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Dear Forum Friends, I’d like to share with you my latest song, “Forget Me Not.” http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=12421056&q=hi&newref=1http://www.soundclick.com/dcspacedog The song is written for and dedicated to my mother and everyone who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. My wife and wrote the song from the perspective of the care provider facing the inevitable loss of a loved one as their memory slowly fades away. The final line is a prayer or wish that no more shall pass this way. It was a tough one to write. As usual, I’m playing the keyboards and singing. Here’s the technical info: Style is ELTON1.STY (Elton 1 - Ev. 8ths Rock) Style MIDI Instruments are : Finger Electric Bass (34), Acoustic Piano (1), Acoustic Guitar (26), Strings (49), RealDrums will be substituted : CountryEven8 RealTracks: Bass 366, Electric Guitar 542, PG Guit 365, Strm guitar 362 Style is ELTON1.STY (Elton 1 - Ev. 8ths Rock) for BiaB to get piano comp. Style is _BALADE.STY (Ctry Ballad w/ el. guit (85 RS)) is used for RB recording. Time offset effect is used on lead vocal Mixed in RB. SD
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Hi SD !
There is an air of choral or church music over this beautiful tune of yours. I can understand your pain too when you wrote this one. I lost my dear wife 2 years ago after a 4 year struggle against cancer ! I will never come over it completely, but today I can manage and I must say that without the music I had not survived ! IMO Your tune fits the theme just about perfectly !
Cheers Dani
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Nice colab with your wife. It is always fun to work with someone!
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Close, close to home. I'm sure, indeed, that it was tough to write. Thanks for sharing.
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Tough one. But ya gotta do it..
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Dani, Floyd, Rob, Janice and Bud, Thanks for listening and your kind comments. I appreciate your morale support. SD
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Hi SD,
very thoughtful one. For sure it was not easy to write it.
Guenter
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Tough one. But ya gotta do it.. No doubt about it, you did a wonderful job expressing what many people go through on a day to day basis with Alzheimer's and the effects it has on everyone involved. This could be the Alzheimer’s anthem. Later,
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Guenter, Thanks for listening. I'm glad you liked it.
DannyC, Thanks. We were very careful with the lyrics. I plan to send it to the Alzheimer's Foundation to see if they like it.
SD
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So beautiful, SD! Thank you. You may want to submit it to www.musicandmemory.org as well. The Hospice Staff must have our love and support. They treat and fall in love with our end-of-life loved ones and have their hearts broken nearly every day.
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SD,
I thought the piano track in your arrangement was especially lovely as was your vocal.
Difficult subject that you and your wife handled with care and grace while keeping it real.
Good luck with it.
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Don, Thanks. I sent the link to musicandmemory.org. No rely yet. I also plan to send it to the Alzheimers Foundation but I haven't had a chance to write a nice email to go with it. Josie, Thanks. I really appreciate your comment. Strip away all the software and I'm just a piano player and singer. It's nice to know those aspects sound good. I'm glad you liked it.
SD
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