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Only 8 seconds downloaded. Then I tried to email what do I think, and the format of that auto email is not properly formatted and the prefilled in address is a semicolon or other symbol.
 
Oh Kay...

A little too Hank Jr/MNFB for my taste... all I could picture in my head is a bunch of NASCAR fans, drinkin' beer, going 'Boy Howdy, looky at them thar cars run'...

Not bad if you like C/W music. Nice job of writing Roger. Just so not my cup of tea.

d'kid
 
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Oh Kay...

A little too Hank Jr/MNFB for my taste... all I could picture in my head is a bunch of NASCAR fans, drinkin' beer, going 'Boy Howdy, looky at them thar cars run'...
d'kid
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Have you ever been in the stands of an NHRA race and REALLY observed the fans? You have the same type of people there too! There's nothing wrong with it either.
I'm just sayin.............
 
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Have you ever been in the stands of an NHRA race and REALLY observed the fans? You have the same type of people there too! There's nothing wrong with it either.
I'm just sayin.............
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That's why I sit in the same reserved seats every year. Have the same group of people around me... mostly older and have been around the sport for years...
Not a drunk redneck in the bunch. In fact, don't remember anyone within our area even drinking a beer (first 4 rows at the 250 foot point)

d'kid
 
reminds me of 'Devil went down to Georgia' by Charlie Daniels bad. At least the very beginning of it did. I didn't listen much longer than that first 'Go Full Throttle' part.
I am sure a lot of people with like it, but not my cup of tea either.
 
Not really a song that I would listen to driving down the road, but a good "jingle" that will be easy to work into the opening of the show with short action clips.
 
You have different people in all walks of life. The oddest thing I saw was at Memphis, back in '91. A sort of "healthy" gal was walking the pits wearing some cutoff jeans, really short cutoff jeans. She had a Mickey Mouse tat on her right buttock, centered. How do I know that, you ask? She had a hole neatly cut and stitched to show the tat off. I just wish I had thought to take a pic of that.
 
With the greatest respect I think this is just another product of the American Idol/America's Got Talent generation where it seems everyone with the slightest abilty suddenly appears to think that it should come easy and that its actually quite simple to write and produce something which the masses want to hear when in reality writing and producing should be left to those either very experienced amateurs who have both the knowledge and experience or trained professionals, who have spent years honing their skills.

The writing both musically and lyrically is naive and immature in much the same way as I'd expect from a large percentage of the 16/17 year-old music and music-tech students I've taught in recent years, mainly those with little real theoretical knowledge who just "play guitar a bit".

On the engineering/production front the track doesn't hang together well at all. The drums are almost certainly samples unless they are a live recording thats been gated and effected to within an inch of their lives and are very "80's early 90's" sounding and lack the depth that would be expected with a more "live" sound which would be contemporary within the country/rock genre. The pingy snare is particularly awful. The guitar sound is crunchy enough, but again lack depth and presence and to be honest I'm not listening on studio monitors but the bass just sounds wooly and messy and is probably kept low in the mix just to try and make up for a bad initial sound.

When working with just Bass/Guit/Kit as a lineup its really important that the sound here is full and supports the vocals well in a track like this, but here the vocal is very forward in the mix, not only in terms of overall level but in terms of proximity (mainly caused by the mic'ing techique and EQ and the dryness of the vocal sound with regards to effects). This only serves to make the instruments sound even weaker and sit further back in the mix. The result is something like singing karaoke to a badly mixed backing track on your TV whilst singing straight in the listeners face.

Songwriters and record producers of the world can sleep safely, knowing that drag racers are no threat just yet... (well unless your initials are NM)
 
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With the greatest respect I think this is just another product of the American Idol/America's Got Talent generation where it seems everyone with the slightest abilty suddenly appears to think that it should come easy and that its actually quite simple to write and produce something which the masses want to hear.

The writing both musically and lyrically is naive and immature in much the same way as I'd expect from a large percentage of the 16/17 year-old music and music-tech students I've taught in recent years, mainly those with little real theoretical knowledge who just "play guitar a bit".

