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Kenny. I am glad you enjoyed "I Think I better go". It was one of my favorites this FAWM.
Joe - Thanks for taking the time to listen
PeterF - Thanks for listening and commenting on "It dont belong to me"
Misha - I am glad you enjoyed "Fake it" and "Let Me be Me". I have already been performing the second one one for a live audience and it went down well.
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THE WEATHERS REALLY GOOD HERE
Style is _SW130RG.STY (Mid Tempo Country-Folk) Another good composition... I looked it up but I'm not sure about a "RTGS"... I enjoyed your usual good work on this one! BTW... Why do you think there are not a lot more lady songwriters on the PG forum... There are a lot of them participating in FAWM... Perhaps they haven't discovered how helpful Biab is to songwriters...  I think many ladies are put off with how complicated home recording seems to be. But even on FAWM I think if you were to count you would find many more men than women participating. There are a few woman on FAWM who use BIAB but the only one who participates here (there I know of) is Donna. I do think we need to encourage more woman. I do try to sing the praises of BIAB and know of at least one lady songwriter who has purchased the product as a result.
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Herb. Thanks for giving some songs more than the 30 seconds  I appreciate it. I am glad you like I See You. I did something a little different on this one. I wanted to use Bob Dylan's Lay Lady Lay chord progression but couldn't come up with up a nice smooth sexy type of lyric. So I took a lyric that I had written (and recorded) a couple of years ago and tried to put it to this progression. I thought I had ended up with a brand new song but when I listen to them one after the other I cannot believe how similar they are! I guess once you have a melody in your brain for a set of lyrics it is hard to shake it off. Fascinating that the melody ended up almost the same but the chord progression is wildly different. I will have to study that sometime. I think I need to plot the vocals side by side in Melodyne and see what they look like. I am glad you liked "Fake It". I thought the lyric was a little predictable but I do like how the song turned out.
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Will - Please take as long as you want. Any comments are most appreciated.
Ember - Thank you. I am looking forward to hearing if any catch your fancy.
Scott - thanks for listening and commenting.
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Style is _ACPOP16.STY (16ths Accordion Folk-Pop) Another good little love song... Warning: Don't let this guy meet your best ex-friend Elaine...  Thanks for explaining "Real Time Gross Settlement"... As well as your thoughts on the lady songwriters question... I do hope that those who use Biab will start to take advantage of the Showcase PG has graciously given us!
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Joanne, I haven't been online in a while, but this post caught my eye. I haven't listened to them all yet, but the one that really sticks in my mind so far is "It don't belong to me". It is a stripped down mix, but it really would work as an acoustic piece. The catchy melody sticks in your head and I think it make a great choice for the acoustic performance. When I listen to the rest I will post again. Be well, be happy. Wonderful tune.
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A BEAUTIFUL LIFE
Style is _LITEPOP.STY (Lite Pop w/ Songwriter Guitar) Another good one... I like the way you always have an introduction for your work showing your inspiration for each piece... Those intros are always interesting to read... I also enjoyed to your song... Thanks for sharing.
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Style is _HOTRAMP.STY (Hot Rod Amplitube Rockabilly) Your version takes Metalfoots lyrics & progression in a different & solid direction... I like the backing tracks you chose... You did a really good job on this one... I like it! _________________ Now that I've listened to all of you songs, I went back & see I gave you 5 stars on the following ones... The ones I liked really well... "IT DON'T BELONG TO ME" "ELAINE" "PLAY SONGS WITH YOU AGAIN" "I SEE YOU" "FAKE IT" I hope you do well at the National Arts Festival in July.
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Hi Joanne,
I finally had the time to listen to all your songs (except for Halcyon Days which I couldn't get to play).
Generally it is very impressive that you could come up with all these songs in such a short time!
My favorite songs are:
I Am Woman (by far the best song in my humble opinion)
I Think I Better Go
Fake It
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It Don't Belong To Me (because of the very good lyrics - not my style of music)
I liked the lyrics of "The Weathers Really Good Here" as well,
but I would have loved a more Afro-inspired style (in the backing-tracks) in order to
honor where your inspiration to the lyrics came from.
All in all... you did an amazing job at FAWM 2019 and I really enjoyed spending time listening to all these songs!
Thank you for sharing!
Will
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Joanne, I haven't been online in a while, but this post caught my eye. I haven't listened to them all yet, but the one that really sticks in my mind so far is "It don't belong to me". It is a stripped down mix, but it really would work as an acoustic piece. The catchy melody sticks in your head and I think it make a great choice for the acoustic performance. When I listen to the rest I will post again. Be well, be happy. Wonderful tune. Thanks so much. I think this one is a definite keeper.
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Style is _HOTRAMP.STY (Hot Rod Amplitube Rockabilly) Your version takes Metalfoots lyrics & progression in a different & solid direction... I like the backing tracks you chose... You did a really good job on this one... I like it! _________________ Now that I've listened to all of you songs, I went back & see I gave you 5 stars on the following ones... The ones I liked really well... "IT DON'T BELONG TO ME" "ELAINE" "PLAY SONGS WITH YOU AGAIN" "I SEE YOU" "FAKE IT" I hope you do well at the National Arts Festival in July. Jim - Thanks so much for listening and commenting on all these songs. You are a star! I am still waiting to hear from the festival to see if I have a spot but once I have it I am going to start preparing my set and recording an album. I am hopefully also going to be doing some guitar lessons to get myself upto scratch in that department.
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Hi Joanne,
I finally had the time to listen to all your songs (except for Halcyon Days which I couldn't get to play).
Generally it is very impressive that you could come up with all these songs in such a short time!
My favorite songs are:
I Am Woman (by far the best song in my humble opinion)
I Think I Better Go
Fake It
and...
It Don't Belong To Me (because of the very good lyrics - not my style of music)
I liked the lyrics of "The Weathers Really Good Here" as well,
but I would have loved a more Afro-inspired style (in the backing-tracks) in order to
honor where your inspiration to the lyrics came from.
All in all... you did an amazing job at FAWM 2019 and I really enjoyed spending time listening to all these songs!
Thank you for sharing!
Will
Will. Thank you so much for taking the time to listen to all the songs and comment on your favourites. It is really so much appreciated. PS. I also like "I Am Woman"
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