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#531889 - 04/07/19 01:49 PM [User Showcase] Working On My Broken Heart
Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 9495 Loc: Florida floyd jane Veteran Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 9495 Loc: Florida	A co-write with Michael LeBlanc. Mike is an excellent lyricist. I've written a couple dozen songs with him. He allows me free-reign to change what I choose to (seems to trust me). Many of them, I will modify only small parts of the lyric - he has a good sense of lyric writing. For this one, it ended up about half and half. It had good bones. I do the melody, music & production. It's a good "partnership". (Mike is actually a BIAB user, but has never posted here) WORKING ON MY BROKEN HEART maybe some nails and a hammer or paperclips and glue i'm trying my best to remember but i aint got a clue need to think this through so i can make a start gotta get busy working on my broken heart i might try a little whiskey though it hasn't worked before or something else just as risky like that blond standing by the door just give me some time to figure out all these parts i'll think of something working on my broken heart working on my broken heart trying to find that spark how do you gather something so shattered like some puzzle in the dark i'm doing my best working on my broken heart might be a piece missing here or there but i think i can make it work it needs to feel like somebody cares to find its way out of this hurt might have a chance if i can catch this thing off guard at least it's a plan working on my broken heart working on my broken heart trying to find that spark how do you gather something so shattered like some puzzle in the dark i'm doing my best working on my broken heart i'm doing my best working on my broken heart ©2018 Michael LeBlanc and floyd jane Words and music. All rights reserved. The BAND: RealTracks in song: ~700:Bass, Electric, PopHalfNotesPush Ev 085 MIDI SuperTracks in song: 2999:Piano, Rhythm CountryFolk8thsMike Ev 085 RealTracks in style: 1945:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm GroovinFolk Ev 085 RealTracks in song: 2916:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm CountryFolk8thsBrent Ev 085 RealTracks in song: 2883:Pedal Steel, Background CountryEddy12-key Ev 085 MIDI SuperTracks in song: 2999:Piano, Rhythm CountryFolk8thsMike Ev 085 RealDrums in Song: BluesRockSlowEv^1-a:SideStick , b:Snare Extra Special Sweet Harmony - Janice Merritt - my "musical sis". (thanks to Bud Merrit for recording and processing the harmony track). Comments welcome. Have at it. fj _________________________ 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...
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#531891 - 04/07/19 01:52 PM [User Showcase] Re: Working On My Broken Heart [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 11/19/12 Posts: 2360 Loc: Middletown, PA. 44kfl Veteran Registered: 11/19/12 Posts: 2360 Loc: Middletown, PA.	Well happy Sunday evening, this fits the mood here perfectly solid write, very nice harmonies super co-write the recording quality is excellent awesome man, Kenny
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#531895 - 04/07/19 02:47 PM [User Showcase] Re: Working On My Broken Heart [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 08/09/10 Posts: 4887 Loc: New York rsdean Veteran Registered: 08/09/10 Posts: 4887 Loc: New York	Floyd, This is absolutely beautiful... Your vocal is great and the harmony with Janice is stunning - radio ready for sure. The production is just stellar - every part of this song sounds amazing. "i might try a little whiskey though it hasn't worked before or something else just as risky like that blond standing by the door" Wow! Some tremendous lines... Loved it all! Bob
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#531911 - 04/07/19 04:18 PM [User Showcase] Re: Working On My Broken Heart [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 04/23/18 Posts: 1067 Loc: Mill Valley, California USA Deej56 Expert Registered: 04/23/18 Posts: 1067 Loc: Mill Valley, California USA	Floyd and Mike, A well-written, well-constructed, well-performed and well-produced tune . . . and it goes to show that music is more than the sum of its parts . . . because add those all up and they don’t tell just how a terrific a song this is. Very sweet listen! All the best, Deej
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#531922 - 04/07/19 05:53 PM [User Showcase] Re: Working On My Broken Heart [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 03/07/18 Posts: 2978 Rustyspoon# Veteran Registered: 03/07/18 Posts: 2978	FJ and crew, Congrats on nice addition! Beautiful & easy to follow. Everything is top notch! Very strong lyrics. I know it is sad song....but whiskey verse made me smile. P.S. FJ since you have comments "turned on"... I think it would be interesting if Janice sung one of the choruses (or verses) solo and then the last one you and Janice in duet. Future idea ? Thank you for sharing! Misha.
