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Thanks Mac, Johnny, Kristi, and TC..

This was a fun one to work on cuz I could hear Ricki having so much fun with it herself, and it was contagious.

TC, at 1:53 Ricki's voice swoops down a fourth on the words "of your" and what you are hearing is Ricki's voice doing a kind of "downward half-yodel," lol..seriously..also known as "her voice broke" a little right there (in a cool sounding way I thought) and it's on her original vocal recording--not the product of any editing. Listen again with the idea of her voice just naturally kicking into a stronger juicier note on "your" since it's more in her power range then the preceding almost falsetto "of" note, and I think you'll hear that that's just her voice, not me cross-fading two vocal tracks. I don't think I was working with two on this song (it was awhile back) but I know for sure there was no Melodyne used on that stretch of her voice. It's just one of the many things that gives Ricki her particular sound and style--that "downward half-yodel"--I don't know what to call it other than "her voice broke in a cool way."

As to those three notes, Ricki knows I am always happy to add, subtract, or change anything..anytime. My overriding concern or care is always that she is really happy with her song..

Mike

Thanks for listening and your input, TC. Glad you liked it overall. As for overusing the "3 beat", I'm from the "if it's worth doing, it's worth doing to excess" songwriting school of thought. It just felt right at the time and I never argue with my muse.

Ricki