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Ledebutant: Alley-oop posted this song back in June and it has always been one of my Macjams favorites. I'm very happy to have the chance to cover it. It's his birthday this week (the 13th) so I think it's an especially nice time to post a new version of bleed. Happy Birthday, Tom. I love everything about this song.
Alley-oop: I like this tune and asked Ledebutant to sing it. I replayed it in A and added strings instead of slide.
Lyrics:
Bleed
Beauty all around,
a symphony in every sound,
dancing in the sunshine laughing.
What does it matter anyway?
Just a dream remains.
Memory slowly fades.
Bleed passion from the pain.
Too many have so little.
So few have too much.
A tattered sign says, "Feed Me,"
Spare change for lunch.
What does it matter anyway?
Nothing to eat today.
Bleed passion from the pain.
A symphony for the deaf,
a sunset for the blind,
dancing shoes for the wheelchair bound.
What does it matter anyway?
Wage war for peace.
End poverty with prison.
Pave over the landscape.
Cold hard cash bought out wisdom.
What does it matter anyway?
Less and less every day.
A world spinning insane.
Bleed passion from the pain.
Give the deaf one symphony,
one sunset for the blind.
Momma please get out of your wheelchair,
dance with me one more time.
Make everything all right.
What does it matter anyway?
I'm bleeding passion from the pain.
Beauty all around,
a symphony in every sound.
Dancing in the sunshine, laughing...
Hardware:
Hmm. We both use a Behringer Eurorack UB802 mixer and I sing with an MXL-990. Tom records guitar with an MAudio
Nova. I'm not sure if he used his Taylor or Guild to play this.
Software:
GB 2
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Wonderful &mdash 12/12/05 - 03:14:06 PM
There are so many things to like about this song. First of all, it is
beautifully written. I remember having some discussion with alley and
Tobin about the political vs personal nature of some of the lyrics in the
original posting of this (but of course all those comments are GONE
now, erased in a moment of...oh well, let's not go into that again).
Also, this song reminds me of a "golden era" of MacJams. Not sure why
I look at it that way, but I do. The period when this song was posted
contained many excellent songs, in my opinion. So, I'm glad it is back
up.
Now, as for the ledebutant vocal: perfect. Absolutely perfect. It is lo-fi,
untouched, up close and just perfect. Very nice job, Lisa. I suppose if I
was producing this, I would have asked alley-oop to chime in toward
the end, but you guys did not ask me to produce this. Why not? (Just
kidding)
I won't put my score here. Don't want to anger the 10-bomb police,
who have been patrolling the streets lately in force. But I'm guessing
you have an idea? [ Reply to This ]
ooops &mdash 12/12/05 - 03:16:31 PM
The previous comments are from Tom Atwood, not the Noel Project. I
apologize for any confusion this may have caused. Forgot who I was there for
a moment.
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ooops &mdash 12/12/05 - 03:35:17 PM
OK, who gave Tom the keys to the Noel Project snowplow after he'd had too
much eggnog? I don't know if he's fit to drive that complicated piece of
machinery any more... Tom? Tom, you in there?
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deja vu, it's the next best thing to being there [ Reply to This ]
Wonderful &mdash 12/13/05 - 05:37:53 AM
Thanks Mr. Unaskedproducer1956,
I agree that Ledebutant sings the tune perfect. She has a tone in her voice
that is mesmerizing. Her voice has that certain something (I know there's that
good french language phrase that means a certain someting, but I can't spell
it)
Regardless, Lebebutant has it.
Thanks Tom Atwood [ Reply to This ]
Je nais se quois &mdash 12/13/05 - 02:37:51 PM
I agree with you so much about this song being beautifully written. It wasn't
until I sang it that I realized how well Tom uses repetition in the lyrics. The
melody, everything about Tom's song I just love.
As far as my vocal goes, we'll just pretend that it's untouched...no assistance
from technology of any kind, in fact I could just march on down to the closest
ampitheater and sing it just like this. Maybe.
I'm confused about the production suggestion. Do you mean that alley-oop
should have brought his voice in at the end or a different guitar bit? It would
have been lots of fun to sing part of it with him, a nice tribute to the original.
