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| Worse Things I Could Do by MakenaMonk | 7 days ago |
| Thanks sweetie! (Writing this from the UK!) | |
| Is That All There Is? (for my Mom) by carlajpatterson | 19 days ago |
Thanks so much Robby and thanks to you, too, Ramona!  |
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| Is That All There Is? (for my Mom) by carlajpatterson | 20 days ago |
| Thanks LaFayette. |
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| Is That All There Is? (for my Mom) by carlajpatterson | 20 days ago |
| Thanks so much for all the great comments, my friends! They mean a lot. | |
| Is That All There Is? (for my Mom) by carlajpatterson | 21 days ago |
| Thanks Cp I was into this song when I was a kid, too, but I was lucky and didn't experience death in my immediate surroundings till I was in high school and, even then, it wasn't close family. 10 is early! Hugs all the way back to then from me now. Your comments always mean the world to me, by the way. I seem to listen to this song at least once a day and it makes me feel connected to my Mom. That's the coolest thing about music - it takes you right back to a moment in time as if nothing is in the way. We are lucky, we humans.  |
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| Is That All There Is? (for my Mom) by carlajpatterson | 21 days ago |
| Thanks so much! And now I know what you went through, at least in general. There's nothing like losing your Mom and I get it now instead of just imagining it. | |
| The Letter by ClayPotts | 22 days ago |
| How cool this is! I love it... when I saw the title, I was hoping it was this song and the fact that it's this style is even better. U be kul, me ol' China! (Ask me or Laps what that means if you don't already. - You kind of remind me of Lenny Kravitz on this, I'm just realizing! lol) You can be anyone, can't ya? But, that doesn't change the fact that I love your Peter voice the best. |
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| Is That All There Is? (for my Mom) by carlajpatterson | 22 days ago |
| Thanks so much, Diane! And, Chris, you are a great friend and a true fan. Love you, too, you know? |
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| Is That All There Is? (for my Mom) by carlajpatterson | 23 days ago |
| Thanks. |
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| Is That All There Is? (for my Mom) by carlajpatterson | 24 days ago |
| Thanks Chris! | |
| something a tad diffrent by Lapskin | 24 days ago |
| A tad wonderful, me lad! | |
| Is That All There Is? (for my Mom) by carlajpatterson | 24 days ago |
| Wow, it was awesome today! People from all eras of my Mom's life were there and it was a great party, one which she would have enjoyed. We put up artwork of hers from different eras and many of the attendees brought things of hers that she'd given them or sold them and we got to see art we hadn't seen in decades in some cases. I played this song and after the first verse, lots of people started singing along with the chorus. It was an amazing experience with an energy and emotional tenor which was very positive and healing. There were a few tears shed but mostly we just had a good time talking about Mom. Thanks for your kind words, folks! I really appreciate them all. |
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| Tu Non Mi Conosci (You Don't Know Me) by carlajpatterson | 29 days ago |
Thanks Rosalind. I agree and keep playing around with it.  |
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| Liquidize by JoelGoffin | 1 month ago |
| Love (and maybe infatuation even more so) is such a great artistic stimulus! This is great. |
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| Tu Non Mi Conosci (You Don't Know Me) by carlajpatterson | 1 month ago |
| Thanks so much Andre! I really appreciate your reaction and it means a lot. |
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| Viva la Vida (Coldplay Cover) by carlajpatterson | 1 month ago |
| Qs | |
| Fahr'n/Drivin' (Demo/open for collab) by JCLeonard | 1 month ago |
| lol Postman Pat! I get that reference thanks to Graham. This is fun JC. |
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| collab challenge/Names of Our Fathers by jkane | 1 month ago |
| Love it! How did I miss this before!? So glad I found it today. |
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| stars by Lapskin | 1 month ago |
| Again, creative mayhem of the best kind. |
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| under the bridge by Lapskin | 1 month ago |
| Indeed! What KCs said and I like how the little rythmy thing sounds a bit like a didgeridoo on speed! | |
| my decisions by Lapskin | 1 month ago |
| Rock it out, yeah! Old skool! Love it. | |
