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jadesongbird (@jadesongbird) progress: 16 winner! joined: January 16 2010 location: Michigan, USA website: www.traederband.com influences: Allison Crowe, Allison Krauss, Lisa Loeb, Sarah McLachlan, Blue October, Brandi Carlile, Peggy Lee, Patsy Cline, KT Tunstall, Missy Higgins, Jewel, Marian Call, Dar Williams, Eva Cassidy, Fiona Apple, Melanie Fiona, John Gorka, Joni Mitchell, Katy Perry, Lily Allen, Michael Buble, Norah Jones, Adele, April Smith & the Great Picture Show

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2012 Songs

1		See You	6 comments // 3 months ago
2		Glass Case of Emotion	5 comments // 3 months ago
3		ZeCoop - FAWM#2 (with  zecoop)	6 comments // 3 months ago
4		At the End of the Day	18 comments // 3 months ago
5		A Different Light	6 comments // 3 months ago
6		Lightning	7 comments // 3 months ago
7		Sneaking Up On Me	8 comments // 3 months ago
8		Blackbird, Blue Moon	15 comments // 3 months ago
9		Falling	7 comments // 2 months ago
10		Most Days	4 comments // 2 months ago
11		The Gun's Still Smokin'	4 comments // 2 months ago
12		Strange Skies	3 comments // 2 months ago
13		TBA - wolf / jadesongbird collab (with wolfkier)	zong // 2 months ago
14		Midnight	1 comment // 2 months ago
15		Mind Over Matter	4 comments // 2 months ago
16		Now	6 comments // 2 months ago

Soundboard

•  aaronaschweitzer 1 month ago

  BEAUTIFUL VOICE!!!! I enjoyed listening to all of your tunes. Keep up the great work and I'll keep an ear out for your new stuff next year!

•  downburst 2 months ago

  I know you were! Just wanted to make sure I wasn't coming across like a, how shall I put this? Butthead.

•  downburst 2 months ago

  Ha, no, my Clarkstonian friend. I didn't mean to start a fight. We have love for all people over here in Washtenaw County.

•  zecoop 2 months ago

  No problem with the messages! Happy to see some activity, actually, lol. I sent you a message on FB with my e-mail, but it's just cooperider at gmail. Feel free to send me something. I will get a better recording so that we can make it more official, but I can't wait to hear what you came up with...

•  zecoop 2 months ago

  Sweet! Pick a winner and let me know... As I said they are all *really* rough sketches, recorded over three 30 minute sessions, whatever ideas came out first. Sometimes that's the best way. If things need to be rearranged, or longer/shorter let me know. I'll set them all to download. Only two are spoken for.

•  downburst 2 months ago

  That's... quite an idol.

•  downburst 2 months ago

  Everyone does either guy/girl-with-guitar singer-songwritery things or rock bands. I've thought for a long time there ought to be some alternatives. Little cabaret-style combos and Salvation Army band-type things both really appeal to me. A friend played a trumpet on one of my 5090 songs a while back, and I was in raptures--I could really imagine the whole Salvation Army band thing happening.

•  sandman313 2 months ago

  Thanks for the comments on "John Mayer Tune"! Loved your stuff! We should collab next year!

•  downburst 2 months ago

  I mostly just play in my friend's basement. Maybe someday I'll have the courage to play out.

•  downburst 2 months ago

  Thank you! I plan on listening to the rest. I discovered you by going through all the Michigan people and putting them on my watchlist. I was thinking of going on a MI-only commenting spree, but man, it's exhausting. So many good people! I've liked your page on Facebook, in the hope that an event will show up near Ann Arbor some time.

•  nathanschleicher 2 months ago

  Lovely music! And you're a Michigander to boot! We should look into sharing a bill sometime.

• wolfkier 2 months ago

  Well, congratulations - and thanks!
  Always knew you could!
  hoped you would!
  wolf

• wolfkier 2 months ago

  the traeaderband.com one went through,
  check your mail.
  to be safe from possible spam you should edit out the full email from your last reply. (below)
  Lucky I looked here again to see your reply!
  we'll move this discussion to email, then!
  wolf.

