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Hello PG Music lovers Some of you may know that I have been busy with FAWM 2019. Here is an album of 13 of the songs written and recorded all using Band-in-a-Box during Feb this year. (The 14th was an acoustic recording made on my phone so I didn't include that one on the album). I thought it would be better to wait till FAWM was over and to post all the songs in one thread so that the user forum doesn't get flooded with these songs. The lyrics and liner notes are all on my website and if anybody is interested in what realtracks were actually used for what song please just let me know. To save time, I pretty much used the styles as supplied by BIAB. I THINK I BETTER GO Style is _CTRYPS1.STY (Pedal Steel Country Pop) I AM WOMAN Style is _RUSTING.STY (Rusting Train Slow Americana) LET ME BE MEStyle is _LOWROAD.STY (Low Road Country Folk Swing Solo) IT DONT BELONG TO ME Style is _FSTOMP.STY (Celtic Footstompin') FROM THERE TO HERE Style is _LITEPOP.STY (Lite Pop w/ Songwriter Guitar) ELAINE Style is _WSWNGM2.STY (Medium Western Swing Band) THE WEATHERS REALLY GOOD HERE Style is _SW130RG.STY (Mid Tempo Country-Folk) THATS WHEN AN ANGEL FIRST GETS HER WINGS Style is _FLKTAE8.STY (Even-Eighths Folk w/ Tambourine) PLAY SONGS WITH YOU AGAIN Style is _HIRIDGE.STY (High Ridge Ukulele Country Folk) HALCYON DAYS Style is _PFPBTFW.STY (Fast Folk Waltz w/ 2 Fingerpicke) I SEE YOU Style is _ACPOP16.STY (16ths Accordion Folk-Pop) A BEAUTIFUL LIFE Style is _LITEPOP.STY (Lite Pop w/ Songwriter Guitar) FAKE IT Style is _HOTRAMP.STY (Hot Rod Amplitube Rockabilly) I would love any feedback on any of the songs (even if you only manage to listen to part of one song). I am going to be performing at our National Arts Festival in July, just me and my guitar and am planning to produce a stripped down album of songs to sell as a souvenir at my shows. I would love any feedback you can give on which songs you think would work for this initiative. PS the album is available for free download.
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This is a lot to take in, so I'll keep coming back until I've heard them all... Even those I've heard at FAWM...
I THINK I BETTER GO
Style is _CTRYPS1.STY (Pedal Steel Country Pop)
Good composition... I love the simplicity of the arrangement... Great vocal... And I enjoyed listening!
Jim
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Hi Joanne, great work on this! What an epic collection of songs, I found all of this a breeze to listen to! Thanks for sharing!
Cheers,
Joe
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I AM WOMAN
Style is _RUSTING.STY (Rusting Train Slow Americana) Another nice composition... Displaying you strong vocal, songwriting, & production skills... I enjoy listening to your songs.
Jim
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Just picked at random, It Don't Belong To Me - a really enjoyable folky song
with a very comfortable melody - easily accessible, with an excellent vocal.
Very enjoyable.
Peter
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LET ME BE ME
Style is _LOWROAD.STY (Low Road Country Folk Swing Solo) I remember this one... Well done!
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IT DONT BELONG TO ME
Style is _FSTOMP.STY (Celtic Footstompin') This is another one I've previously heard... You did really well on this write... I especially like it!
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Joanne, Great job on these! It is truly amazing that you wrote them in February! Song sound as they are "ready to go", composed and mixed very well. Vocals are crisp and full of life in all. If I had to choose best two, I would take: 3 "Let me be me" I found it interesting that most cultures have similar songs... Well not similar in composition/performing but connotation, and it is hard to create a good sounding, interesting tunes in this genre. It kept me engaged all the way, so I feel that mission is accomplished  13 Fake It This one talks to me. Very catchy. Nice lyrics, progression and style. I like choice of accompaniment instruments too. Thank you for sharing! Misha.
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FROM THERE TO HERE
Style is _LITEPOP.STY (Lite Pop w/ Songwriter Guitar) Another nice one... I enjoyed listening.
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Style is _WSWNGM2.STY (Medium Western Swing Band) Very catchy & cute... I really like the little sound effect towards the end... Very effective... For this clever song.
Jim
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Joanne, please allow me some days to comment... very busy at work in the moment and I don't want to rush through your songs.
Looking forward to listening to all of them during the next week.
Will
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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... 
Jim
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THATS WHEN AN ANGEL FIRST GETS HER WINGS
Style is _FLKTAE8.STY (Even-Eighths Folk w/ Tambourine)
Another good write... FAWM was good to you this year!
Jim
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You know me... I give a song 20 seconds or so... maybe 30 if it has a long intro. I admire anyone who completes the FAWM challenge. Good work on those, I know you were busy as the proverbial one armed wallpaper hanger in a butt kicking contest.
So.... I found myself listening to several beyond the basic 30 seconds " yep, I got this" and the one that really stuck out to be was I See You. The greeting the Avatars used in the movie of the same name.
I like the stuff you came up with ... oh and that last song.... Fake It, while you didn't technically write it, you did a great interpretation of the song with your melody and groove.
Thumbs up!
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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I'm really excited to give these all a listen. I always enjoy your stuff. I'll have to come back once I've had a chance to listen to them all and letcha know what I think. I did get a chance to listen to I Think I Better Go, and I have to say that your vocals were very smooth and lovely, and I felt the country twang really complimented you.
Thanks for compiling this list for us!
Cheers,
Ember
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These are very pretty songs Joanne. Your voice sounds so good accompanied by the acoustic guitar
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Well I've listened to the first one, as time allows I'll come back to hear others.
I really liked the chord progressions, nice and sad melody.
good write,
Kenny
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PLAY SONGS WITH YOU AGAIN
Style is _HIRIDGE.STY (High Ridge Ukulele Country Folk) You are indeed a prodigious writer of quality songs... I like the neat sounding chordal hook you used when you go into the chorus... Overall, another simple but great sounding composition.
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HALCYON DAYS
Style is _PFPBTFW.STY (Fast Folk Waltz w/ 2 Fingerpicked) Oh me oh my... Be prepared to be knocked down by two feathers from that mythical halcyon bird... Not only did CDGD trip you up but also CGCG on the chorus & the bridge... Such a cheater tch, tch  ... I guess that's why they called it the "Hank Williams in Hell challenge". However, its another good song.
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Jim. Thank you so very much for taking the time to listen and comment on all the songs! You are a absolute star.
Bwt..RTGS = Real Time Gross Settlement... it is the new "Zimbabwe currency". Zimbabwe doesn't have their own official currency. They adopted the US dollar quite a few years ago. The problem is that there is no physical cash there so people pay for goods and services using their debit cards. Goods are 4* the price if you pay with your card than if you are lucky enough to have some physical cash and can pay with US dollar notes.
So the Zimbabweans call this paying with your card "RTGS". The worry is that hyper inflation takes over with this unofficial currency (like it did a few years ago when they abandoned the Zim Dollar and any Zim Dollar balance basically went to zero....).
It is so complicated it is going to take a genius to sort it out. I think the IMF have been trying to help but nothing seems to be changing very rapidly.
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