Hey, I remember reading this on your website. Nice
photos and poetry. Well, this works very nicely as a song.
Nothing critical to add. Sounds very good. Me like.

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Thanks. You are right--it is a poem I wrote years ago put to music. Not the
way I usually write songs. I appreciate the kind words.

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what a wonderfiul track you have here.
Lovely harmonies and melody

Excellent

SlimGirlFat

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Thanks SGF

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This reminds me of a wonderful song by Stephen Schwartz
called "Snapshots." Photographs can indeed be a
wonderful source of reverie as well as melancholy,
captured very well in this straighforward, honest,
wonderful track.

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It is a strange feeling when old snapshots, at some point, become historical
photographs. Especially photos of friends and family. Melancholy, mixed with
affection. Thanks, Tobin.

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Sweet voice, sweet melody, and sweet harmonies.
Great guitar too. I really enjoyed. Thank you for sharing.

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I love this. Acoustic and harmonies: my favourite. Great
picking, wonderful harmonies. The overall sound is spot-
on.

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Beautiful, poetic lyrics. Well done!

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I like the free and loose way you sing this song, almost
like you are having a conversation sitting at a table,
flipping through your album of b&w photos as you
describe each one.

Perhaps it is the 5/4 meter which imitates the irregular
rhythms of conversation.

Nice harmonies and chord progressions, especially at the
ends of phrases.

I would have repeated the last line "fleshed in shades of
gray" a couple less times, though (unless you had faded it
out gradually, which would have worked nicely).

You created a mellow, contemplative atmosphere on this
track which is very pleasing to the ears and the soul.

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Thanks for the careful listen. I may have gotten a little carried away
repeating 'fleshed in shades of gray' over and over. It almost starts to feel like
a chant, or a mantra, which was kind of cool to sing, but may become a little
annoying to the listener. Good point.

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if you hadn't of mentioned this was in 5/4, i wouldn't have noticed. so smooth. as someone who could never play acoustic fingerpicking and just gave up (i have to use a pick), i marvel at the effortlessness and intimacy of your right hand. will you tell us who Sally is? and i like the metaphor of "shades of gray", the double meaning. don't think i would have caught it without the repeats, so keep them in!

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Thanks, Suzanne, for your comments. After 30 years, I still cannot play with a pick, so I am forced to fingerpick. It is the only way I have ever played. (My kids make fun of the long fingernails on my right hand.)

As for your question about the photo--it is a photograph I took of my wife in 1981, shortly before we were married.

Thanks again!

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One compliment to add to the others: I like the rhyming
scheme, the way it has one short and then a long phrase,
making it seem more natural, less sing-songy, like a song
like this could become. You are the real deal, Mr. Atwood.

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