Fanks, Tom and lay off that eggnog or snowplows. You can't have both. I
learned that the hard way. [ Reply to This ]
touching... &mdash 12/12/05 - 03:32:09 PM
I'd not heard the original, but this is gorgeous... great guitar work, and
such soft singing... perfectly matched. Despite a minor quibble I'd have
with the meter of a few of the lyrics not quite fitting into the space
allotted, this is really a poignantly touching sad song. Very well done
you two!
ttfn,
Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
touching... &mdash 12/13/05 - 06:05:20 AM
Thanks Mr. D for your comments. I KNOW that I wrote some clunker lines in
this tune that are nearly impossible to sound smooth on. My bad..(cold hard
cash bought out wisdom..doesn't exactly roll off the tongue) Thanks for
stopping by! [ Reply to This ]
touching... &mdash 12/13/05 - 02:44:19 PM
Thank so much Drak for yet another thoughtful comment. I always appreciate
getting your take. I'm interested in hearing which lines you felt didn't fit, so
that when I re-record this one day, I can put the screws on Mr. Oop to rewrite
the lyrics.
I actually enjoyed singing "cold hard cash bought out wisdom," Mr. Oop. It's
fun to sing. [ Reply to This ]
Lovely guitar play!! &mdash 12/12/05 - 03:47:49 PM
And you have a very nice voice too!!The songwriting
on this is very good!!sooths my mood a lot. Wow it is
stuck in my head!! This is one of the few songs that i have downloaded at macjams! Very very nice!! [ Reply to This ]
Lovely guitar play!! &mdash 12/13/05 - 02:47:08 PM
Thank you so much for the download, selters. It sounds like it's quite the
compliment from you. Interestingly, I downloaded your newest yesterday and
really enjoyed it! [ Reply to This ]
Lovely guitar play!! &mdash 12/14/05 - 02:47:23 AM
Thanks so much Mr. S. I appreciate what you say and the download. That's
very nice. Thanks [ Reply to This ]
This is beautiful &mdash 12/12/05 - 03:53:41 PM
Great song...great vocals and guitars. A very special track - well done you
guys!
Steve [ Reply to This ]
This is beautiful &mdash 12/13/05 - 09:52:54 AM
This is beautiful &mdash 12/13/05 - 02:53:41 PM
Thanks, Steve. You know I always love to see the Foghorn. I'm so glad you
liked the song. [ Reply to This ]
Wonderful &mdash 12/12/05 - 04:21:59 PM
Very nice song, Alley your guitar playing is excellent, Ledeb you voice
is beautiful and the two just bend together is such a nice way. They
really become one as you listen. Both of you did a fine job.-JAC [ Reply to This ]
Wonderful &mdash 12/13/05 - 02:58:52 PM
I'm so glad you liked the blend, chak...but the real question is what does the
"a" stand for in JAC? I know what the other letters are for...Alistar? Algorithm?
Alfonso? :-) [ Reply to This ]
Wonderful &mdash 12/16/05 - 09:27:25 PM
Well ledeb, Allstar is good, Amazing is better, but the A is for Anthony. :-)
JAnthonyC
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"The blank canvas was the beach" [ Reply to This ]
Wonderful &mdash 12/14/05 - 02:54:15 AM
Thanks Mr. C. I too, am also very happy with Ledebutant's interpretation, It
matched the guitar very well! We do blend nicely. Thanks for stopping by. [ Reply to This ]
i'll be honest here... &mdash 12/12/05 - 05:18:29 PM
Tom, I'm not the biggest fan of your 'electric' playing, but your acoustic
playing ranks right up there with the best at MacJams. What impresses
me in this song is how you selflessly let the song come first and really
let your playing serve the piece. This coupled with perhaps Ledeb's
best yet vocal performance (full of quirky charm) bring the song alive
and imbue it with a real sense of soul. Hey! I even gave it a 9. And I'm a
hard nosed bitch.
Be cool guys,
Pie
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Almost forgot... &mdash 12/12/05 - 05:21:45 PM
I forgot to mention the great use of strings. So... hey guys, great use of stings in
this piece.
:-)
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Hard Nosed Bitch &mdash 12/13/05 - 03:03:34 PM
Well, now I have my album title. Okay, maybe not.
I love how you put 'electric' in quotes as though perhaps the playing isn't
electric at all, but solar powered. I agree with you about what you said about
Tom's accoustic guitar playing (and I quite like his solar-powered playing,
too). He's wonderful and very generous, musically, as you
said.
You gave us a 9? Now I can die. :-) Thanks, Pie. [ Reply to This ]
i'll be honest here... &mdash 12/14/05 - 03:02:59 AM
Thanks for the acoustic playing compliment and all-around song compliment
Mr. P. Thanks for saying what you did about putting the song first. Not letting
the intrumention get in the way. That's a good lesson.
