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Jesse Adams
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1/20/2009 12:36:21 PM
---- Updated 1/20/2009 12:38:12 PM
I did a collab with my Dad...
Yep, sure did. I've been wanting to do this for a while. He wrote the song and invited me to do whatever I liked, so I put down some drums and keyboard. He did the vocal, guitars and bass. I thought I'd share it with you guys, it seems to fit right in here at IAC. I pretty much owe my music endeavors to my father and nobody has supported me over the years like he has whether it was emotional, spiritual or gear. He has definitely helped me along my way and gotten me where I'm at. I love you Dad. Enjoy!
Look Behind the Curtain
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Hop On Pop
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1/20/2009 12:47:30 PM
So cool!
I wish that my dad were musically inclined. But, alas, I am the only one in my family who is. This had to be a lot of fun.
And, on top of that, this is a pretty cool song. Tell your dad, he not only raised a pretty good kid (who is a damn good musician), but is a pretty fair musician and songwriter, himself.
Thanks for sharing this.
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DirgeK
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1/20/2009 1:08:53 PM
Heh, your dad has a really good voice and is a good guitar player. You two should get together more often !
DK's mum
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Andy Broad
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1/20/2009 1:29:12 PM
That's a great track.
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The Man With No Band
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1/20/2009 1:33:28 PM
SWEEEEEEEEEEET !!!
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Jesse Adams
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1/20/2009 2:07:54 PM
Wow, thanks Todd! You made me smile.
I'm glad you guys like it! Sam I suspect this is right up your alley! Lot better than that metal nonsense eh?
It was a lot of fun and very special to me... it's a memory that will last a long long time.
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The Man With No Band
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1/20/2009 2:36:48 PM
Yeah ... this is definitely strollin' in the park ... smokin' a phatty ... bein' amazed by a rainbow ... thinkin' bout how sweet life can be music ...
Kudoooooos to your Dad for writing such a FANTASTIC song ... and to you also for keepin' that dad blasted metal from rearing it's ugly head in the background ... :)
Of course I'm just kidding you Jesse ... I truly do like metal ... but it couldn't hold a candle to this ... A deep soulful song, that has GRACE ... something metal generally lacks IMHO ...
I think it's great you teamed up with your father ... My dad can play and he has a fantastic voice ... but he is also stubborn ... he won't record ... and sadly, he doesn't ever play anymore ... but every once in a while I catch him singin' so I know it's still inside him ... and that's the most important part ...
Peace to you and your pops !
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Auset
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1/20/2009 3:19:30 PM
WOW. sweet work from both of your hearts! Thanks for sharing.
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1/20/2009 6:10:02 PM
Jesse,
It's really special what you and your dad have created together. Thank you for sharing it.
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Duane Flock
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1/20/2009 6:30:29 PM
Nice tune Jesse.
Me and my dad did this kinda stuff when he was still around. He played professionaly and taught me a lot. It's good you're making use of his and your time together.
Cheers to you both,
D.
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Jesse Adams
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1/20/2009 11:27:59 PM
Thanks you guys, really. This place does wonders for my self esteem! lol
Sam you really like metal? Seems unlikely... :) You are right though it's hard to be graceful when you're yelling at people.
My dad has been playing guitar for over 50 years now... it's ridiculous how many songs that guy knows... he's like a human jukebox! Most everything I've learned about music and playing I've learned from him. I learned so much when I was playing with him and some of his bands back in the day... looking at it now, it was pretty cool for all those older experienced musicians to let some 16 year old kid play drums for them.
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The Man With No Band
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1/20/2009 11:43:29 PM
---- Updated 1/21/2009 12:04:17 AM
I went and checked out some of your Dad's tunes around the web ... pretty talented guy !
... of course I like metal ! ... I've never liked Metallica though ...
... Hell I was a kid once ... :) .... I know you probably don't want some old fart telling you stories about "the good old days" ... so I'll be short ... :)
Back before metal ... in the days I was a huge Bob Dylan and other folk artist fan ... I still loved all kinds of music ... and still do ...
Alice Cooper seems mild today .... but his shows were PHENOMENAL !!! ... I watched Roy Galleger play so loud one night, he blew this HUGE amplifier up ... and I don't mean it stopped working ... I mean it BLEW UP and pieces literally flew out into the crowd .. :) .. I was about 15 feet from the stage .. :)
I saw Jeff Beck ... Jefferson Airplane ... Foghat ... Pink Floyd twice.... Blue Oyster Cult 3 times ... as well as many, many other bands Light Medium and Loud ... I love it all !
... Oh and how could I forget Blue Cheer ? ... They were the first of the really hard rock bands to arrive on the scene ... and pretty damned good too ...
Oh yeah ... I saw Robin Trower twice too ... that's probably where my hearing went south .. :)
... and Gracie Slick could out scream any of todays metal singers ..
Oh yeah ... I saw Ted Nugent twice too ... maybe that's where my hearing went ... :)
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SILVERWOODSTUDIO
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1/20/2009 11:49:22 PM
a fine song Jesse and I couldn't wait to add it----say hi to your dad for me please!