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#531928 - 04/07/19 06:19 PM [User Showcase] Re: Working On My Broken Heart [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 12/06/03 Posts: 4350 Loc: Sydney Australia PeterF Veteran Registered: 12/06/03 Posts: 4350 Loc: Sydney Australia	floyd Lovely song production and performance. Everything works as it should, and sounds great. Beautiful harmony by Janice and a great lead vocal. Top notch all the way. Peter
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#531929 - 04/07/19 06:20 PM [User Showcase] Re: Working On My Broken Heart [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 12/29/12 Posts: 5532 Loc: Originally Missouri ... Now Al... Al-David Veteran Registered: 12/29/12 Posts: 5532 Loc: Originally Missouri ... Now Al...	Hello Floyd ... I know Mike from a different music site ... you probably know which one I'm referring to. I'll soon be active over there again. And you're right ... he writes an excellent melody. Like you, he's a word magician. You two remind me a bit of Bill Osofsky with your word magic - or maybe it's the other way around. Three of the best writers over there. This is very, very good. I should say ... excellent. The music you chose is perfect prosidy for the lyric. You are talnted in so many ways. Another wonderful creation - totally enjoyed everything about it. Alan _________________________ BIAB 2018 Ultra Plus-all StylePaksWin108GB DDR4I5-6th GenAT 2035 MicPeavey Nashville 112 AmpIbanez ART120 Electric/Washburn D200S Acoustic*Stromberg Monterey Jazz Guitar Loops: https://aldavidmusic.wixsite.com/bestmusicloops
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#531944 - 04/07/19 08:09 PM [User Showcase] Re: Working On My Broken Heart [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 09/09/17 Posts: 723 Loc: Virginia Belladonna Journeyman Registered: 09/09/17 Posts: 723 Loc: Virginia	Nice co-write. Reminds me of "traditional country".
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#531952 - 04/07/19 11:42 PM [User Showcase] Re: Working On My Broken Heart [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 01/28/12 Posts: 3345 Loc: Murgon Queensland Australia Rob4580 Veteran Registered: 01/28/12 Posts: 3345 Loc: Murgon Queensland Australia	As always this is well produced. The lyrics fit very well in the melody. I'm a sucker for a good harmony and this is no exception. Well done to you both. Rob _________________________ https://soundcloud.com/ironbarkbob https://open.spotify.com/artist/6IPuZM4B48Drnd38DEWC7L https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoXdTc0EC_3aaZSqT4dyzug Using Studio One.
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#531983 - 04/08/19 06:05 AM [User Showcase] Re: Working On My Broken Heart [Re: rsdean]
Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 9495 Loc: Florida floyd jane Veteran Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 9495 Loc: Florida	Originally Posted By: 44kfl Well happy Sunday evening, this fits the mood here perfectly solid write, very nice harmonies super co-write the recording quality is excellent awesome man, Kenny Thanks, Kenny! Originally Posted By: rsdean Floyd, This is absolutely beautiful... Your vocal is great and the harmony with Janice is stunning - radio ready for sure. The production is just stellar - every part of this song sounds amazing. "i might try a little whiskey though it hasn't worked before or something else just as risky like that blond standing by the door" Wow! Some tremendous lines... Loved it all! Bob Bob - Thanks! I'm fond of those lines...and they are a good "look into this co-write"... Mike had a verse that used the whiskey/risky rhyme, but it was a "downer" feel-sorry-for-myself kind of thing, rather "heavy-handed". I liked the rhyme, so wrote a different "lighter-side" verse using it in a different way. It gave the lyric a better focus... _________________________ 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...
