Sally O'Brien (The Life of)

Tom Atwood

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Just for fun. My wife Sally listened to this piece and said something about it, maybe the tempo, reminded her of her life. So, I named it after Sally O'Brien.

Artwork: "Greetings from Wyoming"
Yellowstone National Park, 2004
Photo by John Erickson

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Song Stats

Hits: 2836
Comments: 31
Fans: 12
Plays: 307
Downloads: 133
Votes: 35
Uploaded: Sep 05, 2005 - 07:06:57 PM
Last Updated: Nov 30, 2005 - 08:52:31 PM Last Played: Nov 19, 2009 - 03:57:58 PM

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Song Actions

Hardware:

Alvarez Guitar
Shure SM-57 mic
Casio Privia PX-300
G5

Software:

GB2
Jampack 4

Comments

jgurner	jgurner said 1538 days ago (September 5th, 2005)
	Yee Haw! Sounded to me kind of like if an Aaron Copeland peice had been performed on "Hee Haw!" Lots of energy. Some fancy pickin'. My fingers were tire after just listening to it. Fun! Fun! Fun! Check out my latest song called Bourbon Street Dawn

Ed Hannifin

Ed Hannifin said 1538 days ago (September 5th, 2005)

BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF YEE HAW!
This is some other yee haw entirely!

This is the yee haw that other yee haws phone home
about...

It has the essential elements:

1) it sounds like fun
2) it honors your wife, and thus, by extension, love,
family, honor, affection, duty, fidelity...
and finally,
3) it sounds like fun

Can't wait for RETURN OF THE SON OF YEE HAW...

As long as there are Jam Packs out there, and you still
have a mic and a guitar, I think it's only a matter of time...

Ed

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

thetiler

thetiler said 1538 days ago (September 5th, 2005)

Snow's machine gun icon was shootin in time with your pickin:)
Fun, like the country western Oklahoma feel with the strings
and fingerpickin.
Nice quick fingerpicking that go with the strings quite well.

Funny when I pulled up your page, I got snowsdragons cat
machine gun icon to the left and he was shootin in time with
your rhythm :)

Check out my latest song called The Bluebird Cafe (with two other guest)

Mystified

Mystified said 1538 days ago (September 5th, 2005)

Hurry-scurry!
Sometimes the 'fun' songs, like this one, are the best kind!
Great playing on this, Tom (such speedy playing....baffling!)
and the added instrumentation nicely accents the frenetic
pace.
Kind of like a western hoedown....maybe with some chickens
running around a-squawkin'!

Lots of fun! So enjoyable to listen to. (And such talent!)
Thanks for posting this one :)

Check out my latest song called Father Time

drakonis	drakonis said 1538 days ago (September 5th, 2005)
	show off! Not only do you compose wonderful music, but you can really play a mean geetar... this was great to listen to, the rolling arpeggios and bouncy frenetic backing music were playful and exciting together. Different from your other pieces, and quite good, as usual. ttfn, Drakonis Check out my latest song called Lullaby for the Inner Child

Stun Nutz	Stun Nutz said 1538 days ago (September 5th, 2005)
	Sounds hectic, but... ...also sounds pleasant. It doesn't sound too overwhelming. I could see scenes of everyday life routine flashing quickly before my eyes, like a home video in fast forward. I can relate... Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected

perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 1538 days ago (September 5th, 2005)
	Wow Instant favorite. Love that guitar playing, and the very american feel to the piece. Excellent arrangement and production. Great!! Check out my latest song called Machine Man (w Beastie Boys)

Macaudion	Macaudion said 1538 days ago (September 6th, 2005)
	Holy Hee haw! Way wow! on this one... Everytime I adjust to what I might get to hear from you, Tom, I get blown away from another side, of you. I have to go to places where there are no words to describe what you do, but when I get back, I'm surprised to know that I am mostly, speechless...I like that... Cydniko Check out my latest song called 123 iGetU

Cori Ander

Cori Ander said 1538 days ago (September 6th, 2005)

Surprize again!
Every time you have a new post I just cant wait to listen ..
what's coming this time? Not only are your creations
almost always good and interesting music, but also are
you so often giving me a surprize! And here you have
done it again: Nice interesting music, at the same time
new and unexpected! The tune stands out not only from
your own previous posts, but from most music I've heard.
The strings to you bow seem to be endless, (you are
adding new ones all the time, arent you?)

