Awesomely stupendous! Not to mention stupendiously awesome!

Wow, Dee, that is really cool but, I'm afraid I'm gonna miss it. I am at Cape Cod and will not have access to a computer after tomorrow (Monday). I am logged in to my friend's son's laptop right now but, they're leaving tomorrow. I was surprised I was even able to get on the internet tonight, since they are not connected here but, are piggybacking on someone else's wireless connection.

Anyway, I will be incommunicado until a week from tomorrow so, let me know how that turns out, OK Dee?

Thanks,

Rick

Anyway, I will be incommunicado



You mean you will be going commando with an avocado?

;D

Stu, Rex, And Johnny D., thanks so much for all the kind words. Here are the reviews of 16 sons, reviewed by Garageband.com bands, that they were talking about in the email they sent me:

Band: Dee Range and The Red Neck Mothers
Genre: Comedy

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hmm
I can relate to this song because I have the same taste in music. Has a funky little rythme to it and I can snap my fingers.
- Breakel from Sicklerville, New Jersey on 3Sep2006
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Some good work.
Vocals in this track are super idealistic to the bluesy subgenre and the performance and production are both good. Lyrics, although not amazingly funny are interesting and hold listeners attention. Overall, some good work.
- TheBadgerFamine from United Kingdom on 3Sep2006
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real cool guy
who sings. But hmm I reconize this song, isnt it the original? Is it a cover..hmm!
But either way, really good song.
- violentgreen from Sweden on 3Sep2006
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Really funny lyrics
This I like... the lyrics are really funny, and while the music is a little too simplistic, it's quite catchy. The nice thing about comedy is that REALLY good lyrics can overcome not so good music and vice-versa. You've done the first very well. So the trailer-trash thing is a song idea that is really easy to make fun of, but you've done a good job of taking it beyond that and actually making some good lyrics out of it.

What I would like to see is these lyrics with a REAL song... not to take away from what you've done, but I mean a full band kind of thing. That would be interesting to hear.
- Joe_Maximus from Unspecified on 2Sep2006
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Trailer Park Trash
HE STUCK HIS POLE IN A MARGINAL HOLE... omg I just pissed myself.

The vocals remind me of the guy who sings that "You've got sixteen stones..." song. The lyrics are clever and subtle in their brilliance. Not much swearing... it's a thinking man's humor. The best kind.

Good work, solid musicianship, good luck!
- nocompromise from Unspecified on 2Sep2006
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Nice one!
Love the original, what can I say? You didn't ruin the song, so... well done. Nice clarinet (if it's not synthesized). Hmm. Not sure about the lyrics, they're a little obscure. Well constructed instrumentation, although I prefer the original, as I grew up with it...
- Coasterbrock from Norwich, United Kingdom on 2Sep2006
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You Should Be Teaching a Class on this
GREAT parody. Performed well, clever, relies on lyrics to be funny and not "funny sounds" or "funny words."

"Don't know what's for dinner but it sits on a Ritz" is nothing but pure genius.

This is so much better than most of the "comedy" out here. Excellent job. You should give comedy writing lessons to the folks out here that think a comedy song is just funny sounds on the keyboard and saying cuss words.
- dweeks from Minier, Illinois on 2Sep2006
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Rick, sorry you will be incommunicado Tuesday, but hope you enjoy th reviews of your recording when you get back. Superb work, my friend...you rock! :)

Dee and Rick....checked out garageband.com, and I gotta say (in a TOTALLY unbiased fashion  ;)) that your stuff beat the crapola out of most stuff on that site. BRAVO!

Wow, that's awesome guys, congrats! ;D

Wow, that's awesome guys, congrats! ;D


Jeff and Kristof, thanks so much for the kind words. The reviews from Garageband.com bands have vaulted Rick's recording of 16 Sons into 10th place after only 6 days. There are 83 songs in this contest (so far), so to pass 73 of them is a testament to Rick's skills as a vocalist and recording engineer...he is fantastic. I hope the recording keeps doing well....there are 5 rounds, I think, with the top 20% advancing into the next round. Will keep you updated.