Bob Dylan tribute is where it went --my kind of taste--and beautifully executed!
Oh Sammy you ol' devil!------ ;^D
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Jesse Adams
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1/21/2009 12:04:31 AM
Sam - Yeah he's got some stuff on myspace... and several CD's here and their really, but you gotta be lucky to get one. ;)
"... Hell I was a kid once ... :) .... I know you probably don't want some old fart telling you stories about "the good old days" ... so I'll be short ... :)"
Haha, that was funny man. :D But I don't feel that way so much, there's a lot to learn. You can't be that old Sam... I bet you're my Dad's age. He's not old quite yet... but he's getting there, haha. It's scares me actually, watching my parents grow older because I know what's coming and it freaks me out to think there will be a time when they're not around... that sucks. :(
Sounds like you've been to some crazy shows! Sadly, I've only been to three shows man. Three. And 311 was two of them... but it was magical. Joan Jett and The Blackhearts with Heart was the other, and actually Joan Jett threw it down, they sounded great. Heart got up there with their big TV screen and big fancy band and sounded too loud and half as good.
Whoa, I'll have to check out this Gracie Slick cuz I've heard some amazing metal singers dude.
P.S. Metallica sucks. haha
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Dick Aven
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1/21/2009 12:15:33 AM
I enjoyed it. Thanks.
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Jesse Adams
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1/21/2009 12:45:37 AM
Anytime DA.
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The Man With No Band
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1/21/2009 12:47:07 AM
I couldn't find anything on you tube to really do Gracie or Grace Slick justice ... but here are a couple of clips
This is funny ...
This doesn't do her justice ... because of the low over- all volume ... but I'm here to tell you she could really scream ... this clip was from 1981 and she was still not completely screamed out ... but nothing like her early days ...
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Eaglehead
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1/21/2009 3:12:48 AM
Just listening - A real nice way to greet a new day.......
: )
C
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The CODE
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1/21/2009 5:36:47 AM
Nice Job Jesse! (Drums sound great to!)
Nice feel to this track!
(I do collabs with my Son!) ;-)
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Kevin White
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1/21/2009 6:01:20 AM
Hey Jesse-
Spot on production here, bud. There's a couple parts where the doubled acoustic riff is slightly out of time between the right and left parts, but on the whole ... everything sits nice and clear in it's own place.
Great job on that!
Love your Dad's voice, it suits the material perfectly ... kind of a lazy river delivery as the song lopes along.
Cool stuff J!
Kev-
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Hugh Hamilton
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1/21/2009 8:26:56 AM
Eager to hear it! Must return with proper listening equipment! Congrats and ciao for now...
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The Man With No Band
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1/21/2009 9:32:20 AM
Kev ... Do you EVER hear a song or recording that don't need f*cked with ?
.... Just curious .. :)
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Jesse Adams
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1/21/2009 9:32:42 AM
Thanks guys!
CODE- do you have anything you've done with your son up here for a listen?
Sam - that second vid you posted was pretty cool! I like that riff a lot, and she's pretty hot actually, haha. She can yell you are correctomundo... and this is comparing apples to oranges really, but cover your ears Sam. :)
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Jesse Adams
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1/21/2009 9:39:38 AM
"Do you EVER hear a song or recording that don't need f*cked with ?"
Haha Sam. :)
BTW Kev that reminds me, you think that's bad you should have seen me trying to put drums down to this tune. He didn't use a click track to record this tune because mostly it's just him and his acoustic when he records, and I don't think I was initially in mind when this song was laid down. I bet there's a good 5 bpm variance at times, which is why the drums are loose in some spots because it was my task to follow the best I could after he sent me an mp3 with the guitars vocal and bass... all I mixed in was the drums and keyboards, and the drums are done live on a keyboard because I was unable to program anything due to the timing... so considering the circumstances I think it turned out OK.
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The Man With No Band
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1/21/2009 9:47:08 AM
Now that was pretty good Jesse .... I could actually understand the lyrics through that scream ... well ... most of them anyway ... :)
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Richard Scotti
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1/21/2009 10:52:41 AM
Jesse, nice collab with your dad. He sounds a lot like Van Morrison. Very cool!
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The CODE
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1/21/2009 10:59:11 AM
Jesse - all our stuff up here has Shaun on it
(playing mostly Lead Guitar - He's 22)
I take the 'Back Seat' now, jumping in when I
feel like it!
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SILVERWOODSTUDIO
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1/21/2009 11:10:02 AM
----and I play mostly with my two sons also---
and like colin TRY ----to hang in the back ----but I am used to fronting so---sometimes I can't shut up----I'm working on it!!
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Conversation Suicide
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1/21/2009 11:44:09 AM
Nice one Jesse. And cool to hear that your Dad's musical inclinations, and gettin' to play with him, encouraged you.... 'Cause he's got an AMAZINGly talented son, too! Nice arrangement & great job fillin' in the BLANKS with the drums, after the fact & no click track. Dig his kinda dylan-like qualities.
