Sing to Me

Community Recordings Originals (Not Covers)
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a story type song of passion.
this one has been a struggle. I loved it, hated it, liked it, loved it etc…

the song once had a chorus which felt forced (lyrically and vocally) so I killed it and left with a few verses and a bridge. not sure that works?
tried a few different key moving capo around 1/2 step

would like any feedback on “Sing to Me”

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I think it is great Dan. I really liked your use of imagery throughout the song.

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Thanks for listening
The song was torturing until I realized the chorus was all wrong

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Does work perfectly fine, Dan! :slight_smile: Not having the “typical” song structure adds to the feeling of a story being told/sung and goes well with your tune. I could just sit there and listen and forget about life for a while. Lovely picking pattern, too. Another well crafted song of yours - thanks for sharing! :slight_smile:

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Dan, great stuff :ok_hand: for reasons not yet known to me, there are times I hear a certain song and it just works for me, resonates with me or whatever. Maybe lyrics, or melody, progression, who knows :thinking: Well, this one of them.

I tried hard Dan to find something that I could say I’d like to have heard done differently but, loved it all.

Happy to listen to songs like that all week long, well done, :clap:

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Danny

Loved it! The accompaniment was good: the steps down from the bridge back to the verse were clever. Your pick through the verses was spot on and complimented the lyrics. The lyrics are intriguing and involving: I love songs that seem somehow familiar yet defy complete understanding; they encourage me to keep coming back to them. Heard echoes of Nick Cave and Harry Chapin. Loved it!

Brian

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Really enjoyed this, Danny :smiley:
The sound quality of your basement tapes is vastly superior to the ‘en plein air’ effort :laughing:
Out of curiosity, were you going to play this for us on Saturday?
The fingerpicking and vocals were on point as usual.
I enjoyed the imagery that I caught and was interested enough to hunt down the lyrics on your YouTube channel. Still slightly enigmatic, but I prefer that :smiley:
Encore! :sunglasses:

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Beautiful!!

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Much appreciate your comment and listening ears

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Thanks for noticing that. Seasonal themes are common. Was listening to Simon’s “April come she will” recently

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Yes I wanted to play at the OM. I read in a book on so writing that not being obvious can work so try to do that when I can

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now thats so kind of you. made my day that you liked this

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Chapin was THE BEST at story telling

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Very nice - not every song needs a chorus! Love the story arch and how it is supported by the guitar accompaniment, the ambiguous = intriguing chord voicings, and the melody. The picking is interesting as well but it feels unnecessarily busy in places. I am wondering if the song would sound even better if you thinned out the pattern at the end at least (fewer notes per bar). Just a thought.

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Very enjoyable Dan!
Bravo!!!

Tod

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Very enjoyable song and performance Dan. I heard echoes of Neil Diamond Solitary Man. That’s good in my books.

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good suggestion
i will play around w doing less at the end

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hey thanks for the listen
much appreciated

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Hey and another thing
Your voice was sweet on the vOM

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Wow! That was amazing. I followed the story in my mind. I guess that’s why a couple comments above were speaking of imagery. You are really good in all aspects. Lovely song.