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52 Weeks-Episode 6: The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

There’s an ancient Greet lyric that I’ve been considering for awhile. I found it somewhere and loved the words, but consider the tune pretty uninspiring. Not only that, but our modern musical sensibilities require a chorus. So here you are: some old words with a new melody and a new chorus…perfectly timed, given the fact that we’re in the middle of Advent. Enjoy.

HERE’S THE SONG!
Here’s the chord chart.

Here’s the skinny on the original song.

This song is part of a Songwriting Exercise we’re calling 52 Weeks. Check in next Friday for yet another song. Listen and let us know what you think, and be sure to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes .
We need you! If like one of these songs, please comment on our blog at Stereoreel.com. Your opinions will help us decide what’s on the next album. Even if you just want to make a suggestion, or accuse us of cryptomnesia we’d love to hear from you. (Don’t necessarily expect songwriting credit or royalties though. Sorry.)

All songs copyright 2009-2010 Stereoreel Music, LLC.

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52 Weeks-Episode 5: Waiting For You (Tangerine)

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

There’s a tangerine glow on the skyline
An indistinct morning horizon
And still I am waiting for you
Still I am waiting for you…

HERE’S THE SONG!
And the chord chart…

This song is part of a Songwriting Exercise we’re calling 52 Weeks. Check in next Friday for yet another song. Listen and let us know what you think, and be sure to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes .
We need you! If like one of these songs, please comment on our blog at Stereoreel.com. Your opinions will help us decide what’s on the next album. Even if you just want to make a suggestion, or accuse us of cryptomnesia we’d love to hear from you. (Don’t necessarily expect songwriting credit or royalties though. Sorry.)

All songs copyright 2009-2010 Stereoreel Music, LLC.

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52 Weeks-4: All Who Are Thirsty

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Okay. I admit week three was a bit of a cheater. It’s a song I found on my laptop from last year. This week: something fresh:

I need God the way I need to drink water. Without either I’ll die. (Though the death that comes from being without God is worse than the death that comes from being without H2O.) In the book of John, Jesus several times says that His water brings life. One of those times he’s in the middle of the temple yelling after a feast. Funny. It’s the last and greatest day of the feast and Jesus says to the gorged crowd,” If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.” (Jesus has a history of saving the best food for last. Remember the wine at the wedding?) I’m sure people were looking at him strangely. “What?” they wondered. (John 7:37-39)

On another occasion, Jesus meets a woman who has come to a well to draw water. She’s coming for a drink just like she has every other day of her life. This time though, everything changes. Jesus tells her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” (John 4:1-32)

Here’s the song: All Who Are Thirsty.

This song is part of a Songwriting Exercise we’re calling 52 Weeks. Check in next Friday for yet another song. Listen and let us know what you think, and be sure to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes .
We need you! If like one of these songa, please comment on our blog at Stereoreel.com. Your opinions will help us decide what’s on the next album.

All songs copyright 2009-2010 Stereoreel Music, LLC.

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52 Weeks-3: Won’t You Bring to Mind

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Week 3. So far so good! I even have week 4 done. Look for that in a few days. Meanwhile enjoy:

Won’t You Bring to Mind

This song is part of a Songwriting Exercise we’re calling 52 Weeks. For the next year, we’ll write a song every Friday. Listen and let us know what you think.
Like it? (Or not?) Leave a comment at Stereoreel.com. Your opinions will help us decide what songs actually make it to the next album. We’d love to hear from you.

PS- We’re the proud parents of a baby iTunes podcast! Subscribe here.

All songs copyright 2009-2010 Stereoreel Music, LLC.

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52 Weeks-2: Quintessential Question

Friday, October 16th, 2009

52 Weeks: Song number 2.

Here’s the second installment of the songwriting exercise we’re calling 52 weeks. Enjoy it. It’s called Quintessential Question.

We do need you! If you hear a song you like, please comment on our blog at Stereoreel.com. Your opinions will help us decide what songs actually make it to the next album and which ones end up on the studio floor. Even if you just want to make a suggestion, or accuse us of cryptomnesia we’d love to hear from you. (Don’t necessarily expect songwriting credit or royalties though. Sorry.)
All songs copyright 2009-2010 Stereoreel Music, LLC.

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52 Weeks-1: I Will Not Go

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Ladies, gentlemen, boys, girls, aliens, pets, and music-loving house plants. We offer this offering: A song. Written just for you. But it’s not just the song, but the promise of more. Fresh. Each week. For a long time. Yes, we plan on writing a song every week for the next year. It’s a Herculean undertaking, but we, being descendants of Hercules (and you though he was a Myth), think we’re up to it.

In fact, we relish the challenge (though we might rather say “pudding” since that’s what our brains sometimes feel like after writing an entire song in a single day). So, we offer to you this: SONG NUMBER ONE. It’s a song inspired by the heart of King David, a certain Hummingbird guitar, the God who protects and sustains, and the key of Bb (including a very cool Em7(b5) chord.

We’d love this project to be a conversation with you so…leave a comment. Let us know how we did. If you’ve got ideas for improvements, we’re open to hearing them. Your opinions will help us decide what songs actually make it to the next album and which ones end up on the studio floor. Even if you just want to accuse us of cryptomnesia we’d love to hear from you. (Don’t necessarily expect songwriting credit or royalties though. Sorry.)

Coming soon: an iTunes podcast.
Don’t feel like watching the video? Love this song so much you want to download it to you iPod? Here’s the audio:

I Will Not Go

All songs copyright 2009-2010 Stereoreel Music, LLC. (Legalese for “Don’t steal our stuff.” …though really we’d be honored if you liked it enough to steal it… We know, it’s a weird schizophrenia.)

Want to play along? Here’s the chord chart. And the capo chart.

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