Now I Know why your stuff is all so damn good, you're like HUGH & can play any instrument you put your hands on... I'm just now starting to force myself to learn drums, but got a LONNNNG way to go.
Anyhoo, enjoy that connection with your Dad -- I've had it a couple of times with my oldest Son livin' with me, when he's screwed around on the drums.... hopin' that he'll push himself to go further with music. But you can't force it, or they'll resent doing music.
And that's one of the reasons I think guitar hero & the like, are a little bit EVIL... too easy for kids to avoid learning to play an actual instrument & CREATE original music themselves, rather than feining to be playing cover tunes on a video game!
Welcome to PHLEGM PHAVORITES OVERFLOW, by the way...
=one of yer biggest fans
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Kevin White
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1/21/2009 12:57:20 PM
Of course, Sam :^D ... but I liken knowing the production side of music to understanding the finer points of a sport.
Athletes can be beauty in motion, appreciated for the physical skills and abilities all on their own.
One can watch a football or basketball game w/o knowing a single rule and still yet appreciate watching nonetheless. The same cannot unfortunately be said for baseball or golf ... which I refer to as "sports to take naps by" ... lol ...
But if one knows the rules of the game, why a referee made a certain call, what strategies the coach is employing, or how amazing was it that that athlete did what he did?
... then what happens is one can truly appreciate the full beauty of the complexity of the matter.
Same with music. One can be a listener, and just enjoy the art at the face value of it, or one can go a little further and become a musician ... or go a little further and become a writer/performer ... and then go even a little further deep into the intricacies of sound recording and production.
So when I listen to a song, I'm hearing and appreciating the complexity of the matter on many levels ... and I can like a song for the writing, the performance, the arrangement AND the production value.
... and when it's good on few levels, but maybe misses on others ... it's still good.
But when all the pistons are firing on all levels ... it's a thing of true beauty.
Kev-
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The Man With No Band
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1/21/2009 1:14:19 PM
That's good on you Kev ....
but I think yer full of poop ... :)
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Kevin White
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1/21/2009 1:24:44 PM
---- Updated 1/21/2009 1:26:23 PM
That's okay, Sam ... no offense taken.
You're fully entitled to your philistine preferences.
:^D
K-
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Hugh Hamilton
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1/21/2009 1:26:10 PM
Definitely enjoying the listen - who among us wouldn't have wanted a songwriting Papa?
I'm hearing some pedal steel or slide guitar. But don't bother considering adding it - I can hear it just fine the way it is...lol...
Rock on, Adams Family...!
H
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Jesse Adams
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1/21/2009 2:16:56 PM
CODE and Rob - Cool! I bet that's a lot of fun. I always thought it was neat when family members were in bands together. I'm happy for you guys!
Phlegm, thanks man! Don't know what else to say bro. Drums are fun! Oh man, don't get me started on Guitar Hero dude... I hate that game, I think it's retarded... but on the other hand, I guess it makes the odds better for us eh? haha I'll have a battle of the bands with some kid holding his 200 dollar GH controller any day of the week! :)
Thanks for the station add too, you're always looking out man. :)
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Jeff Allen Myers
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1/21/2009 3:01:17 PM
Thats extremely cool getting together with your Dad like that Nice!
I often wonder where I get my Music chops, Both my parents can't sing or play a Lick, My Grandparents either... Or my Brother.....Maybe I was switched at Birth??? :)~
Congrats on the collab, that is very special.
Jeff
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Bob Elliott
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1/21/2009 7:18:45 PM
Dad's got a good voice. Like the keys.
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Fyvwunsyx
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1/22/2009 1:52:46 PM
This is very good. I did see the other thread about some purported "imperfections" but I just listened to the whole thing through and didn't hear anything that jumped out at me as an error. This whole thing is really well done. I thought the doubled guitar offset was by design - sounds very natural to me...kudos to you and Dad. He got anymore tunes in the trunk? Hope you guys do another.
Brian
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Jesse Adams
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1/22/2009 3:39:04 PM
Wow, thanks Brian. I'm glad you like it! My Dad's got some CD's and things floating around but they're hard to get a hold of. But he does have a myspace here www.myspace.com/faceatmydoormusic
Cheers
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Jeff Allen Myers
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1/22/2009 3:42:16 PM
He does have "Character" in his voice...thats a compliment, its not easy to come by. Tell him to keep at it!
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riddle me this
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1/22/2009 4:33:33 PM
Did your mom play the juice harp?
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Kevin White
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1/22/2009 5:14:21 PM
---- Updated 1/22/2009 5:35:48 PM
Ignore that comment above, J.
It's only meant to piss you off on a personal level.
I don't like anons (a well known position of mine) for just this reason. They say what they will to do the incite thing.
Best,
Kev-
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riddle me this
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1/22/2009 5:41:16 PM
I wouldn't characterize that as trying to piss him off. I'd characterize it as just a cute aside.
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Jesse Adams
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1/23/2009 11:56:01 AM
Nice onesie there chief.
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