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Category: A new cd mix from Rayon Vert
<p>I thought I would re-blog this song, Dark Passenger for a couple of reasons. (1) to try out the new player attachment and (2) to see if I can get a few more listens to this cool song idea that Rob Grant orginally came up with.</p><p>I hope the new player attachment works and I hope to it draws some interest to the song, lol.</p><p>Farrell for Rayon Vert</p><p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="400" height="450" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><param name="flashVars" value="radio_id=&song_id=23091&band_id=10&autoplay=false&skin_color=0x000000&jamroom_url=http://www.mixposure.com&cluster_url=http://www2.mixposure.com&remoteSwf=http://www.mixposure.com/modules/n8FlashPlayer/players/j3Xap.swf&remoteWidth=400&remoteHeight=450&system_name=Mixposure.com"></param><param name="quality" value="high"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="src" value="http://www.mixposure.com/modules/n8FlashPlayer/players/j3Xap.swf"></param><param name="name" value="video"></param><param name="flashvars" value="system_name=Mixposure.com&radio_id=&song_id=23091&band_id=10&autoplay=false&skin_color=0x000000&cluster_url=http://www2.mixposure.com&jamroom_url=http://www.mixposure.com&remoteSwf=http://www.mixposure.com/modules/n8FlashPlayer/players/j3Xap.swf&remoteWidth=400&remoteHeight=450"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="450" src="http://www.mixposure.com/modules/n8FlashPlayer/players/j3Xap.swf" name="video" wmode="transparent" quality="high" flashvars="system_name=Mixposure.com&radio_id=&song_id=23091&band_id=10&autoplay=false&skin_color=0x000000&cluster_url=http://www2.mixposure.com&jamroom_url=http://www.mixposure.com&remoteSwf=http://www.mixposure.com/modules/n8FlashPlayer/players/j3Xap.swf&remoteWidth=400&remoteHeight=450" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /> <strong><a href="http://www.mixposure.com/index.php?t=mix_signup">Create Your Own Playlist</a></strong><br /><a href="http://www.mixposure.com">Mixposure.com</a></p>
<p>Well, this completes the songs for our first CD. The original "Black Cat" done by CGDC and Friends was sung by myself (Rob), but I really wanted Farrell to sing the song for our CD. I thought he might be a little reluctant, due to the song lyrics, being a little personal.......hehehehehehehe......I didn't want anyone to think he was the CRAZY dude........hahahahahaha. Well!?!?!?! I guess, there are people all over the world who can relate to the lyrics in one way or another.........and I feel Farrell did a SUPER job with the song.</p><p>ANYWAY!!! The song started with a bass and drum part, supplied to Doctor C. I had no idea what he would do with it. With his classical influenece, he added the first lead break section. I heard that added bass to it and REALLY loved his addition. After he added his keyboards, I added the lyrics and vocals. At this point we turned the song over to Gary C for his super guitar additions. This new version, has changes from the original, new drums by Doctor C, new lead guitar parts by Gary and of course new vocals by Farrell. The whole song has been re-mixed and engineered by Doctor C and sent out for mastering, in prep for our CD.</p><p>OH!! BTW!! I just HAD to try to get in the spirit on the times and get some "rapping" in this song........hehehehehehehehehe. Well??? It kind of turned out Charlie Daniel's style!?!?!?!?!?! <img src="http://www.mixposure.com/include/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-undecided.gif" border="0" alt="Undecided" title="Undecided" /></p><p>I hope you enjoy this version and WATCH OUT, under that bed <img src="http://www.mixposure.com/include/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-surprised.gif" border="0" alt="Surprised" title="Surprised" /></p><p>Rob</p>
<p>This song was written for the Mixposure song genre category: Songs For Rob.</p><p>Rob Grant - inspiration and bass. Gary Carciello - rhythm and lead guitars. Doctor C - keyboards and drums. Farrell Jackson - all vocals and outro harmonica.</p><p>For those of you that have been members at Mixposure for a while will remember how the Songs For Rob category came about and for those that are new....well it's an amazing story of strong will, faith, and prayers from around the world. Here's a condensed version of the story.</p><p>Rob was and still is a very prolific songwriter/musician and heavily involved at Mixposure. His enthusiasm is infectious and he's pulled together some excellent collaborations of musicians here at the Mix. His enthusiasm was the thing that drew me, and others I'm sure, into the collab fold of CGDC & Friends. </p><p>The collaboration groups were going strong and the new CGDC&F had maybe 4 or 5 songs under our belt, when disaster struck. Rob had an aneurism in his brain and was hospitilized in critical condition. He went through a successful operation and many weeks of rehabilitation. All the while the Mixposure community was kept abreast of his progress through communications with key folks at Mix (Dazed, RWK, Gina, DrC, and Nigel to name a few) and Rob's daughter.</p><p>I'm not sure who fronted the idea of having folks write Songs For Rob but it was a great one! It gave the rest of us that felt helpless, something extra to do in order to help Rob recover. These songs coupled with Rob's strong will, the universal prayers, get well thoughts, and the healing vibes sent from around the world, I believe, played a big part in Rob's extraodinary full recovery. We thank you all! </p><p>I'm Alright was DrC's, Gary's, and Farrell's contribution to Songs For Rob. It was originally done without Rob due to the circumstances but this new version has Rob playing some of the finest bass runs I've heard from him, some re-done tracks, and a new arrangement.</p><p>This is one of the songs that will go on the almost completed Rayon Vert CD.</p><p>Well that was a long blog but I felt it necessaryto tell the story.</p><p>We hope you like this song as much as we do. It's special to Rayon Vert ( Rob, DrC, Gary, and Farrell)</p><p>Enjoy!</p><p>Farrell for Rayon Vert.</p><p> </p>
<p>This is a song idea that Rob Grant came up with. Rob always amazes us by the way he presents a song with just bass and drums. I used the words "just bass" but Rob's playing is never "just bass". His bass ideas are always big and exciting and they have the ability to ignite the creative juices in the rest of Rayon Vert. As Gary added the haunting guitar lines to it and DrC began to mold the song with his heavy, yet mellow Hammond, plus added all the little extra key parts, it began to take shape into a very cool sounding progressive rock ballad, so it's long. It was a pleasure to add my vocals and harmonies to this song.</p><p>We hope you enjoy the song!</p><p>Farrell for Rayon Vert</p>
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