New song: The River

2008-02-13 09:31 am
mdlbear: portrait of me holding a guitar, by Kelly Freas (freas)
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Lyrics here; audio when the tune stabilizes a little more. It ended up going a lot deeper than I'd originally expected.

Somewhere in the last couple of weeks I seem to have become a morning person: I was up before 5am yesterday and today. I'm not sure where the time went. Well, OK, I do know, this time.

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The River

Date: 2008-02-13 05:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] markiv1111.livejournal.com
This is an utterly spectacular lyric. I am deeply impressed and moved. Note that, in the absence of a better idea (and I am sure you will have a better idea) it can be sung to the tune of "Deportee" (music by Woody Guthrie, although my recollection is that Guthrie set a friend's poem to music, rather than writing himself as his norm; the recording of this I have is by the Byrds). Also note that I wrote a song called "The River" (on my first CD, *Rainbow's Edge*) but yours is way better.

Nate

Re: The River

Date: 2008-02-13 06:36 pm (UTC)
mdlbear: blue fractal bear with text "since 2002" (Default)
From: [personal profile] mdlbear
Thanks. I'm usually too close to my songs to tell whether they're any good, but if I start crying when I come up with a line I can be pretty sure it's a keeper.

The actual tune ended up somewhere between "Deportee" and "Windmills". I may be able to get it online sometime this afternoon.

Re: The River

Date: 2008-02-14 06:36 am (UTC)
mdlbear: blue fractal bear with text "since 2002" (Default)
From: [personal profile] mdlbear
Audio's up. See next post.

stuff lurks in our hearts, waaiting to pounce when we're off-guard

Date: 2008-02-13 06:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] donsimpson.livejournal.com
I like this one an awful lot. Looking forward to hearing you sing it.

Re: stuff lurks in our hearts, waaiting to pounce when we're off-guard

Date: 2008-02-13 06:36 pm (UTC)
mdlbear: blue fractal bear with text "since 2002" (Default)
From: [personal profile] mdlbear
Thanks. Hopefully later today.

Date: 2008-10-17 05:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] masonronne.livejournal.com
It will likely sound an awful lot like the train wreck you hear in the clip (but an octave lower in your case).

Date: 2008-02-13 06:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mbumby.livejournal.com
Very nice. I look forward to hearing it.

Date: 2008-02-13 06:55 pm (UTC)
mdlbear: blue fractal bear with text "since 2002" (Default)
From: [personal profile] mdlbear
Thanks. I haven't quite decided whether to try to post the music this afternoon, or wait until tomorrow morning.
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Date: 2008-07-16 02:09 pm (UTC)
mdlbear: blue fractal bear with text "since 2002" (Default)
From: [personal profile] mdlbear
This comment appears to be spam, though I have no idea what it's supposed to accomplish. Will delete soon unless I get a response to this comment.

Date: 2008-02-13 07:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] filkerdave.livejournal.com
VERY nice.

I'm tempted to say someone should put together an album with JUST songs called "The River" ;)

Date: 2008-07-16 06:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elseydosem.livejournal.com
1 How many bands can say they didn’t put out a bad album for 22 years or made 12 consecutively good or great albums.

Date: 2008-02-13 09:45 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] thnidu.livejournal.com
Oh my. What they all said. (Except filkerdave's 2nd paragraph.)

Date: 2008-02-14 05:01 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] callibr8
That's lovely. The lyrics themselves have a very graceful flow.

If you want help tunesmithing, or want a flute accompaniment, let me know!

Date: 2008-02-14 05:57 am (UTC)
mdlbear: blue fractal bear with text "since 2002" (Default)
From: [personal profile] mdlbear
Tunesmithing's done -- see my next post upwhen.

Definitely a flute part. I've been hanging around with you too long: I can almost hear it.

Date: 2008-02-14 05:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pocketnaomi.livejournal.com
Beautiful. I hope you're as proud of this as it deserves.

Date: 2008-02-14 05:58 am (UTC)
mdlbear: blue fractal bear with text "since 2002" (Default)
From: [personal profile] mdlbear
Thanks -- I am.

Date: 2008-02-14 06:38 am (UTC)
mdlbear: blue fractal bear with text "since 2002" (Default)
From: [personal profile] mdlbear
Audio's up, in the next post; you appear to have missed it by about 20 minutes. Colleen says to thank you for inspiring it, or as she put it "letting the Muse back into the house."

Date: 2008-02-14 11:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pocketnaomi.livejournal.com
I didn't inspire it, she inspired it. I just introduced you to it. :) I recognized at once in it the parts that were 'mine' and the parts that weren't, and am proud to be associated with something that beautiful.

Date: 2008-02-14 01:51 pm (UTC)
mdlbear: blue fractal bear with text "since 2002" (Default)
From: [personal profile] mdlbear
:-) You both did. It started out firmly intended to be about our friendship, and ended up at a whole different level.

Date: 2008-02-19 12:22 am (UTC)
filkferengi: (Default)
From: [personal profile] filkferengi
This is lovely! Will it be on your next album?

Date: 2008-02-19 12:57 am (UTC)
mdlbear: blue fractal bear with text "since 2002" (Default)
From: [personal profile] mdlbear
I had to totally re-jigger the tentative track list, but yes.

Date: 2008-02-19 02:52 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] filkferengi
Yay!
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