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Long Road Home by jgurner [Email]
Genre: Rock

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SONG STATS:
Hits: 581
Comments: 10
Votes: 7
Plays: 58
Last Played: Oct 12, 2008 - 03:45:23 PM
Downloads: 39
Fans: 7
Uploaded: Nov 15, 2007 - 08:43:06 PM
Last Updated: Nov 15, 2007 - 08:43:06 PM
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Keywords:
Home (43), Rest (5), Roads (3), Contentment (1),  ()
Description:
The result of a Wednesday afternoon without much else to do.

Lyrics:
Long Road Home
©2007Joseph Gurner


It’s been so long since I
Fell from grace
I couldn’t tell you how the
Splendor felt

So many years since I
Even tried
I found myself drifting
through my life


Even in the best times I
Felt so bad
So much fear
griped my soul

I never stopped running
I never looked back
I never took time
to catch my breath


Now I’m here
In the place I’m meant to be
And It’s been
A long road home (It’s been a long road home)

I close my eyes
And sleep comes over me
And it’s been
A long road home (it’s been a long road home)


The days are warm and the
nights are cold
I wonder if I’ll ever
feel again

For so may days I let my
past run over me
Like a river
running wild

Even in the best of times I
saw the dark
So much sadness
griped my soul

I never stopped hiding
I never raised my head
I never took time
to take my rest


Now I’m here
In the place I’m meant to be
And It’s been
A long road home (It’s been a long road home)

I close my eyes
And sleep comes over me
And it’s been
A long road home (it’s been a long road home)



Hardware:
McaBook, Les Paul, Yamaha 5-string bass, M-Audio Mobile Pre, MXL 990 Mic

Software:
GB3 for recording;
Logic Express for mixing
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Long Road Home &mdash 11/15/07 - 08:56:10 PM
Wo ..man ..what a cool rockin balad is this ??
very awesome singin ..the set feel so tight
and great,the les paul is on light here ..one of your best ..!!!

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Good &mdash 11/16/07 - 05:57:27 AM
Lyrics here and well sung and produced. I like the vocal chorus when it came in too, nice work, cheers M

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I never stopped running &mdash 11/16/07 - 05:58:09 AM
Love the lyrics and I sure like the rest too... I just thinking on my self when I so "I never stopped running" BUT now I have stop running I have my wife..... Very nice Rock song THX my friend.

Peace, Love & Respect
----
Kenta

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Decent Song &mdash 11/16/07 - 09:40:29 AM
Didn't blow me away, but a nice ballad all the same. The crunchy guitar is either a little too crunchy, or too constant for my ear. Love the "ooh" bg harmony. That's the creativity I really like. Overall, sounds like a nice Wednesday afternoon.

Respectfully,

Josh

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Thanks for sharing this Joe &mdash 11/16/07 - 04:07:49 PM
Very nice lyrics and you sang them very well. It is a very good song in need of a little remixing to make it great in my humble opinion.

I think you might want to revisit the production on this and sort it out a little. The Rhythm guitar sounds a little muddy or or maybe just there's to little definition in it, it's hard to tell. Maybe moving it around in the stereo field would help it. After listening to the rhythm guitar again I think what's bothering me is that it has too much distortion in it, which makes it all seem to run together. Your lead guitar part is very good, but it's too far back in the mix to be effective. I would bring it up in volume a couple db so it takes it's rightful place in the song.
Love the sound and feel of the bass line you did, it's spot on, so that's great. The drums are good to, but you could bring them up a notch as well to drive the song a little harder.

This song has great potential Joseph and I'd like to hear it after you get it reworked. It's gonna be great.

Respectfully, your friend,

Ed

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Nice one Joe &mdash 11/16/07 - 11:01:13 PM
Good words and a nice sound - your voice seems to be getting truer and stronger.
Neil

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the sound of thunder &mdash 11/18/07 - 06:16:50 PM
Joseph you sure made good use of that Wednesday afternoon. A true classic rock tune!

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Your picture &mdash 11/19/07 - 08:53:24 PM
And the singing dont go together but that dont matter This was great everything the background singing the lyrics and the over all feel of the song! Ive been trying to write like this but Im not good enough thanks for sharing!!!

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I really like this one, too... &mdash 11/19/07 - 09:04:26 PM
And I appreciate it's snarly roughness... Especially against the plaintive vocal...

It's strong enough that I could imagine you having another go at the mix...This has that 'Ragged Glory' charm, but I bet more folks would relate to a more Matthew Sweet-meets-Neil-and-Big-Star rendering...

I love hearing this kind of song, and this kind of guitar playing...

Ed

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How'd you get my story down so well? &mdash 11/21/07 - 07:17:09 AM
Man what a great song - so much soul and depth to your singing and writing. I really ID with everything happening here - it has a familiar Crazy Horse vibe that I often drift towards. I especially like the chorus Back up vocals. It doesn't get much better than this.

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