...and haven't landed yet :-)

You say it's a sketch. I say it sounds like a (middle/solo) part of a much longer piece, possibly with vocals.

You say there's a good reason for the mistakes. I say what mistakes? Seriously, though, mistakes are what it's all about. Everybody trying to be perfect has to fail miserably sooner or later, if they are human...

Mistakes make the world go 'round.

And it's probably a mistake writing all of this here, so I'll just

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Thank you. I can't do the vocals yet because we still don't know if she's going to
make it. I was very unsure about uploading it but felt that if I could just play it
loud enough and far enough she might hear it in some way. I'm sorry to be
tripping like this but I don't know what else to do right now.

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I apologize for being cryptic. I just didn't want any sympathy votes. Tinkerbell
is my sister and she's had a brain aneurysm. The mistakes are because I was in
tears while I was playing the bit. I just wanted to talk to her somehow.

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a song Alan.....and a good one too.
I am sorry to say that I am not a big fan of the Reverend :(
Like your tunes much better, and this one has a nice vibe
and biting sound. I like the mistakes and hate over-polished stuff.
This would would go on my ipod, but it died last night.
Cheers
hope to hear more music from the Rev

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and don't you dare change a thing.

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I can hear a lot of emotion in this song. It is quite beautiful.
Tinkerbell must be quite beautiful too. I can't wait to hear it when
you "polish it at another time".

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No matter what becomes of this in the future, I won't delete this version
of it. I won't drag everyone down with ICU reports but I will tell you that
she's a tough lady and she's still fighting.

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I haven't heard everything that you've ever played, but from what
I've heard, this is the most impassioned, expressive union of you
and the instrument thath I have experienced. I'm sorry that it was
born of tragedy.

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Thank you so much. This will start out bad but hang with me to the end. My
sister had the aneurysm Monday night and went into surgery that night. They
took her back into surgery in the morning for a 5-6 hour procedure and they
weren't sure if she would survive it. She was deliberately put into a coma at
that point and they brought her up from it at intervals to see what response
they would get from her. On Thursday, they tried removing her breathing
tube but she couldn't do it on her own. I figured she had no chance at that
point as it appeared that lower brain function was gone. Today, they tried
again and it worked. She couldn't talk but she was aware and responsive to
questions. Eight hours or so later, I got the next update that they had
adjusted her bed so she could sit up somewhat and that she was talking.
She's heavily drugged so she doesn't really understand what happened to her
but given that she was as close to death as you can get on Monday night and
that's she's talking today, there's every reason to be optimistic. It is simply
unbelievable how much life can change in such an incredibly short time.

Even though I was trying to talk to her, ultimately she was talking to me and
what I heard was, "Stop screwing around with this Sasquatch rubbish and play
your guitar." (Just so there's no chance of any misunderstanding at all: I'm
not fishing for anything about Sasquatch or the guitar either, for that matter.
I know more than ever from this what I need to be doing with my life.)

Tinkerbell lives!

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The next day, it changed again but I'm not going to go into it here. Hope the
jams touched you and you go out and touch someone else.

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I enjoy almost everything that comes out of you, it's very easy to just
sit back and fall into your music. I am not one that generally speaking
are into solo guitar based music, mostly because it is of course a
difficult gengre to master. You do it very well. It's not only that you
play with both perfection and heart, but also with your head; you have
an idea. It is somewhat unpolished at times, there are mistakes, yes,
but you had a message needed to be communicated and I am listening.
I think if you want to take this song further (which I hope you will), just
fix the obvious mistakes but don't over-do it. I think the guitar
melodies are really good, and where there more tight it would be there.
Maybe I would suggest some kind of a bridge or break to further create
interest and enhance on the story you are trying to tell? Not sure if I
make sense - it seems like as soon as the guitar comes in it stays in
that same level to the end and perhaps if you tried experimenting with
the levels maybe it would come out stronger? I hear anger, frustration,
love and hope in this song, which is a very good start. Thank you.

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Thanks very much for a thoughtful analysis. The situation with Tinkerbell is still
very grave and I don't dare disturb the cosmic forces any further until I've got a
better idea of what's going to happen.

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and very well done. Your emotion shows through it strongly and will be preserved forever in that recording. I hope everything works out for the better. You said she's a tough lady and wouldn't appreciate anything weeepy so I give you the scene from the movie The Abyss where Ed Harris' wife is not reviving from drowning and he screams at her that she's the toughtest bitch he's ever known and shes never walked away from anything in her life, fight, damn you, FIGHT!
It was one of the most intense and emotionally charged scenes I've seen. It will stay with me always.
Play for her as you have done and tell her to fight and come back to you.
best wishes.

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That's a great thought - Thanks! I'm kind of an intermediate in the family relay
tree. Her husband calls my sister who calls me and I call my brother (the other
of the musketeers) and my mother and so on. I'll definitely pass on the scene
from that movie. That's exactly how this goes. Thank you!

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& one of your best Alan.
I couldnt give a damn about any mistakes. Its great as it is.
Im not a huge fan of sasquatch either, but this is awesome from you!
It is now playing LOUD in the UK.

Slimmie

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Thank you! And I just got a call that she might even be able to hear it. I won't
know until tomorrow but things might be turning around. Thanks so much!

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woke me up from my hangover...so tinkerbell i'm sure must've gotten a
wake up call too....hehhe.....there is nothing like channeling some good
vibes to make an effect in the real world....and good vibes exist just like
the wind, love, anger, and all those things u can't see but are real
nonetheless in their effect....nice raspy tone on this one....i might try a
similar tone on one of my tunes.....peace out!.....

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...i agree with slimmie - this is very emotionally charged, and again -
agreeing with some others here - what mistakes?! I'll be praying for
your sister, im sure this song will do wonders for her.

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I'm playing it in Norway. What a strong honest, energic piece of music you have made for your sister. I'm thinking of her, and wishing for her to be well.

Please make it Tinkerbell.

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sounds perfect just the way it is.

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the guitar actually reminds me of Oasis for some reason. Good solo.

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An amazing work. After my first listening---I had to observe a moment of
silence for your sister. You've done something significant here. Best
wishes.

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Tinkerbell is at home now. No-one can say what effects the musical vibes contributed by everyone had on her recovery but she's come an amazing difference and, by all rights, she should have died. People don't typically survive what happened to her and yet she lives. Thank you everyone.

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