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Virtual Music Studio => Finished Works => Topic started by: Donna on April 18, 2014, 01:51:14 PM

Title: All of the Trees (Maria/Billy/Donna)
Post by: Donna on April 18, 2014, 01:51:14 PM

I hope you enjoy this ballad from Billy and me. :)

(The Danish words 'jeg elsker dig' in the bridge = 'I love you'. The 'dig' rhymes with 'sigh'.)

Music/guitar/instrumentation/mix: Billy Playle
Vocals: Maria Sedell
Lyric: Donna Devine

All Of The Trees
 
V1
Night-time is hard
When it pulls from the past
A tangle of roots
That never did bind
My tears fall like leaves
From all of the trees
I wanted to climb
 
Chorus
Every time I dream of you
You edge a little nearer
Your face becoming clearer
I'm a kiss away from forgiveness
But then you turn and go
The way I did to you once
On a doorstep long ago
 
V2
Night-time is hard
With the mem'ries it brings
The way that I lost
The chance that was mine
To play as I pleased
In all of the trees
I wanted to climb
 
Chorus
 
Bridge
Still hear you sigh 'jeg elsker dig'
...And I drink my morning tea
Wondering do you ever think of me?
 
Chorus 
 
Outro
You were the oak
The willow, the birch
The aspen, the cypress
The cedar, the pine
You were all of the trees
I needed to climb
 
© 2013 Donna Devine

Title: Re: All of the Trees (Maria/Billy/Donna)
Post by: Zax on April 22, 2014, 06:56:32 PM

Very, very nice!!  Great guitar work!

I can imagine this being in Union Station's repertoire.   8)

Frank

Title: Re: All of the Trees (Maria/Billy/Donna)
Post by: PVD on April 28, 2014, 11:39:12 AM

Great delivery.  Great lyric.

Paul

Title: Re: All of the Trees (Maria/Billy/Donna)
Post by: Donna on May 05, 2014, 04:48:30 PM

Frank and Paul, thank you very much. Maria and Billy did a wonderful job. :)

Donna

Title: Re: All of the Trees (Maria/Billy/Donna)
Post by: stoman on May 06, 2014, 11:26:18 AM

This one is awesome too. The mix sounds a littly boxy/muddy (basically the reverb that sounds slightly cheap to me, but it's probably just a dB or two too much in the low mid range and hence easy to fix).

Regards,
  Steffen

Title: Re: All of the Trees (Maria/Billy/Donna)
Post by: CosmicDolphin on May 10, 2014, 01:18:47 PM

Really nice  :)

I don't think it sounds muddy or boxy particularly...it is a bit zingy on the acoustic guitars to my ears though.

CD

Title: Re: All of the Trees (Maria/Billy/Donna)
Post by: rightonthemark on May 10, 2014, 10:27:06 PM

i agree...very good guitar playing.
mix sounds big but almost like they're on top of you --- could use a little space to make it breathe.
gotta say it again...great guitar playing.
good tune.