wow... worth the wait! &mdash 07/25/07 - 09:55:30 PM
This is delicate, soothing, and sweet. Ferdasek did a great job playing the guitar/bass, and your singing is very rich and enjoyable. I can see why this melody is a favorite of yours, and you present it here very nicely. Although the jangly electric guitar is a little bright, and would wake the baby (I would have chosen an acoustic for a "lullaby"), you have created a lovely song. Great work you two!
ttfn,
Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
dear drak &mdash 07/26/07 - 02:25:50 PM
i'm so glad you like it :) i have to say, that the electric guitar was chosen on a purpose. i wanted the sound to be a bit different, then what is the usual sound of a lullaby. actually my idea at the beginning was to make it really rocky. nothing gentle, not at all, just maybe the lyrics and at the end one tiny jingle of a tiny bell. "and now sleep!" :) well i'm exaggerating a bit now, but the truth is i wanted it harder with a yelling electric guitar through out, thats for sure. but then i got sober again and realized, that i'm trying to "bite a bit bigger then my mouth" and that my voice for sure will NEVER be rocky. so i returned back to the more classical arrangement of the song.
thank you very much for nice words about the bass/guitar. i will pass it on ferdasek, he will be so happy :) i'm so proud of him.
and thank you for your so cute agitation of my tune in my master posting "how to erase my song/how to erase my posting?" :) it was so lovely.
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Beautiful... &mdash 07/25/07 - 10:34:59 PM
...and a wonderful tribute to your granny.
My heart goes out to you. [ Reply to This ]
bob &mdash 07/26/07 - 02:29:14 PM
thank you so much for your words. it is so lovely feeling to know, that someone is thinking of you.
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Lovely! &mdash 07/25/07 - 11:17:11 PM
A song I had not heard before and this is a truly lovely rendition. I can but sigh, this is so lovely! [ Reply to This ]
jim &mdash 07/26/07 - 02:37:05 PM
how lovely :) i didn't know it as well till about 2 months ago, when i bumped into this song by an accident. and it was a love on a first sight :) thank you for listening :0)
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A very, very &mdash 07/26/07 - 01:20:53 AM
beautiful song. You have done justice to this fabulous song and your voice sounds wonderful. Excellent accompaniment. You do not post very often - but when you do - WOW.
Cheers
Len
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len &mdash 07/26/07 - 02:53:40 PM
if you knew, how happy i am, you guys like it :) i am quivering with happiness :) and i am so excited about your appreciation of the accompaniment. i hope i will not sound silly, praising my own song, but i have to say, that ferdasek did so beautiful job. if you could just hear properly the bass line :) and his solo of electric guitar is for me the highlight of the whole song. i am so grateful to him. for all help and support he gave me and for the beautiful playing :)
te amo ferdasku.
len thank you so much for stopping by and for your so lovely comment
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Completely beautiful &mdash 07/26/07 - 04:00:15 AM
Thank you Pavlinka for this most beautiful song.
I understand why it captured your heart. It has captured mine now! [ Reply to This ]
cori &mdash 07/26/07 - 03:06:08 PM
thank you! :) i am so so SO happy you like it :) it is a strange feeling to post a song. you suddenly feel naked and exposed to everyone. even more, if the first person who come across your way, isn't very much into your kind of music and gives you very low mark. i know that marking is not important at all, important is comment and reaction to your song, pleople leave on your site. it is just, that one bad mark can completely put you out of countenance. i was afraid, when i returned back from school today, to open macjams again to see, that you guys didn't like it. but you like it!!!! i am SO glad.
