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Shadow Road I am way out of my comfort zone again, I am trying to sing. This time my pitch correction didn't erase its self! This is a story based on a road in our area, although I did exaggerate the story quite a bit. Many thanx to my friend and fellow musician BobH. He came up with the chord progression and helped with the mix. BiaB = Codger - Swing 16ths Bluegrass Tempo = 75 BPM Drums - Steven Slate's SSD5 Bass - Ample bass - upright Guitar - Sonivox -Taylor Acoustic - 00-pick Strings - Realitone - Realibango Utility track - I modified this track - Synthmaster2 - Spacy Pad Utility track copied - I modified this track also - Crown Bass Effect - Synful Orchestra - Basses As always all comments are welcomed.
I want my last spoken words to be "I hid a million dollars under the........................"
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Mario,
Love this! Great story and awesome song. Love the production and the drums are really cool.
Your vocal is a real standout here - I think one of your best!
Bob
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Ha! ha! ha! Gotta love a happy(??) ending! In the words of the great, departed Lewis Grizzard, "There's no story so good it can't be improved on". So...nice tune, great mix and perfectly suited vocals. Really enjoyed this one, Mario!
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Mario,
Love this! Great story and awesome song. Love the production and the drums are really cool.
Your vocal is a real standout here - I think one of your best!
Bob Thanx Bob. I'm really not a singer but once in awhile I try. Ha! ha! ha! Gotta love a happy(??) ending! In the words of the great, departed Lewis Grizzard, "There's no story so good it can't be improved on". So...nice tune, great mix and perfectly suited vocals. Really enjoyed this one, Mario! I'm glad that you liked this one Ron. Thanx for the kind review.
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Excellent vocal Mario. Loved the lyric. Cool story telling. Backtrack was perfect for the piece. Well done
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Excellent vocal Mario. Loved the lyric. Cool story telling. Backtrack was perfect for the piece. Well done Thanx so much Scott. I'm glad you liked it and especially happy that you commented on the backing tracks. I found it hard to mix the effects without them interfering with the instruments.
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HA! Love the ending!
I have ALWAYS wondered where the one-armed-man-with-a-hook lived.
Cool group of instruments. The combination is surprisingly "current" sounding - the mix of synth basses and banjo.
Good mix.
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Oh hell yeah! That's what I;m talking about! I guess we were both in a blue grass mood this week! 
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HA! Love the ending!
I have ALWAYS wondered where the one-armed-man-with-a-hook lived.
Cool group of instruments. The combination is surprisingly "current" sounding - the mix of synth basses and banjo.
Good mix.
fj Thanx so much Floyd. Thanx for noticing the mix as I did have a difficult time getting it balanced.
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Oh hell yeah! That's what I;m talking about! I guess we were both in a blue grass mood this week! Thanx David. Yep blue grass this week. Maybe jazz next week?
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Hi, Mario. If only there were some sort of foreshadowing about how this song might end.  Nice, although the reverb made some of the lyrics a bit hard to hear. You've been doing good outside your comfort zone. I guess the moral of the story (and the song) is that it's better to feel discomfort than not!
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Hi Mario, I know what you mean about being outside of your comfort zone with the vocal, I'm the same whenever I do a vocal. I would much rather just be the guitar guy Yours doesn't sound too bad though. Love the story! And that ending is fun, didn't see that coming.
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I like how the green trees formed a can o' peas --or did I get that wrong? Seriously good lyrics, Mario. Seriously funny. No one can deliver those lyrics and not sing with a tongue in the cheek, but your vocal sounds seriously good --serious comedy. It may have been a scary turn, but I much enjoyed the ride.
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Hi, Mario. If only there were some sort of foreshadowing about how this song might end. Nice, although the reverb made some of the lyrics a bit hard to hear. You've been doing good outside your comfort zone. I guess the moral of the story (and the song) is that it's better to feel discomfort than not! Thanx David for listening and the constructive criticism, I appreciate that. I know that I am not a good singer so I add effects to help. Maybe too much this time?
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Hi Mario, I know what you mean about being outside of your comfort zone with the vocal, I'm the same whenever I do a vocal. I would much rather just be the guitar guy Yours doesn't sound too bad though. Love the story! And that ending is fun, didn't see that coming. Thanx Dave. Your voice is a lot better than mine. I am a better instrumentalist then a singer!
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I like how the green trees formed a can o' peas --or did I get that wrong? Seriously good lyrics, Mario. Seriously funny. No one can deliver those lyrics and not sing with a tongue in the cheek, but your vocal sounds seriously good --serious comedy. It may have been a scary turn, but I much enjoyed the ride. Thanx Marty. Also thanx for the singing compliment as I am not a very good singer.
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Different and fun ... cool to go down those experimental paths. Just as we were becoming more and more convinced ... then comes "I don't believe that nonsense." Shucks! Well done performances, arrangement and mix. Enjoyed it! J&B
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Different and fun ... cool to go down those experimental paths. Just as we were becoming more and more convinced ... then comes "I don't believe that nonsense." Shucks! Well done performances, arrangement and mix. Enjoyed it! J&B Thanx so much Janice and Bud. I'm glad you liked it.
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Mario (and Bob) fun experiment. Scary theme that ended in almost a haiku I like the contrast of vocals + all other tracks. Unusual, but listens very well. Thank you for sharing, Misha. P.S. If you go full dry mono/phono vocals, it might add extra edge. Reminded me of a track by Lemon Jelly. They used it quite effectively. Check them out:
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Hi Mario
Cool song
Sounds good
And your singing is getting better and better
Well done
Many greetings
Andi ;-)
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Nice song Mario, comfort zone or not, sounded pretty good to me.
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Mario (and Bob) fun experiment. Scary theme that ended in almost a haiku I like the contrast of vocals + all other tracks. Unusual, but listens very well. Thank you for sharing, Misha. P.S. If you go full dry mono/phono vocals, it might add extra edge. Reminded me of a track by Lemon Jelly. They used it quite effectively. Check them out: Thanx Misha for listening and commenting. I have never heard of Lemon Jelly before today. They are a very interesting group. I see what you mean about a dry vocal, however you have to have a good voice for that to work Thanx for the suggestion.
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Hi Mario
Cool song
Sounds good
And your singing is getting better and better
Well done
Many greetings
Andi ;-) Thanx Andi. I really appreciated the singing comment.
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Nice song Mario, comfort zone or not, sounded pretty good to me.
Cheers
Mike B. Thanx Mike.
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