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The closing number, the thoughtful number. It says more than goodbye.
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Brett Warren said

Good one, Gary. I enjoyed the album! I always appreciate how energetic and robust your production is.

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This one came solely as the chorus melody and the basic hook "So I'll sing my song for Carolina" It's all I had for months, but I thought it was a good chorus line so I kept humming it to see if it would sprout further ideas. The mid section is…
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Andrew Russe said

After hearing Jarrettt Osborn's take on this one, I had to come back and go again. Yep, I was reduced to "Wow" on this Last time I listent to it too! I like the stripped back version, but I also love all the carefully placed arrangement on this. And the song... shivers down the back... And I can perfectly visualise how you constructed it... having this chorus melody and one hook, just KNOWING it needed a song round it. I love how this version gives me that hook and melody, and the beautifully constructed finished song and arrangement around it ... and then Jarrett's version digs the raw song performance out of it - that possibly you didn't even know existed? (I don't know how you write/record) - and goes "here you go, this is the song I could hear and loved"

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C.S. Lewis once wrote about the concept of "out of simple evil comes complex good." These are trying times, an understatement if there ever was one. As you read this, you have uncertainties and fears for what our current situation means for right…
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Colleen Dillon said

Gary your words of introduction touched my heart, and then the wonderful song... WOW! Thanks so much for this. It totally made my day... Awesome things: the power of words and the power of music

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C.S. Lewis once wrote about the concept of "out of simple evil comes complex good." These are trying times, an understatement if there ever was one. As you read this, you have uncertainties and fears for what our current situation means for right…
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JR James said

instant classic:) so awesome ...needs to be heavily commercialized, music video etc...

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C.S. Lewis once wrote about the concept of "out of simple evil comes complex good." These are trying times, an understatement if there ever was one. As you read this, you have uncertainties and fears for what our current situation means for right…
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Andrew Russe said

Love it

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The closing number, the thoughtful number. It says more than goodbye.
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Andrew Russe said

Another utterly fabulous set of songs Mr Fox. Well done, big time.

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I have had this riff for a while. It needed a song. It needed cowbell. It got both, and it's a great song to drive to.
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Andrew Russe said

Rocking. Am I imagining it, or is there a backing vocal that sounds like someone other than you?

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This one came to me as I was sleeping on a plane, delayed on a tarmac. I dreamt that McCartney was singing this, sort of. I came out of the dream abruptly when the pilot said we were finally cleared to take off. I racked my brain to figure out…
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Andrew Russe said

Reminds me of a song called Scrambled Eggs ;) (That's the blurb, not the song itself) And strangely, I can hear McCartney singing this too... lol Love the little horn part on the end!

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This one came solely as the chorus melody and the basic hook "So I'll sing my song for Carolina" It's all I had for months, but I thought it was a good chorus line so I kept humming it to see if it would sprout further ideas. The mid section is…
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Andrew Russe said

Run out of words to type... Wow

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This one started as the verse chords and some rambling vox melody. My demo of just gtr and me mumbling resulted in something vaguely Lennon-esque in delivery, so I kept that aspect and took it further for the mid section. The harmonies in the…
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Andrew Russe said

Yep. LOVED this one.

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The word agony and the basic melody for the first line came first. I sat on it for a while, then one evening tried to figure out the chords for it. The verse chords followed very quickly, effectively falling out of the gtr after I had discovered…
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Andrew Russe said

Love it. The lyrics are fabulous. I don't often notice lyrics on a first listen, but wow... Fab song

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A total gtr inspired tune. The riff came first and I knew it needed thunderous drums. The rest fell into place. I envisioned this one being very Top of The Pops on a Saturday in 1971, or Granada TV in summer of' 70, depending on your point of…
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Andrew Russe said

Woof! Yes

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I have never written a song about the RPM Challenge itself, until now. Have we really been here for 15 years? It needed to be fun, it needed to be a great dance number. I had the gtr riff, and realized it would be even better as a horn line. The…
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Andrew Russe said

Love how you converted the guitar riff to horns - masterful decision (says a guitarist)

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The closing number, the thoughtful number. It says more than goodbye.
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JR James said

Nice way to end it...great work :)

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This one started as the piano piece. I was messing around and thought it had a vaguely Eddie Harris sounding vibe from Plug Me In (which is a killer record, absolutely killer). Anyway, I decided to develop it, since it sounds a little different…
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JR James said

Really Cool vibe on this :)

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A total gtr inspired tune. The riff came first and I knew it needed thunderous drums. The rest fell into place. I envisioned this one being very Top of The Pops on a Saturday in 1971, or Granada TV in summer of' 70, depending on your point of…
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JR James said

Awesome tune. Love that Bridge section at 2:12 :)

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I have never written a song about the RPM Challenge itself, until now. Have we really been here for 15 years? It needed to be fun, it needed to be a great dance number. I had the gtr riff, and realized it would be even better as a horn line. The…
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Project X said

As a co-RPMer, I think this is a fantastic song of celebration to commemorate RPM's 15th year. Love it!

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The chorus riff came first, then the verses' lyrics. Then the structure. It sounds like 1981 to me, so I just ran with it.
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Guest said

Yes, "Greatest American Hero", just the intro. Nice!

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The closing number, the thoughtful number. It says more than goodbye.
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Sister Savage said

Whole album - m a s t e r p i e c e.

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I have had this riff for a while. It needed a song. It needed cowbell. It got both, and it's a great song to drive to.
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Sister Savage said

Another one for the car playlist!

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