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Thanks a lot to Neil & Jan...

PS
Neil= class

Neil say:

"SIL-VER surprised me over a month ago with the backing track to this, but
with a bad dose of the 'flu and a 3 week camping trip, I held things up a
little. This is essentially a love song for my wife Jan, who sings the top
harmony in the girlie chorus. I always wanted to do a backwards guitar
solo, but boy it's difficult getting both hands behind your back :)"

This Thing (Will Only Get Better)
© 2006 Max Ferrusii (music) /Neil Porter (words)

Lyrics:
This Thing (Will Only Get Better)
© 2006 Max Ferrusi (music) /Neil Porter (words)

In a cloudless world
On a sunny day
Your morning smile
Takes my breath away

I can see us now
Walking through the countryside
I really love you now
I want to tell it far and wide

I can hear my heart
As it skips a beat
Want to touch your skin
In the summer heat

(This thing will only get better)
I see holes in my life
I only want to fill them with you
I see the rest of my days
I only want to spend them with you
I see better times
I can only make them better with you
La la la la la la la
la la la la la la la

I can see us now
Walking through the countryside
I really love you now
I want to tell it far and wide

Walking hand in hand
On a silent beach
On a starlit night
On a city street

(This thing will only get better)
I feel a space in my heart
I know I’m going to fill it with you
I see the rest of my days
I only want to spend them with you
I see better times
I can only make them better with you
La la la la la la la
la la la la la la la
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Damnation this sounds &mdash 11/10/06 - 09:21:59 PM
good...speakers about jumped right off the desk!!!

AWESOME you guys...GREAT music...and a love song that is not sickly sweet too...not easy at all!

cool is all i can say...man!

deepest bows
z

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Hey Fran! &mdash 11/11/06 - 12:07:29 AM
SIL-VER seems to be able to squeeze as much dynamic as possible from his tracks - he amazes me. I really enjoyed the challenge of the backward guitar solo on this - quite a mathematical exercise as it turned out :)
Cheers,
Neil

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<a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/24411"> Take All Night</a> & <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/24817"> BIG DRY</a>


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yes cool &mdash 11/10/06 - 10:09:41 PM
very way trippy beat and rythymic lines. the piano break into the chorus was intensely good. distinctly jiguma with an incredible synth driven backdrop.

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Thanks John &mdash 11/11/06 - 12:12:15 AM
It's a real (and unexpected) pleasure having SIL-VER ask me to do these colabs - his backings let me go some places where my guitars just can't go. Glad you enjoyed it.
Neil

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<a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/24411"> Take All Night</a> & <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/24817"> BIG DRY</a>


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Top production & performance ! &mdash 11/10/06 - 10:11:45 PM
This makes me jealous what a professional sound once again !

:-O What more to say ..)

CONGRATULATIONS !

(I bet you will on top of every list sooon.)

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Danke sehr Rob! &mdash 11/11/06 - 12:15:17 AM
Hard to beat a SIL-VER production for sure.
Tschues ; )
Neil

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<a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/24411"> Take All Night</a> & <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/24817"> BIG DRY</a>


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Hopeless romantics, these Australians... &mdash 11/10/06 - 10:37:57 PM
This may not be 'sickly', but it sure is sweet...

I love the unusual blend of instruments, and the jiguma voice seems more bravely 'out there' than is often the case... must be the subject matter...

Ed

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And. . . . . . . &mdash 11/11/06 - 12:19:34 AM
it was written and recorded in 2006 Ed!

Thanks for dropping by - I have another Rusty Dusty Bros song from the old days to go up soonish just so you don't feel too lonely living in the past.

