Leaving Marrakesh, another original

Community Recordings Originals (Not Covers)
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Hi all, hope you enjoy this, feedback welcome.

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Hey Mal! That was superb for me. After the Sandy Denny song, sounds like you’re really inspired and come up with a great, great song using those lovely sounding chord shapes. At first look I think you found some other chords that fit musically as well. Loved it.

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That was great Mal! I really enjoyed that. I look forward to hearing more of your music.

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That was nice Mal! Look forward to your next song.

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Well done Mal, I enjoyed that, I’m always impressed by originals. I liked your vocal technique in the song, it suited the ‘story’. Some interesting chord shapes going on there too. Open E shapes up the neck I think, they were very effective. Were you playing them as triads? They gave the song a slight CS & Nash vibe (Marrakesh Express).

Well done on the relaxed facial expression too. :grinning:

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Thank you John for the kind words, pleased you enjoyed my song.

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Michael, thank you there will be more.

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Thanks Rob, pleased you enjoyed the song.

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Hi Gordon, thanks for your kind words, I actually felt more relaxed. Yes the E shape up the neck is played as a triad, it provides a lovely lush sounding voice. not what I was going for but will take the CS & Nash vibe ref any day, thank you.

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Hello Mal, and Chapeau! for this wonderful original. I really like the melody, the lyrics, your playing and your voice, that suits the song so well :blush:. Thanks a lot for sharing :grinning:.

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Fabulous Mal, thank you!

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Another good one Mal… :sunglasses: :bouquet: :clap:
Greetings,…

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Thank you Nicole, pleased you enjoyed it.

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Thanks Mark.

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Thank you Rogier.

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Hey Mal, that was great.
Another originals fan here, but that’s outta my league :wink:
Chords, rhythm, dynamics and vocals all worked for me. It might have purely been suggestion by the title but I was already hearing a middle Eastern influence in the intro :laughing:
At the risk of uninvitedly stepping on toes, I was wondering what it might sound like, replacing that decision will be made on the way with something like ‘I’ll let the (sun/ clouds/camel) decide’
You know you have an interesting song when the listener wants to know more about it.
Is it autobiographical?
Makes me want to live in a cave, drinking well water and smoking weed :wink: :rofl:

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Hi Brian, pleased you enjoyed the song. Yes it is biographical; my good lady and I travelled to Essaouira, many years ago, 1977 in fact, long before it was commercialized. I like your suggestion on Camel deciding, although it could also be a goat. :grinning: :grinning: The weed was also good :rofl: :rofl:

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That was a cracker Mal. Love listening to originals as it is something I would love to get into as I progress. I posted my first original last week but you raised the bar with that one! Take a bow :bowing_woman:!

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How cool is that?
Goat is inspirational, adding a surreal quality and sending the listener on an impossible quest :rofl:

Whenever I hear of Morocco/Marrakesh in music, I automatically think of The Ride to Agadir, a fab Mike Batt song that I used to listen to as a teenager. Do you know it?
I ‘borrowed’ it as the soundtrack for one of the clips in my growing up on 8mm thread.
I know- Afghanistan is on a different continent, thousands of miles away, but the Islamic imagery seemed to fit well :laughing:
Hope you don’t mind the hijack)

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hi Mal,
really great song!
I liked the interesting non-standard chord sequence. It was beautiful!
guitar playing and vocals are also on top.
Leo