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#531987 - 04/08/19 06:19 AM [User Showcase] Re: Working On My Broken Heart [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 11/30/07 Posts: 3927 Loc: Ontario, Canada BlueAttitude Veteran Registered: 11/30/07 Posts: 3927 Loc: Ontario, Canada	Wow, so good! Vocal is just pure perfection, and the harmonies from Janice are about as tight as they could be with great tone of course. Just the icing on the cake. So many good lines to list them all, I think my favorite might be: "I might try a little whiskey though it hasn't worked before or something else just as risky like that blond standing by the door" Mix is excellent, I listened first through my studio monitors then through the 'phones. Loved it! _________________________ Dave Blue Attitude Website Blue Attitude YouTube channel
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#531993 - 04/08/19 06:42 AM [User Showcase] Re: Working On My Broken Heart [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 02/15/17 Posts: 3414 Deryk - PG Music PG Music Staff Registered: 02/15/17 Posts: 3414	Wow - you did an outstanding job on this. It is warm and heartfelt, and the vocals are stunning. Love the harmonies and love the tone of the song as well. It has all the traits of a great classic country song. Not a thing I'd change on this one - thanks for sharing! _________________________ Cheers, Deryk
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#531996 - 04/08/19 06:50 AM [User Showcase] Re: Working On My Broken Heart [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 12/23/17 Posts: 761 Loc: Alabama cliftond Journeyman Registered: 12/23/17 Posts: 761 Loc: Alabama	AW such a good song here, why cant folks on radio understand the crowd is still here for great songs, and this one is living proof!!!! Cliff
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#532033 - 04/08/19 09:57 AM [User Showcase] Re: Working On My Broken Heart [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 01/14/13 Posts: 108 Phil Babylon Apprentice Registered: 01/14/13 Posts: 108	Great song. Good lead vocal and harmonies. I always think your productions are spot on.
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#532035 - 04/08/19 10:09 AM [User Showcase] Re: Working On My Broken Heart [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 08/04/10 Posts: 2093 Loc: Midwest HearToLearn Veteran Registered: 08/04/10 Posts: 2093 Loc: Midwest	Nope. Sorry. You posted a song. I posted my response to that song. You posted your response to my response. I haven't been able to respond to that yet...and you post ANOTHER song in that time?!?! Sorry, you're cover is blown. It's not "Floyd Jane!" It's "The Floyd Janes!" There is surely more than one of you! You have to be a group. Tell me you're a group. Yes, I love the song. It has a wonderful emotion to it; and it has a different delivery than I've heard from you recently. I really like it a lot. Your voices compliment each other especially well on this song. So...great job to ALL of you. Edited by HearToLearn (04/08/19 10:09 AM) _________________________ 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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#532039 - 04/08/19 10:39 AM [User Showcase] Re: Working On My Broken Heart [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 06/16/00 Posts: 1944 Loc: Texas Jim Expert Registered: 06/16/00 Posts: 1944 Loc: Texas	Another great piece of songwriting... The lyrics are coherent, vivid, & well directed... Congratulations to you & Mike for both the good lyrics & melody... Janice's harmonies & Bud's skill adds to the success of the production... And, of course, your plaintive vocal gives the tune the soul of good country song. _________________________ Jim †=☮&♥
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#532105 - 04/08/19 06:26 PM [User Showcase] Re: Working On My Broken Heart [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 07/11/15 Posts: 3570 Loc: Missouri Torrey Bliss Veteran Registered: 07/11/15 Posts: 3570 Loc: Missouri	Beautiful tune Floyd! Love the way that second verse picks up and takes off! The chorus is over the top good! Whoever that background singer is has really got it together....just kidding!! Janice always helps take a tune to a higher level! Great!! Thanks, Torrey _________________________ Torrey Bliss www.soundcloud.com/torrey-bliss
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#532117 - 04/09/19 01:41 AM [User Showcase] Re: Working On My Broken Heart [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 09/30/16 Posts: 1219 Loc: Netherlands, Haarlem Birchwood Expert Registered: 09/30/16 Posts: 1219 Loc: Netherlands, Haarlem	Hi FJ, A very nice performance. You managed to make your sad song sounds sadder than mine ;-) Good voice, and I liked your doubling of it, very subtile. I 'liked' it on your site. Best regards, Hans _________________________ Hans Berkhout (Birchwood) https://soundcloud.com/user-296497130
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#532124 - 04/09/19 04:36 AM [User Showcase] Re: Working On My Broken Heart [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 12/13/13 Posts: 825 olemon Expert Registered: 12/13/13 Posts: 825	It's beautiful song performed and produced beautifully. Has a heart-felt 'live' vibe. Very enjoyable. _________________________ My songs are here: https://soundcloud.com/scott-h-olson
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#532159 - 04/09/19 07:36 AM [User Showcase] Re: Working On My Broken Heart [Re: Deej56]
Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 9495 Loc: Florida floyd jane Veteran Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 9495 Loc: Florida	Originally Posted By: Deej56 Floyd and Mike, A well-written, well-constructed, well-performed and well-produced tune . . . and it goes to show that music is more than the sum of its parts . . . because add those all up and they don’t tell just how a terrific a song this is. Very sweet listen! All the best, Deej Thanks, Deej. As I said, Mike gave me some "good bones" to work with...he always does... _________________________ 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...
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