Ledebutant's 'quirky' voice is the star here. Thanks for stopping by! [ Reply to This ]
Walking on Sunshine &mdash 12/12/05 - 05:58:50 PM
really liked the music very nice playing. Vocals and lyrics were also top
notch, although the lyrical content maybe a little to up beat and positive
for the mood of the song. [ Reply to This ]
Walking on Sunshine &mdash 12/13/05 - 03:14:35 PM
Hiya hacked, I understand why you feel the lyrics were a little upbeat for the
mood. The first time I heard this song, back in June, I thought of it as a happy
tune, but a closer look at the lyrics, "wage war for peace," "what does it
matter anyway," "a tattered sign says feed me" and so on made me realize
that the song had a deeper meaning than "dancing in the sunshine laughing."
I had exactly the same reaction as you at first, though, so I know where you're
coming from. Thanks so much for the thoughtful comment.
[ Reply to This ]
Walking on Sunshine &mdash 12/14/05 - 03:11:08 AM
This whole song is about me being a happy kid with my mom and my family.
She doing fun stuff like dancing with me in the back yard. Everything being
perfect. Then I grew up and saw the world. My mom can't dance anymore. So
actually I never get to see the beauty or hear the symphony or dance in the
sunshine the way I once did. But seeing the sorrow fuels my passion.
That's what the song means to me. [ Reply to This ]
Dear ledebutant, &mdash 12/12/05 - 06:06:32 PM
Your song is very good and I'm sure you will like the votes. I thought the
guitar was very good. Do you know, I might burn it onto a CD? It's
probably gonna be a CD with lots of your songs, 'cause I do like them.
You have an excellent voice and it was, you know, better than
groundbreaking, that's for sure. If that was a vote, I would have done that.
Your friend,
thepeep
P.S. Please make more songs! [ Reply to This ]
Dear ledebutant, &mdash 12/12/05 - 06:24:43 PM
Dear thepeep,
Thank you so much for saying you like the song and that the guitar is good. I
think alley-oop is one of the best guitarists on macjams (up there with your
dad, even. :-) )
I'm excited to hear that I might get burned onto one of your CD's. I like your
music very much and you're my favorite fan in the world, so I'm happy to
think you might listen to this again.
I hear you have a collab coming with Mackie. I can't wait to hear that. I'll rush
right over when you post it.
Your friend,
ledebutant. [ Reply to This ]
Dear ledebutant, &mdash 12/14/05 - 03:17:28 AM
Hi thepeep,
Thanks for listening to the song. I burn all Ledebutant's songs too! I've heard
Like Horse-Feet To My Ears and Hey baby. I love your songs! I'd like to hear a
new thepeep song soon! [ Reply to This ]
A great song-- &mdash 12/12/05 - 06:50:12 PM
Is even better with this collaboration.
Lovely, lovely vocals, and the guitar is balanced just right, letting the
words tell the story.
Congrats on this one, you two.
Sublime. :)
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A great song-- &mdash 12/13/05 - 03:16:32 PM
A positive comment on the vocals means so much coming from you Mysti.
Thank you so much. I feel very lucky to have had the chance to sing Tom's
beautiful song. [ Reply to This ]
A great song-- &mdash 12/14/05 - 03:26:37 AM
Thank you so much Ms. M. I appreciate your comment and stopping by. I
agree, the vocals are lovely. [ Reply to This ]
Thanks! &mdash 12/12/05 - 06:54:43 PM
Thanks for getting this song back up here! I was missing it...and this
with ledeb's vocal is a special treat. I think I sort of prefer the slide
guitar to the strings, but since I didn't download the previous version,
I'm only able to go by my memory of it. There are some nice parts to
the strings, and it actually makes this a little more distinctive, with the
sort of stream-of-conscious string parts dancing around...great guitar
playing too, of course.
One thing's for sure, I've downloaded this now and it's going on the
iPod. [ Reply to This ]
Thanks! &mdash 12/13/05 - 03:19:49 PM
I'm glad to get this song back up, too. It's one of my favorites and I was sad
to see it go, indeed. I think Tom took off the slide and added strings to make
the song more feminine, plus, in my original comments to the song (now
dead) I bitched about the frequency of the slide and said it hurt my teeth. I
think I gave him a complex.
