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Old 01-28-2011, 09:52 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Thanks guys!!
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Old 01-28-2011, 10:09 AM   #22 (permalink)
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What did you use to record the songs?
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Old 01-28-2011, 10:18 AM   #23 (permalink)
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I'm down to just a USB mic and a sock for a filter. Used to do a lot of rap and vaguely jazz stuff and the equipment I had then was tops.
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Old 02-02-2011, 10:34 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Emmagene

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In name she was Emmagene
In spirit she was Juliet

Covered and she'd run around
and tell me I would not regret

But all of her friends
Said she'll do just fine

Emmagene (x4)

You know that we're so proud of you
Emmagene (x2)

Well her countenance did draw her
to the open arms of many a friend

And her sweet demeanor
attracted many a man

But all of her friends
Said she'll do just fine

Emmagene (x4)

You know that we're so proud of you
Emmagene (x2)

Take what you've got
and hold it close to your heart
You'll be out of this mess
and covered once again
there's still time before
the end

In name she was Emmagene
In spirit she was Juliet

Covered and she'd run around
and tell me I would not regret

But all of her friends said
she'll do just fine

Emmagene (x4)

You know that we're so proud of you
Emmagene (x2)

Fraulein

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Also did a little Lawton Williams song that same day.
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Old 02-04-2011, 04:00 AM   #25 (permalink)
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Thanks for listening, guys. This is my new song that I'm kind of proud of. It's the first time I think I pinned down the style I'd like to pursue.

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Carry This Burden

the circles of a vulture
round top my grave
give chills to my widow
and redemption to my name

when I lived I was rabbid
and fearful of the sting
hid inside my corner
ignored the blessings it would bring

You'll carry this burden
while you're a young man

Grow old and look back satisfied


I'll watch the inside
While they're looking down

In the end, at least I tried

I've cradled my comfort
in the open arms of strangers
because family won't matter
be it sooner or be it later


siblings who drown in afterbirth
be they brothers or be they aunts
haunt the shallow ghost
of a family on the ropes

You'll carry this burden
while you're a young man

Grow old and look back satisfied

I'll watch the inside
While they're looking down

In the end, at least I tried
Hey Conan,

I especially liked this song, "Carry This Burden," and the lines in bold above, in particular the verse about cradling your comfort in the open arms of strangers because eventually family can't be there for you.

"Emmagene" interested me, too. Both songs' lyrics are intriguing because only part of them make sense to me. Reading/listening to them is a little like picking up pieces of a shattered mirror: I think they reflect something, some story that makes sense, but I can't put them together to see any reflection of a whole, so I just look into the single piece I hold and see a bit of a reflection of myself.

For example, Emmagene (a common name) feeling she is Juliet shows she was striving beyond or was not quite aware of her circumstances and viewed herself as different than others perhaps did...but I don't know what significance this has in the song. So I end up thinking of what other names or views of myself that I have.

Musically, I especially liked the guitar work in Emmagene. It felt very confident. I also remember a low note in that song...a cello-like sound. After listening to these two songs I find myself not remembering much about them because the slow strumming and feel of the songs kind of blend together to me. I wish they were more peppy than folksy (which they sound to me) and had some sudden change or shift in the songs that stands out more or jars me.
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