•  jadesongbird 2 months ago

  Hmmm....maybe I should just do this: carrie dot treder at gmail dot com, but yes, you can use the other, too!

• wolfkier 2 months ago

  you sure it's
  carrie dot treder at g mail dot com
  ? - that one bounced.
  or should I try the one on your profile?
  carrie at traederband dot com

• wolfkier 2 months ago

  may I send you an email so we can discuss this possible songbird/wolf union?
  wolf.

• wolfkier 2 months ago

  Sounds like a plan
  I'll take a listen to strange skies presently.
  if you get stuck on the last track simply put a "private" placeholder entry in - locked. And finish it tomorrow or leave it unlocked and write in there - "demo to follow". You didn't start but 2 weeks ago - which means you've done some heavy lifting btw ! - so I doubt anyone's gonna mind if you take an extra day for the last song idea. I know if it meant the difference between hearing and not hearing another track from you, I wouldn't mind.
  And with the chords idea you have, simply record them quick, add them and then update when you get around to it. People will be updating demos through the rest of the year, it's perfectly OK, indeed there'll be threads in the forum as people announce updates/re-recordings etc
  Maybe that'll take the stress of the rest of the day and let you enjoy the skirmish.
  Or if you get really stuck, maybe we could post a "proposed" collab - I didn't start till day 5 myself
  wolf

• wolfkier 2 months ago

  19 hours/3 songs to go.
  will she do it?
  bated breath!
  wolf.

• samhealer 2 months ago

  That's always a good way of doing it I'll have to check back and see how you get on!

• samhealer 2 months ago

  Thanks for the comment Still time to win!

• wolfkier 2 months ago

  

• wolfkier 2 months ago

  Thanks for the heads up, Carrie, and the nice comment on my track.
  Will you make 14? I hope so,
  But perhaps the real question is "Will my poor heart be able to stand the delight of 6 new songs from you in the next 3 days???"
  wolf

•  anonymouse 3 months ago

  For some reason, I can't quite explain, I put the recording microphone behind me when I sang that song. so I was singing in the wrong direction.
  
  The thing which bothers me most is that my vocal emphasis is really flat and un-fun; it was not supposed to be like that; I suppose I had lost the happy feeling by the time I got around to recording it :\. I don't know how people keep the spirit up.

• wolfkier 3 months ago

  

• arthurrossi 3 months ago

  Thank you so much for your kind words!!! I was very, very happy to read it!!!

•  leavesong 3 months ago

  Hey, thanks for taking the time to listen to my songs. I've been enjoying yours very much. I could listen to your voice all day. Best of luck with everything.

• wolfkier 3 months ago

  You deserve it, buddy!
  wolf

• wolfkier 3 months ago

  Thanks for the heads up, but Ima wait till the music's up.
  I'm like a kid at Christmas, I didn't peek then either. But I'm itching to hear!
  Suggestion, if the entries remain zongs, delete them and repost them fresh when the music's ready. By the weekend these will be burried under a thousand new entries, and it's much harder to find listeners for updated entries, even if you're on as many watchlists as I'm sure you're on. And lyrics rarely get 1/5 of the interest than full demos, anyway Just my 2 cents to ensure maximum people get maximum joy from the maximum magic I know you're gonna bring in the next few days. I'll look back in a few hours for the first, or drop me a note.
  Thanks for the kind words about my stuff, glad you're enjoying.
  wolf.
  BFFL

• wolfkier 3 months ago

  Yay. Couldn't be more thrilled to hear that you're participating again this year.
  Got you on my watchlist but let me know the minute you upload something new.
  Sincere thanks for the kind words about my track.
  wolf.

• wolfkier 3 months ago

  Day 8: Nothing yet?
  Sincerely hope you'll be adding some tracks this year.
  I enjoyed your work so much last year.
  wolf.

• nicholastozier 3 months ago

  Found you.
  
  Fiona Apple wrote one of my favorite song titles--"Slow Like Honey." Three words long, appeals to all five senses, and stirs curiosity. Great title.