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Hits: 802
Comments: 29
Votes: 6
Plays: 139
Last Played: Nov 22, 2008 - 11:11:56 PM
Downloads: 28
Fans: 17
Uploaded: Mar 27, 2008 - 01:09:51 PM
Last Updated: Mar 27, 2008 - 08:02:46 PM
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Firefly (3), Rene (1), Calvo (1), Denis (1), Sedov (1), Harlem (1), Flophouse (1)
Description:
Denis Sedov contributes keyboard strings and some percussion elements.

The Japanese word for a firefly is "hotaru." Their eerie lights are thought to be the altered form of the souls of soldiers who have died in war.

Lyrics:
Fire fly
Are you a star that fell from the sky?
Have you come?
To ask us to answer for what we’ve done?
And how do we cleve,
with what we believe?
Firefly

Fire fly
Raising your legions from where they lie
Now they roam
Thousands of miles away from home
And what we have done
Is what we become.
Fire fly.

Fire flies
Painting a picture before our eyes
Rays have beamed
Iluminations of what we’ve dreamed
A comet that’s burning,
is consumed by its yearning
Firefly

Hardware:
Esteve nylon string guitar. Homemade electric guitar, pandora's box, Oxygen keyboard, firewire solo, AKG perception 100 mic.

Software:
garageband
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Nice playing &mdash 03/27/08 - 01:14:44 PM
Nice playing and very good sung... It have been awhile since I've heard a song from you this is way too cool.. Love it... Cheers

Take care
--
Kenta

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you are quick &mdash 03/27/08 - 01:19:54 PM
Thanks!

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/// &mdash 03/27/08 - 01:22:58 PM
you have a good voice. sounds like you really mean it

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thank you &mdash 03/27/08 - 02:11:40 PM
thank you very much.

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hello &mdash 03/27/08 - 01:55:21 PM
Great lyrics. The lyrics definitely set a tense tone that is amplified by those piercing keys. When set on the bed of the cautious and anxious guitar it works very well!

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thank you &mdash 03/27/08 - 02:13:09 PM
I appreciate the listen. Thank you for the comments.

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cool song &mdash 03/27/08 - 05:08:52 PM
Has a Zeppelin sound to it !

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Ill take it &mdash 03/27/08 - 05:32:08 PM
thanks

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Firefly &mdash 03/27/08 - 06:53:31 PM
WOW ..what a deep voice my freind ...loved
the pickin guitar tone ..but much I lived
the keys behind it gives alot f woodstock
and time ...great guitar lead there ..
thnx alot for sharin my friend !!

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Hey Harlem Boy &mdash 03/27/08 - 07:05:36 PM
Good song, glad you decided to come back

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I already missed woodstock once &mdash 03/27/08 - 07:11:47 PM
I'll be damned if I miss it again.

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Great song &mdash 03/27/08 - 07:08:41 PM
and very well sung and played. Deep and meaningful thoughts that need to be expressed.

Kudos my friend, Kudos

Ed

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right then &mdash 03/27/08 - 07:30:53 PM
absolutely cool .. indeed

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In a Trance &mdash 03/27/08 - 09:16:16 PM
I don't want to ruin the pleasure trance I'm in at the moment by typing, but suffice it to say you're on repeat and I'm in love with this song. Magic.

Typing later when the spell is broken.

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thank you &mdash 03/28/08 - 10:45:40 PM
I am a big fan/admirer (yes they are different) of your work. I can't tell you how much your thoughtful comment means to me.

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Back &mdash 04/05/08 - 06:49:25 PM
I'm not really sure how many times I've listened to this song since I downloaded it, but it's a lot. One of my favorite listens was when it was snowing at night (no, that's not normal weather this time of year in Seattle) and I was lying on the sofa watching the flakes drift down. The fingerpicking sounded gorgeous with that. An airplane was flying overhead, very low, and the lights were cutting through the snowflakes just as the electric solo kicked in. It was one of those magical musical moments and I'll think of it every time I listen to this song, Rene.

One of the things you're so good at is creating a mood with music, whatever the mood might be, it's not always "moody," if that makes any sense. Your vocal here plays so beautifully against the guitars and I think everyone should study this song in Tasteful Use of Reverb 101. You used it so well to create so much space and magic.

Thank you for this beautiful song that I'll be listening to for years to come. Please make more and don't take so long!!!
xo Lisa

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nice &mdash 03/27/08 - 10:39:05 PM
The solo sounds great. Your voice is really powerful on this. Sounds good man.
Nick

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firefly &mdash 03/28/08 - 12:24:32 PM
nicely put together. love those lyrics.

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Excellent post &mdash 03/28/08 - 01:06:29 PM
your voice is full of emotion and the lyrics tell a strong story. Music and production is very cool too.

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Where've you been? &mdash 03/29/08 - 06:28:56 AM
Haven't seen you around here for some time Rene - lovely song, beautifully played and sung. Some odd rhythmic things in there which work well. Clean and clear production sounds great. Welcome back to MJ.
Neil

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oh out and about &mdash 03/29/08 - 10:41:35 PM
I decided to take guitar lessons last year and while i got much better it kinda stifled me creatively.

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the world is... so... BIG &mdash 03/29/08 - 05:42:58 PM
i like the way this evolves as it goes... just my cup of tea

great imagery.

thanks

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thank you &mdash 03/29/08 - 10:42:46 PM
thanks for the listen.

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freaking awesome!.. &mdash 03/30/08 - 02:35:40 PM
...wow. I love the stuff that comes direct from the soul, and this thing sounds like it screamed right out and onto the tape..(er.. disk), without losin a thing. Top notch, Renecalvo.

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EPIC DELIVERY &mdash 03/31/08 - 05:30:14 PM
Great Dynamics. Explosive.
Sweeping, feverish Vocals are the best.

compliments and regards,
Cooper

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Two voices &mdash 04/15/08 - 07:14:41 AM
Wow! That's a very fine voice you have! I like the way you sound like two different people; "Fire fly" is sung with a gentle, softer quality, but some lines are sung with a fuller voice, almost like another singer has jumped in. I'm impressed! Very effective, and very expressive. Profound poetry, and the music has a haunting quality. Fantastic!

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Flowers To You &mdash 04/26/08 - 01:16:52 PM
Enjoyed this VERYVERY MUCH terrific(!)song!!! LOVE IT
tx for dl FAVED!!

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Great! &mdash 04/27/08 - 02:22:23 AM
Yes, real deep vocal. The guitar playing is killer. What effects you used to make it sound like that? The drums and the background keys are just fine. But my only suggestion is that why when the electric guitar enters the background is low and especially the guitar?
But really a fine piece of work. KUDOS!

Take Care
- Yeman A. Al-Rawi

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bigger sound coming &mdash 05/02/08 - 08:57:06 AM
The guitar sound is from my home made electric guitar with which I use an amp/speaker modeler called Pandora's Box. It is made by Korg. That is the maximum output I could get out of the guitar after recording it with, alas... garage band. I did it on the first take and after playing it back I thought... oh yeah, I better not try again. I admit I am not much of an engineer. Any suggestions are welcome. Also I have bought logic express and will be using that in the future so I should have a much greater dynamic range to work with.

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