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Lot Long
by Gary E. Andrews - 11/10/26 11:20 AM
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Collaboration with Elizabeth Petty on 50/90, her lyric, my vocals, music, chording, playing and recording done on my new Tascam DP-008 EX Let me know your thoughts. FADES AWAY on Soundclick FADES AWAY ....special link for Mr. MacCharles Fades Away by Elizabeth Petty and Tammy Carlson © 2014 VERSE 1 Warm campfire Cool summer night Hot chocolate Pale moonlight Flannel pajamas Star filled sky Guitar strumming Love's natural high.... Night's first firefly CHORUS 1 The glow of summer's fireflies doesn't last So delight in its moment not the future or past Can we treasure love knowing it could go cherish the present, embrace it's soul Oh...a firefly lights then fades away.... VERSE 2 T-shirts and blue jeans Fresh morning dew Cup of hot coffee Morning sun on you Lake mist rising Songbirds sing Your hand in mine Love's simple things.... rainbow half ring.... CHORUS 2 A colorful rainbow's arc doesn't last So delight in its moment not the future or past Can we treasure love knowing it could go cherish the present, embrace it's soul Oh...a rainbow comes then fades away... BRIDGE Those photos from our last trip Bring a tear stained smile to my lips My heart aches missing you But I still chase fireflies, rainbows too FINAL CHORUS Sometimes love's beauty doesn't last So delight in its moment not the future or past I treasured our love knowing it could go cherished the present, embraced it's soul Oh...love's beauty was ours 'til it faded away.. Tag love's beauty was ours 'til it faded away
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Tammy , I really enjoyed the listen and performance .
Sound good .
Keep up the good work !!
All the best
Jan
"You have to react to what's around you in the moment, whatever the music is.
Just think of it as some place you have to enter and you need to find the key."
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Really nice Tammy, you sound great. didn't know you could play a uke. That Tascam does good.
http://www.soundclick.com/louistwinn"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." Thoreau
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mighty fine Tammy!I'm likin' the sound of your new recorder too.Mike
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Cool song, Tammy. Strong lyric and a good melody.
Your uke sounds good. (a simple bass line added would be nice)
Good job - fj
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Calvin,
I will take that into consideration if I come across lyrics with jammies in them...LOL! Thanks for listening!
Tammy
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Jan,
Glad you enjoyed it, appreciate the listen!
Tammy
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Tammy,
As usual these days, your vocal confidence has arrived, well done.
I think as it stands, this tune is "okay".....but it feels to me like it came lyrics first and the singer is trying to force the lyrics into the music. The lyrics are are very descriptive in a prose like way, but seem too poem like for the music.
If one were to do a bit of surgery lyrically, one could get this to say the same thing and it could "sing" better....or, take a different approach with the music somehow....but as it stands,again....I think it's okay.
aptly performed, and very well sang are the two things I take away from this work.
three cents.
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Louis,
I have a uke, whether I can play it or not is up to the listener LOL!! I also have a mandolin!! I'm just playing them, not sure it is right, just playing...LOL! Thanks for giving this an ear!
Tammy
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Michael,
Thanks for giving this a go, glad you like it and YES, the recorder gives me great freedom and is allowing me to experiment! Glad it is sounding good on your end!
Tammy
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Tammy, eloquently written and performed. Happy & sad rolled into one... Great work! Doug
Learn all the musical rules inside and out- Then break 'em...
Grace..Peace...Love
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Tammy, your voice oozes charm. Much clearer now with the new recorder too.
Love the uke.
Mac has some good suggs re lyric surgery to improve the phrasing.
Bravo.
Vic
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Tammy, eloquently written and performed. Happy & sad rolled into one... Great work! Doug Yes, that nailed it. Happy and sad....well melded. Kudos.
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Yeah...that uke sounds good and the vocals are great. A well written and performed song!
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Tammy,
The uke sounds great on this as does your voice. You have a really nice melody for this as well. Well sung and played.
I just thought I would paste-in an example of how the lyric could be edited a bit to make it sing better.
A rainbow's arc doesn't last
So delight the moment, not future or past
Treasure love, don't let go
Live in the present, embrace its soul
the words above do not change the meaning, but they just eliminate some of the wordiness. Also, there are a few cliche things in the lyric "tear stained" etc. I know you did not write the lyric but as a collab doing the music, you can enhance it some. Several years ago, I did a song with Barry Crannell and we went back and forth on the lyric for a long time. But I'm glad we did that because it came-out much better.
Just some thoughts. You are sounding awesome!
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I love the Uke! This song sounds fab and your playing is really good. The mix is also very good too as it can be very hard to mix reverb on a track like this. Add to much and you end up making instruments sound like they were recorded in a totally different space. This makes the track sound odd but you've managed to stay away from that pitfall and all sounds cool.
Your vocal is probably the best I've heard you do, but I've not been around much so I need to go and look up some more Tammy tracks.
Really sounds like your enjoying writing and playing.
Can't beat a Uke tune. Well done Tammy really enjoyed it.
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Tam
Very nice and relaxing. One instrument, one voice. I love that! Good work, I would say...
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Hi Tammy,
I just wanted to check in and mention what a lovely melody this is and what a cool progression too. (I got to get me a uke, would I be able to add those cool cords to my progressions???).
Talk about watching someone grow as a musician and songwriter!
Very impressive,
Tom
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Hi Tammy,
Talk about watching someone grow as a musician and songwriter!
Very impressive,
Tom Indeed Mr. Franz This is very well put together Tammy, I just love the way it sounds and moves. Keep it up.
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Floyd,
I have been trying really hard to figure out how to add a deeper sound. I don't have bass, I've got a bass drum, but that isn't always appropriate, I have played my lower strings as a bass line, but that isn't always ideal, sometimes I'm can't find the notes, so I do struggle with that, but my Blues song "I've Been Calling", I did a sort of bass line and I'm crazy proud of pulling that off...but I can't seem to do it each and every time.
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Doug,
Thanks for giving this an ear, appreciate it!
Tammy
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Vic,
Glad you like the uke...I was thinking of getting a banjolele..what do you think???
Tammy
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Janice and Bud,
Glad you liked this one, thanks for checking it out!
Tammy
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Colin,
So happy you like it..now that I have sung for you in person, I feel you of anyone will be a good barometer if I'm getting any better!!
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Wendy,
Appreciate the comments, I do understand the lyrical issues, I really tried to manipulate the melody so that I wouldn't have to deal with big lyric changes because it was a "quick" 50/90 song. I promise I am working hard at getting better, glad you liked it!
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Andy,
Always appreciate your thoughts and happy you can see some improvement and YES, there are many "Tammy Tunes" that you have missed out on, hope you hear a few someday!
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Diff,
Welcome to JPF. Thanks for giving this a listen. There is a guitar track and a harmony, so it isn't just a one plus one, but I do know I didn't mix those forward enough.
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Tom,
It just gave me such a boost to my confidence when reading your comment...thank you for noticing and for always checking in, I'm glad it inspired you to consider a uke, I have found it to be a wonderful little thing to have and now I want ANOTHER ONE!! LOL! You can never have enough!!
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Nelson,
Thank you my friend, it always makes me smile when you stop in for a visit!
Tammy
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