Exit4luv

This is another old song by Snowy White. We decided to experiment with different instruments to come up with different tones. I played keyboard, my husband played a sweet guitar part, a neat steady bass guitar, and he sang with a nice blues touch. We hope everyone enjoys this version of the song.

Something on Me (Cover)

Hey All... Here is our most recent upload. It is a cover of the Alvin Lee song Bluest Blues. As usual we like to add our interpretations. Tiffany added a nice keyboard riff, and provided harmonies to my vocal track. I played all guitars, bass and drums. Tiffany played keyboard on multiple tracks. We used a Tascam DP32 to record 27 tracks including the mixdown and mastering. I used a single comp and limiter and added EQ and noise shaping. 
We hope you enjoy our take on this great Blues song.
Best,
Exit4luv

The Bluest Blues (Cover)

Hello everyone, this is a song we wrote together. As any couple who has been together for any number of years can attest, the ups and downs of any relationship are constant and sometimes painful challenges. We are a unique couple that in part has had to constantly fend off those folks with a blind eye. My husband is a very detailed and observant man. He has taught me that to get through those things in life, we need flexibility and creativity. He has always told me that in life, hurdles and barriers to success require many things in order to resolve. And anything you need to do is ok as long as it is legal. That whatever you need to do to get over and through adversity and/or pain is the right way as long as you pull through the ordeal. In the 14 years of our marriage we have had to to do just that.
Hence the title of the song we wrote. It is a song of collected learnings and observations. We thought we would try to put that into a song. Let us know if we did?  

We were inspired by this blues progression that we came up with. My husband is a drummer and a guitarist. My husband played three separate smooth guitar rhythm's along with a consistent smooth bass guitar. I played my keyboard along with the piano. I am proud of the way my husband brought out my voice along with the three part harmonies. If you think we did then give us a thumbs up...

Gary used a Tascam DP32. He used the DP32 in multi-tracking and mastering. I think he used around 25 tracks or so...


We hope you all enjoy it as much as we did writing and playing the song...

As Long as I Pull Through (Exit4luv Original)

Hello everyone, as some of you may know there is a previous version of this song of "Caves" on Sound Cloud. We both have decided to revisit this song in order to improve it and make it stand out. I wanted to express my feelings and the reasons why I wrote this song. This song came out of a difficult time, a period of time where I began to question who and what I was all about. And I was going through a lot healthy emotions. I feel and know that life is too short to take your husband and only soul mate for granted. I want to share the fact that in this song it states that I did not want to lose him and that I just want to keep fighting to make it through. In fact, there was a time just recently where my husband had been in the hospital for a while and I could have lost him. God has smiled upon us and has given him a second chance at  life and I want to embrace "our life" with him. It is my hope that this song captures a time period where I had to stay strong through adversity so that I could see us through. I hope that everyone enjoys this song and we hope that we have done it justice.
You can follow us (Exit4luv) on instagram, FaceBook.
Until next time, be safe and listen to the music of life...
Gary & Tiffany

Caves (Exit4luv Original)

Hey all, this is Gary from Exit4luv. "Hiding From the Blues" is our newest song. Tiff and I were messing around the other day playing with some blues oriented I, IV, V progressions. We wanted to play a blues song using some flats and sharps in the chorus section. "Hiding From the Blues" is the result. I wanted a basic steady beat and a rhythmic groove driven by my guitars and bass. I laid down a drum beat using my Alesis Kit. Much like baking a cake Tiff and I laid down our tracks. Tiff is the vocalist and keyboard player. I am the drummer and guitarist.We recorded everything using our trusty Tascam Dp32sd unit. I mastered it using some basic compression and some gentle equalizer. It turned out to be a blast to play. It's a fun song to perform. This was a fun music project. We hope you enjoy listening to our latest Exit4luv original, "Hiding From the Blues". Please feel free to leave a comment. If warranted please share this song with your family and friends...Until next time, please be safe in all that you do. Remember in troubling times, to stop and smell the roses and always listen to music, the "universal" language. It's a crazy world out there, keep your eyes wide open...Best, Gary & Tiffany.

