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Lullaby for Evelyn
Over the holidays I was sitting watching our baby granddaughter, trying to entertain her with my guitar, and this little pattern picking ditty came out of my noodling. It had no words. I just called it "Evelyn's Song". But a week or so later I did come up with some words. A week or so ago I had a solo babysitting gig with Trenton (her big brother) and Evelyn and I got to sing her to sleep with this at bedtime, standing in their dimly lit living room, just rocking back and forth. So she's heard it. :-) Took me a while to get around to putting it all together. For one thing, it's one thing to play a ditty on a guitar, it's another one to get it squared away and played in time so that we can add other instruments. Turns out you have to be, you know ... good -- to do stuff like that. So I had to get better at the ditty. I did. And I figured maybe I ought to record it while she's still a baby. :-) The other two have grown grand kids have grown so fast. Kind of leaving this one a bit plain and raw for intimacy's sake. It is heartfelt. So me on the fingerpicking. I added a shaker, bass, and very VERY quiet piano. I edited the shaker/conga track and took out the congas. I just wanted shakers. ****** Song Summary ************* Title: Lullaby for Evelyn File:Lullaby for Evelyn.SGU Style is _REMIND.STY (Reminds Me Folk Ballad) RealTracks in style: ~~2478:Bass, Acoustic, Held Ev 110 RealTracks in style: 2917:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm CountryFolk8thsMike Ev 085 RealDrums [in Song:ShakerEven8ths: a: Shaker b: ShakerEven8ths
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Hi Phil,
This a very nice lullaby with a hypnotic sweetness.
Simple but effective and touching.
Christian
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A very nice little lullaby for your granddaughter...
That's one of the nice things about the digital age...
We have tools to capture the images & sounds of our children as they grow up...
Mine often enjoy getting on my computer just to peruse the history & songs I've categorized throughout their lifetimes...
It was work but now they can go back to their birth & see what they were doing each month through the years...
And hear the songs I sung to them... like "A Your Adorable", "Baby Face", etc.
Jim
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Simple but effective lullaby, although I didn't fall asleep  I could imagine this been played in a western movie at a campfire. Great playing and vocals. Good that you mentioned that piano is mixed very low, otherwise I wouldn't have noticed it. Janne
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Hey there Phil, fantastic choice of instrumentation on this. The arrangement is wonderful to the ears and the vibe is very appealing. Very pretty sounding. Well done!
Cheers,
Joe
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Extra fine lullaby quality. I liked how the simple melody repeated over different changes. Mix sounds very warm and intimate.
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Nice work Phil. Also good work on the production. Rob
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Phil,
A really sweet lullaby. Well recorded - the vocal sounds terrific. And a nice mix.
Well done.
fj
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Hi Phil ...
Sweet is an often over-used word, but I think it applies in spades here. What a beautiful tune for her listen to when she's a bit older. Nice done - perfect mix. wishing you the best ...
Alan
PS: I was in your neighborhood on Tuesday and Wednesday - Jefferson City and Bloomfield. My former wife passed away and I had some legal matters to tend to.
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Cool inspiration for the song. Nothing more special that watching your granddaughter grow up filled with special moments like this. Loved the song..
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Why thanks, everyone! Just wanted to share it. Yup, Lullabies are simple by their nature, and if they're not sweet, especially if you wrote it for your own children or grandchildren, you probably need to go get some help :-D
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This is such a cute lullaby! Thanks for sharing the story of its creation with us!
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What a sweet tribute to your grand daughter  A really lovely tune for sure. Nice and easy on the ears, and very pretty and delicate. Thanks for sharing!
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That is simply wonderful and something that can pass down through your family's generations.
We enjoyed everything about the production!
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WOW, beautifully done!! Nice sentiment, lovely music, and a GREAT vocal! Love this!! Take care. Greg
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