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Hi Guys & Ladies !:))

Having suffered a bout of
nostalgia I just had to
redo one of the original songs
on my 1992 record ! I dubbed
the song " SING AND SWING" which
is the exact equivalent of the
original name of the song written
in Swedish !

I had worked a bit on this one before
I discovered that less is more when
it came to different voices as they did
blur the song too much so I reduced them
to what you can hear on this track.

This is what someone of you might
call a feelgood song as was the
intention from the very beginning
and I really hope you´ll experience
it that way also.

Recorded with Mixcraft 7 pro, Stagg Mic,
compressor and reverb used.

The Style is POPJZSW.STY and the instros are:
Bass: Hi-Q034, Piano: 2198, Drums: RD:s PopJazzLiteSw
Guitar 1: 1228, Artist: strings, Guitar 2: 962
The solo is played with my Fender Mexico and the
fills with my Ovation Celebrity Acoustic

Here are the links:

http://soundcloud.com/user-337827005/sing-and-swing

http://app.box.com/s/kow9n1gq6zrft621xxlmfilvbwm0krp9

The Lyrics are as follows:

SING AND SWING ( Music and Lyrics by Norman Wibe)

When you feel completely blue and gray
and you´d rather move around than stay
when you feel like running come what may
don´t you mind if this is what I´ll say:

”You better take a swing and sing this song
that´ll make you feel allright now
sing and swing along
that´ll make you so fine
yeah so fine, yeah so fine
makes you sway down the line
you gotta swing and sing along
that´ll make you feel allright now
sing and swing along
that´ll make you so fine”

You gotta believe me, believe me
I know what you need to do
darling you´ll see, you´ll see
this is just the tune that´s ment for you

When you feel so close to dull and down
and it feels like you´ve just lost your crown
when you walk around with features frown
and you know you need another gown

”You better take a swing and sing this song
that´ll make you feel allright now
sing and swing along
that´ll make you so fine
yeah so fine, yeah so fine
makes you sway down the line
you gotta swing and sing along
that´ll make you feel allright now
sing and swing along
that´ll make you so fine” ……….solo

When you feel you´re deeply in the blue
and it seems your dreams just won´t come true
when you feel your feet are in the glue
come along and sing along you too:

”You better take a swing and sing this song
that´ll make you feel allright now
sing and swing along
that´ll make you so fine
yeah so fine, yeah so fine
makes you sway down the line
you gotta swing and sing along
that´ll make you feel allright now
sing and swing along
that´ll make you so fine”

Cheers
Dani

Hi Dani,

Now that's a real toe-tapper! Love the casual swing sentiment. And those key modulations were a nice touch. Key modulations give a song a new boost and freshen it. Nice job, Dani! Glad you re-did this one for us.

Alan & Di

Hello, Dani

This is another nice suffer tune.
But a little different from usual Beach Boys' sound.
The key change is also nice as usual.
Very swingy.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Dani

Very nice easy listening that swings - some nice harmony and a pleasant guitar solo.

Enjoyable.

Peter

Dani,

I enjoyed the very happy swing of this.
Those layered voices that are your trademark are as good as ever and its nice to hear your guitar playing.
Feelgood indeed!

Robert

Al has such a way of putting things....
Well, need we say more... we agree, completely

Nice one, Dani.

The casual swing feel works well. Nice guitar. Good mix.

Enjoyed.

fj

Dani,

This one indeed swings! Really enjoyed it - excellent job.

Bob

I loved the arrangement on this Dani. The song really swings. Super vocal, lyric and backtrack

Hi dani48, Nice work on this! I really enjoyed the vocals and the guitar licks. Very easy to listen to. Well done!

Dani, this is outstanding. Love the modulations and the casual swing while do you a great job with the sing. This genre fits you perfectly. Super sweet guitar lead. See I told you that you were a lead guitarist

You should be very proud of this one.

Toe Tapper!

nice easy feel and good melody

enjoyed

Kenny

Another good one from you Dani.

What a really nice set of lyrics. A toe-tapper for sure.

Peter well stated our feelings and we'll add "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!"

Barbershop to Beach Boys to Crooner to Swing -- you are a talented and versatile musician.

Enjoyed it.

J&B

Dani, what an enjoyable tune! Anybody who listens to this should love it! great work all around. Thanks, Torrey.

I just couldn't have said it better. And yes it was nice to hear you playing guitar!

Very nice, Dani! Great feel to this song. I really enjoyed your guitar work. Thanks for sharing this one.

Steve

Dani, nice key modulations. This swings along nicely. Very well sung and I enjoyed your guitar work. Tom

Hi, Al & di !:))


Sorry to be this late
with my answer ! Have been
away .......

Thank you so much for
taking time to listen
to this tune and comment
on it ! I am most glad
for that and for your kind
words !

Cheers
Dani

Very sweet, very catchy!! Such a feelgood, Good day Sunshine type song. Love the vocal harmonies. Keep swingin' and Keep singin' Dani!! Take care. Greg