I also admire you ability to make use of the jampack 4.
This is ingeniously done and the result is pleasant! The
orchestra goes together just so well with the guitar!

Check out my latest song called Guitar test — Martin CSN (Gerry Tolman Tribute)

Tadashi Togawa	Tadashi Togawa said 1538 days ago (September 6th, 2005)
	Giant in Wyoming No one still sees. Giant in Wyoming. Appearance! The legend actually became it. Run away! Do not fall down! Check out my latest song called Mexican taste

mandolinquent	mandolinquent said 1538 days ago (September 6th, 2005)
	Another beauty... Fair tumbles along. I like the way that for all the pace you've kept the lines clean and simple. Nice mix of instruments too... Check out my latest song called Had We But World Enough

	said 1538 days ago (September 6th, 2005)
	Full of spirit, gaiety, laughter... warmth. The song and your wife. I really enjoyed this. The spontaneaity of your guitar playing is so alive and brings a smile to my face. How you keep up that pace throughout is something. And I like the way you end the piece by slowing down and using the pauses to accentuate the final notes and chords. Another one for my collection of Tom's America. Jack

Cameron

Cameron said 1537 days ago (September 6th, 2005)

energetic!
This piece has a lot of vitality with the fast guitar picking
and insistently driving rhythm.

The guitar is right on the edge in certain spots, very
exciting playing -- your fingers almost get tangled up but
WHOA! you pull back into tempo just in time!

The rhythm is almost relentless, like a fast-moving train
through the West. It brought images of hobos scrambling
onto boxcars, hanging on for dear life. Shades of "Oh
Brother Where Art Thou?".....

The transition from straight eighth-note offbeats to triple
meter is wonderful; the strings, guitar and general
orchestration there and for the next few measures are
truly masterful. In fact, this particular section is among
the best orchestral writing I've heard to date on this site.

Except for a few minor timing issues throughout the
piece, and especially at the end, this tune was very well
executed.

This piece would be even more interesting if you could
somehow start at a slower tempo and then GRADUALLY
speed up as the piece progresses, until the very end when
a dramatic slow-down might be effective.

This subtle quickening of tempo would give this piece
additional "shape". It would also prove to be a great
challenge in GarageBand. Each section, slightly faster than
the last, would need to be in separate documents,
perhaps. Then put it all together in one document, mix
and serve!

Very nice composition, Tom!

Check out my latest song called EPONYM

White Hawks	White Hawks said 1537 days ago (September 7th, 2005)
	such a lovely pieace sweet. very fun to listen. guitar and the strings are matching very well in this song:) this is such a wonderful pieace, as always Tom! thanks for sharing. - Jem p.s. the picture is also nice;) Check out my latest song called Shepherds Out in the Field

	said 1537 days ago (September 7th, 2005)
	Excellent This was exciting and fun; excellent integration of the guitar and orchestral elements.

illuminati	illuminati said 1537 days ago (September 7th, 2005)
	The interplay of the guitar and strings, as someone else said, is very Copeland-like, meaning grand and wonderful. Surprising in its grandness. Check out my latest song called Vainglorious

Jim Bouchard

Jim Bouchard said 1536 days ago (September 7th, 2005)

I'm so far behind, it's not funny...
And I mean that in a lot of ways, I guess.

First of all, in commenting on macjams songs, but that's a consequence of trying to have a normal "outside of MacJams" life, but also in terms of musical development. I have a feeling I'll never catch up with you, Tom, but that's okay, I'll just sit here and you can do the heavy lifting...:) This is pretty inspiring; thanks for the bit of fun!

