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Us by stacey [Email]
Genre: Acoustic

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Last Played: Apr 18, 2008 - 07:41:27 AM
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Uploaded: Feb 08, 2006 - 01:38:43 PM
Last Updated: Feb 10, 2006 - 11:06:50 AM



Description:
Just a simple little song, expressing uncertainty with a new relationship. We've now been together 14 months.... so.... there you have it!

Me on guitar and vocal.

Lyrics:
US
Stacey K. Black

How did we come to this?
You broke down my walls and stumbled in.

How did you get past me?
My whole life I've been standing sentry.

A stone cold heart
has left me with
unwillingness to open up my eyes.

A brave new world
is there for me
if I'd just see and not
lose myself in blindness
turn away in shyness
raise my chin in defiance.

How did we come so far?
I mean I hardly know who you are.

You want to gain my trust
now I've gone from a Me to an Us.

A stone cold heart
has left me with
unwillingness to open up my eyes.

A brave new world
is there for me
if I could see and not
lose myself in blindness
turn away in shyness
raise my chin in defiance.

Hardware:
Fender Guitar
Powerbook G4

Software:
Garage Band
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Great Vocals &mdash 02/08/06 - 05:06:18 PM
I've been giving a quick listen to your songs and I'm very impressed by
the level of your singing. You are able to sing strongly without getting
strained (very hard to do!). Great song also!

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Stay pure... &mdash 02/08/06 - 06:46:27 PM
I think this song would fare better without any FX on the guitar. Your
voice has such a wonderful natural sound to it. That is an elusive quality
for many singers and a definite plus for you.

Avoid the gimmicks... you don't need them. ;)

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Strong &mdash 02/09/06 - 08:36:30 PM
Amazing voice- really pure and natural. You really have a nice way of
expressing the emotion of the song. Beautifully written and sung.

I'll echo Joe's sentiments on the guitar effects- just having the guitar
mic'd would give it a much warmer tone. You're the real deal... no flashy
packaging needed!

Welcome to Macjams (and thank you for your comment on my daughter's
song... she's thrilled)!

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I'll echo &mdash 02/11/06 - 07:58:08 AM
both Joe and Adam's comments about the guitar. It might work better
with the effect in a fuller arrangement, but in this simple guitar/vocal
combo I'd really prefer just a tad of reverb and not much else (maybe
eq and compression) just stuff that's relatively "transparent".

I'll also echo the comments about your vocals which are lovely. Strong
w/o strain, movingly performed. Excellent performance. There might
be a couple places I detected the vocal track clipping (really briefly on a
couple peaks) - too easy to do sometimes. You might check out using
the Peak limiter AU effect on your track (which I use a lot) which just
rides the volume a bit and pulls it down if you get too hot - it's more
natural sounding (most of the time) than full blown compression, and
seems to work pretty well to keep the tracks sounding clean but hot.

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I'll echo &mdash 02/11/06 - 01:15:09 PM
Thanks so much! I will definitely redo this song and mic my guitar, and thanks
for the advice on the Peak Limiter thing.

I'm off!

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Superb Lyrics and Vocals &mdash 02/17/06 - 10:14:51 AM
This is the second song of yours I've listened to, the first being "I would have been a coward", and you truly do have a nice voice and a insightful lyical ability. I wasn't as drawn in by the melody on this song as the first though, it didn't seem to flow as nicely. Seemed kind of forced. But that's just my opinion.

On the guitar, I would simply echo what the other posts have said. It sounds kind of thin - a nicely mic'd acoustic would have served the song better, I think.

Good work.



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Superb Lyrics and Vocals &mdash 02/18/06 - 07:27:12 PM
Thanks so much!

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