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Topic: White Sand

New song that kind of came out of nowhere today... it goes something like this:

Edit:  Recorded and uploaded to soundclick, here:  http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_so … D=12756885

White SandBy Amy Wall


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[G] Wake'n up with my [D] coffee cup and I [C] think about you,


[G] Yesterday seems to [D] far away, but I've [C] still got the [D] blu- [Dsus] - ues.


[G] Try to empty out my [D] foggy brain but


[C] I just cannot get away from [A7] yesterday's pain...




I [G] want a beach, white [D] sand, a [C] fruity drink in my [D] hand.


I want the [G] waves on my [D] toes, [C] breeze in my hair and [D] yesterday to just [G] go away [D] (tomorrow is already here, tomorrow to already be here)


[G] Baby can't ya see this [D] isn't me? I'm [C] lookin' at the door.


[G] All the years have [D] just flown by and now [C] I've got the [D] blu- [Dsus] - ues.


[G] Try to smile through [D] every day, but


[C] I just cannot get away from [A7] yesterday's pain...


CHORUS





[Em] I need to find [C] me again,


[Em] I don't know [C] where she went.


[G] Maybe [D] she's... on a (change chorus to her instead of me, she instead of I)




CHORUS




[G] Yeah, I know that it's [D] getting late, yesterday [C] just won't go away.


[G] I know tomorrow's[D] what I've got and [C] I don't want the[D] blu- [Dsus] - ues.


[G] I'm gonna focus on the [D] positive, and


[C] I just need to get away from [A7] yesterday on a...




CHORUS



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Re: White Sand

Love it - looking forward to the recording! Rummy Fruity Drinks for the win!

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I like alot Amy,I played strumming and then went back and fingerpicked it sounds good bothways.I do hope we will see a video.

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Excellent job! I had a lot of fun playing it--I really like the rhymes and rhythm of the language. I look forward to hearing you sing it.

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I  would   like  to  hear how  you  play  it    I  tried  it  this  morning  and  it   became  a  reggae song  after  two  attempts . I  played it  on capo  5 and  added a D at  the  end  of  the  first  line  and  a  repetitive  C-D  change  at end  of  the  chorus .Its   a  very  good  song  I  like  it   a  lot .

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A tip of my hat to you Amy, well done! I'm looking forward to hearing you sing it.

Live in the "now" - a contentment of the moment - the past is gone - the future doesn't exist - all we ever really have is now and it's always "now".
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I really like your song Amy. Can't wait to hear you sing it. You have been on a musical mission as of late. Keep it going,it's all good!

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Awe, thanks guys!!!!  I'm glad it came across so well on "paper".  smile  I was up until 5 AM playing my guitar last night, so a little tired and sore fingers here today but I'll try to get some recorded version over the weekend so you can hear how it sounds. 

Grah1 wrote:

I  would   like  to  hear how  you  play  it    I  tried  it  this  morning  and  it   became  a  reggae song  after  two  attempts . I  played it  on capo  5 and  added a D at  the  end  of  the  first  line  and  a  repetitive  C-D  change  at end  of  the  chorus .Its   a  very  good  song  I  like  it   a  lot .

I often tend to play and sing in Bflat - so I've got it capo'd on the 3rd fret, and strum it with a bouncy rhythm.  I can totally hear it played in a reggae style!  I think you are probably quite close with the rhythm.  smile

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Hi Amy I like the way this reads and look forwards to hearing your recording. (I also get a reggae feel to it)

Nice

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hi amy, yep i agree with ken, it does play well as a reggae tune as it gives it a kinda "happy on the beach" feel. i like it, when will you put it up on myspace? i had a look but didn't find it.

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From one New Yorker to another --- very cool   I 'm not sure I'm playing it like you - but it sounds nice and I like the words a lot. Way to go !

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Ok Guys, I got a basic recording done and uploaded to soundclick.  I updated the original post, but here's the link down here too:  http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_so … D=12756885

Let me know how different it is from what you were all playing!  smile  I don't think I'm capable of singing reggae, although I do think it would make a good raggae song!  I'd like to hear one of YOUR versions!!!  smile

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Well Done Amy,
That's definitely not recorded from your Iphone..Recording Studio? at home? I haven't been playing but I'm glad I haven't...I like your version better.

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Just at home (actually I was in my moms living room) with my little zoom recorder.  All I did to the file was normalize it and convert from WMA to mp3 (on the recorder itself).  Thank you!!!

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I'll  get  my   friend  Cindy  Scholl  to  sing  a  version reggae  style  but  it  will  probably  be  next week  some time ,I  thought  you  did  a  great  job any  way   Amy  well  played .

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Just had a listen to White Sand, that was great Amy. I can taste a fruity drink and feel the white sand between my toes!

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Nice vocals on this Amy well done smile

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Great job Amy! Sounds really good. You have a wonderful tone to your voice. I'll be hummin this one next week while on family vacation in Myrtle Beach!

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Enjoyed it Amy. You always sing so great, but I think your guitar backing here was performed very clean, and beachy, AKA "come to my island!". I think your vocals are so much better on your originals than your covers; although, that may just be my personal preference to original work. Anyway, I put this one up there with Tequila and Jack, which is my favorite Amy songs.

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Sounding great Amy!

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Amy,

After listening to it - I was so impressed.  You have a GREAT VOICE  !    It took me a couple of " listens" to figure out that you put the word cruise in  ( rhymes with Blues)  -   I could picture you going through the night writing this --- it has that once in a lifetime sound - I'm sure you didn't want to let it go and try to re-create it in the morning !   It is just excellent!

It has such an "Island flow"  and the way you bring the lyrics to life - it makes me want to go to my favorite spot on Earth right now - the beach ! ( Topsail, NC is my heartland of beaches)  I think I am closer now to how you play it - but you are so much better.  You are truly blessed with vocal and instrumental talent.

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hi amy, not far from how i pictured it, well done, though you never mentioned that you'd changed the key to Bb...very nice.

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Wednesday evening

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Amy I found that you can make it into a blues song also with the right chords and fingerpicken.

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