Amazing Grace (acoustic)
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Just Ultimate Slacker
Re: Amazing Grace (acoustic)
Gotta admit, not at all what I expected. I read (acoustic) and thought it was just going to be guitar.
After that, it was very much, not what I would expect either (even if I expected singing)
It wasn't bad, I actually kinda dig it, just not what was expected. I did sit here and listen all the way through, so I did like it.
Kinda, dylanesque, if that makes sense. Not that you necessarily sound like him, just some of that vibe. Also a lot of the 90's alternative (not the grunge end of it but the other end) influence.
Overall, nice, once your brain wraps itself around what it is.
Gotta admit, not at all what I expected. I read (acoustic) and thought it was just going to be guitar.
After that, it was very much, not what I would expect either (even if I expected singing)
It wasn't bad, I actually kinda dig it, just not what was expected. I did sit here and listen all the way through, so I did like it.
Kinda, dylanesque, if that makes sense. Not that you necessarily sound like him, just some of that vibe. Also a lot of the 90's alternative (not the grunge end of it but the other end) influence.
Overall, nice, once your brain wraps itself around what it is.
cream123
JustAskinologist
Re: Amazing Grace (acoustic)
Hah! I definitely appreciate the honesty, and I thought about doing it softer and I did for the funeral, but it just came out this way in the recording. Figured it was meant to be. Theres just a lot of emotions involved with this song for me...and memories. A lot has changed over the last month and something and I tried to reflect on it all here.
Thanks for the listen, and the words
Hah! I definitely appreciate the honesty, and I thought about doing it softer and I did for the funeral, but it just came out this way in the recording. Figured it was meant to be. Theres just a lot of emotions involved with this song for me...and memories. A lot has changed over the last month and something and I tried to reflect on it all here.
Thanks for the listen, and the words
Chickenwings
Alnico 6/8
Re: Amazing Grace (acoustic)
im sorry to hear about your sister man.
im sorry to hear about your sister man.
cream123
JustAskinologist
Re: Amazing Grace (acoustic)
It happens, and we've all been slowly learning to go on without her. She was very close to the family and I'm very close with her kids. it has really pulled the family closer together. Thanks for your condolences
It happens, and we've all been slowly learning to go on without her. She was very close to the family and I'm very close with her kids. it has really pulled the family closer together. Thanks for your condolences
TheLivingDead
Dawn Of The Shred
Re: Amazing Grace (acoustic)
Honest and moving, man.
My deepest condolences to you and your family.
Honest and moving, man.
My deepest condolences to you and your family.
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
Unseen
Re: Amazing Grace (acoustic)
May she rest easy man!!
Loved it!
May she rest easy man!!
Loved it!
Andrew Lamprecht
Minion of One
Re: Amazing Grace (acoustic)
Sounded very cool!
Sorry about your sister my friend....
Sounded very cool!
Sorry about your sister my friend....
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Just Ultimate Slacker
Re: Amazing Grace (acoustic)
I definitely agree that was how it was meant to be, very raw, honest
I definitely agree that was how it was meant to be, very raw, honest
ImmortalSix
John Mayer's Mankini
Re: Amazing Grace (acoustic)
Wow
Wow
crusty philtrum
Vintageologist
Re: Amazing Grace (acoustic)
You've completely owned that song in this recording, it sounds as if you wrote it. I suspect that a large part of that was a bunch of unrealised, uncategoriseable emotions finding their way out through this recording.
I wish I'd heard it without having first read your words in the opening post, to see what i would have thought about hearing it without knowing the background or emotional landscape. Either way, i know your sister-in-law would be moved; I think you captured something very special in your recording, something beyond what the ears take in.
You've completely owned that song in this recording, it sounds as if you wrote it. I suspect that a large part of that was a bunch of unrealised, uncategoriseable emotions finding their way out through this recording.
I wish I'd heard it without having first read your words in the opening post, to see what i would have thought about hearing it without knowing the background or emotional landscape. Either way, i know your sister-in-law would be moved; I think you captured something very special in your recording, something beyond what the ears take in.
ImmortalSix
John Mayer's Mankini
Re: Amazing Grace (acoustic)
The labored, low voice on "I once was lost," which is answered with a clear voice declaring "but now am found" --- beautifully symbolic
The B chord you were dwelling on before the A, kind of suspends the song - presses pause on the forward motion of the chord progression and gives us the opportunity to examine what we're listening to
Everything about it, whether deliberate or not - was beautiful. Don't tell me if any of that was deliberate - I appreciate this song too much to break it down any further.
To expand: there is so much that I love about this.
The labored, low voice on "I once was lost," which is answered with a clear voice declaring "but now am found" --- beautifully symbolic
The B chord you were dwelling on before the A, kind of suspends the song - presses pause on the forward motion of the chord progression and gives us the opportunity to examine what we're listening to
Everything about it, whether deliberate or not - was beautiful. Don't tell me if any of that was deliberate - I appreciate this song too much to break it down any further.
cream123
JustAskinologist
Re: Amazing Grace (acoustic)
Thank you, your kind words are always appreciated. I thought you might appreciate it, your advice, "don't produce it within an inch of its life", has definitely been noted and I think this falls within that advice.
Regarding me telling the meaning, I was hesitant to but I am not particularly religious (agnostic more or less) and I wanted to state that tastefully upon showing it. At the same time, (not to toot my own horn) I think that the recording/performance goes deeper than just the dedication to her. at least it does for me. There is a lot going on in the situation underneath the surface that, in hindsight I think is conveyed in the recording but the intricacies are not apparent at first. I hope it gives you all something to chew on, I know it has for me.
Thank you, I really appreciate your honesty with your feedback. I love getting positive feedback but more than that I really prefer honest feedback positive or negative. I can tell that you are honest about your thoughts and thats definitely something that I value.
I'll keep everything else about this song a secret, I promise. Its very personal and I'd like it to stay that way for me as well as anyone listening. We've all experienced loss and the world shaking repercussions that it brings with it. I am glad that you all can relate to it as I feel that communication of thoughts and universal emotions is a main goal of music and the beautiful part is that everyone can relate to it in their own way.
Thank you all
-Marc
Thank you, your kind words are always appreciated. I thought you might appreciate it, your advice, "don't produce it within an inch of its life", has definitely been noted and I think this falls within that advice.
Regarding me telling the meaning, I was hesitant to but I am not particularly religious (agnostic more or less) and I wanted to state that tastefully upon showing it. At the same time, (not to toot my own horn) I think that the recording/performance goes deeper than just the dedication to her. at least it does for me. There is a lot going on in the situation underneath the surface that, in hindsight I think is conveyed in the recording but the intricacies are not apparent at first. I hope it gives you all something to chew on, I know it has for me.
Thank you, I really appreciate your honesty with your feedback. I love getting positive feedback but more than that I really prefer honest feedback positive or negative. I can tell that you are honest about your thoughts and thats definitely something that I value.
I'll keep everything else about this song a secret, I promise. Its very personal and I'd like it to stay that way for me as well as anyone listening. We've all experienced loss and the world shaking repercussions that it brings with it. I am glad that you all can relate to it as I feel that communication of thoughts and universal emotions is a main goal of music and the beautiful part is that everyone can relate to it in their own way.
Thank you all
-Marc
