I Won’t Break is the 3rd single from our new album ”Sunshine Baby”.
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This is the darkest and heaviest track on the album, with incredible string arrangements by Jon Estes. I started writing this song on an electric guitar, which is not an instrument I normally play, but the edgy vibe I felt and heard in the chords on this instrument became the backdrop for this song. Every member of the Ramshackle Parade added something special to the arrangement, from the guitar riffs to the dramatic drum hits and we all worked on the lyrics together. We had a lot of fun writing and recording this rocker!
When I was a teenager, I was part of a school choir and one of the songs I used to sing lead was Lesley Gore’s 60’s classic “It’s My Party”, a sad song lyrically for an upbeat pop tune. It came to me when we finished writing “I Won’t Break”, that our song is a modern twist on Gore’s character. Instead, of crying over an unfaithful lover in “It’s My Party”, in “I Won’t Break” she is taking a stand and showing no sign of weakness, no crying, no backing down.
Thanks for the support of both FACTOR and Music·Musique NB in the making of this project!
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Written by Jessica Rhaye, Bill Preeper, Sandy MacKay, Chris Braydon, and Clinton Charlton
Produced By Dale Murray with Jessica Rhaye and The Ramshackle Parade
Recorded, Engineered & Mixed by Dale Murray
Mastered by John McLaggan at Parachute Mastering
Music performed by Jessica Rhaye, Bill Preeper, Sandy MacKay, Chris Braydon, Jordi Comstock, and Dale Murray
Strings by Jon and Liz Estes
Pre production drums/percussion arrangements by Clinton Charlton