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Banana Man by Joanna [Email]

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Last Played: Sep 21, 2008 - 05:52:16 PM
Downloads: 72
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Uploaded: Dec 30, 2004 - 11:51:23 AM
Last Updated: Dec 30, 2004 - 11:30:24 AM
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This song was written for a challenge on another site. The rules were that the song had to start with the word banana. I decided to do an improvisational song -- no lyrics written down; I just laid down some loops and started singing. Nothing serious here, I assure you. Having a wee bit of fun.

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Thanks for the laugh &mdash 12/30/04 - 07:20:42 PM
:)

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Fantastic! &mdash 12/30/04 - 08:50:27 PM
This is incredible. Ever heard of Frishberg?? Check that out. "I'm Hip"! Good work comping.......

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Fantastic! &mdash 01/01/05 - 11:04:23 AM
thank you, mfant! I haven't heard any frieberg (I don't think). I'll be on the
lookout - thanks!

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Girl! &mdash 12/30/04 - 09:09:23 PM
Your calling is definitely the blues and jazz. When
someone can take a bit of nonsense and bring on
something gritty, sensual, and professional... well, then
they should keep doing that and more. Great
performance in this ad lib session!

Dadai

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Girl! &mdash 01/01/05 - 11:07:11 AM
Thank you, Dadai! I have a secret penchant for doing improvisational jazz/
blues songs. My GB folder is full of them. I'm grateful to have found a home
for some of them.

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Cool Jams &mdash 12/30/04 - 11:40:09 PM
The vocal wobbled a little starting out and I thought, damn, this is going to be painful. But then you got into it. "Never going to be a bunch again" - Very clever and strong vocal to deliver it. Very nice!

7-7-8-7

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Cool Jams &mdash 01/01/05 - 11:09:26 AM
Thank you, Alan -- It does start a little weakly, but my internal rule for
Improv songs is to just let them happen and let the notes fall where they may.
If I re-sing or fuss and fix, it's no longer improv to my mind. Thanks for
sticking with it!

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effortless &mdash 12/31/04 - 07:46:22 PM
Fun song! You probably made this up in, like, 10
minutes...right? Well, you make it all seem so
effortless. A lot of great lines in this one. I like how
you let loose a bit near the end. The music fit really
well here, too... simple, but effective.

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effortless &mdash 01/01/05 - 11:14:01 AM
Thank you, Stun -- and I'll admit that it didn't take much time. I was pretty
haphazard with the loops (just threw up every piano loop in that section, then
listened and deleted the ones that didn't fit. I sang to what was left). I don't
want to make it seem like I didn't care; I was experimenting with
improvisational looping and singing. Just creating something out of thin air,
fast and instinctively. It was a lot of fun!

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effortless &mdash 01/01/05 - 08:55:03 PM
Some people work better that way, and you seem to do it well - laying
down ideas in an quick, or efficient, manner. It lets us be more
spontaneous and expressive, I think. You go girl!

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you didn't slip! &mdash 01/03/05 - 10:18:39 AM
You've got a great voice, and really warmed up as this
tune progressed.

The way you choose and combine these loops is truly
masterful; they sound fresh and original. I think that's an
under-rated aspect on MacJams. It does indeed take talent
and finesse to work with loops, and you've GOT it.

Cute, fun lyrics.

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you didn't slip! &mdash 01/03/05 - 09:16:57 PM
Thank you, Cameron! Lol at the "didn't slip". And what a nice thing to say
about my looping! I know that a lot of people don't like loops, so your
comment is much appreciated.

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Simply a very nice voice/ well intune &mdash 01/15/05 - 09:28:12 PM
Thanks for that jazzy voice!

With a voice like that, you can make a lot of average music
real nice to listen to. Not that this music is average. But
again, nice voice!



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Simply a very nice voice/ well intune &mdash 01/15/05 - 11:59:34 PM
Thank you, Tiler! I understood your comment perfectly and took as a lovely
compliment -- thank you!

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Simply a very nice voice/ well intune &mdash 08/08/05 - 07:35:31 PM
I must say, when i first saw the picture of just some banana's i didn't think i was about to hear much, but its actualy quite fun to listen to :) i couldn't help but smile and bob my head from side to side while listening. Good work.

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Simply a very nice voice/ well intune &mdash 08/08/05 - 08:50:14 PM
Thank you, Drumpat! It's always a thrill to see that someone listened to one
of the older songs. I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

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