thank you for your so nice comment
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lovely voice &mdash 07/26/07 - 04:03:11 AM
I agree, sweet and soothing...very good mixing and production skills you both have. [ Reply to This ]
daniel &mdash 07/26/07 - 04:06:39 PM
thank you for stopping by and leaving your nice comment. if you knew how hard it is to be living above a valley, where through the bottom of it is running six-lane highway and behind the opposite hill is an airport. i never noticed, how loud the noise is, but since we started recording, oh gosh... it is unbelievable. to get rid of the noise was almost impossible. ferdasek did all his best, i think it coudn't be better, but still it is not perfect. it can never be, in such a roar! :)
thank you for your lovely words :)
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Wow, Pavlinka &mdash 07/26/07 - 05:39:29 AM
This is beautiful and well worth waiting for. Thank you for including all the song info, too. you have a beautiful voice! :-) [ Reply to This ]
roxylee &mdash 07/26/07 - 04:15:26 PM
thank you so for lovely words. i just hope that next time i will not make you wait for a new song another two years! :) unfortunately i lost an access to a computer and it took me almost 2 years to find it again. if you knew, how glad i am now :)
thank you again
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Gartan Mother's Lullaby &mdash 07/26/07 - 07:13:43 AM
awesome ... the guitar work jus perfect
as your singing float sweetly above
KUDOS ..!! [ Reply to This ]
chassan &mdash 07/26/07 - 04:21:32 PM
thank you so for the comment on guitar. i feel so proud you like it. i have to tell to ferdasek, when he returns from trip. this is his moment of fame :) thank you again for your words.
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Lovely song &mdash 07/26/07 - 08:20:32 AM
What poetry in the lyrics - what a nice and delicate treatment you two have created here, simply lovely! [ Reply to This ]
bing &mdash 07/26/07 - 04:36:27 PM
i so wish i could write so poetically and delightfully, as joseph campbell a hundred years ago. you are right, the lyrics are so sweet. i am so glad you appreciated the "treatment" we gave it with ferdasek to the song. it is strange, because after listening to it every day for many times one stops hearing things and becomes unable of judgment. i am very happy you like it. i will pass your words to my amorzinho :)
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Prayers and thoughts &mdash 07/26/07 - 08:22:41 AM
And my heart goes out to you for the loss of your granny - may you find peace in loss, as she has found peace in her gain. [ Reply to This ]
bing &mdash 07/26/07 - 04:43:21 PM
thank you. it is so hard, because she is in europe and me in south america. it is so bad so awful feeling to be thousands miles away, when someone close to you needs you and you don't know it. and then she is away and you didn't even have a chance to say i love you so much, please wait for me till i come. i am heart broken bing. i am so heart broken. i so miss her. ach well
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Celtic Beauty &mdash 07/26/07 - 08:32:11 AM
Your voice is haunting and perfect for this song. Is their such a thing as a unique note? If so, "the crickets SING..." must be one, I love it!
You've inspired me to learn this for my own wee ones. [ Reply to This ]
pete &mdash 07/26/07 - 05:07:10 PM
you have to tell me, if the lullaby worked with your wee ones, ok? it did work with ferdasek because few times during the recording he dropped his head, but always shortly thanks god. he never missed his guitar entry :) i have never heard about a unique note. but if there was one, i would wish to implant it on all notes i would ever sing. yes, that would be a bliss :)
i am so happy for your words. thank you pete
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beautiful &mdash 07/26/07 - 09:42:51 AM
WOW! What a fantastic voice.
Simple beauty to remind us all how simple beauty really is.
Grateful to have heard this.
Peace,
-Rain [ Reply to This ]
rain &mdash 07/26/07 - 05:28:56 PM
you are so kind in your comment. i am over the moon with happiness! i am so so SO happy. and thrilled and satisfied and excited and bushy-tailed to come with something even more capturing and lovely! :) thank you so for your support.
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Now this... &mdash 07/26/07 - 10:56:14 AM
is what I call a lullaby; beautiful, lilting and the lyrics are a gem. You sing it beautifully and combined with the guitar playing, it is truly mystical, M [ Reply to This ]
maurice &mdash 07/26/07 - 06:01:53 PM
thank you for so lovely comment of yours. well after my studies i was for a while in scotland as a nanny, so maybe we could say, that... now i am picking up fruits of my experiences? :) thank you again for your words
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Lovely! &mdash 07/26/07 - 01:06:05 PM
I keep checking to see if you had posted anything new so I was really pleased to find this beautiful song here. Your voice is in excellent form and the playing complements it perfectly. I am very sorry to hear about your granny - I'm sure she would have loved this. Thank you for sharing this song with us. Peter [ Reply to This ]
pete &mdash 07/26/07 - 06:12:42 PM
it is SO lovely to hear "i keep checking, if you posted something new" i have no words. And i have no words to express, how very much means to me your support. Thank you SO much for your so warm and dear words about my babicka. Very much.
