When Katie Plays

The Ends

Genre: Alternative Rock

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This is the first release of The Ends.

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Lyrics

She plants a seed within my soul
Where inspiration fondly grows
And I, and I, just wait to taste it
There's always one place I can go
When the past few hours have taken toll
And I, and I, can't wait to play it

When Katie plays I know my place
Rivers run with melodies
And everything else just fades into irrelevance
And even with the aftermaths
As all the tired dramas pass
When Katie plays well they all fade
And I know everything will be ok again

I found a song upon my pillow
Through the wires and into my head
Insomnia never felt so good
I found myself in another dimention
words too soft to the touch to mention
I know, I know this is where I should be

When Katie plays I know my place
Rivers run with melodies
And everything else just fades into irrelevance
And even with the aftermaths
As all the tired dramas pass
When Katie plays well they all fade
And I know everything will be ok again

Song Stats

Hits: 4481
Comments: 25
Fans: 18
Plays: 1158
Downloads: 199
Votes: 30
Uploaded: Jul 25, 2005 - 08:46:36 AM
Last Updated: Jul 25, 2005 - 07:45:47 AM Last Played: Nov 13, 2009 - 08:25:40 PM

Song License

Creative Commons License:
Attribution-NoDerivs

Song Actions

Hardware:

eMac

Software:

GarageBand

Comments

	achaycock said 1584 days ago (July 25th, 2005)
	A perfect song I'm afraid words fail me. I love this song to bits, it's quite simply perfect. The composition, singing, instrumentals and harmonics are all perfect as far as I'm concerned and this group have just aquired a new fan. I really hope to hear more from them.

cbuchner1	cbuchner1 said 1584 days ago (July 25th, 2005)
	distracting effects on the vocals? The only gripe I have about this song is the flange or phase effect on the vocals. It makes your sweet voice sound a bit mechanical - a warmer sound would have been much more comforting. Otherwise GREAT SONG! Check out my latest song called Easy Groovin

MisterFrap	MisterFrap said 1584 days ago (July 25th, 2005)
	Great song I love this song. Everythinh is perfect, but i agree with cbuchner about the effect on the vocals. Check out my latest song called Crazy Heart (vocals by Richard Schletty)

	zendog said 1583 days ago (July 25th, 2005)
	Great voice So I'll echo everyone elses comments and say lay off the flange. Nice elements. Would love to hear something like this just completely stripped down with like an accoustic and just some percussion. Great song you could probably do a bunch of different ways. Thanks for posting it. Check out my latest song called Sold Out

obbster	obbster said 1583 days ago (July 26th, 2005)
	Excellent Really enjoyed this song. Great lyrics, great singing and nice mix of intsruments. (The ooohs/aaaahs sound great) Is that Fairy Beth singing? Check out my latest song called Legend

mandolinquent

mandolinquent said 1583 days ago (July 26th, 2005)

ooh ooh ooh...
Macjams supergroup. This is wonderful. Can I just say the
arrangement here is out of this world? That organ figure...
those distant backing vocals. Brilliant.

There's a sort of phasey wash about the track that sounds
a bit like when I chose that funny EQ on the master track.
God I'm so technical, aren't I? But I think that it might be
better to lose that effect and allow the sound to come
through more directly.. may be way off here... but. Help
me out somebody.

Check out my latest song called Had We But World Enough

Kevensor	Kevensor said 1583 days ago (July 26th, 2005)
	Beth? Is that you Fairy Beth? I'd love to know who else is in this Supergroup Dl/9s! Check out my latest song called Smoove

Peter Greenstone	Peter Greenstone said 1583 days ago (July 26th, 2005)
	great stuff I, too, hear the voice of FB. I can't identify any other member's playing but whoever they are they're really good. I really like the poetic lyrics. Excellent. Now let's get you that proper mic/preamp. Whoever you all are, great tune. Check out my latest song called From Nothing

Rebsie	Rebsie said 1583 days ago (July 26th, 2005)
	Nice one Lovely voice, great song. I wish you all the very best with this project. Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)

jgurner	jgurner said 1582 days ago (July 26th, 2005)
	Nice and smooth Good, easy listen. Really great vocals. Excellent. Hope we hear a lot more like this. Check out my latest song called Bourbon Street Dawn

jschultz76	jschultz76 said 1582 days ago (July 26th, 2005)
	gentle this is a great gentle song, one you can listen to over and over again. i like it! everything sounds great (although i do agree with everyone else that the vocals would be great without the flange effect). nicely done! Check out my latest song called What Remains

thetiler	thetiler said 1580 days ago (July 28th, 2005)
	sounds nice This sure sounds like FB. I know that was mentioned before. But the voice sounds identical. I sure would be suprised if it wasn't. The tune sounds very nice. Thanks for sharing Check out my latest song called The Bluebird Cafe (with two other guest)

