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Nothing by SmokeyVW [Email]
Genre: Rock

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Last Played: Nov 19, 2008 - 10:02:24 AM
Downloads: 40
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Uploaded: Nov 25, 2007 - 08:06:36 PM
Last Updated: Sep 13, 2008 - 11:28:33 AM
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Description:
album: Vision Quest
track 1: 3:20 Vision Quest
track 2: 4:49 Falling
track 3: 7:28 Nothing
track 4: 1:11 Snow Squall
track 5: 4:22 We Lost Touch
track 6: 1:36 Time For Peace
track 7: 8:04 Oblate Oblivion
track 8: 8:23 Little Orb
track 9: 12:54 Tripping
track 10: 6:35 Soaring The Thermals
track 11: 4:10 People (Running Through My Mind)
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Song Description

this song was inspired by the voice of calendargirl

see http://www.calendarsongs.com/months/march.aspx

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sound effects used in this song:
March by calendargirl http://ccmixter.org/media/files/calendargirl/9607

Lyrics:
Nothing

whistling firs bow low to the wind
catch a falling star from the skies

hear the whispered prayer begin
sense a million songs in your eyes

she only sings to get away
when things seem hopeless and there's nothing left to say

the whistling wind takes her away
there's nothing i can do to try to make her stay

(c)2007 Bill Grundmann
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better! &mdash 11/26/07 - 12:18:22 PM
Nicer mix than the prior... the singing feels better seated in the mix, but still remains clear and un-muddied. *insert prior kudos here*
ttfn,
Drakonis

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. &mdash 12/15/07 - 07:13:17 PM
thanks for swaying me into fixing the mix. i was experimenting with some very simple post-GarageBand mastering software, and ran afoul of an unexpected side-effect of non-linear peak rounding: it lets you turn up the gain, but it also relatively enhances the bass. you live and you learn...

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this is &mdash 11/26/07 - 10:33:05 PM
really great, a lot to digest here. i think this needs to go on the ipod and get a serious listen. very different for you, i really love those back-up vox.

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. &mdash 12/15/07 - 07:15:24 PM
this was going to be a Lost Songs Project submission, but it got a little out of hand.

hope you liked it.

thanks


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Another one... &mdash 11/27/07 - 03:16:46 AM
...for the headphones! Love the almost haiku-like lyrics. This is good music Bill. Really dig the arrangement. Mix is superb. Glad i found this one!

Be well friend!


Lethe (Song Of Er): http://www.macjams.com/song/37099

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. &mdash 12/15/07 - 07:20:15 PM
i decided to enter this tune into a contest at OurStage. http://www.ourstage.com/fanclub/smokeyvw

i'm happy to hear that you picked up the poetic meter on the lyrics - i wasn't thinking haiku, just going for simplicity...

thanks


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yeah &mdash 11/28/07 - 08:13:07 AM
improvment over great previous....hats off to u! Bill this just such a great song!

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. &mdash 12/15/07 - 07:21:43 PM
thanks!

i decided to enter this tune into a contest at OurStage. let's see how it goes...

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Excellent remix - &mdash 11/28/07 - 03:45:44 PM
but I already loved the first version. Cool tune.

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. &mdash 12/15/07 - 07:23:18 PM
thanks again Bud

(it's hard to resist the urge to mention K again!)

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Cool mix &mdash 11/29/07 - 11:51:00 PM
Neat contrast between the opening vocals and your own singing. I love the tinkly piano, too.

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. &mdash 12/15/07 - 07:26:35 PM
i think the contrast might also enhance the sense of isolation between the people in this. this is a sort of "torch song" with a tinge of hopelessness.

thanks

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I have &mdash 12/01/07 - 05:37:01 PM
that pic on the wall in my kitchen....however....I don't think that this is an "emo" song....just a good little rock tune....love the keys sounds....everything is layered nicely.......so why is your VW smokey??

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. &mdash 12/01/07 - 09:11:26 PM
thanks for the advice - i switched the genre - i have lots of trouble selecting genres

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Kudos Bill :-) &mdash 12/07/07 - 09:10:35 PM
It is better. I don't know why the lyrics make me think of the title of one of Maya Angelou's books - and a line from another more recent song - "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end."

Luv, Lil' Sis CJ (aka Angel)

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. &mdash 12/15/07 - 07:30:03 PM
this tune is mostly dwelling on an "ending" - but i suppose it might form half of a nice pair of bookends with some other tune about a "beginning" - hmmm... gotta think about that...

thanks


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