Hiding From the Blues (Exit4luv Originals)

We recorded this song last year. It's an old Albert Lee blues song that has been covered by just about everybody, Joe Bonomassa, Daniel Castro, Eric Clapton and the list goes on.
We decided to remix it. Tiff added her background vocals as only she can. She is extraordinary in creating solid harmonies. This is one of a few songs I sing, so as long as Tiff handles the background vocals I don't embarrass myself too much 🫣.
I did add a few subtle guitar tracks to reinforce the original tracks, plus I cleaned up some drum tracks and then tweaked the equalizer and compression.
We both enjoyed doing this remix. 
Hope you enjoy this blues cover. Drop us a comment if you so choose. We love to hear back from you.
Until then be safe in all you do. Remember to keep your eyes wide open. Times are getting trickier everyday.
Best Regards,
Tiffany and Gary

I'll Play The Blues For You  (Cover)

Our newest "Exit4luv Original"  is a song of hope and unwavering love and endurance. 
Based on the most famous three little words known to man, "I Love You" the phrase "we got this", introduces another similar way of expressing love, hope and confusion. 
"We got this" is a song of love, hope and hardship. Utilizing a common phrase used by modern day lovers, couples, and partners. It is a means to verbally express your feelings of hope, around sudden unexpected "turn of events", such as an extended absence due to reasons beyond their control, or a change in living conditions where one of them is relocating temporarily.
It is a provocative statement representing a "badge of courage" of sorts and offers solace to the heart of the other person in the relationship affected when situations present themselves which are often out of our individual control. 
Tiff and I have experienced this kind of pain together not all that long ago. We wanted to share in our music that if you truly love each other, have faith in God, you can find your way home. We hope that within this song you find the message of hope and love as we did...
As is typical and usual, this is another "collaboration of love" between Tiffany and myself. Tiffany as usual, brings her beautiful vocals with complex harmonies, that fortunately for me, only she can express. All I can do is sit back, and "get lost" in dreamy feelings as I record her vocals utilizing our Tascam DP32sd portable recorder and mixer. I always look forward to the time when she lays down the "vocal tracks" on any of our songs, whether they be an Exit4luv Original or a musical cover. 
Tiffany's demeanor is a class act, as she is always upbeat, calm, and determined while recording the vocal tracks. We love to challenge each other when it comes to our respective parts of the song.
As for the "musical" arrangement of the music, I used various guitars on multiple tracks to try and capture the essence of the sound. I hope I was able to do that. This was a fun experience to play and to record. 
The bass tracks and the drum tracks were a bit challenging, but my Alesis drum kit keeps it fun and manageable.
Tiff works the keyboard, keeping her tracks simple and melodic. When writing a song, and composing the myriad of sound opportunities presented, we always strive to keep it simple and organic. 
Like all musicians we constantly try to improve on every new musical project we take on. Amazingly we have some songs that go back ten years or so. On occasions we go back and listen to our early music and we are amazed at our growth as musicians, writers, producers as well as, mixing and mastering sound engineers. Neither of us are formally trained musicians as some of you can hear in our attempts to play, 🥴. But we have a blast trying.
We are blessed to have been given this gift of music by our Lord and Savior. A day never goes by when one or the other of us is communicating and thanking him for the blessing of being a married couple playing what we hope are wholesome, melodic, played from the heart, and rhythmic pleasant sounding music.
We hope you enjoy our latest labor of love, "We Got This".
Until next time, be safe and remember to stop and smell the roses. We only get one shot at this beautiful gift called life, given by a gracious and tolerant God. So be alert and keep your eyes open.
Best Regards,
Tiffany and Gary
Exit4luv 

We Got This  (Exit4luv Original)