| Worse Things I Could Do by MakenaMonk | 1 month ago |
| There are worse things I could do than listen to this again this morning as I'm supposed to be getting ready for the dentist! lol You are the bomb, as usual - your voice! Your interpretations! Your sense of where and how to place it in a mix. Just brilliant, my love. | |
| Desperado by Vixen | 1 month ago |
| It's always so good to hear your voice in my ear and it's nicely forward in the mix here. I know what you mean about posting things when you owe others collabs but I've become quite philosophical about that over the years... it's helped me understand it when others aren't able to send me stuff they owe me. So much can come between us and our obligations when it comes to artistic endeavors. It's not like promising to get chores done, lol. Creating music is as quixotic a pursuit as making a good painting or writing a novel. Just got to let it happen when it can. |
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| Snake's Blood - The Copperhead by JoelGoffin | 1 month ago |
| What kind was it that you killed tonight? I am fascinated by snakes. Lovely dark and deeply rousing music, this. |
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| Your Complex Dream Sequence by JoelGoffin | 1 month ago |
| So excited to find something new by you here to listen to! Love the description and the song art... if only I could listen to this and go back to sleep this morning! I'm on my way to the dentist, though. Will try it out when I am on my way to dreamland tonight! So far, I'm loving it. |
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| One Forward by Xolv | 1 month ago |
| Very enjoyable listen, X... thanks for sharing your work with us! Looking forward to the other pieces in this vein. | |
| Hostess of the Deceased (Open Collab Vocals) by SierraRace | 1 month ago |
| I hope someone takes you up on adding music for this. On the other hand, it's cool as a vocal alone since you put so much energy and emotion into it. | |
| At a Georgia Camp Meeting (1897) by georgeptingley | 1 month ago |
| So much fun to hear this! |
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| Caribbean Dream by georgeptingley | 1 month ago |
| Ah, back in the islands! Sounds good. |
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| 3 A.M(OPEN COLLAB)by ilan and carla by ilan | 1 month ago |
| Ilan, I just wanted to say, again, how much I love this version of 3 A.M. - every time I hear it, I am amazed all over again by what you did with it. Love, Carla | |
| No One Ever Is To Blame by carlajpatterson | 1 month ago |
| Thanks jrahn! |
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| Tu Non Mi Conosci (You Don't Know Me) by carlajpatterson | 1 month ago |
| Thanks Chris. | |
| Tu Non Mi Conosci (You Don't Know Me) by carlajpatterson | 1 month ago |
| lol Thanks @RolandOfGilead! Hugs right back. | |
| Tu Non Mi Conosci (You Don't Know Me) by carlajpatterson | 1 month ago |
| Thank you so much @seasky - this is exactly what I need. I really appreciate your taking the time to give me your feedback. I feel, too, that you have taken some care to make it possible for me to maintain the relationship between the words and the music even with the new sentence structure. I will try it this weekend. |
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| Tu Non Mi Conosci (You Don't Know Me) by carlajpatterson | 1 month ago |
| Thanks so much Morgan102! I agree about the coolness of the breadth of styles here. |
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| Tu Non Mi Conosci (You Don't Know Me) by carlajpatterson | 1 month ago |
| Thanks Futureman, Olympus, and Proliferousrose. Yes, that is a celeste in there - along with some trombones, french horns, and a bassoon. |
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| This is a Lie (Cure cover) Remix by carlajpatterson | 2 months ago |
| Thanks Diane! |
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| This Is A Lie (Surreal Mix) by RetroTrend | 2 months ago |
| Thanks for including me in this, Omar - I love it when you bend my voice to your fascinating will! xox |
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| This is a Lie (Cure cover) Remix by carlajpatterson | 2 months ago |
| I am also going to upload a version without the singing in the background to feature the tight harmonies and how our voices go together... one day. |
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| This is a Lie (Siatt Mix) by DJ_Siatt | 2 months ago |
| Nice intro! Like it a lot.... this isn't, this isn't, this isn't, this isn't - a lie. |
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| This Is A Lie (The Cure cover) by Gerald_DeGroote | 2 months ago |
