FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 06/03/2022
CONTACT:
The Ram
ASCAP Songwriter: 375350750
OD Soul, Inc
ASCAP Publisher: 375351159
7040 AVENIDA ENCINAS STE 104-464
CARLSBAD, CA, 92011-4652 United States
phone: 760-476-0170
email: ram(at)odsoul(dot)com
SUBJECT:
“Do It Right” New Music Release June 3
My new single “Do It Right”, is a sonic love letter from distant roads to our loved ones stoking the fire back home.
WHEN: Official Release: June 3, 2022
RESOURCES & LINKS:
THERAM.IO
https://www.theram.io/do-it-right
Listen now on Bandcamp
https://therammusic.bandcamp.com
Other Streaming Platforms
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/theram2/do-it-right
Press Release:
My new single “Do It Right”, is a sonic love letter from distant roads to our loved ones stoking the fire back home. Many of us need to travel for work to make ends meet for the family. The traveling Ram knows that high-end hotels will always pale in comparison to the love that’s in store back home.
The first time I wrote and performed this song was in 2006, to my newborn son Ronan, so I dedicate it to him, my pops Buzzy, and the women in my life. Love and Respect to my grandmothers, aunts, mothers, sisters, cousins, nieces, and daughters. You are perpetually in my thoughts, guiding my path through life, and teaching me how to love unconditionally.
About this song
The official single was the first take of our Carlsbad, California home studio live session recorded in early 2022. We played the song two times back to back. The alt-take was the second take where we stretched our legs a bit and explored some ideas while jamming the song out. Our normal tracking workflow leaves the drums & bass untouched, then we sparingly overdub the rest to achieve a sound true to our live performances. No click tracks were used, no quantization, just a legendary local drummer, Mike Hunt whom I played with years ago in another band. Local San Diego musician and engineer, Mike Butler takes care of the mixing and mastering.
The featured musicians are also among my closest lifelong friends.
It is a gift to be able to record and perform with such talented people.
- David Ondrick on Saxophone
- Mike Pritchard on Keyboards
- Dan Greenbaum on Bass
- Mike Hunt on Drums
- Mixed & Mastered by Mike Butler
- Mark (The Ram) ODonnell on Guitar & Vocals
Official Video
Lyrics
No sight of the man on the interstate
Spent a mess of time truckin’ on the road today
I got a one-way ticket babe, the diesel down
And I’m blowing off some doors as I pass each town
As I pass each town, as I pass each town
As I pass each town, laying that diesel down
Going down, going down
Let me tell you
Yeah, oh yeah
If you’re gonna do it, do it right
Grab your little woman, treat her right
If you’re gonna do it, do it right
Grab your little woman, treat her right
Get down, going down
Like a shotgun kick, I move as fast as I can
Yes that’s the signature style of a do right man
And I know every action means the word to you
That’s why I’m trucking this load to bring the goods to you
Bring the goods to you, bring the goods to you
Bring the goods to you, baby bring the good to you
I say yeah, yeah
If you’re gonna do it, do it right
Grab your little woman, baby treat her right
If you’re gonna do it, do it right
Grab your little woman, treat her right
Bring it down
I know it’s late at night, but I need to know
Just what kind of love you’ve got in store
I know outside is just a drizzling, drizzling rain
So won’t you start a fire in your hearth again
In your hearth again, in your hearth again
In your hearth again, light a fire in your hearth again
Yeah, yeah
If you’re gonna do it, do it right
Grab your little woman, treat her right
If you’re gonna do it, do it right
Grab your little woman, treat her right
Just like I told you
If you’re gonna do it, do it right
Grab your little woman, treat her right
Get down, get down