Check out my latest song called Weather or Not w/awigze

	keith bradley said 1536 days ago (September 7th, 2005)
	what a life this is the soundtrack to that scene where all hell's bustin' loose - in a deep south scary kind of way. Superb.

Rebsie	Rebsie said 1536 days ago (September 7th, 2005)
	Lovely guitar work Wow, that is some amazing playing. And a very original composition ... it goes in unexpected directions every now and then and does some very clever things in the process. Wonderful stuff. Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)

Emily Rohm	Emily Rohm said 1536 days ago (September 7th, 2005)
	Shucks! Well, dag nab it, this is darn good. I love that your wife said it reminds her of her life. She must have a happy fun life! That's so great! Great playing. Check out my latest song called Monica's Waltz

Tom Atwood	Tom Atwood said 1536 days ago (September 8th, 2005)
	Thanks! Thanks everybody for listening and for your comments. Sorry I got too busy to respond to each of you. But I appreciate your kind words. This piece may re-emerge with lyrics - but not about sally. She won't go for that... Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)

	said 1535 days ago (September 8th, 2005)
	Slabutory! Very nice geetar hoss! Sounds like Roy from Hee Haw! SLack jaw mcgraw! Love the strings too! Nice touch! Stop touching me!

ledebutant

ledebutant said 1535 days ago (September 8th, 2005)

Spice Sniffer
That's it, Mr. Atwood; this is the final bit of evidence to
support my conclusion that you are actually a project and
not one man. Either that, or you live in a musical
pneumatic tube and eat food tablets while you
monastically produce brilliant music.

This one, as per usual, is terrific. The additional
instruments are really interesting choices, I love it that
you didn't go for the full yee-haw on this but took a more
Copelandian approach.

10's/DL/Faved. It's practically a given with your stuff. :)

Check out my latest song called Black Star (MJ Live Aid w/jgurner)

Warren Smith

Warren Smith said 1535 days ago (September 9th, 2005)

cascade
In post after post you've been putting up incredible pieces that inhabit widely differing musical landscapes, which suggests you have really hit your stride as a composer, while also having arrived at a pretty comfortable creative place, as the music (and comments) cascade out of you. This song sends off showers of creative sparks. It brims with fecund energy. You take us on a wild ride across a sonic countryside, and it's all we can do to hang on to keep from falling off. Thank goodness there are a couple of tiny timing issues - it tells us this was made by a human and not a god.

Check out my latest song called Pushing and Pulling

kcsaito	kcsaito said 1533 days ago (September 10th, 2005)
	good tension and very bauty!! Check out my latest song called Her small body is out of suit with her big soul

dexty96

dexty96 said 1533 days ago (September 11th, 2005)

very good
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magullo	magullo said 1533 days ago (September 11th, 2005)
	Original!!! Great work!! Its great!!! Check out my latest song called Sweet Dreams

	andrewr mac said 1531 days ago (September 12th, 2005)
	hi love your guitar playing and a fantastiuc tone to boot. the arrangement had me on the edge of my seat. fantastic stuff Check out my latest song called untitled

rik	rik said 1531 days ago (September 12th, 2005)
	Like many pieces producted with JP4 it deserves a decent execution instead of some sampled instrument...it delivers energy and good mood :) OH! ...almost forgot... Hee Haw! (I pronounced that correct?) Check out my latest song called Kind of Electric

KineticBends	KineticBends said 1524 days ago (September 20th, 2005)
	very nice i like the mix of classical and bluegrass in here, and the tempo is badass Check out my latest song called Tangent Universe

	malla said 1523 days ago (September 21st, 2005)
	nice playing Lots of fun! So nice to listen to and great guitarplaying. I think i�we felt like this many times Check out my latest song called Keep on running

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Name: Tom Atwood

I guess I could be a 'poster child' for MacJams. I joined the site on New Year's Eve 2004, after several years of not making much music at all. A long dry spell. Since then, I have posted more than 50 songs here, collaborated with some wonderful arti... [see more]

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