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Awesome &mdash 07/26/07 - 02:37:26 PM
This is so lovely in many ways!..... I LOVE IT.
Thanks for this beauty.
Take care
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kenta &mdash 07/26/07 - 06:20:07 PM
thank you :) i am so happy for that. thank you for listening and your so kind words :)
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Just joy &mdash 07/26/07 - 04:08:41 PM
You have such a beautiful voice. The vocal is simply outstanding. Thought the musical interlude was particularly nice. The backing ahhhs were simply devine. Many cheers, Bravo [ Reply to This ]
dear john &mdash 07/26/07 - 06:44:23 PM
my heart is bursting with happiness for your SO wonderful words :) i think you are too kind about my singing, but i have to highly agree with you about the interlude played by ferdasek, which for me is THE most beautiful part of the whole song. it gives me goose bumps, so much i find it beautiful. i have to pass on him your so warm and lovely comment. you made me so happy :) thank you
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This is superb! &mdash 07/26/07 - 05:14:30 PM
You actually have a great Celtic accent. You have the right voice for this type of music. Folk is universal.
I really like the guitar playing and the heavenly backing vocal with it.
Well done & slainte!
Jim [ Reply to This ]
oh jim &mdash 07/26/07 - 06:58:08 PM
i would never believe i've got any celtic accent at all! i tried hard to get the scottish one but i always thought i was not successful at all. maybe just "brumbles" or "oh aye" i've got, but the rest... neee :) you really made my day jim! and to the folk music, well it is in my blood. not that i would be so great at it, but it is me, it is what i am, what i need, what i live - folk music :) thank you.
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Good job !! &mdash 07/26/07 - 06:05:43 PM
Loved it ..
Much enjoyed this one ..
Your vocal married the great music .. you've done great job .. nice singing
I'm glad you backed with such a great tone after long time !!
Thanks for sharing this with us ..
Regardz
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Yeman Auf Al-Rawi
P.S : wish to check this one ..
I REMEMBER : http://www.macjams.com/song/33577 [ Reply to This ]
... &mdash 07/26/07 - 07:02:20 PM
"your vocal married the great music" is one of the most poetic phrases i have ever heard yeman. just charming. thank you so much for stopping by and listening :)
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lovely song &mdash 07/26/07 - 06:16:49 PM
I am so sorry about your loss. Part of the beauty of this song is that it is very simple, yet pretty and poetic. What a nice tribute to someone you love. You have a beautiful voice. I look forward to hearing more of your songs. Thanks for sharing. [ Reply to This ]
gail &mdash 07/27/07 - 12:08:59 PM
thank you so for your support and for the listening and leaving a comment behind. so nice to get feedback and even nicer, if the feedback is so lovely like yours. i'm very happy you liked it. and bet with me, there will be many more songs to come in the future! and maybe even nicer :) thank you.
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That's better! &mdash 07/27/07 - 04:18:06 AM
A welcome oasis of sanity in a busy day.
Thanks for sharing. Beautifully done.
Cheers
Dick [ Reply to This ]
dick, &mdash 07/27/07 - 12:12:15 PM
thank you for stopping by and letting me help you to relax :) i'm glad you liked it.
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Wow &mdash 07/27/07 - 05:29:28 AM
I love this. It's a lovely rendition of this lullaby,
beautifully sung and performed - a fitting and worthy tribute to your grandmother, I am certain.
That straight finger-style on the guitar is very skillfully deployed for that hypnotic quality (kinda
REM "Everybody hurts") .. fantastic solo work ferdesek btw..clean, crisp and not overdone.
I'd have liked the "shh"s at the end to be a little less breathy (very small nit) and perhaps a touch of more echo/delay on the sweet high notes of the vocal, maybe even working in some ligth orchestral strings post solo.. but this is excellent as is.
