Hi Floyd, Well, I know I've said it before, but I DO like your heavier side. And I know you're a Country Boy at heart, but you do full-on rock like this SO well. Hats off to Kenny as well though, for writing a nice dark chord sequence for you to mess around with. Sounds good LOUD, sounds good on the speakers, sounds good in the 'phones, so must be good. I'm not even gonna ask for the solo to be louder - hey, just pleased to hear a solo like that in one of your productions. Can we have so more of this stuff, please? ROG. Free online guitar lessons. Cours de guitare gratuit en ligne.

Re: The Rule (co-write w/ 44kfl) floyd jane #484605 08/04/18 06:26 AM User Showcase
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 6,861 Sacramento, California dcuny Veteran
dcuny Veteran Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 6,861 Sacramento, California	Great write, well sung, excellent rocking mix. In my phones, everything is sitting in it's own space nicely - especially the "heavy" drums. I particularly liked the "intoxicating Southern drawl" line. I was betting on you rhyming it with "...gonna fall". So much for my powers of prediction! I enjoyed that song a lot! -- David Cuny My virtual singer development blog Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?

Re: The Rule (co-write w/ 44kfl) floyd jane #484607 08/04/18 06:50 AM User Showcase
Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 2,360 Middletown, PA. 44kfl Veteran
44kfl Veteran Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 2,360 Middletown, PA.	Awesome! Sounds dangerous Sol soloist never sounded better to me, I always seem to audition him and then go with Brent on everything when using a soloist. My version was just a straight ahead Dwight Yoakam country-rock jukebox barroom romp in an E major or G major (can't remember which). This sounds minor-key dark and more complex, super catchy like something I wish I'd written. Great vocal and super mix you elevated this song!

Re: The Rule (co-write w/ 44kfl) floyd jane #484621 08/04/18 07:58 AM User Showcase
Joined: May 2012 Posts: 2,910 South Africa JoanneCooper Veteran
JoanneCooper Veteran Joined: May 2012 Posts: 2,910 South Africa	What a nice back story Floyd. Glad you resurrected this one. Welcome back Kenny. LyricLab A.I assisted chords and lyric app. Export lyrics and import directly into Band-in-a-Box 2024. https://lyriclab.net Play-along with songs you know and love, download SGU files https://playiit.com/

Re: The Rule (co-write w/ 44kfl) floyd jane #484625 08/04/18 08:53 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 7,639 Edmonton, Ab, Canada Scott C Veteran
Scott C Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 7,639 Edmonton, Ab, Canada	What a cool collaboration Floyd and Kenny. Awesome rocker. Super lyric, vocals and harmonies. Guitar was just smokin….Well done Scott Collingwood https://soundcloud.com/scottt709 https://soundcloud.com/spiritlevel-ca https://www.youtube.com/@SpiritLevel-ge3hm/

Re: The Rule (co-write w/ 44kfl) floyd jane #484628 08/04/18 09:17 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 7,560 Originally Missouri ... Now Al... Al-David Veteran
Al-David Veteran Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 7,560 Originally Missouri ... Now Al...	nice you gave it a new breath of air! A little dark rock with some attitude. I don't normally listen to much of this but this was pretty danged cool. Loved it1 I like Floyd's harder side . a new look at our our friend! Nice! Alan BIAB 2024 Ultra Plus-all StylePaksWin1116GB DDR5Rhyzen 9745xAT 2035 MicPeavey Nashville 112 AmpIbanez ART120* Acoustic/Electric/Washburn D200S Acoustic*Stromberg Monterey Jazz Guitar Loops: https://aldavidmusic.wixsite.com/bestmusicloops

Re: The Rule (co-write w/ 44kfl) floyd jane #484632 08/04/18 11:54 AM User Showcase
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 4,048 The Netherlands RnAM Veteran
RnAM Veteran Joined: May 2014 Posts: 4,048 The Netherlands	Floyd, We've said it before, apart from being a good country singer, you really are a very good rocker! Please go on making this kind of songs. The mix is excellent. This is a great rock song, which is very catchy too! Really good job from both of you! Rob and Anne-Marie We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1gsdNLE7_Gy8qavoOplQow/videos http://rnam.net/

Re: The Rule (co-write w/ 44kfl) floyd jane #484653 08/04/18 01:04 PM User Showcase
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,664 Joe -PG Music PG Music Staff
Joe -PG Music PG Music Staff Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,664	Hi floyd, I enjoyed this! I really enjoyed the overall tone of this. Fantastic choice of instrumentation, and great work on the guitars they sound very crunchy! Great use of EFX. Thanks for sharing! Cheers, Joe

