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Nothing ventured, nothing gained (or so we suppose). We felt very comfortable with bluegrass productions, good with Western Swing, adequate with country, a "work in progress" with blue...so here's the most rockish thing we've done and for which about every element is a steepish learning curve. From applying guitar effects to mixing and mastering it's all new.

We much appreciate the support of our frequent collaborators floyd jane and Tom Adams and the support of this community in encouraging us to experiment...and for better or worse this is the latest result.

We appreciate your time to listen and your comments. As always, no gigs, no commercial aspirations, no pitching - just for fun.


Father Time

you ran with the worst crowd everyday after school
and fought imaginary enemies down the avenue

always taking advantage of the less fortunate

made out like a bandit, never failed to take the credit

you're on a one way track, ain't nobody got your back

Chorus:

you may think you have all that you ever desired

but your memory is fading and your body grows tired 

there's one tall mountain you'll never climb

it's not long, you’ ll be brought down by Father Time

sycophants danced 'round you like rock groupies 

you paid off everyone in sight even all the juries 

said you were in nam, claimed you earned the heart 

funny how your buddies don’t remember that part

you're on a one way track, ain't nobody got your back

Chorus

Bridge 

now your bones are aching and your eyes are dimming 

it won't be very long, you've played your swan song

Chorus


For those interested:

Vocal: Janice via Rodes NT1 interfaced to Logic Pro X via Blue Icicle and vocal effects by Izotope’s Necter 2

Lead Guitar: Tom Adams (tommyadmusic.com)

Rhythm Guitars: PG Music RealTracks with effects via Logic Pro’s amps and pedals.

Bass: PG Music RealTrack

Drums: PG Music RealDrums with reverb via Izotope’s EMT 140 Plate emulation.

Mixing/Mastering: Logic Pro X and Izotope’s Ozone 5.

Big thanks to Tom for the lead guitar, rhythm guitar effect suggestions, mix advice and lyric tweaks. And thanks to floyd jane for putting me on to one of the rhythm guitar selections and mix feedback.

I would say now you have mastered just about every genre. Great mix. I really dug the guitar and Janice's vocal is always a wow.

Heavy Metal next?

Dave

hey y'all,i'm liking this but i think ya need to pick up the tempo a bit to rock it.The slowness of it makes it sound more country but that's just me.Still all in all,a damn good song but i wanna hear ya belt out those vocals and crank that guitar!Mike

Hey, J&B....

I'm with MLB on this one. Tempo is too slow, but maybe it doesn't really matter except that it pushes you back into a country-ish type of sound...Good effort, though!

Bud & Janice ...

You guys cover a lot of genre ground. Janice sounds a bit like Susan Tedeschi doing Country Rock Blues.

I Read where a couple of folks commented that you needed to pick up the tempo to make it sound more Rock. I guess it depends on how far you want to go to give it a Rock sound. To me, it sounds like a step in that direction, not full move that way.

Regardless, I really enjoyed it as I do all your work. You guys have always impressed me with your work for quite some time now. Same applies here. Best to ya!

Alan

Thanks Dave. We'll pass on the metal :-)





Thanks Mike - that's mighty nice of you. We originally had it much faster much it just didn't seem to work with the lyric which is perhaps a bit wordy. And, you know, you can take Janice occasionally outa the country but you'll never get the country outa her voice. But....I'll revisit the faster tempo version.

Just wonderful. You really got a handle on it all, I honestly don't have a clue how you do it, but U DONE DONE IT GOOD. again

The guitar work is sweet and the vocals are superb.

Nice sound...
don't think all lyrics are pointing to the hook....the bridge is more in kind with the hook...JMHO.

Hey Bud/Janice!

Great for you for experimenting! I think the song for me feels like you are singing a certain melody that doesn't match best the root background chords in a couple of places--(down the avenue). It sounds like a half step major chord drop there, but experiment there with vocal melody to accommodate the options there with melody and it's delivery. There may be other spots likewise that will enhance the melody here which is a little dark, but cool for the vibe. This melody will need a little more attitude, as it's not your normal "pretty melody" that we are used to hearing your pretty voice. Think "Ann Wilson" from "Heart" here.

Nice start here guys!

steady-eddie.

What the heck, maybe countryish equates to rockish!




Thanks Al! We always appreciate your insights.

"Ain't nobody got your back" .... cool line.

I like the production ... feels like I'm in a Rock Club listening to a Live Band ...

Thanks for sharing ...

David

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Thanks, we appreciate that. This was a fun venture -- maybe a detour...but fun.




Thanks for the feedback. I have to confess that a lot of song structure stuff is beyond me....

sweet vocals, although I already knew that before I listened.
Cool guitar too.


Calvin


http://www.soundclick.com/bands/0/calvinstewart

Hi Janice & Bud,

Well, no matter what genre you do, the needle stays consistently in the "awesome and excellent" range! This ROCKS with a hint of cool country!

Lisa

Thanks Eddie. We always appreciate your insight. I understand your perspective about the vocal -- it's hard to take the country outa that girl :-)



Thank you David -- we were shooting for that vibe. Glad it worked for you!

Janice and Bud, for some reason I can't get this to play.... Interesting lyric. I'll try again later.

It's like listening to a classic Dead song - except with a better singer

Nice.

fj

Great work you two! For me I love the tempo. It fits well with the lyric, melody, and arrangement. Janice's voice is simply awesome! You guys have a true fan here!

David

I really like it, love Janice's voice of course, but agree that the tempo could go up, but I also think it should go up higher in the chorus. Great stuff, cool to try out different genres like that, but now we know Janice is good at everything!

Tammy

Great work. Vocals and production sound great. I would call this more roots rock than rock or country!

Regardless of what we call it, its good.

-Mike D.

Thanks Calvin. Fun but different for us.



Thanks Lisa -- glad the needle hung in the right range for this one!




Come on now -- we know how much you love those jam bands.......

Janice's superb vocal brings this song right to the top... and I would not change a thing about the tempo. I did not hear it as a rock tune... I heard it as "Modern Country" or "Americana"... although the genre does not matter. It is a great song with a super vocal and backing. Radio ready right now. Great work, all concerned. Most enjoyable!

Dave

Thanks David, mighty kind of you to say that and we appreciate it.



Thanks Tammy, we appreciate you listening and commenting. This arrangement could've gone many ways. It started out as an 8 bar blues, then I tried an acoustic/electric version with fiddle al la Mellencamp and finally it landed here. I may diddle again with it sometime and see what emerges. Thanks again.

Thanks Mike. We are big fans of Lucinda Williams and were shooting for a roots rock or Americana sound. Glad it worked you!



Yes, Americana is a great place to put it and is a genre we listen to a lot. Thanks for the kind remarks. We really do appreciate it.

Excellent, great sound and well penned song J&B.Hope it does well for you both
Travis

Thanks Travis. Mercifully, we're just writing and recording for the sheer joy of it. Doing well is defined by nice folks like you favorably commenting!