Great touch of magic in the use of those bell chimes too ;o)
It seems natural to look to the young at the passing of
the old: life's big circle. [ Reply to This ]
I like &mdash 07/27/07 - 09:05:31 AM
alan &mdash 07/27/07 - 12:34:36 PM
thank you thank you thank you!!! :) i am SO happy you like it :) i have to say, that that "shhht" at the end i tried to rerecord a few times and always my face was turned 90' away from the microphone. i was not blowing into it, honestly. so i don't have a clue, why it is not perfect after all that hard work bl...dy h..l! :) the orchestral strings is a great idea. i can imagine they would fit there well. the only problem is, i think i am a little more skilled as a singer, then as a musician. i'm not sure, if i could manage it the way, that i would be proud of my self at the end, saying "this is exactly what i was hearing in my head". i think thats the biggest problem. i am limited by the instrument skills. i think i can go to a certain level and feel self confident about it, but if i tried something not familiar to me at all, i would feel like on a thin ice. but i am more then sure in the future i am going to try that thin ice. because person learns only with trying :)
thank you for mentioning the bell tree sound. if you just knew what troubles and hard work it was, to find it on the net! i was exhausted, upset, disappointed and hopeless and then, when i was feeling the worst, one "good fairy" appeared and sorted all the problems out for me. i am so grateful to her :)
alan thank you for your comment and everything. and thank you so very much for mentioning the guitar work. i agree with you, that ferdasek did a great job, without him the tune would be simply nothing. and i love that three-word description of his solo you wrote "clean, crispy and not overdone" you couldn't say it better.
thank you so much again.
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Thank you for sharing Paja &mdash 07/28/07 - 04:52:14 AM
I really loved it. Listen to it alot, your voice is very special. I could hear you tried my suggestion to lessen
breathyness (which did 'work') but still sounds a little
windy on my monitors (do you have a 'pop' shield or even one of those spongy covers you see news reporters with when outdoors?)... or "shh" through a bathroom sponge might
even work.
Anyways, it was such a small nit .. I think you shouldn't
shy away from trying your ideas .. if you really don't like
the results .. you can always use the 'suggestion/idea' and
send of a mix to someone else to collaborate and help
achieve what you had in mind... I'm always fishing for
better performers to replace my 'gist of things'. :o)
Glad you liked my summary of the solo: looking at it now,
it seems inspired by the "Well Done? Medium or Rare?" thread. ;o) lol.
Not sure about "good faeries" - certainly "away with the
faeries" ;o) [ Reply to This ]
tadashi &mdash 07/27/07 - 12:42:14 PM
your little comment means a lot to me, because i have to say, all japanese people i have ever met, were always very accurate about everything they were doing and they were very honest in their opinions. thank you :)
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wow, what a terrific voice &mdash 07/27/07 - 03:22:46 PM
I'm am such a fan of Enya, and you really get close to such a sweet of effect like her
Love the sound of your voice here! Wow! I have to say this is one of the sweetest sounding voices I've heard here at MJ! Especially when you raise into the high sounds!
Terrific! The backround too!
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bill &mdash 07/30/07 - 07:37:51 PM
thats so lovely you are mentioning enya, but i honestly think she is TOO far ahead from me. my past seasons i didn't train enough, so all the muscles are in a bad shape. and have to say in front of thousands viewers of your chanel, a doping is NOT a word i would be familiar with. so i don't think i can ever beat her on this long distance race ;) but it is nice to close eyes and dream though...
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WOW!!!! &mdash 07/27/07 - 06:07:51 PM
I just love your voice. WOW!
Well done Ferdasek too!
Such a fantastic song.
wow!
Steve [ Reply to This ]
steve &mdash 07/30/07 - 07:43:06 PM
thank you :) i am glad you stopped by and gave it a listen. i am happy you liked it :)
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soothing... &mdash 07/28/07 - 09:04:31 AM
Your voice is magical... and the guitar is enthralling! immediately downloaded it.
