Ain't Your Fool

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ABOUT THE SONG

Ain’t Your Fool actually started as a challenge from a friend of mine... 

 

He’s a very talented composer who I was working with and he gave me an assignment to create a song based within a structure…

 

All he gave me was the chordal outlines for each section of the song (based on a popular John Mayer song 🤐) and had me put it in whatever key and tempo I wanted. 

 

That formed the outline of Ain’t Your Fool, but it really came alive when that lead hook melody in the pre-verse’s came out.  It started as a guitar line and then it was doubled by trumpets (as you can see in the video towards the bottom of the page)

 

the first time I ever recorded/wrote a trumpet part actually…

 

Demo Versions and Previous Mixes

 Demo Version - First Point When the Song Started to Come Together! (definitely a rough cut)

Rough Mix - The Mix I Did Before Sending to the Mixing Engineer (Josh Tyrrell)

First Pass Mix - The First Mix I got Back from Josh

Ain't Your Fool

Demo Version

Ain't Your Fool

Rough Mix

Ain't Your Fool

First Pass Mix

Behind the Lyrics

There have been several relationships in my life that have ended fairly abruptly, not from my choosing, and left me feeling unsure why it even had.  

 

After many trials and errors, I was able to learn from these and get better at recognizing when things aren’t working...  

 

This song is about utilizing what I had learned from those experiences, and making the confident choice for the betterment of myself to walk away from a toxic relationship…

 

“‘Cause I ain’t your fool // So I can go // So I will go”

Studio Recorded Version

Ain't Your Fool

Studio Version

Ain't Your Fool

I went and picked you up

It was a waste of time

You’re just like everyone

How you could fake so kind

And It’s the hardest part

To keep from blaming you

So tell me what you want

And what you want to do

 

So go and say it

Yea go and say it

I’ll go and say it

 

‘Cause I ain’t your fool 

No I ain’t your fool

So I can go

So I will go

 

It’s like you’re holding out

For something better babe

But I will promise you

There’s no one else the same

 

So go and say it

Yea go and say it

I’ll go and say it

 

‘Cause I ain’t your fool 

No I ain’t your fool

So I can go

So I will go

 

‘Cause I ain’t your fool

No I ain’t your fool

And I ain’t your fool

No I ain’t your fool

So I can go

So I will go

Live Recording Sessions

Recording Trumpet with Jon-Paul Frappier

All of the songs on my record contained live elements from recording sessions with other incredibly talented musicians from all over the world.  This is one of those recording sessions featuring Jon-Paul Frappier (who is currently in Denver, CO at the time of this recording) and is the Trumpet player on the songs for this record!

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– check out 10:15 when the beat really starts to come together

 

– at 20:22 he totally slays this drum fill

 

– the marching snare overdubs start to really fill out at 30:31

 

Recording Violin with Alí Bello

This is a violin recording session featuring Alí Bello (who is currently in Madrid, Spain at the time of this recording) and is the featured Violinist on the songs for this record!

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– check out 10:15 when the beat really starts to come together

 

– at 20:22 he totally slays this drum fill

 

– the marching snare overdubs start to really fill out at 30:31

Liner Notes for Ain't Your Fool

Drums – Nate Barnes

 

Bass – Pablo Arruda

 

Guitar – Justin Smith and case vannön

 

 Trumpet – Jon-Paul Frappier

 

Violin – Alí Bello

 

Vocals - case vannön

 

Co-Production – Devin Malloy

 

Producer – case vannön

 

Mixing Engineer – Josh Tyrrell

 

Mastering – case vannön