Re: The Rule (co-write w/ 44kfl) floyd jane #484676 08/04/18 05:51 PM User Showcase
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 19,054 Australia Noel96 Veteran
Noel96 Veteran Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 19,054 Australia	Floyd, As mentioned a couple of years ago, you and Kenny have done a really great job in writing this song. "Burned by blue-eyed cool" is still a standout line! The current version, though, takes the previous version in a whole new direction. What stood out to me most was how you've taken what was an AABA format and while you've kept the AABA presentation, you've modified the format so that it finishes with repeated B-sections. That really intrigued me. Normally to end an AABA song using the B section does not work effectively. But that was not the case here. Moreover, these days, the only way that a song usually ends with a B-section is if that B-section is a chorus. In this song of yours and Kenny's, though, the B-section did not sound like a chorus at all to me. The more I thought about it, the more I came to see that your approach to format reminded me of a jazz technique I've come across a few times recently. There are a number of songs from the 40s/50s that use ABAB where B is definitely neither a chorus nor a bridge but just another musical section. One that springs to mind is Loesser's "If I Were A Bell" from 'Guys and Dolls'. The first appearance of the B-section starts with Jean Simmons singing "From the moment we kissed tonight..." and ends with "If I were a banner I'd wave." In the following repetition of the A- and B-sections, the B-section ends the the sequence at that point with a slight variation of the original B-section. In all honesty, I found it very refreshing to hear "The Rule". You and Kenny have given me a great deal to ponder! Impressive work! All the best, Noel P.S. Also, as always, I was left thinking... "How does floyd manage to produce such a spectacular sound!" MY SONGS... Audiophile BIAB 2024 audios on Soundcloud

Re: The Rule (co-write w/ 44kfl) floyd jane #484681 08/04/18 09:07 PM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 6,407 Cooran Queensland Australia rayc Veteran
rayc Veteran Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 6,407 Cooran Queensland Australia	It rocks, really rocks. You do this sort of thing oh so well. Cheers rayc "What's so funny about peace, love & understanding?" - N.Lowe

Re: The Rule (co-write w/ 44kfl) BlueAttitude #484721 08/05/18 08:10 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 11,831 Florida floyd jane OP Veteran
OP floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 11,831 Florida	Originally Posted By: David Snyder Minus the electric solo, I could totally here R.E.M. doing this. (Not that I mind the solo, mind you.) There is some really sweet jangle rock going on here. Floyd, I have decided you are really a rocker just pretending to be the sensitive guy. Great collab guys. Yeah, I decided to ditch the "sensitive guy" label... shopping for a leather vest and Harley... arrrrgh... Originally Posted By: BlueAttitude Yeah, I love this! I like it when you let your inner rock star out, Floyd! You have a good voice for this type of material IMHO. Lots of good things happening in the production, the holds in the chorus for example. Lead guitar sounds "right" to me, fits the song perfectly. Nice collaboration you two! Thanks, Dave!! BTW - those holds in the chorus are the Medium Rock Brent soloist 120 RT doing holds - that RT does great holds - big, explosive and smooth, hitting just the way they need to for that sound... 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: The Rule (co-write w/ 44kfl) floyd jane #484726 08/05/18 08:35 AM User Showcase
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 3,843 Finland jannesan Veteran
jannesan Veteran Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 3,843 Finland	Really great rocker with catchy 'big drum' chorus - I like the minor chord approach. Nice lyrics. Vocals, arrangement and mix are excellent. The solo guitar fits like a glove. Janne Hear My Music: Soundcloud YouTube

Re: The Rule (co-write w/ 44kfl) floyd jane #484734 08/05/18 08:56 AM User Showcase
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 5,063 Nashville, TN Sundance Veteran
Sundance Veteran Joined: May 2008 Posts: 5,063 Nashville, TN	+1 to all the accolades! FJ and Kenny - Great collab! Sounds terrific! Youtube Channel Soundcloud

Re: The Rule (co-write w/ 44kfl) floyd jane #484768 08/05/18 04:51 PM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,576 Sydney Australia PeterF Veteran
PeterF Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,576 Sydney Australia	floyd / Kenny Excellent work - all the accolades deserved. Great mix and a huge sound. Great work all round. Peter

Re: The Rule (co-write w/ 44kfl) floyd jane #484831 08/06/18 07:45 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 783 Alabama cliftond Journeyman
cliftond Journeyman Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 783 Alabama	Good solid song. Well written, performed and mixed. Enjoyed it Floyd!!! Cliff

Re: The Rule (co-write w/ 44kfl) ROG #484853 08/06/18 11:35 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 11,831 Florida floyd jane OP Veteran
OP floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 11,831 Florida	Originally Posted By: ROG Hi Floyd, Well, I know I've said it before, but I DO like your heavier side. And I know you're a Country Boy at heart, but you do full-on rock like this SO well. Hats off to Kenny as well though, for writing a nice dark chord sequence for you to mess around with. Sounds good LOUD, sounds good on the speakers, sounds good in the 'phones, so must be good. I'm not even gonna ask for the solo to be louder - hey, just pleased to hear a solo like that in one of your productions. Can we have so more of this stuff, please? ROG. Thanks, ROG - you are giving me more confidence about doing Rock numbers - I sometimes think "they aren't my thing"... 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: The Rule (co-write w/ 44kfl) floyd jane #484863 08/06/18 01:53 PM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 6,952 Davis, CA G Greg Johnson Veteran
Greg Johnson Veteran G Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 6,952 Davis, CA	Two of my favorite writers (on or off the forum)!!! I knew it would be great, and IT IS!! I can hear both of you in the song. Clever, interesting lyric with some great lines, including pretty soon there'll be no safe distance should i walk away before i have to crawl Just right! The melody is perfect at blending the excitement mixed with apprehension of the relationship. The production/vocals are tops, and the guitar solo is perfect for the song. Certainly one of the forum A-teams! Great, great stuff guys!! Take care. Greg

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