Again, another song that made me break my promise to go on a hiatus from Macjams. [ Reply to This ]
leon &mdash 07/30/07 - 07:56:02 PM
why hiatus?! i am really glad you liked the song the way that you "immediately downloaded it" it put smile on my face, so cutely it was said :) and thank you for the compliment about guitar. never heard that word before till today (one learns new things every day :) thank you again, ferdasek will be thrilled :)
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Beautiful &mdash 07/30/07 - 04:37:26 AM
Your voice is unspeakably beautiful! I am overcome with emotion as I listen to this... Thank you for sharing this with us. [ Reply to This ]
clark &mdash 07/30/07 - 08:02:39 PM
you are lovely :) now YOU are making ME emotional with your so kind words :) thank you for listening and truly pleasing comment.
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just &mdash 07/30/07 - 04:41:58 PM
captured me totally.....i'm not the same after hearing this beautiful lullaby....thank you.... [ Reply to This ]
:) &mdash 07/30/07 - 08:14:14 PM
are you more sleepy? ;) just teasing you little bit boy. i am truly over the moon with happiness for your so sweet comments, guys. it just makes me wonder, if i can ever post something, what will be taken and accepted by you guys, the same magnificently as it was with this little song. it gives me little shivers :) thank you so much for listening and enjoying :)
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;-) &mdash 07/30/07 - 07:47:13 PM
Great voice..confortable relax for my soul..Tnx.
Schello %u266C
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Im Not musician [ Reply to This ]
shello &mdash 07/30/07 - 08:16:11 PM
thank you for listening :) glad you like it
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So Pretty &mdash 07/30/07 - 09:50:00 PM
How great that you've posted a song here, again! I'm so happy to hear your beautiful singing again. Seeing you credit ferdasek with 'patience' made me smile; I can imagine it was a joy for him to hear you gorgeous voice.
This is so nicely put together and produced. The placement of the backing vocals and the tremelo on the electric guitar couldn't be more perfect. I hope you're proud of what you've accomplished here and thank you so much for spreading the word about this lovely song. [ Reply to This ]
dear lisa, &mdash 08/01/07 - 10:20:59 PM
if you knew, how bad i feel to be posting after such a long time, but it unfortunately was not my choice. i lost an access to computer, so there was no way how to record anything. but hopefully i am back again and for very long :) i am so glad you like the backing vocals. they happened by accident and i was surprised that they sound quite nice, so i just polished them a bit. and about the guitar i so agree with you. ferdasek's guitar is my pride :) ferdasek all is my pride. he is also a beautiful singer and music writer. i so hope, he will surprise you and me as well one day with something truly beautiful. he can do it. he knows so well how...
lisa thank you so much for your beautiful comment. you made my day and really cheered me up :)
thank you
paja
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A wonderful song &mdash 07/30/07 - 09:57:21 PM
and a beautiful interpretation. You really gave this song a proper setting and your voice is great. My condolences - and best wishes too. [ Reply to This ]
bud &mdash 08/01/07 - 10:32:49 PM
you are right, the song is truly beautiful. i am so glad you like it. and i am so grateful for you condolences. because the pain in my heart wouldn't leave.i am expecting it every day, but it is still there.
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This is quite lovely... &mdash 07/31/07 - 08:23:17 PM
You've done well to let this melody carry itself, without over ornamenting the tune... The feel that comes across to me is that you "trust the tune", and especially with Celtic music, I think that's at the heart of things...
This is a song that I had not heard before, and I like it very much. Terrific and quite 'dense' lyric, packing a lot of image into eight lines...
The playing is simple and appropriate and the singing is very nice indeed. Taken together, it reminds me of some of the old Touchstone and Relativity tunes I used to enjoy...
Good stuff...
Ed [ Reply to This ]
Fantastic &mdash 08/01/07 - 04:24:42 PM
You have an incredibly beautiful voice.Did you do the main vocal part straight thru in one take? It sounds like it.
I love the guitar and the whole arrangement.I agree with Ed about letting the tune speak for itself without ornamentation.
Amazing performance!
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Mark &mdash 08/06/07 - 01:09:57 PM
&otthat's so lovely it has a feeling it was a fir |
ttfn,
Drakonis
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