Greetings lovely friends!!!
Thanks for taking some time to come read about our adventures and the next new song. I am happy to have “Joy in the Ride” added to your collection of tunes from this membership. You don’t know how awesome it feels to have a place for people to go who, “really want to hear that song”! One of my main goals in building this membership page was to answer that call!
Now I can point listeners to our “cyber campfire” and they can have numerous tunes. I am still “new” to recording and producing on my own but that being said, I’m getting better. WE are getting better! It’s funny, you hit that record button and suddenly screw ups occur out of nowhere! Mo and I have come a long way in that regard. And even though these tracks haven’t been “perfected”, they have been a pretty fun representation of the songs and our delivery.
I am learning how to use my new “contraptions”. I have a ZoomH6 hand held recording device. This allows me to record us with better quality than say a cell phone. Some cell phones though, are pretty magnificent. But 9 times out of 10, the bass will be too loud in a recording. (Mo…sucking up the spot light…ha ha ha!) No, it’s really not her fault. Bass sounds great in a live setting but in a recorded audio it can saturate the mix.
For those of you that don’t know what a “mix” is: A mix is how music tonal qualities are blended. So not only the level of the instruments and voice, but how to present them (left, center, right) and how much timber or bass is included. There are MANY tricks to this trade. It is an art form all unto itself. People in Hollywood and around the globe can get paid BIG BUCKS to produce albums as they catch the latest “trend” of sound quality. It’s amazing because most audiences and listeners don’t really notice. Or, they may notices but not make the distinction of what is happening. Things like reverb, and delay…this is a sound quality. These tools help “wet” the music so it’s not so crisp. Compression helps to take the sharp edges off of harsh tones. I use these things very sparingly as I really don’t know what I’m doing yet. But “Joy in the Ride” I’m pretty proud of. It’s truly US all the way! Meaning, it sounds like we are in your living room. That is my goal. To make it as real and raw as I can, not all fancified and covered up with too many effects!
I did experiment with Mo’s voice and it was a blast. Check out her harmony line ¾ into the song. I was thinking of her beautiful ethereal voice and we basically grabbed that line, doubled it and put an effect called “hall reverb” on it…so it’s like she’s singing from heaven…or the shower! Ha ha!!! Anyway, it was fun…I had Joy in this Ride making this song. I hope you enjoy it! I really do hope you find our membership valuable and insightful.
Many of you good souls don’t even check the page and I get it. Busy lives, and that’s ok. I get too busy to record and write too, but this page helps me try, AND be accountable to you all. I appreciate the “push”, AND we definitely appreciate the proceeds! It’s been a tough winter and our puppy, Juno likes to go to the vet it appears!
She cracked her lower canine and needed surgery to extract it! Ugggghhhh!!! We’ve been so sad about it. She has turned a corner and is doing much better now. She’ll just have a hillbilly smile for the rest of her life. Idaho dog! LOL! I need to teach her how to play banjo! *Big smile*
I do want you to know, I’ve had difficulty with the go pro (video). I’m a bit disappointed in that thing. It was supposed to be user friendly and perhaps this “user” is a bit delayed! Ha! I hope to tackle that soon so the movies keep flowing. For those of you NOT on the B&K Fan Flares group page on facebook; if you are a face book user hit me up with a “friend request” at facebook.com/niccoleblaze. I will add you. Some of you have popular names and I don’t know which “Ann Smith” to request. ;-)
If you are NOT on face book, I am looking into how to get movies more readily available to you so there is no latency of time AND my goal is to take you on a trip with us, live stream! That’s been my goal all along. I suppose I need to hire an IT person! Ha ha! We have to be our own camera girls, musicians, roadies and IT people so…it’s a bit tricky! Hard to film yourself when you are playing LOL!
We do thank you for your patience in our learning curves with the technology AND thank you so much for helping us get through this winter with “dog tooth” issues and all!
That lower left is gone gone gone.... :-( "Like a dog...chewing on a bone, your gums are bleeding, so you carry it home..." -She wanted that song to be hers instead of Osa's! Ha! Keep Facing the Sun!!!
Here are the lyrics to “Joy in the Ride” (and chords for you guitar players):
Joy in the Ride
(Capo 2)
A Bm
I hear you wrestled that monster down
D E
You’ve tackled every chord and played every town
F#m E
Now your just making the rounds
D F#m E
Ain’t it a pitty, guitar strap on and your touring the city
F#m E D E
It can be a cold cold place- that mind of yours.
Bm
The magic left you years ago
D E
This musical bull you were trying to throw
F# E D
Oh the horn twisted but the string broke
E F#m
You lost your joy in the ride.
D E
You lost your joy in the ride
A F#m
And the music dried up inside
D E
You lost your joy in the ride
C#m F#m E
And the fire, in your eye
Bm
If getting there is half the fun
D E
What’s the other half when you’re all done?
F#m E D E
We all want to shine, here in the city
F#m E
Guitar strap on and ain’t it a pitty
F#m E D E
It can be a cold dark sad song - this tune of yours
(possible bridge)
Bm D E
Recognition for all your ambition is going to fly
F#m E D F#m E
On the wings of angels – it ain’t all gray
Bm D
There is beauty in what you know
E F#m
More beauty comes when you let it all go
E F#m
And find the joy…in the ride!
Chorus: D E
Find the joy in the ride
A F#m
Let the music bloom up inside
D E C#m F#m E
Find the joy in the ride, and the fire back in your eyes X2
E Bm
I heard you wrestled that monster down
D E
You’ve tackled every chord and played every town
F#m E
Now you’re making the rounds
D
Here in the city
F#m E
Guitar strap on and you’re looking real pretty
Bm E F#m
You found the joy…in the ride.
Thanks for being part of our very special team!!! We love you!!!
Niccole