jiguma	jiguma said 1580 days ago (July 29th, 2005)
	Great lyrics . . . . .etc! What a nice song! Great voice (must be FB!), with everything really fitting nicely together. Would love to hear the original GB file with maybe someone working on the slight hiss on the vocal. Nothing more to say . . . . . love it! Check out my latest song called Lost In Translation (w Mike Watkins)

caroline	caroline said 1580 days ago (July 29th, 2005)
	i'd know that voice anywhere! whatever it is that you're doing fairy beth - keep doing it with those people!! lovely job girl - thank you x Check out my latest song called clink that link mjrf

eleveneyes	eleveneyes said 1579 days ago (July 30th, 2005)
	the means... justify the ends. brilliant lyrics beautifully sung. The melody is simply perfect. great collab. can't wait for your second release. i'm curious about the band members but at the same time i think i'd rather not ever know. it's kinda cooler that way. thanks for sharing this wonderful piece of art! Check out my latest song called Here With You - Better MIX

HGB	HGB said 1579 days ago (July 30th, 2005)
	Nice Great_voice_great_mix_cool_groove._Sounds_excellent. Check out my latest song called Tobbaco Road(Updated Live Version)

aclarke	aclarke said 1578 days ago (July 30th, 2005)
	The title caught my eye I've a daughter named Katie- The song caught my ear and captivated me... totally. Beautiful effort, perfectly executed... you know, except for the flange thing ;) Keep 'em coming! Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

TennesseeVic

TennesseeVic said 1578 days ago (July 30th, 2005)

Just ruminating
The singer reminds me of one of my pet peeves. In songs
like these, clearly the lyrics are pretty important. I mean,
the arrangement is nice, but would be nothing without the
vocals.

So why is it so fashionable among certain vocalists (a
friend played me some Shawn Colvin the other day) to slur
these lyrics so much? If your message is so important,
please enunciate it clearly.

Just getting that off my chest.

It's not all that bad in this song; I've heard far worse, but
it's enough to trigger my 'pet peeve' button.

Other than that: solid arrangement, very sweet voice and
completely in tune; in all a pleasure to listen to.

Check out my latest song called Tecmo Superbowl 2009 w/ Dead End (MJRF 2004)

The Ends

The Ends said 1578 days ago (July 31st, 2005)

Just ruminating
Hey vic...thanks for listening and commenting. I was going to try and justify
the slurring you mentioned, but then I listened to the song to try and see
what you meant, and actually, to be honest, I really dont think I slurred the
lyrics at all. I think its really quite easy to hear the words im singing, and
when im singing my songs, i always sing with emotion and meaning as i
always write from the heart and therefore connect with the lyrics very much
as i sing. Anyway, I hope you can understand what im trying to say, im not
very good at explaining myself usually. thanks again for your comments and
im glad u enjoyed the song overall...i just wanted to put in my 2 cents.

Check out my latest song called When Katie Plays

TennesseeVic

TennesseeVic said 1577 days ago (July 31st, 2005)

Just ruminating
Hey, I've listened again, and I think I should have spared you my thinking aloud.
You do indeed sing very clear. There are a couple of phrases I keep mishearing.
For instance I'm firmly convinced that you're singing about the passing of "tired
drummers".

Other than that, you indeed don't slur. I guess the thing I was hearing when I
first commented is that you have a tendency to trail off the last word of a
sentence.

But hey, I think this is an absolutely lovely song, you have a great voice, and I
scored it 9889.

---
Victor -- I review yours, you review mine, 'kay?

Check out my latest song called Tecmo Superbowl 2009 w/ Dead End (MJRF 2004)

Ed Hannifin

Ed Hannifin said 1577 days ago (August 1st, 2005)

Just the thing...
...sounds like Fairy Beth with bass and drums...

The song is great, the vocal's great as always...And the
vocal takes center stage, which is wise...

Down the road I'd love to hear some more like this, with a
little more "action" from the band...but that's not a
criticism, that's just me...

This is awesome as it stands. Don't know how I missed its
appearance until now.

Ed

Check out my latest song called Next Time Around (w/jiguma)

	said 1574 days ago (August 4th, 2005)
	Excellent song with... a beautiful lead vocal. A lot already said about this song and your little band. You all sound great to me. Kudos and welcome to macjammerville. Jack

	said 1550 days ago (August 27th, 2005)
	Well Done Excellent singing, FB, and, well played, whoever is in the rest of the band. I like the production alot as well, the subtle background vocals made me smile. Very good melody.

haribo	haribo said 1357 days ago (March 9th, 2006)
	gosh!! i love it!!!!!!!!!! it is so well assisting every mood!!!! Check out my latest song called Fragment

Scott Carmichael	Scott Carmichael said 545 days ago (May 28th, 2008)
	mining old tunes great singing and writing... loved it... but I think you're gone Check out my latest song called Good Morning

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From the ends of the Earth, and the fertile centre of MacJams, an intimate convergence of strangers, a neo-rockband. Introducing...The Ends.... [see more]

Genre Info

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