When Tiff and I first sat down to write this song we had an idea or a basic premise for this project. Tiffany and I are an interracial couple and that by its self in todays world is not out of the ordinary. What separates us from the ordinary, is our age difference. And it is the age difference that initially brings out most of the awkward stares, the doubting looks, and the initial surprise when first meeting us. To Tiff and I, age is nothing but a number. We don't see our age differences because we look past the obvious to what really matters, and that is what's in our hearts and soul. But we recognize and respect other peoples feeling and or opinions. We try to be respectful as we present ourselves to the world. For the most part it has not been a difficult journey, but at times it has caused us some sadness. But because of our love and respect for each other, we move on and live our lives.The song "Unique by Design" written by Tiffany and I was our attempt to capture the challenges, the opportunities and the unconditional love of committing ourselves to each other. We wanted to share how love can be designed and agreed to. Recognizing we are a unique couple, we felt the name for the song would appropriately be, Unique by Design. We have been married now for over fourteen wonderful and challenging years. We did much brainstorming and had long evenings talking about how to present this song. We wanted a song that had a beautiful melody to convey how we feel about our lives. At the same time we also felt the need to express in words how we see ourselves and more importantly how other people view us. So the lyrics were important to us. Tiffany and I have always felt the need to collaborate because when in a bind between the two of us we always manage to find what we feel is the right approach or solution. This song challenged us. When we write music, Tiffany is usually the one who comes up with the words and phrases, while I begin to assemble the musical idea and look for a solid melody. But this song was personal to us. So what would normally be easy and fun to put together became a brainteaser. I saw my wife working to put together meaningful words and expressions but this was a tad bit more complicated. So as we always do, we stopped, challenged and chose something that we both came up with. Then we applied the idea until it fit. The same holds true for me when working the melody and the groove. Long story short this song was like baking a cake, we molded the ingredients till it hopefully tasted good. I guess the proof is in the pudding, so to speak.In any event, this song "Unique by Design" is the result of a labor of love. It became an exciting project to work on. Tiff is the singer in our family, yet she encouraged me to take on more singing than I normally like too, while at the same time, I challenged her to put a strong piano part in the melody. A fun part in making music is when momentum becomes obvious. Momentum challenged us to do try riskier harmonies and delicate timings. It was a fun song to play and sing. On the music side, I was having fun with my guitar tracks. The blending of the guitars was my objective. I had a blast setting up the guitar parts.The drumming and the bass parts were more challenging but as usual, I never turn away a chance and/or an opportunity to find a groove.Assembling all of the tracks is the fun part for me. Tiff is amazed as to how I can listen to each track and balance to tonal qualities and using the equalizers. My Tascam DP32SD is a versatile and reliable recorder. It allows me to multitrack and master the song. I like to use EQ and some basic form of compression to finalize the song.So until next time, Tiffany and I want to take this opportunity to say thank you to those of you who like our music. Music is the universal language of love, so thank you for listening to our music. It is truly a labor of love...Best Regards,Gary & Tiffany AKA "Exit4luv"

Unique by Design (Exit4luv Original)

Hope you enjoy our most current Exit4luv Original "Never Out of Style". It was a fun song to play and write.
We wanted to write a song about the blues and the importance this "timeless" music has had on me. Unfortunately the "Blues" style of music is slowly fading away, replaced with music and style less affected by "human emotions" and more focused on driving beats and hard lyrics. Like all forms of music, the blues represent an era, a time if you will, where people expressed their views around love, hate, and relationships. Utilizing simple chord progressions a person could sit out on his porch with his six string acoustic"beat up old and battered" guitar and express their frustrations through music and spontaneous selection of words. It is therapeutic and healthy.
In any event, the world of music without the blues, would in essence be a sad place. Music is an "art" and without the ability to express through notes, chords, and rhythm a visual image of life would slowly disappear.
Tiff and I love to express ourselves and the "Blues" affords us that opportunity.
Be safe and remember, keep your eyes wide open.
Until next time, Best Wishes,
Gary & Tiffany AKA Exit4luv

Never Out of Style  (Exit4luv Original)

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Snowy White has been an inspiration in the development of my blues guitar style for many years now. I first became aware of Snowy White when he toured with Roger Waters and Pink Floyd back in the day. So when a chance to cover a song of his came to be, I said why not...
I had just got a new replacement for my Alesis Drum Kit, and picked "The Time has Come" a "Snowy White" song to play as I began the set up for the new kit. 
It was a good choice. My Tascam DP32SD recorder is becoming friendlier and friendlier, the more I use and learn it. Had a great time playing the bass and setting it up. Tried a little "funky" run with the bass.
I think I did three stereo guitar tracks, including the lead guitar. Tiff did her typical precise synthesizer background. The fun part was tuning up the Alesis drum kit. I used two stereo tracks and panned the individual drums and cymbals. It was great fun...
Thought I just might track and record it and throw it out there to those interested enough to listen. Let me know your thoughts...
As usual Tiff and I want to say thanks to those people who listen and give our music a chance.
Be safe out there and keep your eyes open. 
Until then... 
Best Wishes, 
Gary and Tiff
Exit4luv

The Time Has Come  (Cover)

I decided to remix this song, "Something On Me" as I laid a new drum track down. I cleaned up three guitar tracks mixed down and re-mastered for a brighter sound. 
It is one of my favorite songs to play and sing. It's like visiting an old friend... Nice

Something On Me (Cover) Remix

We decided to revisit one of our favorite artists Simply Red. "Holding Back the Years" is a favorite of mine and Tiffs. About eight years ago, we did this song after watching his concert. We like to play music with an idea to the future. When we play another artists song, we like to adapt it to more current times or by using different rhythms. 
That is what we did in this version. It's a blast to play and record. We hope you enjoy our new "Holding Back the Years" remix.

