Although I can't claim to know anything about Ray LaMontagne or any of the specific details surrounding his music, I did find myself deeply identifying with this song, from some distant place in my past.
I sang along with the song in my car for a day (on the way to and from work) before recording it today, and recall seeing from a bird’s eye perspective the poor mangled body of my own young self in so many beat up and self-destroyed situations, fueled by my own sense of God only knows what. Although I did find myself washed over with previously unintegrated emotions during the singing along phase, fortunately I was able to make it through this one without any major upset.
As I practice this song going forward, I will be marking up the print to show things like walk-downs instead of odd chord changes and clarification of timing in places where the chords are played for shorter/different measures. This will improve with time, but it’s a new song I’m learning and I’m excited to get it out there. For anyone who knows guitar, watch the part where it goes from G to Em - it’s funny to me because you can see the transition occur gradually. The first time I come to that part I just go to a D chord in between and get a little gummed up with the timing. The second time, I do the D with an F# bass note and it clicks after I play that one, because from there out I got to simply walking down to the Em…probably almost imperceptible for some, but for others it will be strikingly obvious if you look for it - I love showcasing learning moments, and this was a neat one because a lot of times they don’t happen so distinctly or cleanly in front of the camera :)
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Excelente mi hermano!
Felicidades por el reconocimiento como ganador el ciclo anterior!
Muy merecido!
espera, gané??? Tengo que ir a comprobar la zona de música, ¡no tenía idea! ¡¡¡gracias!!!
Jajajajja soy este tipo 😄
PD. tienes una voz muy bonita caballero! 🌃
¡Jajaja! ¡Gracias! 🙏🙏🙏
A brilliant song to match your voice, accent and ability to tap into emotion!
I actually love Ray Lamontagne and especially the album that this song is on - I hope you make time to listen to all of it!
I’ll have to give it a whirl! I liked this song a lot :)
Thanks brother!
A beautiful song for sure! How nice that you managed to connect with it despite not knowing much about the artist! Wonderful interpretation! Thank you for this musical gift. Applause for you! 🎆🔥💯🙌🙏💥🎵🎶👏👏👏👏
Thank You!! 🙏🙏🙏
Things come when their time is right, but I am grateful that this song found its way to me in time for this round :)
I really like your way of phrasing, tremendous feeling when playing and singing, bravo.
Thank you!!!
I want to congratulate you for winning this cycle, since I heard you I was enchanted with the peace you transmit when you sing, it is impressive the ability you have to relax through your music. Greetings
Thank you! I am still learning my way around this ecosystem, but so far very much enjoying the opportunity to share my music and enjoy the work of others such as yourself!