| I agree with Andre! By the way, I didn't respond yet but YES! Let's do some recorder improvs for our next song together, Gerald! I love that idea. |
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| This is a lie (The Cure cover) by Ziur | 2 months ago |
| lol I still haven't heard the original Cure version! I wanted to wait until I hear all of the Makena-based remixes. I'm working my way through them day by day and leaving comments as I do. I really like the way you've done this Andre! Love the slowing down between the lines. Why didn't I think of that!? lololol I love the way you fleshed out the the 'however unsure' parts and the way you added his voice in harmony over the chorus. Really cool. |
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| This Is A Lie (The Cure cover) cloud nine mix by A1K3M1 | 2 months ago |
| WOW! I totally get the cloud 9 reference - there were times in this where I felt like I was definitely floating! You amaze me every day, both of you. xox | |
| This is a Lie (Cure cover) Remix by carlajpatterson | 2 months ago |
| Thanks so much Ziur and Dika! I really appreciate your comments. |
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| This is a Lie (Cure cover) Remix by carlajpatterson | 2 months ago |
| Thanks Chris! I love all of your adjectives. It's always my pleasure. Can't wait to hear yours! I'm trying not to listen to them all at once so that I fully get the uniqueness of each. And thanks to you, too, Gerald - something you did in your version helped inspire me towards the end. |
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| This is a Lie (Cure cover) Remix by carlajpatterson | 2 months ago |
| @MakenaMonk - Thanks sweetie! It's still amazing to me how many different ways people have interpreted it and/or ways they've used your voice. |
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| This is a Lie (Cure cover) Remix by carlajpatterson | 2 months ago |
| Thanks Tom! |
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| This Is A Lie (The Cure cover) by Gerald_DeGroote | 2 months ago |
| Ooooh, I also love tenor recorder and have several (including an alto and a picolino also!). We will have to do recorder music together someday. Now I will listen... Wow! Of course I love it but it's totally unexpected nonetheless, a cool direction you took. I've been working on my a capella version and it's very different of course. I'm glad I didn't hear this before I finished or I'd have been mesmerized into changing what I was doing. Oh, I love this section where the bass and recorder play alone together and then Mak's voice comes in over the bass. WOW! So cool. Love you two separately and together, always. xox |
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| Motherless Child by carlajpatterson | 2 months ago |
| @Deebeesea - Thanks, Diane - my condolences to you, as well. Scott, your Mom's smiling face keeps coming back to me every time I think of your song. xox |
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| Motherless Child by carlajpatterson | 2 months ago |
| Thanks Chris. I'm glad you came by. xox | |
| Motherless Child by carlajpatterson | 2 months ago |
| Thanks, Gérald... sorry about your Granddad too. It was so hard to have laryngitis last week because I couldn't sing for her so this was a big relief. Singing is how I process everything, especially the big things. She is no longer sick or feeling pain, she is free. And, as you say, she will always be with me and those who knew her in our memories. xox | |
| Insouciance by Gerald_DeGroote | 2 months ago |
| I listen to this at least once a day, sometimes several times in a row. It just makes my head feel good. |
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| Mama'd Say anniversary mix by alanatomic | 2 months ago |
| Sing it Alana! Awesome. | |
| Motherless Child by carlajpatterson | 2 months ago |
| Thanks Chris - I'm glad to see your post. Love you, too. BTW, the piece behind my Mom is actually a painting - or, rather, 25 small (4 x 4 inch) paintings. One of the coolest things about my Mom is that she never gave up on things she wanted to do. She'd been painting for most of her life but two things happened as she got older - one was that she had severe rheumatoid arthritis in her hands and it became harder and harder for her to work on large canvasses and one was that a lot of her art supplies were lost in a fire which she just barely got out of herself (that's a story in and of itself of course!). So, she got a grant from a foundation in New York and bought these small canvasses so that they'd be a size she could handle and then had my brother Frank help her make a frame for them so that they'd look like one large canvas. My Mom was tiny but she only liked making big things. (Re: the fire - she lived with her landlord in an apartment they'd created where a garage would have been. It was nice. But she was already in a wheelchair and when a fire broke out in the upstairs part of the house, she couldn't get out. But, some drug dealers (!) up the street came and got her out - they had been students of hers at the Arts Magnet school she'd taught at when they were kids so they looked for her outside the house and, when they didn't see her, they pushed they way into the downstairs part of the house and carried her out.) xox |