Holding Back The Years (Remix, Remastered)

Hey all, this is Tiffany and Gary from Exit4luv. Gary and I want to take the time to wish all of you a safe and prosperous New Years. 2025 promises to bring hope and change for the better.
We also want to encourage your interaction with us and our music. As we mentioned previously our goal as "average" musicians is to write creative, melodic music, play and produce pleasing sound. We are simple musicians, so our focus is on what we call real music, not glossy overly engineered. We are not professional, but rather are "real dedicated musicians. So with that being said, please feel free to make comments or ask us questions. Both of us love to share our love for music, so we look forward to hearing from you.
This song was fun to play. We tried to add our take to this classic song by FireFall. Hope you enjoy....

Someday Soon  (cover Remixed Remastered)

We enjoyed writing this song. It was kind of inspired by the significant turn of events that our country is going through. All instruments are played by Exit4luv as well as the mastering. We hope you truly enjoy our new song, "Bitter Sweet".

Bitter Sweet (Exit4Luv Original)

Greetings everyone... We wrote this song "Searching Out Answers" about how it seems life keeps changing at a super speed as we get older. Its as if the changes are relentless, like they never sleep. This is coupled with the "new" generation, as they begin to pick new leaders who reflect the current needs of the people. 
We took our time with this song as we worked to develop and to improve our singing and harmonies. We wanted this song to sound something like "Enigma" a great new wave band. 
Kudo's to Tiffany as she worked out the lyrics and the melodies. All music presented and played are by Exit4Luv to include sound management and mastering.
You can follow us on YouTube, Instagram, FaceBook and "X".

Searching Out Answers (Exit4Luv Original)

We are pleased to introduce our newest song from Exit4Luv Originals, "Invisible Existence."

February 21, 2025

Invisible Existence (Exit4Luv Original)

We are very excited to introduce our latest Exit4Luv Originals song, "If You Please." This was a labor of love for both Gary and I. The basic premise of the song was around Garys military service. Gary enlisted in the Navy when he was 17 years old. He spent the next six years doing two extended tours in Vietnam and was preparing for a third tour when the Military started to back down. Gary was assigned to a ship that supported the brown water Navy and all of their "River Patrol Boats" in the now infamous "Mekong Delta." This focused the ship to patrol and to operate extensively along a very hot and active demarkation line between North and South Vietnam.
Long story short, my husband is now fully retired and is 100% disabled. He is beginning to notice that he feels like he and his generation of "veterans" are being ignored by the military and life as they knew it was beginning to fade into the sunset. This song, along with it's gentle sarcastic statement of "if you please", tells the tale of what veterans feel at the beginning of their transistions from active men, to men appraching their golden "twilight years" of their lives. The fact that these men are beginning to feel less relevant and now even more irrelevance, is a telling and sad fact of life for our brave veterans regardless if you were on the front line or in a support role. As a wife of a disabled "incountry vietnam veteran" it has opened my eyes to the many challenges that these veterans will now have to navigate in order to be heard clearly. Which in part is what this song is all about. 
Gary and I play and sing all instruments. Gary is a multi faceted musician in that he can play lead guitar, bass guitar, and drums. I play keyboard and am the lead singer. Gary and I do all of our own multitrack recording, mixdown and mastering in our newly completed inhouse studio. We are very blessed and thank our lord daily.
We hope you enjoy our lastest song "If You Please." You can follow us on Facebook, instagram, YouTube and all other streaming platforms.
Be safe out there.

If You Please

Hello everyone here is our song written on behalf of my husband Gary dedicated to veterans like him in particular called "Thank You for Your Service." This song illustrates the story about veterans such as my husband who is one hundred percent disabled who risked his life paying/lived the ultimate dues of serving his country honorably. There is an often described phrase that veterans who returned home from battle live by that being, "All gave some and some gave all." This simple phrase truly summarizes in part what many veterans have gone through in service of their country. However as they serve their country under oath sworn to secrecy, many of them, not all, but some, also have their very own "stories that has been untold." When a combat veteran survives a tour of combat, or have engaged in some form of "fire fight", they often come back with permanent "battle scars" either physical and or mental. At the time, these very same listed adjective's were described back then as "shell shocked", a term which over time euphemistically has rebranded itself to something benign like (PTSD). So it remains critical for the Veteran's loved ones to understand their quiet suffering, when transitioning out of military service. For the veterans who are clinically diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) it is like fighting another battle. The words of this song come in part "first hand", from a combat veteran perspective, who has been through two tours "in-country" in Vietnam. 

When it came to this song we decided to take our time and carefully write meaningful lyrics for this song to do it justice. Gary helped me throughout the song to grow as an artist, I felt much confidence especially towards the end as it started to make more sense. So I was pleased to sing back up vocals. I also felt compelled to put in a horn section in the song. I am proud of my husband playing all of the guitars including lead guitar, bass, and rhythm guitar. I am also honored to have invested the time we have into this song together. He also played the drums lively with great dedication, energy, and delightfulness. So I hope everyone can enjoy our presentation of this song.


