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dear jpf friends,

I'd appreciate your feedback on
Blue Holiday.

thank you

Ande Rasmussen
www.AndeRasmussen.com
http://songramp.com/ande

John Gilliam's demo (jan 2005):
http://www.songramp.com/mod/mps/srplayer.php?type=hipub&trackid=25677

Halie Loren's demo: (aug 2005)
http://tinyurl.com/blueholiday

Halie Loren's Cut (2:00 clip) (Dec 2008) from her
Many Times Many Ways CD
http://tinyurl.com/blueholidayhalie

Blue Holiday

vocals: John Gilliam
produced and performed by John Gilliam
written by john gilliam and ande rasmussen

(Verse 1)
a tropical sea
and five lazy days
a cool island breeze,
and baby I'm sailing away
I'm just missing you
on a blue
holiday

(Verse 2)
Gardenia perfume
blows through my sails
out on an open ocean
the blossoms fade to pale
under the moon
on a blue
holiday

(Refrain)
But every time I think of you
I sink into a deeper blue
the blue of your beautiful eyes
as twilite turns to starry skies
you're alone at home and I'm
lonely in paradise

(Verse 3)
I order our drinks
and toss you a grin
you catch with a wink
and you whisper kiss me again
but its just fantasy
on a blue
holiday

(repeat Refrain)

(Verse 4)
I stare at the waves
and stroll down the beach
I'd hold you close
but baby you're so far out of reach
of my solitude
on a blue
holiday

Ande,
Nice "bluessy" tune. Got up to the first 50 seconds, but kept stalling out on me about every 5 - 7 seconds. Very frustrating stream, and I have high speed DSL.

Anyway could you offer a download option? I'd rather download it and then listen without interuptions!

Thanks!
Michael B.

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We got a new demo with Halie Loren on vocals

http://www.songramp.com/view.ez?sampleid=34592



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Andy, I listen to both versions. Take no offense to this but the first version is no where as good as the second version with "the lady singing the blues" and the piano. It sounded so.....much better. Actually it sounds great. Way to go. terribob

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Beautiful work! Just a classic.

My only suggestion would be to shorten it. It's so much like a classic A-A-B-A format that the repeated refrain and the two verses at the end feel like it's a bit dragged out, at least to me. I think it would be a jewel begging for an encore if you stopped it at verse 3. Just my opinion. Another option would be an instrumental refrain for the second refrain, or an instrumental verse as verse 3.

Great song -- just classic. What a treat to listen to.

- James

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[This message has been edited by JamesM (edited 01-09-2006).]

Ande,
I agree with James on the AABA format.

I was also surprised to hear John was a girl! I actually poked around and found the real John version.

I like the female version best (she is just too lovely). But I liked John's version too. That guitar sounds so nice. What kind of guitar is that? Sounds both acoustic and electric at different times.
Good song,
Tom

[This message has been edited by Somefellow (edited 01-09-2006).]

Hi Ande:

I only listened to the new version. Man, it is gorgeous. Great lyrics, nice hook and the sparse backing fits perfectly - you can just imagine her sitting on the piano - while Hoagy Carmichael plays! Really loved it...

Scott

Ah, this is sweet. The female vocal and piano are a match made in heaven. Nice to listen to with closed eyes and just fade away.... Great job!

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Clint

thank you so much for your kind comments about my new version of "Blue Holiday"

I truly appreciate them.

Ande
www.AndeRasmussen.com

here's Halie's pic


[This message has been edited by Ande Rasmussen (edited 01-14-2006).]

Hi Ande

Very nice this, enjoyed every minute. Very reminiscent of the old standard “Making Whoopee”

Hmm, I just listened to the other version, although the vocal on the second is stronger. I think the mood is captured far better on the male vocal.

Cheers

Nige

thank you sir
I appreciate your comments

ande





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Sorry I couldn't listen. I have dial up and it would only play 2-3 seconds at a time. I would love to hear you if you have another link to go to but songramp.com won't work well with my computer for some reason. Sorry.

A few years ago Halie Loren demoed
Blue Holiday
http://tinyurl.com/blueholiday

She recently redid it and included it on her
Many Times Many Ways CD
today I heard her new version for the first time
here's a (2:00 clip)
http://tinyurl.com/blueholidayhalie

Nice descriptive lyrics.

Ande,

I'll be back to listen and review. I just started to listen and my wife has a medical issue coming up.. I'll be back as quickly as I can.