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| Motherless Child by carlajpatterson | 2 months ago |
| Thanks JL. xox | |
| This is My Valentine to You (a valentine for my daughter) by carlajpatterson | 3 months ago |
| Thanks Donna and Angelo! I appreciate your comments. | |
| This is My Valentine to You (a valentine for my daughter) by carlajpatterson | 3 months ago |
| Thanks Chris! | |
| Every time we say goodbye. by painfaker | 3 months ago |
| I agree - this is really different in a good way. I love hear people sing favorite songs of theirs. There is so much more to it than just performing - there's so much meaning in the interpretation. | |
| Tu Seulement Tu (You Only You) by carlajpatterson | 3 months ago |
| Thanks Pharmy! |
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| This is My Valentine to You (a valentine for my daughter) by carlajpatterson | 3 months ago |
| Thanks so much for your kind comments! I really loved doing this. ;D | |
| Tu Seulement Tu (You Only You) by carlajpatterson | 3 months ago |
| Thanks Strig! | |
| This is My Valentine to You (a valentine for my daughter) by carlajpatterson | 3 months ago |
| Thanks Rosalind! Your comments are very much appreciated. | |
| Tu Seulement Tu (You Only You) by carlajpatterson | 3 months ago |
| Thanks KC and Tel! I appreciate your comments a lot. |
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| Tu Seulement Tu (You Only You) by carlajpatterson | 3 months ago |
| It's true, isn't it? Free jazz is where we live. I'm so glad, too. I added your version to my iPhone mix and played it several times today. Just perfect alone! But, I love the combinations too of course. |
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| Tu Seulement Tu (You Only You) by carlajpatterson | 3 months ago |
| Oui, tu a raison... 'seulement'. Oops! Thanks LaFayette! On both counts. |
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| Insouciance by Gerald_DeGroote | 3 months ago |
| Great! So happy you feel the same way as I do about it. It felt totally organic, as so often happens between us. I'll post it now. xox | |
| Improv Friday 021012 by carlajpatterson | 3 months ago |
| You'd think there'd be more of it in Portland! Thanks Strig! |
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| This Is A Lie (Cover Cure) Open For Collab by MakenaMonk | 3 months ago |
| Haven't even heard the Cure's version of this, only yours! Weird since I love that group. lol Sometimes I have to hear you sing something before I really hear it. I love it - the way it builds and the naked voice at the beginning is craftily brilliant. |
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| Insouciance by Gerald_DeGroote | 3 months ago |
| You made me drop everything and sing! |
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| Insouciance by Gerald_DeGroote | 3 months ago |
| Oh yes! This is so wonderful! You know how I would love this, don't you!? It's wonderful to see this and here your microtonal soul and brain in it. MERCI! Tu es formidable! | |
| Improv Friday 021012 by carlajpatterson | 3 months ago |
| Merci mon ami! Ca va? | |
| Improv Friday 021012 by carlajpatterson | 3 months ago |
| Thanks Pharmy! | |
| Improv Friday 021012 by carlajpatterson | 3 months ago |
| Thanks guys! | |
| Improv Friday 021012 by carlajpatterson | 3 months ago |
| Umm, sorry for the silence at the end! Just skip it. |
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| A cappella Homage to Beautiful by India Arie by carlajpatterson | 3 months ago |
| @vavsonka - you are so kind to say so! Thanks. |
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| I Took A Blood Oath by carlajpatterson | 3 months ago |
| Thanks so much Vavsonka!!! |
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| History repeating by Mosaica | 4 months ago |
| Glad to have dropped by at the moment when I'd see this in the recent uploads queue! I love this!!!! And it's definitely Mosaica more than Dame Shirl - and I love her version also. You sound very sure-footed in this and that adds to me being able to ride the melody with you without any fear of falling. LOVE IT! | |
| A cappella Homage to Beautiful by India Arie by carlajpatterson | 4 months ago |