To be on your iPod thrills me! [ Reply to This ]
Thanks! &mdash 12/14/05 - 03:20:31 AM
Thanks Mr. B,
When I recorded this in A so it would be in Ledebutants key, I thought of you.
This is the Guild, not that other guitar, Thanks so much Jim< i always
appreciate your comments. [ Reply to This ]
SWANG! &mdash 12/12/05 - 09:53:04 PM
Nice new edition with your vocals Ledebutitties! Tom once again a wonderful song! The key change sounds great too! Rock on blunder flubbers! [ Reply to This ]
SWANG! &mdash 12/13/05 - 03:22:28 PM
Glad you liked it, bizness. I always thought of myself as more of a blubber
flunder than a blunder flubber, though.
Pickle juice forever! [ Reply to This ]
SWANG! &mdash 12/14/05 - 03:23:02 AM
Gradual beauty &mdash 12/13/05 - 05:48:53 AM
Lisa,
Beautiful singing voice.
Gentle melody.
I am Japanese.
Therefore, it is not good at English.
The meaning of lyrics cannot be understood well.
However, the beauty of this song can be understood.
Though it doesn't seem to have been sung under the airplane.... [ Reply to This ]
Gradual beauty &mdash 12/13/05 - 03:25:48 PM
The airplane was muffled
I'm glad you understand the beauty.
I am honored by your comments,
always like poetry.
Yahoo! I got a Tadashi comment! :-) [ Reply to This ]
Gradual beauty &mdash 12/14/05 - 03:28:43 AM
This song is an exercise in understatement &mdash 12/13/05 - 06:26:22 AM
like all of the most powerful messages. This song would be a great album
closer. This song is an excellent conjoining of talents. This song is subtle
in its trappings. And very beautiful. [ Reply to This ]
This song is an exercise in understatement &mdash 12/13/05 - 03:40:15 PM
Well, with the backlog of songs Tom and I have in the works, I'll bet we might
have an albums-worth in a year or so. It's such a funny thing to think of since
I had never written or recorded a song before April.
I'm so glad you liked the song, Matt and that you used the word conjoined,
which usually has "twins" stuck after it. One rarely sees it all by itself. :-) [ Reply to This ]
This song is an exercise in understatement &mdash 12/14/05 - 03:30:55 AM
Thank you Mr. I
I'm very happy you enjoyed the song! Thanks for stopping by! [ Reply to This ]
You have something special here &mdash 12/13/05 - 11:28:00 AM
The vocal on this song is so personal, immediate, and intimate that it
transports the listener. Its marriage to the lovely guitar work is a pairing
that creates deep, complex emotions. What a beautiful piece of music
you've created.
You two have much to be proud of. You've given this community a
wonderful gift here. Congratulations.
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You have something special here &mdash 12/14/05 - 03:33:55 AM
Thank you Mr. F. for your very kind and generous comment. I am glad that
you enjoy the song. I really means a lot what you say. Thanks! [ Reply to This ]
You have something special here &mdash 12/14/05 - 05:15:49 PM
Thanks for the kind words about the vocal. I had a great deal of help with
interpretation from alley, who was very patient with me and kept getting me
to sing it again, with more coaching from him, until it was right. His kindness
was crucial in getting the singing right.
I have to say, your comments are always so generous and nice; thank you so
much for calling our song a gift It's very moving.
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Super &mdash 12/13/05 - 02:04:29 PM
cool. Ledeb's singing and Oop's playing, both so gorgeous and gentle-but-powerful. Great bleeding heart lyrics, and inescapable emotional resonance. Put this one on the CD, ledeb. [ Reply to This ]
Super &mdash 12/14/05 - 03:42:10 AM
Thanks Mr. P. That's very nice what you say about the tune. I think
Ledebutant interpretes the song perfectly, Thanks for stopping by! [ Reply to This ]
Super &mdash 12/14/05 - 08:40:20 AM
Sorry, I'm usually either doing the confusing or confused. Great songwriting
Tom, put this on your CD too! [ Reply to This ]
Super &mdash 12/14/05 - 05:35:04 PM
He'll have to mud-wrestle me for it! :-)
Thanks PV, your comments mean a lot.
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Super &mdash 12/14/05 - 05:39:17 PM
Actually, this is probably a good place to mention that Tom and I have a
bunch of song we plan to do and will probably have enough for an album
eventually. We're going to call it Bi-Coastal, since I'm in Seattle and he's in
New York, so I've added Bi-Coastal to the keywords of all of our collabs, so
that anyone who wants to listen to more from us can just click on Bi-Coastal
and get a list of our songs.
