Your songwriting is really tight and a breath of fresh air! Enjoying your
music today.

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Thanks so much for the listen and the comments. I'll be giving your tracks a listen soon.

Cheers.

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Touching song. The subject is one that I dealt with in an alzheimers
related event with a relative of mine. You relay the message well. Good
job.

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Thanks. When I first saw the documentary, I was incredibly moved. I don't have any first person experience with something like this or Alzheimer's but have witnessed the courage and devotion in family and friends as a medical provider. These people, like this man's wife, were inspirational.



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haunting vocal and nicely song indeed. Cool style, Wow, I just read the
info up above, incredible story.

Very unique. I am very impressed with this!

Way to go!

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Thanks for the comments and encouragement. I very much appreciate the support.

Cheers.

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as much as you'd like. charlie, you have such a deft touch on lyrically
weavng the story with music. your voice carries this well, also caught
some very nice backing vocals in there as well. the backing tracks were
extremenly well done, and the solo fit the tune in its simplicity and
presence.

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Thanks. I appreciate the support with regards to the multiple posts. And I appreciate the listen and comments.

Cheers.

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See Charlie:
I told you you had some great songs in you once you got the vocal
recording down and this is a GREAT song....Very unique. Your voice is
unusual too, in a good way...Its hard for us guys to hit that hi register.
And the quality of the background music, and melody is professional,
emotional, and stylistic, my friend....3 10's and a 9 from me...You really
should see about publishing some of these songs for other artists to
sing....Keep up the Good work. And keep that Mic pointed the right
way!...Peace and Light to you, Norman

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Thanks so much for the support and encouragement. I listened to your advice and bought a copy of "Songwriting for Dummies" and am now looking into publishing my songs. We'll see how it goes. WIsh me luck.

Cheers.

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Great Charlie!
I think you're on your way! Best to Luck!....Peace and Light, Norman PS You
live in a beautiful part of the world...Victoria is one of my favorite places.

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Just a sweet song and a sweet idea.

May we all be blessed with such love. To give it and to receive it.

Very clear and simple production. Nice.

Ed

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Thanks, Ed. I am very intrigued by the questions raised byt love. When there is deep love, who is affected more, the lover or the lovee. The answer is, of course, both. But in what ways?

Thank you very much for coming by, listening, and commenting.

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although i read your description and what this song is "really" about - i
think it's very interesting that many of the sentiments in your lyrics are
applicable to all of us. life is very much a sequence of little moments of
"the now." i came away thinking that i really should redouble my efforts
to truly appreciate my life and the world around us.

musically this is very good, but i do have a few suggestions.

perhaps it was on purpose, but it seems like you were singing at the
topmost part of your vocal range. this results in a stressed tension to
the vocals. i can see how that could be your point, but i was feeling like
the lyrics described a sense of being at peace with the situation, in
which case tension might go contrary to the feeling. (i could very well
be wrong here... just trying to help!) what would happen if you lowered
the key 2 or 3 half steps? it might achieve that sense of comfort i
thought i felt.

one other idea (again, just my take on this) would a modulation
towards the end help? normally a half step up would be typical - but
this is not a typical song - so what if you dropped the key a half step?
that might actually create the sense of having settled into the situation
and having come to terms with it. again, just my crazy idea.

again - this is excellent! i'm new to macjams, so i'm just randomly
wandering around here - but i'm glad to have happened upon your
work. very cool. thanks!

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Thank you very much for listening and commenting. What thoughtful suggestions. There was no real intention on my part with singing this higher up in my range. More thought and purposefulness were put into the style of performance. I tried to sing it much more plaintively, with less obvious emotion, thereby allowing the listener to interpret what they will.

I like your suggestion of dropping the key a notch or two. I've in fact tried it. I might go even more and set the key so that I sing it in deep in my chest voice (I'm more a baritone than a tenor.)

I might post some of these experiments.

Welcome to MJ's and keep the suggestions coming. Cheers.

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