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Drak's Birthday Song February 10, 2007
A Very Happy Birthday to you, Eduard. :-)
I thought it would be fun to have a birthday song for our MacJams Dragon, so I sent the first verse and half the chorus to Caroline, who, with Peter's technical advice, quickly wrote the rest of the verses. (thank you both very much!) Texasfeel generously offered to lay down the recording soundbed- thank you, John! (melody by Peter Yarrow of PP &M) Then we sent out notices to a bunch of MacJammers (my apologies if you didn't get an invite) who joined in with vox and instruments. I did my best with the editing and mixing, trying to give each player the mic, so to speak. Please forgive me if it's not as professional as it would have been, had you mixed it. This was great fun, and many, many thanks to my MacJams friends for joining in on this birthday celebration. :-)
And a fun time was had by all. :-)
Raising a toast to Eduard, along with all of you,
Roxylee
"Party "characters, in no particular order:
Texasfeel- created the track for recording onto- thanks!
Caroline- singer, kazoo player who stole the MIDI track and was her usual rowdy self
APB- funny guy with the fake Scottish accent
Stevewhit- "old gent" with the real English accent (well, to him, it's not an accent)
Kristyjo- sweet singer of melody and harmony
RickW- laughing singer who asks the question
Kren- singer of harmony and melody, and played her flute
SmokeyVW- singer, our piano player who added the bells
Rebsie- Added a nice extra harmony track
EMP- Echo man of few words, but cool words
Alannah- Sends her reverberating wishes
Ian- sends his birthday greetings to his friend
Amagi- edgy bass track on the second half, organ player
Mystified- lovely backing vocal oohs
Jiguma- cool bass track on the first half
Roxylee- sang a bit, narrator, party hostess
A Very Happy Birthday to you, Eduard. :-)
I thought it would be fun to have a birthday song for our MacJams Dragon, so I sent the first verse and half the chorus to Caroline, who, with Peter's technical advice, quickly wrote the rest of the verses. (thank you both very much!) Texasfeel generously offered to lay down the recording soundbed- thank you, John! (melody by Peter Yarrow of PP &M) Then we sent out notices to a bunch of MacJammers (my apologies if you didn't get an invite) who joined in with vox and instruments. I did my best with the editing and mixing, trying to give each player the mic, so to speak. Please forgive me if it's not as professional as it would have been, had you mixed it. This was great fun, and many, many thanks to my MacJams friends for joining in on this birthday celebration. :-)
And a fun time was had by all. :-)
Raising a toast to Eduard, along with all of you,
Roxylee
"Party "characters, in no particular order:
Texasfeel- created the track for recording onto- thanks!
Caroline- singer, kazoo player who stole the MIDI track and was her usual rowdy self
APB- funny guy with the fake Scottish accent
Stevewhit- "old gent" with the real English accent (well, to him, it's not an accent)
Kristyjo- sweet singer of melody and harmony
RickW- laughing singer who asks the question
Kren- singer of harmony and melody, and played her flute
SmokeyVW- singer, our piano player who added the bells
Rebsie- Added a nice extra harmony track
EMP- Echo man of few words, but cool words
Alannah- Sends her reverberating wishes
Ian- sends his birthday greetings to his friend
Amagi- edgy bass track on the second half, organ player
Mystified- lovely backing vocal oohs
Jiguma- cool bass track on the first half
Roxylee- sang a bit, narrator, party hostess
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Lyrics
Drak, the MJ Dragon- words by Roxylee & Caroline (mostly Caroline), melody borrowed from Peter Yarrow
Drak the MJ dragon
Lives by the sea
He also lives in all our hearts
In MacJams land, you see
He is the best friend, ever
He’ll always lend an ear
His dragon grins and smirky smiles
Will always bring you cheer
CHORUS:
Oh, Drak the MJ dragon
Lives by the sea
We send you birthday greetings
You’re the best, we all agree!
We wouldn’t be without you
We need you day and nite
Cos you are our best dragon here
On the MacJams site
Drak the MJ dragon lived by the sea
he whooshed and poofed and
poofed and whooshed
as happily as can be
and whenever I want anyone
to give advice to me
I look for Drak along the track
coz he's the one for me
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CHORUS
Drak the MJ dragon
Writes his code in C
He’s nifty with a pencil
And makes music in GB
His hardware is amazing
Not a floppy drive in sight
You ask him for a nibble and
He’ll give you a big byte
 CHORUS
Drak the MJ dragon
A punny gift he’s got
His music is so beautiful
Just like a bandelbrot (Uh- Caroline, you mean mandelbrot? ;-)
He’s nifty with a pencil
And speedy with his mouse
And always sends us photographs
When e’er he leaves his house.
 CHORUS
Drak the MJ dragon
Lives by the sea
He also lives in all our hearts
In MacJams land, you see
He is the best friend, ever
He’ll always lend an ear
His dragon grins and smirky smiles
Will always bring you cheer
CHORUS:
Oh, Drak the MJ dragon
Lives by the sea
We send you birthday greetings
You’re the best, we all agree!
We wouldn’t be without you
We need you day and nite
Cos you are our best dragon here
On the MacJams site
Drak the MJ dragon lived by the sea
he whooshed and poofed and
poofed and whooshed
as happily as can be
and whenever I want anyone
to give advice to me
I look for Drak along the track
coz he's the one for me
Â
CHORUS
Drak the MJ dragon
Writes his code in C
He’s nifty with a pencil
And makes music in GB
His hardware is amazing
Not a floppy drive in sight
You ask him for a nibble and
He’ll give you a big byte
 CHORUS
Drak the MJ dragon
A punny gift he’s got
His music is so beautiful
Just like a bandelbrot (Uh- Caroline, you mean mandelbrot? ;-)
He’s nifty with a pencil
And speedy with his mouse
And always sends us photographs
When e’er he leaves his house.
 CHORUS
May your omnipresence and positive influence forever bless our souls. May your wings spread as large and wide as your heart. May you long breathe the fire of life into this community. May your tail...
Well, nevermind about your tail....
Here's wishing the best of the best to you on this day!
. - Harold