So far we just have this and Blackberries, but there's more coming.
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Gorgeous &mdash 12/13/05 - 03:25:46 PM
The guitars beautiful, sounds a little zeppelin to me. ledebutant vocals are gorgeous. The lyrics are happy go lucky and fun to read. I just think personally that the words didn't fit very well with the melody. For example:
What does it matter anyway?
Just a dream remains.
Memory slowly fades.
Bleed passion from the pain.
Not only do the words not flow well with the repetition of the melody, I think the repetition could have been used only on the last two phrases. The two first phrases in this part could have bridged the first part to the last two phrases as a different melody and then shorten the last phrase to "Bleed passions from pain"...take out the "the". But what do I know...It was still a pleasure to listen to.
Thanks for bringing back some of the macjams of old. I didn't participate back then and this a real treat. It's like missing out on Woodstock.
Regards,
John
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Gorgeous &mdash 12/14/05 - 01:25:45 PM
Thanks Mr. TF
Great point on the lyric cadence. I sang it a few times with your suggestion
to lose the ‘the’ It works better, Thanks.
When I do it
again I include that change. For me this is a sad sad song.
Beauty all around,
a symphony in every sound.
Dancing in the sunshine, laughing...
That’s just a memory in the song. Something that’s faded from my youth.
Now a an adult, I see the world with it’s pain. And the dancing with my mom
as a kid is gone. So the
Beauty all around,
a symphony in every sound.
Dancing in the sunshine, laughing...
is always in the past tense. THanks for your comments! I appreciate them.
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Gorgeous &mdash 12/14/05 - 05:43:24 PM
Thanks so much for the nice words about my vocal and I should probably
share some of the blame for the words not fitting, since it's partially due to
my phrasing. I'm glad you liked it regardless and hey, Macjams is a living,
breathing Woodstock organism. It's always a festival around here. [ Reply to This ]
Gorgeous &mdash 12/15/05 - 08:36:51 AM
I don't usually post my opinions to songs or to be this critical but I just think
this song has such potential and when listening it just struck me that way. It
should definitely be air-waved.
Best
john
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Gorgeous Honesty &mdash 12/15/05 - 09:09:05 AM
I'm really grateful that you took the time to give an honest critique and your
suggestions are definitely going to lead to some improvements in the lyrics
and phrasing in the next version. Thank you so much for the help, John. [ Reply to This ]
STUNNING &mdash 12/13/05 - 05:57:35 PM
Simply STUNNING.
Excruciatingly Lovely Balance to Multi-Faceted Piece.
Crit to Follow.
Humbly Submitted,
Cooper [ Reply to This ]
STUNNING &mdash 12/14/05 - 01:46:23 PM
Hey Thanks Mr. C.
Stunning...wow! tahnks so much!. I think we can thank Ms. Ledebutant for
her stunning, heart felt singing here!
I am anxiously awaiting the crit ti follow :-) [ Reply to This ]
STUNNING &mdash 12/16/05 - 08:26:36 AM
Excellent stuff!! &mdash 12/13/05 - 06:56:10 PM
Wow! This is a seriously good song with an excellent treatment here. Lisa, this is the best vocal I've heard you do (I can't really imagine anyone else doing it better here), and Tom, the guitar sounds wonderfully clear and full. You're probably waiting for the bad news - well ......... just kidding, there isn't any. I can see why this is hovering at 1 & 2 in the ratings. On top of all the rest, the production is simple, clear and uncluttered. Excellent stuff!!
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Excellent stuff!! &mdash 12/14/05 - 02:02:44 PM
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beautifully written. I remember having some discussion with alley and
Tobin about the political vs personal nature of some of the lyrics in the
original posting of this (but of course all those comments are GONE
now, erased in a moment of...oh well, let's not go into that again).
Also, this song reminds me of a "golden era" of MacJams. Not sure why
I look at it that way, but I do. The period when this song was posted
contained many excellent songs, in my opinion. So, I'm glad it is back
up.
Now, as for the ledebutant vocal: perfect. Absolutely perfect. It is lo-fi,
untouched, up close and just perfect. Very nice job, Lisa. I suppose if I
was producing this, I would have asked alley-oop to chime in toward
the end, but you guys did not ask me to produce this. Why not? (Just
kidding)
I won't put my score here. Don't want to anger the 10-bomb police,
who have been patrolling the streets lately in force. But I'm guessing
you have an idea?
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