Thank You For Your Service

Hello everyone, we would like to present one our favorite songs "Twilight's Reckoning". I truly enjoyed singing this song as I became more comfortable adding my flare to it. I also enjoyed singing the harmony part in order to make the harmonies as tight as possible. 
It was a real challenge to do this song justice. My husband Gary did a marvelous job helping to come up with the chords and arrangement along with the lyrics. I wanted to make this song my own and to put my signature touch to it, so I did. I remember practicing this song repeatedly  with some passion and determination to energize the song. I appreciate Gary playing all of the guitars, bass, and drums with commitment and passion as well. He puts his best effort to mix down and master this song and what a great job he has done. So we are proud of this song and we hope you enjoy. 

Twilight's Reckoning

We are pleased to announce "Nowhere Bound" our newest song influenced by the current political "blues". Because of the difficult times, we decided to take our time to let things settle down and resolve themselves. We are very proud to present this video. We then focused on our singing style. It was a pleasure for us to take our time creating this video content frame by frame. I loved matching the scenery to the lyrics of the song by connecting with the mental side of this song. Whenever I play the video it brings a certain vibe based on how the music is played to the video scenes throughout the video. It is something truly special to see this video and music combined come to life coming from our ideas mentally and into reality.  It also was my pleasure to sing with my husband Gary the harmony parts. So enjoy and feel free to leave a reply.

Nowhere Bound

Hey all....

(Entry December 2023.)
Time really flies. It's been roughly nine years now since I wrote that original bio. We are now into our thirteenth year of marriage and a whole bunch of songs. What a journey it has been. 
One day while driving back from Houston, Tiffany and I were talking about our music, which we both played together on and sometimes collaborated on original songs, when we decided to give our music some legitimacy, and decided to give our music project a "band name".  
After what appeared to be a long extended moment of silence, we realized just how hard it was to find a name for our band. For miles and miles we tossed one name out after another, yet nothing stuck or sounded legitimate. Finally after what appeared to be hours and noticing our gas tank was getting low, we decided to get off the freeway to get gas and hopefully a bite to eat. We then decided to find an "exit ramp", and all of a sudden a lightbulb went off in my head. 
We are very much in love with each other and usually out of nowhere and at any time, one of us would look at the other and just say, "I love you". Well it just so happened that as I was looking for the nearest exit off ramp to fill up our car, Tiff looked at me and told me she "loved me". It was at that moment when I saw the exit ramp coming up, she told me that she "loved me" and I said wow this is an "Exit4luv" off ramp, so I looked at her and smiled. What if we called our band just that? So there is a little insight into how we named our musical project, Exit4luv. True story. It happened on interstate 10 just outside of New Orleans. 

(Original Entry 2015.)
As you can plainly see and it's not too hard to notice, Tiff and I are kind of a unique looking couple. We stand out in a crowd in many different ways. It has not been easy on the two of us by any stretch of the imagination, however, don't ever doubt our love for one another. The bond forged between us runs deep and true. However, the actual secret to our love and understanding of each other is really kind of simple. Tiffany who is younger, is really old beyond her young years, she is kind of like the proverbial "old soul".  Where I, the actual "old person" on the other hand, has never grown up.  I say this "tongue and cheek" of course. 
Actually at first, she thought I had the maturity of a 15 year old. She was actually being generous, just kidding... 
I think right now I act and feel like I'm still in my early twenty's. To our way of thinking, age is truly just a number. 
So you see, this is where we are as a happily married couple. Sounds intriguing and funny, in a cute kind of way, yet it is so very true.
To play my guitar, my drums, and teach myself the bass guitar all the while trying to learn how to record music was my retirement dream. Life was just too damn busy to do both, provide for my family and play my music. 
For some reason that only God knows why, after working for what appeared to be a lifetime and felt like an eternity, I find myself living that dream. 
I raised a family, earned my Doctorate, retired from management, became an entrepreneur and taught college as an adjunct professor of "applied mathematics".
And fortunately for me, after what appeared to be a pure chance encounter, I met Tiffany in 2010.  Unbeknownst to her, she understood my passion and zeal for music and encouraged me to focus and prioritize my life, and to stay true to that dream. It is so cool that I can say "dear friend", because after a couple of years,Tiffany became my wife. We became friends first which was important to both of us.
I am retired, and a two tour Vietnam combat service disabled Vet. I have lived a great life. I am blessed beyond my wildest dreams. 
The rest is just Blah, blah blah...