Appreciate your comment - we're too tough down here to be hopeless romantics - we're normally just hopeless ; )
Neil

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<a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/24411"> Take All Night</a> & <a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/24817"> BIG DRY</a>


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awesome track &mdash 11/11/06 - 04:41:23 AM
Just like the previous Sil-VER/Jiguma song, this one is again top-notch. The chorus is brilliant and glues to your ears immediately. This is such a delight to listen to (which I did more that once!).
One little quibble if you permit me? It seems that some of the lower notes (day, away, countryside,...) are just a tiny bit too low for your voice, Neil, or at least maybe just 'too near to the borderline'. I'm sure you know what I mean :-)
But what a brilliant production, a feast to my ears. This 'lalala' in the chorus is disarmingly charming and a nice surprise as well.

- Walter

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Those low notes! &mdash 11/11/06 - 06:15:06 AM
Hi Walter, thanks for the comment. I definitely know what you mean about the low notes - (and you are an expert on low of course). My daughter suggested the other week that I should try doing my lead vocals in what is now the register I do my first harmony - ie, bounce it up some. Considering that on the rare times I sang harmony in my early band days I used to sing falsetto, maybe she has a point. I'm writing one at the moment which is turning out far too low for me, so I'm re-doing all the guitar tracks with a capo. Like everything else, I'm learning as I go as far as vox goes, and I'll just put your very legit suggestion into my "music program" in my head. Maybe you could do voice double for me :)
Neil

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This Thing (Will Only Get Better) - colab with SIL-VER and Jan Porter - http://www.macjams.com/song/26036


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voice double &mdash 11/13/06 - 04:02:35 PM
Never a prob for a voice double, Neil:-) Or any vocal addition in general. Would love to do that.

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Logic takes you from a to b. Imagination takes you everywhere.

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Wow! &mdash 11/11/06 - 07:47:12 PM
Hey moorlandt!
Your comment is a lot appreciate!!
Thanks
Silver

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So Versatile &mdash 11/11/06 - 04:58:40 AM
Not your usual style, but as always you manage to offer a great sound and again the production level is second to none. Great work.

EMP

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Great! &mdash 11/11/06 - 05:43:37 AM
I like the love song theme, great prose here to be delivered, as expected in fine fashion Neil! This is a great song Max, just great.

. - Harold

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Brilliant &mdash 11/11/06 - 05:48:47 AM
.. production is particularly amazing. I felt for the singing, it might better
for you if you could stretch to sing with it up a semitone or a whole tone.
(mainly 'cos of the note you go down to on the end of the 2nd and 4th lines of the verses). Just a suggestion.

Kudos on all instruments - catchy too. Amazing backing from Sil-Ver.

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Groovey !! &mdash 11/11/06 - 06:33:52 AM
the singin very tastey ...nice words as well
well done !!

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how low CAN you go?? &mdash 11/11/06 - 06:36:31 AM
vocally that is!!! thankyou for sending me in this direction xoxox

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Low &mdash 11/12/06 - 02:25:27 AM
Not quite as low as I thought - definitely need to go up a semitone or two next time.
Cheers, Neil

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This Thing (Will Only Get Better) - colab with SIL-VER and Jan Porter - http://www.macjams.com/song/26036


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...aside from the incredible production... &mdash 11/11/06 - 03:05:17 PM
...I'm sitting here wishing I could write songs like this...

great job Neil & Sil-Ver!


AA

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well roll me around in the dirt &mdash 11/11/06 - 04:18:40 PM
this tune totally buried me. please somone get me a shovel because i to truley dug it. did that sound a bit to much like gene schalite? sorry

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Awesome &mdash 11/11/06 - 08:39:51 PM
Gentlemen

Great work. Sil-Ver production is a 10. Neil great vocal track and lyrics.

These collabs are really good, thanks

Ed

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LOVE THE SOUND. &mdash 11/11/06 - 11:45:10 PM
I love your sound. It's a great mixture of my favourite genres. I'm hooked!

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Nice collab &mdash 11/12/06 - 02:03:24 AM
... adesso .... Io voglio fare una collaborazione con l'ARGENTO (SIL-VER) .... suppose I should get in line! I think I would like to hear the "Jiguma Voice" with a few less FX or layerings ... not sure how it was mixed ... being a novice in this area ... but for my personal tastes I always like to hear the singer with clarity.

