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Re: TURNING THE...
04/20/26 05:11:12PM
1 Week: RON DADEY
[quote="Farrell Jackson"]
A cool blast from Ron D's archives! It's great to hear the comparison of where you were and where you are now. All your playing and production skills were as sharp in...
04/20/26 05:11:12PM
1 Week: RON DADEY
[quote="Farrell Jackson"]
A cool blast from Ron D's archives! It's great to hear the comparison of where you were and where you are now. All your playing and production skills were as sharp in...
Re: Blackwater's...
04/20/26 12:55:45PM
1 Week: Farrell Jackson
I'm sorry I couldn't make it Ronbo. We hosted my baby girl's, Lezlie, 47th birthday party at our place Saturday evening. I hated to miss your show but family priorities come first. I'm sure it was...
04/20/26 12:55:45PM
1 Week: Farrell Jackson
I'm sorry I couldn't make it Ronbo. We hosted my baby girl's, Lezlie, 47th birthday party at our place Saturday evening. I hated to miss your show but family priorities come first. I'm sure it was...
Re: Void
04/20/26 11:18:48AM
1 Week: Farrell Jackson
The first thing that catches my ear is the synth work. A cool feature to add depth to the song. Great lyrics and vocal style. The guitar strumming holds the song together like glue. Well done Max!
04/20/26 11:18:48AM
1 Week: Farrell Jackson
The first thing that catches my ear is the synth work. A cool feature to add depth to the song. Great lyrics and vocal style. The guitar strumming holds the song together like glue. Well done Max!
Re: On the Road Again...
04/20/26 11:14:46AM
1 Week: Farrell Jackson
Back for another listen to this blast from the past. Canned Heat did some cool boogie tracks back in the day and you've given this one a new life with your take on "On The Road Again", nice Ronbo!
04/20/26 11:14:46AM
1 Week: Farrell Jackson
Back for another listen to this blast from the past. Canned Heat did some cool boogie tracks back in the day and you've given this one a new life with your take on "On The Road Again", nice Ronbo!
Re: Stick Around...
04/20/26 11:08:10AM
1 Week: Farrell Jackson
I dig the addition of the blues harp. A cool change up for the lead guitar solo...nice work all around Cuz Ron!
04/20/26 11:08:10AM
1 Week: Farrell Jackson
I dig the addition of the blues harp. A cool change up for the lead guitar solo...nice work all around Cuz Ron!
Re: TURNING THE...
04/19/26 09:11:57AM
1 Week: Farrell Jackson
A cool blast from Ron D's archives! It's great to hear the comparison of where you were and where you are now. All your playing and production skills were as sharp in 2010 as they are now. I think...
04/19/26 09:11:57AM
1 Week: Farrell Jackson
A cool blast from Ron D's archives! It's great to hear the comparison of where you were and where you are now. All your playing and production skills were as sharp in 2010 as they are now. I think...
Re: My inner enemy
04/19/26 09:00:23AM
1 Week: Farrell Jackson
Very cool herb rock Bustert! This is a great listen even without any herbs, lol. I like the guitar soloing throughout the song. The haunting vocals are an excellent addition. Nice work!
04/19/26 09:00:23AM
1 Week: Farrell Jackson
Very cool herb rock Bustert! This is a great listen even without any herbs, lol. I like the guitar soloing throughout the song. The haunting vocals are an excellent addition. Nice work!
Re: Child of Ida
04/18/26 08:42:37AM
1 Week: cooter
This is such a wonderful piece of music. The lyrics and music both are quite moving. I am happy to see you back. This touches me deeply. I appreciate you.
04/18/26 08:42:37AM
1 Week: cooter
This is such a wonderful piece of music. The lyrics and music both are quite moving. I am happy to see you back. This touches me deeply. I appreciate you.
Re: love is the hero...
04/18/26 08:33:56AM
1 Week: cooter
Brother Chef Rich, this is a beautifully done tune! Love the lyrics. Those spread-out guitars playing similar but different parts add to the productions larger than life feel and sound. Standing...
04/18/26 08:33:56AM
1 Week: cooter
Brother Chef Rich, this is a beautifully done tune! Love the lyrics. Those spread-out guitars playing similar but different parts add to the productions larger than life feel and sound. Standing...
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Thank you Toni! The lyrics from one of my favourite songs from 30 years ago - Deacon Blue's "Dignity" - have always made me feel a certain way, and I think it was in the back of my mind when I wrote this one. That and John Cougar Mellencamp's "Jack and Diane" from a few years before, I loved the interaction of the piano and guitar in that one, and that chorus line "life goes on long after the thrill of living is gone" I think I was maybe subconsciously trying to put the two together.
You have a masterful way of weaving a story through your songs that sets my mind on fire with empathy and compassion. I will have to include this in the Social Commentary show too.
Fabulous Chris!
Thanks so much Tricia. It's taken a little while to find the voice again after a few years away. Coming back now though, getting better, just need to keep at it...! First song for a long time where I've been confident enough in the first take not to resort to melodyne or whatever to fine-tune the vocals. Maybe I'll sing live again one day... who knows
Thanks Dace! I've always struggled with trying to get the sound I wanted when producing my songs - always tried layers and layers of effects to try and get things to sound right and ended up with a bit of a compromise every time. A couple of months ago I upgraded my Sonar DAW software to the Platinum version and suddenly all the things I found really hard to do became SO much easier. I also joined a user group on FB that's given me a load of tips and showed me how easy it can be. The biggest change is using a linear multiband compressor on the master, but also the level of Eq and compression on all the individual tracks makes a huge difference. This song has five instrumental tracks and one vocal, which is pretty minimal for me. No pads anywhere and only two FX busses. With what I was using before it would have sounded too empty to my ears, but with this new stuff it seems to make it wall-to-wall. I'm having a lot of fun at the moment!