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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMAKyJbetmMLyrics appear onscreen as the song rolls along.
"If I knew where the good songs came from, I'd go there more often." Leonard Cohen
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Excellent tune. Super vocal.
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Hi, Mark. Good vocal, good song. Fun lyrics. Wow... I got these comments written in less than 31 seconds, if you know what I mean. 
-- David Cuny My virtual singer development blogVocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?BiaB 2025 | Windows 11 | Reaper | Way too many VSTis.
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Good one, Mark. Love the story in the description on YouTube. Yeah, I'm smitten with that guitar theme, too. Excellent lyrics and vocal. A fun song to push replay.
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31 seconds? What's your secret.... uhhhh, never mind.....Not sure I want to know....
I love story songs. I kept thinking about Della and the Dealer ..... good story. I don't like to write story songs based on personal experience because I'm not sure the statute of limitations has expired on some of that stuff I did back then.
Enjoyed it.
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Excellent tune. Super vocal. Thanks, Scott! That means a lot.
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Hi, Mark. Good vocal, good song. Fun lyrics. Wow... I got these comments written in less than 31 seconds, if you know what I mean. I know what you mean! Glad you liked the song. It seems like one of my better ones (-though they all feel that way when they're new!)
"If I knew where the good songs came from, I'd go there more often." Leonard Cohen
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Hi Mark. 31 seconds? Man you are quick!
Excellent story set to music
I don't dare tell my kids what I did when I was young; note no grand kids here.
Outstanding song
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I like the humor in your lyrics.
Yeah, I like that guitar too. Is that you or BIAB?
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I like the humor in your lyrics.
Yeah, I like that guitar too. Is that you or BIAB? Thanks! I play the "forward" guitars. (There is a BIAB rhythm guitar on there in the background.) I recorded one track all the way through, which is how I play the song by myself and sing it. Then I added a second guitar track, with more bite, for the theme between verses. I also play the chords some, so when that part drops out during the vocal it seems to work better. The solo is in two parts, both by me.
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Hi Mark. 31 seconds? Man you are quick!
Excellent story set to music
I don't dare tell my kids what I did when I was young; note no grand kids here.
Outstanding song
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Thank you! I have no grandkids either. My wife has kids but no grandkids. She's starting to think that won't change. It was in talking about this with her that the idea for the song came to me.
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On another forum, several people took issue with the last line of the chorus:
"That's why I got good stories to tell your grandkids."
Their issue was this: the rest of the chorus (as well as the verses) are directed to some grandkids, not to someone WITH grandkids.
I thought about this and see their point.
So now I'm singing it this way:
"Your folks they settled down and minded their own biz
I chased the high life and I caught the fizz
I'm not complaining, that's just how it is
It's why I tell my stories to someone else's grandkids."
I think that works better.
My wife and I have COVID, so my voice is shot. May be another week before I can record this version and see if I want to keep it.
(This would change the title, of course. I might shorten the title to "Someone Else's Grandkids")
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Hi Mark,
I appreciate this guitar playing which reminds me of the group "Them avec gloria". It is a very beautiful composition. I appreciated.
Best regard
Derochette
alias JaniJackFlash
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Hi Mark
Cool song
Your singing sounds really good
And your guitar solo fits perfectly
What kind of guitar / amp combination do you play ?
Many greetings
Andi ;-)
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Thanks for all the comments, guys.
Been away for awhile. Caught COVID, recovered but couldn't sing well right away so I took a month to just work on guitar technique.
Came up with several song ideas in that time (the month of April) but haven't recorded anything since late February.
Perhaps next month I'll be "back in the saddle again."
Thanks for listening!
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Hi Mark ...
A really fun song. And yeah, story songs always keep me interested because I want to know how they end. Good song, good presentation. Cool! Hope you're feeling better soon. I'm recovering from two surgeries less than two weeks apart. Totally exhausted but hanging in there. Hope the same for you.
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Hi Mark ...
A really fun song. And yeah, story songs always keep me interested because I want to know how they end. Good song, good presentation. Cool! Hope you're feeling better soon. I'm recovering from two surgeries less than two weeks apart. Totally exhausted but hanging in there. Hope the same for you.
Alan Thank you, Alan. I apprecaite that. Hope you're feeling better. Started back walking a half-hour every morning after getting over COVID and I'm feeling much better, my vital signs are better, and all seems well (knock on wood).
"If I knew where the good songs came from, I'd go there more often." Leonard Cohen
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Hello Mark,
I liked this song right away!
I think the theme the guitar played did that. As Derochette said it reminds him of a group "Them avec gloria" and me me of a song called Gloria. When I had my band in the 70s we used to practise on that song all the time, Never played it in public, but it was fun just doing this.
The lyrics are very funny, including all the remarks in between.
But tell me, your video was released at the end of february but is still called a 'demo'. How come?
Stay safe,
Hans
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