AnneS Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Maybe it's the recent Steve Earle and TVZ threads that a person in the "keep it simple" frame of mind--then, small sweet things might could maybe emerge... Take a listen if you like-- Sweet Return (Anybody else out there unabashedly in love with your Gibson today?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 In regard to your question: "Yes." Been playing "the bird" almost all day now. Just drawn to its sound. Soothing....Even recorded a new song this morning...lol In regard to your song: Fell in love with the guitar intro after the first couple of bars. That intro is very, very, very easy-to-listen-to. Sweet. Should be the intro to some film about grandma and grandpa sitting on the porch with the grand-kids. Just replay that intro over and over for ten minutes or so and you'd have a cool video.....And as always, your lyrics are the proverbial "slice of life." Your songs are been-there-done-that and extremely easy for me to identify with. You call your stuff "simple." I tend to think of it as "real." Good job, Annie! You definitly know what a folk song is. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Wow, that was great Anne, I think one of your best ever ! Love the melody, the intro is outstanding and it just keeps you hooked for the whole track. You really have a great ability to create an atmosphere with your playing and story telling ! The Jumbo sounds delicious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 That is very good writing and performance.I can see why you are loving your Gibson...it's full of great songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Anne, This one's a keeper! Nice job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneS Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 Thanks, guys--for the listening and for the saying. Ah, it's a fine spring morning here in the mountains--another good day to play the guitar! \:D/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratch47 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Thanks, guys--for the listening and for the saying. Ah, it's a fine spring morning here in the mountains--another good day to play the guitar! \:D/ Anne, Can't get the link to open? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfox14 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Anne, the song is really beautiful with a really lovely melody. If you don't mind me saying, I think the key is too low for your voice. Can you capo up to another higher key? Just a suggestion. Keep up the great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratch47 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 The link opened this time and I'm glad it did This is one of those songs that, if played by someone else, it would not be the same. Your picking style and voice are perfectly suited. Wish I could fingerpick like that. Great Job Anne! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losmecos Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 very nice and calming, très jolie, michel marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Another fine tune'n'lyric from your teepee Annes. How I like the intro. A little note-poem so obvious - a fruit so there for everyone to pluck. You were the lucky one who did it. Ohh – the mid-pieces are moving too. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneS Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 Another fine tune'n'lyric from your teepee Annes. How I like the intro. A little note-poem so obvious - a fruit so there for everyone to pluck. You were the lucky one who did it. Ohh – the mid-pieces are moving too. . . . Thank you, Em7!!--and you touch on something here that I've been thinking about, too. I knew, as this song was coming, that it sure seemed a "fruit so there for everyone to pluck," and even at the time, I indeed felt incredibly lucky to be the one who found it! Even before I read your post, I had been thinking since I wrote this song about 2 other songs (TVZ's If I Needed You and Gilian Welch's Orphan Girl) that, when I play 'em, I think as I'm doing the intro: "Oh--it is all so right here -in these 3 chords and these few familiar notes!!" I haven't played either of them in a while, but as I listen to this new one, I remember what it always feels like when I'm hitting those intros right. They perfectly set up everything that so easily follows. Believe me, I do feel lucky to have plucked this one as it was shooting by! And yes, pfox, the key is a bit low, but I find I almost always write in a lower key than what I'll end up performing it in. Not sure why that is--maybe something to do with the song's entry point amid the wood and wire. Once I "learn" the song, I can change keys, but I'm kind of a slave to the point of origin until I get a bunch of practice under my belt. Great observation, though. Again--thanks, all, for the kind comments and encouragment. There are so many feedback loops in this whole creative thing--and I'm thankful to you good folks who take the time to listen and report in. Now back to it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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