| @Deebeesea - thanks Diane! I appreciate your kind comments! | |
| the softer side of the beast (Open Collab) by AngeloA | 4 months ago |
| I like it, too... sounds cool! | |
| A cappella Homage to Beautiful by India Arie by carlajpatterson | 4 months ago |
| @ihussain - Thanks so much for your kind comments! | |
| Worse Things I Could Do by MakenaMonk | 4 months ago |
| I loved this song in Grease (love me some Stockard Channing!) but this version kicks it out of the water, sweetie. LOVE IT! |
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| Like a Skeleton Clinging to the Skin of Life by carlajpatterson | 4 months ago |
| LOL - nice hunh? |
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| Show Me The Way by MellyGrove | 4 months ago |
| Happy New Year sweetie! |
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| [Theremin]-Nessun Dorma by rex | 4 months ago |
| One of my favorite arias in all of opera - beautiful! |
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| A cappella Homage to Beautiful by India Arie by carlajpatterson | 4 months ago |
| Thanks so much @Lagusaya2 and @telecaster29! I appreciate your comments. | |
| Dika Flow (a tribute and a thank you) by carlajpatterson | 5 months ago |
| Hahahaha, indeed! Understood. | |
| Dika Flow (a tribute and a thank you) by carlajpatterson | 5 months ago |
| @acidjazzdika Sorry it's not working for you - it opened in my browser without any trouble though. Didn't I send you an mpeg of this? If not, Let me know. And thanks and you're welcome. |
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| A cappella Homage to Beautiful by India Arie by carlajpatterson | 5 months ago |
| Thanks @Trevs! Much appreciated. | |
| A cappella Homage to Beautiful by India Arie by carlajpatterson | 5 months ago |
| Thanks V! You're kind to say so. |
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| Shadow Tango by dcoscina | 5 months ago |
| Love it! |
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| A cappella Homage to Beautiful by India Arie by carlajpatterson | 5 months ago |
| Thank you sister friend! It means a lot to me coming from you. |
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| A cappella Homage to Beautiful by India Arie by carlajpatterson | 5 months ago |
| @Homebrand - Thank you for such wonderful comments... I adore and admire Cassandra Wilson's voice and work so I consider any comparison to her as high praise. And I'm glad to know someone who knows this song well likes something I've done with it. | |
| A cappella Homage to Beautiful by India Arie by carlajpatterson | 6 months ago |
| @Tony2008 Thanks, Tony! Appreciate your kind comments! | |
| A cappella Homage to Beautiful by India Arie by carlajpatterson | 6 months ago |
| Merci Donna & Jacoust! Your reactions always mean a lot to me. Macoco, my friend, I am always happy to surprise you... And Facebook is only the tip of the iceberg for us. |
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| A cappella Homage to Beautiful by India Arie by carlajpatterson | 6 months ago |
| Thanks Chris! | |
| A cappella Homage to Beautiful by India Arie by carlajpatterson | 6 months ago |
| Thanks so much Chris! I have been watching The Sing Off the past few weeks (all a Capella all of the time) and it's been like going to school. I had been working on this song and stuck for a while till suddenly today It all came together without question. I love it when hearing myself gives me chills like I'm listening to someone else. Thanks for your comments and support Omar. I really appreciate both. xox |
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| A cappella Homage to Beautiful by India Arie by carlajpatterson | 6 months ago |
| Thanks my love! It feels good to be back. Some of the harmonies and dynamics in this give me chills - glad you liked them, too. |
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| Like a Skeleton Clinging to the Skin of Life by carlajpatterson | 6 months ago |
| @TvRicky Thank you for the kind comments... they are much appreciated. Carla |
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| Is Our Blood RED Is Our Blood by MakenaMonk | 6 months ago |
| Masterful arrangement... love each part for its own style - I like the way you're singing the various parts, the dynamics, and the harmonies, the flat - almost spoken - quality of the line 'Red is our blood'. Nice when the claps come in too. It's an interesting combination of musical styles also - in the end, just 100% yours, though. Love the part at the end without any accompaniment till the tiny bit of piano and bongos. Really cool. |
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| Together (Radio Edit) by Axelbreeze | 6 months ago |
| Awesome Axel! Send it to a record label and a bunch of DJs! | |