Belated but nonetheless congratulatory applause from me to you! 8)

Ag, thanks a lot. Imagine my surprise and pleasure when I checked in at Garageband.com this morning, and saw Rick's recording, which had climbed to #10 in one week, was now:

Status 2nd Round 
Rank Active contest: #3 of 71 in Comedy
All-time: #23 of 821 in Comedy
Best #3 of 80 on 11Sep2006
Any questions? Click here for an explanation of recent changes, including changes in your song rank.

Awards! Track of the Day on 5Sep2006 in Comedy

Best Programming in Comedy, week of 11Sep2006
Best Melody in Comedy, week of 11Sep2006
Best Beat in Comedy, week of 11Sep2006 

The link to the G.B page is here:

http://www.garageband.com/song?|pe1|S8LTM0LdsaSlZFmyYm8

Great going, Rick!!

Hope you are back from your vacation and are enjoying all this. For some reason you also made the charts in folk at # 47 in the folk chart.....I entered 16 Sons in the comedy genre only, but you have somehow cross-pollinated the charts!

16 Sons is now in the 2nd round of the contest. Keep you'all updated. ;)

Stu...and Rick...when "Me and Betty" speeds up the charts, (and I have no doubts it will), please stop and say 'high'...and wave 'bye'... to my OS "The T.V Evangelical Hall Of Shame", which Rick and I recorded last fall.

It somehow made it into the second round, mostly thanks to Rick's brilliant impression of Bill Clinton in the last verse.

The current standings in the comedy contest can be found here: http://www.garageband.com/genre/comedy

The "Hall Of Shame" now sits in 4th place, but I have no doubts "Me and Betty" is going to speed past it like a rocket...seriously, it is that good, and has a very realistic chance to win, IMO. The best of luck to you both, and it's great to have some more Amirighters exposing themselves (Does that sound as weird as I think?) on Garageband.

I also hope you record some more parodies together. "ME and BETTY" is too good NOT to keep going!

Keep 'em rolling ;)

Sounds like you've got it under control, Stu. Let me know if I can help.



Hi Rick and Dee

I've done it - I didn't realise my bank had switched from Visa to Mastercard so I needed a whole new set of numbers as of last week

all done though now - it's in the next contest and needs reviews and thumbs-ups to get into the next round

any amirighters willing to volunteer some of those will be warmly appreciated

:)

Hi Rick and Dee

I've done it - I didn't realise my bank had switched from Visa to Mastercard so I needed a whole new set of numbers as of last week

all done though now - it's in the next contest and needs reviews and thumbs-ups to get into the next round

any amirighters willing to volunteer some of those will be warmly appreciated

:)



I've reviewed my way through 20 songs and haven't come across "Me And Betty" yet. I'm taking a break, in case it doesn't hit the queue until later tonight. When Spaff uploaded his, It was about the 10th song up to be reviewed, so I hope it comes through pretty soon. Hang in there :-)

Hi Rick and Dee

I've done it - I didn't realise my bank had switched from Visa to Mastercard so I needed a whole new set of numbers as of last week

all done though now - it's in the next contest and needs reviews and thumbs-ups to get into the next round

any amirighters willing to volunteer some of those will be warmly appreciated

:)



Stu and Rick, I've reviewed 30 songs so far and "Me And Betty didn't pop up yet.

In case you are not familiar with Garageband's review process, it is completely randomized, other than genre, which a reviewer can pick.

This is their system designed to prevent crony ism and ensure impartiality.

So no one can CHOOSE to review a particular song at will. All you can do is pick the comedy genre and start reviewing whatever pops up in the mp3 player, and hope the song you want comes along soon.

While disappointed that I didn't come across Me and Betty yet, it wasn't a waste of time. I earned a free entry into the contest, so I'm recording "Cummin' and 'a Shoutin" to enter into the contest. It has been well received on JibJab, so I think I'll see how GB likes it.

I checked your band page, and haven't seen ANY reviews yet, so it is probably waiting in line to be reviewed. Once it gets a review, they will start coming quickly. The better the review, the more often it WILL be reviewed, and shoot up the charts.

Hang in there ;)
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sorry Dee - I didn't see these last two posts

I just PM'd you, but thanks publicly also, for doing all that supportive stuff - the site is quite confusing for newbies (simple newbies I mean) and I didn't realise you couldn't choose which songs to review - I'll persevere and try to figure it all out

:)