On the engineering/production front the track doesn't hang together well at all. The drums are almost certainly samples unless they are a live recording thats been gated and effected to within an inch of their lives and are very "80's early 90's" sounding and lack the depth that would be expected with a more "live" sound which would be contemporary within the country/rock genre. The pingy snare is particularly awful. The guitar sound is crunchy enough, but again lack depth and presence and to be honest I'm not listening on studio monitors but the bass just sounds wooly and messy and is probably kept low in the mix just to try and make up for a bad initial sound.

When working with just Bass/Guit/Kit as a lineup its really important that the sound here is full and supports the vocals well in a track like this, but here the vocal is very forward in the mix, not only in terms of overall level but in terms of proximity (mainly caused by the mic'ing techique and EQ and the dryness of the vocal sound with regards to effects). This only serves to make the instruments sound even weaker and sit further back in the mix. The result is something like singing karaoke to a badly mixed backing track on your TV whilst singing straight in the listeners face.

Songwriters and record producers of the world can sleep safely, knowing that drag racers are no threat just yet... (well unless your initials are NM)
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Wow, can you tell us how you REALLY feel? Don't hold back now, ya hear?
 
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With the greatest respect I think this is just another product of the American Idol/America's Got Talent generation where it seems everyone with the slightest abilty suddenly appears to think that it should come easy and that its actually quite simple to write and produce something which the masses want to hear when in reality writing and producing should be left to those either very experienced amateurs who have both the knowledge and experience or trained professionals, who have spent years honing their skills.

The writing both musically and lyrically is naive and immature in much the same way as I'd expect from a large percentage of the 16/17 year-old music and music-tech students I've taught in recent years, mainly those with little real theoretical knowledge who just "play guitar a bit".

On the engineering/production front the track doesn't hang together well at all. The drums are almost certainly samples unless they are a live recording thats been gated and effected to within an inch of their lives and are very "80's early 90's" sounding and lack the depth that would be expected with a more "live" sound which would be contemporary within the country/rock genre. The pingy snare is particularly awful. The guitar sound is crunchy enough, but again lack depth and presence and to be honest I'm not listening on studio monitors but the bass just sounds wooly and messy and is probably kept low in the mix just to try and make up for a bad initial sound.

When working with just Bass/Guit/Kit as a lineup its really important that the sound here is full and supports the vocals well in a track like this, but here the vocal is very forward in the mix, not only in terms of overall level but in terms of proximity (mainly caused by the mic'ing techique and EQ and the dryness of the vocal sound with regards to effects). This only serves to make the instruments sound even weaker and sit further back in the mix. The result is something like singing karaoke to a badly mixed backing track on your TV whilst singing straight in the listeners face.

Songwriters and record producers of the world can sleep safely, knowing that drag racers are no threat just yet... (well unless your initials are NM)
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OK, but did you like it?;)
 
Here is a song about racing that I thought had a cool sound. I'm not part of the band, just honestly think it's a cool tune. Just thought I'd let people know about it. Not trying to hijack a thread, so if it's not alright, feel free to delete or let me know and I'll do it...

The band is called Crank

Song Title = "Sunday Sunday Sunday"

Myspace Music Page:

http://www.myspace.com/crankrocks

Youtube Video:

YouTube - "Sunday, Sunday, Sunday" by CRANK

Lyrics:

Solid - lifter high dome pistons
slightly stoned on nitro - sniffin
polished crank and four speed shiftin
to blow your ass away..

Slamming doors and takin titles
crush my quarter mile rivals
dusting records at time trials
I'm here to take my pay ......
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday

Turnin wrenches, twisted smiles
eleven hundred horses idle
stones throw short of suicidal
today just ain't your day

Making hay way up at great lakes
using parachutes for my brakes
lightning-sled on throttle-outbreaks
it's time to do or die.....
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday

For the need to go
you know I sold my soul

Solid - lifter high dome pistons
slightly stoned on nitro - sniffin
polished crank and four speed shiftin
to blow your ass away..

Slamming doors and takin titles
crush my quarter mile rivals
dusting records at time trials
I'm here to take my pay ......
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday

Out back the shack is jumpin
bottleneck slide and the beat is thumpin
goddamn them cats are somethin
just do it all for pride....

Smokin mama in the black Impala
meltin those meats like there's no tomorrow
With the smoke so goes her sorrow
and me without my tie......
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday

For the need to go
you know I sold my soul
 
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