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wow what a treat &mdash 11/12/06 - 03:03:58 PM
this song has power. A clean well polished production I am glad I listened

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Feelgood song of the summer? &mdash 11/12/06 - 05:19:20 PM
This is lovely guys. A pop love song in the best tradition of pop love songs. Love the backing vocally things. This is one for the iPod. Well done.

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Hey Neil... &mdash 11/13/06 - 05:27:45 PM
....try keeping your hands out front and turn your torso around! LOL! Great stuff this. Sweet sentiment in the lyrics. Amazing grooves and percussion by Sil-VER. It's strange hearing you sing over this kind of soundscape, but it does work. It's so cool to try our hand at different genres. Thanks for directing me to this!

Be well!

PS---How in blazes did you produce that backwards lead?

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Backwards lead &mdash 11/14/06 - 03:40:39 AM
I'm so glad you asked Mike! I've always wanted to do this, and it turned out to be so much easier than expected. I simply reversed SIL-VER's solo package in Audacity or Sound Studio, played a normal lead while trying to think in reverse as far as crescendo's and things went. I was really pleased with myself - I'm now really pleased with you for noticing!
Cheers,
Neil

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This Thing (Will Only Get Better) - colab with SIL-VER and Jan Porter - http://www.macjams.com/song/26036


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Moreover, another face. &mdash 11/14/06 - 07:09:08 AM
This is an example with good collaborative activity.
Your different face was seen.

Very good pair.


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Heartwarming &mdash 11/14/06 - 10:19:25 AM
What a heartwarming song ...this is what i need on such a german, dark, cold novemberday.
Nice lyrics, good song you both.

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Lalalala... &mdash 11/16/06 - 01:39:40 PM
Hah ha ha... --You hang out in the most grooviest places, my friend... And it's way cool, that it gets to be about you and your best buddy, loved one, compadre, lover, closest friend, and I'm sure, just an all around cool person to end up in one of these most grooviest places with.

Neil, I'm no longer suprised that you would end up on a track like this, because regardless of the type of 'anything' that it might be, I believe that you will tend to play where there's an excellent supporting cast, and as long as things are, 'deeply groovin'...

This tune is 'deeply groovin' And everything about this is right! - Very nice work fellas!

Thanks! Dion


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Hey Dion!! &mdash 11/16/06 - 04:03:14 PM
What a buzz to get another one of your longer comments after your time away in "seriousland". Hope things are going well in that part of the world where you actually get paid for music : )

btw, that's Jan in the photo - taken when we were in Morocco in '76.

Keep em coming Dion, just love getting your comments (although I hid this song pretty well didn't I)?
Cheers,
Neil

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This Thing (Will Only Get Better) - colab with SIL-VER and Jan Porter - http://www.macjams.com/song/26036


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Yep, this is deeply groovin &mdash 11/16/06 - 03:28:04 PM
Excellent production, misters - And everything else that Dion said ;-) ...

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silver &mdash 11/16/06 - 04:57:32 PM
n jiguma.....what a collab.....never would of thought of u 3......but a nice offering here.......love rules!

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u2 &mdash 11/16/06 - 04:58:32 PM
u 2.......hhehhehhe

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I live for music.......


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EXCELLENT &mdash 03/20/07 - 09:13:36 PM
what a great job of blending such diverse elements! the contrast of hard and soft is carried out several ways. neil = your airy vocal is so unique - don't know that i've ever heard one like it. you get the most out of harmony, too. jan, sweet job of takng the high road - the blend was so smooth with you in it. massi, you are magic! oo-WEE - the driving chorus is a thing of beauty - love the hard and dark and pounding music against that intimate vocal. yummy drums. all so very tastily mixed. this is a Favorite in more than one way. GOOD JOB, GANG! anne

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love &mdash 03/20/07 - 10:13:10 PM
forgot to mention until mcboy's comment reminded me:
THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL LOVE SONG.
the world just can't have too many.
in appreciation,
anne

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