Alan

Hi Ande

Awesome rendition

cool stuff.
jm

Ande,

Just took a listen. Very nice, indeed. Halie really does this justice. What a magnificant voice! i enjoyed this bluesy, piano piece a lot. Thanks!

Alan

Hi Ande,

I could only listen to the tiny URL, the others said couldn't be found on this server for me, but Halie sang it so beautiful.
Sure could make you blue on a blue holiday, lol. Great lyrics.

Very very nice song,

Letha

Ande, beautiful lyric, beautiful music and Halie definitely captured a blue mood with here wonderful voice.

Ande.....Only 2:00 minutes....2:00 of excellence....Bob

This is fantastic, Ande and John....just fantastic....!..

and with the word Holiday...so commonly used in Europe as
meaning...going on vacation...I can see this doing well any time...and not just seasonally.

Halie puts so much emotion into the song.....Felt like I was in the audience!

very lovely...
Best...
Kaley

thanks Jim
I appreciate your comment on my new cut,
Blue Holiday http://tinyurl.com/blueholidayhalie

hope your writing is going well

ande

thank you Joice

ande

thank you ande
isn't halie wonderful
she does piano demos for folks
http://www.halieloren.com

ande

thanks Letha,
I put up more tinyurl links
also edited the original post since songramp changed URLs slightly and the links were bad

ande

thanks randy
I'll talk with my cowriter about the but and see if he wants to remove it from future versions

ande

thanks Robert
there's more to the song but all I had was a 2:00 clip for folks to hear

Hi Kaley,

Hope your writing is going great
Thank you so much for your kind comments about
Halie Loren's Blue Holiday http://tinyurl.com/blueholidayhalie

I hope to be in her audience one day

Ande

Maybe we should get her to demo "the Bench"

Hi Ande!...I'd BE THRILLED.....................

thank you...
best...
Kaley

Nice feel to the song. The female version is my favorite. Nice voice for the song. The lyrics work quite well - not the same ol thing. The lyrics sound very conversational and real. Sounds like a good story to listen to.

Tom

Halie should be a star...nice song...she reminds me a bit of Katie Melua and Norah Jones...
be well ande, good luck with this one...moker

kaley,
let's get on it

ande

thank you tom
hope you're well

ande

moker,

I completely agree with you
I think she's awesome and hope to have her do many more demos for me in 2009

Ande

Halie's version is just a perfect "torch song" evoking those 40's movies that we all love so much. Rogers and Hammerstein would be proud. John's version is fine, too -- but it seems to feel better with the female vocal.

Kevin

Hi Ande,

Everything about this is classically magnificent. I'd like to use the singer for a future demo. Is she available?

Hi Ande,

I remember this one. Still love it and enjoyed listening again. Halie's vocals are magnificent and the piano is absolutely mesmarizing.

Letha

Wow a soothing song! Top notch all the way. I just loved it, and what a great sounding demo.

I hope it eventually will return from holiday, and find some work with a top artist.

I loved the suspension after the second verse right before getting into the refrain, classic stuff.

The tropical theme in the first verse gave me other expectations than a blues arrangement, though.

And one little thing in the refrain for me, is the use of 'blue' twice.

But it is just small guy remarks, it is really interesting to get familiar with your work here, Ande.

Happy New Year to ya'

Well, posted twice so you can use the first one on your website, if you please :-)

Hi Ande, hmmm, I can't listen, all my family is asleep, it is currently 4.30 am in the morning and I'm off to bed, just got home from work, golly gosh, back when I wake up.

Michele

LIstened again. I would like to offer a constructive critique but can't because it works so well as it is. Sorry, I can't offer any help to make it better but it is too good.

Tom

Nice song - VERY Norah Jones

Love it!! Very nice vocal, well suited for the lyric and melody. My computer wouldn't play theewhole song at once, but I'm used to it, so I just sat patiently and waited through the song. I enjoyed it, even in the broken up version I heard here!!

hi Kevin,

thank you for your comments
much appreciated
very insightful

ande

hi peaden,

thank you so much

the singer is Halie Loren
http://www.halieloren.com
halieloren@comcast.net

right now she's available to do demos and she is my favorite demo singer, I plan to have her do many demos for me in 2009.
She charges $200 for a piano vocal demo.

Ande

thank you letha

ande

Hi Magne,

thanks listening and your comments
I appreciate them and
wish you the best with your writing

ande

thank you Tom

Hi Joice

thank you so much

ande