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Dear JPF friends,

my latest demo arrived this week
It's called

Pieces of Her Past

you can hear it at
http://www.songramp.com/mod/mps/viewtrack.php?trackid=13728

here's a link to the Dave Brooks piano vocal demo
http://www.songramp.com/mod/mps/viewprivtrack.php?trackid=14980

Oct 2008 a female piano vocal demo arrived
http://www.songramp.com/mod/mps/viewtrack.php?trackid=67597

here's where you can read the story behind the song
http://www.jpfolks.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=188358

please drop by, listen and write your comments, here at jpf or there

plus here's the lyrics
PIECES OF HER PAST

(c) 2004 Brock Goodwin, Donna Aylor, & Ande Rasmussen

Verse 1
Here's the quilt she stitched
It goes to my sister Tess
I'll keep the poems and letters
Left in this cedar chest
Since Grandma went to heaven
I want to read each page
And listen to the records
From her younger days

CHORUS:
THESE are the PIECES OF HER PAST
They MEAN EVERYTHING TO ME
SENTIMENTAL SOUVENIRS
OF HER HISTORY
SOMETIMES I CRY when i think of her
And other TIMES I LAUGH
BUT I'll ALWAYS HAVE
THESE PIECES OF HER PAST

Verse
Back of this photo reads
"A day I won't forget"
Grandpa's headin off to war
Waving from a battleship
Here's the necklace that he gave her
The day when he came home
Beside an old champagne cork
and dried petals from a rose

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
There are many questions
I wish I would've asked
N' Though she's gone
she still lives on
cause I have

REPEAT CHORUS
(the pieces of ... )

also be sure to include a URL of one of your tunes, or one of your JPF posts, I'll drop by, have a listen and write some comments

Ande Rasmussen
http://AndeRasmussen.com

Ande.
very well done demo. I always appreciate the talent it takes to do a song with just a guitar and vocals. That takes real talent.
No fancy mixes to cover anything up.
Excellent lyrics. This song should fit right in with todays Country listeners. It would make a touching video.

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www.soundclick.com/billrobinson

Bill
Live with a song in your heart

That's awesome! Best of luck to you with it. It's definitely got "the magic".

Excellent song Ande.....love the way the lyrics just flow..full of images...

-steve-
www.stephenarout.com

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Ande-

Beautiful song! Great guitar work and the vocal is very well done. Is that you singing? If so, you have a great voice. The theme that you are singing about here is so powerful - when our loved ones pass we see these "pieces" in a new light. You really nailed this feeling on the head. This song has a lot of potential - something I think a lot of us can relate to. Thanks for such great work!

www.soundclick.com/chipboaz

dear bill,

thanks for listening and writing your comment, my cowriter Brock goodwin did the demo in his home.

thanks again,
ande

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Dear Tricia,

thanks

ande

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dear steve,

thank you

ande

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dear chip

thanks for writing "Pieces" is a Beautiful song!

Is that you singing?
I wish, the singer is my cowriter brock goodwin.

thanks



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Ande Rasmussen
AndeRasmussen@aol.com
http://hometown.aol.com/anderasmussen/myhomepage/profile.html
http://songramp.com/ande
http://www.soundclick.com/anders

Wow, what a great songwriting team! The lyrics are very well thought out & touching. The music soars up into the "heavenlies" and my wife listened in and loved it too. She says that it's refreshing to hear a song with this kind of subject matter.

Kudos to you Ande & the rest of the team on this collaboration!

Michael

Very well done...I enjoyed it very much...Great teamwork, that's important!

Eric

dear michael and eric,

thank you for listening and
your kind comments

I really appreciate it

In case you'd like to know more about what inspired this song, I shared it in the following post on JPF

http://www.justplainfolks.org/ubb/Forum4/HTML/001399.html

thanks again,



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Ande Rasmussen
AndeRasmussen@aol.com
http://hometown.aol.com/anderasmussen/myhomepage/profile.html
http://songramp.com/ande
http://www.soundclick.com/anders

Great song! Really enjoy listening to Brock's voice. Sounds like it should be part of a movie soundtrack ... beautiful story. As a side note to Brock: have tried emailing you a couple of times with no response. Not sure if that means you didn't get the emails, if you're just too busy, or you had no interest in working on the song. It's up on my SoundClick site: Simple Pleasures Girl -- I think it would have sounded wonderful with your vocals. Anyway, "Pieces" is beautiful!

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Mary Lou

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/3/mlsudkampmusic.htm

[This message has been edited by carrgirl1115 (edited 03-22-2004).]

Very touching...Very expressive...Thanks for sharing this.

thank you christopher
i appreciate you listening and writing a comment



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Ande Rasmussen
AndeRasmussen@aol.com
http://hometown.aol.com/anderasmussen/myhomepage/profile.html
http://songramp.com/ande
http://www.soundclick.com/anders

today It's piano vocal arrived
vocals by Dave Brooks
produced by denny martin

http://www.songramp.com/mod/mps/viewprivtrack.php?trackid=14980

I'd love to read your comments.

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Ande Rasmussen
AndeRasmussen@aol.com
http://hometown.aol.com/anderasmussen/myhomepage/profile.html
http://songramp.com/ande
http://www.soundclick.com/anders

just repaired all the links in this thread
songramp changed their system and so did jpf so the links were bad.

here's a few updates on this song

my cowriter Brock Goodwin moved to Nashville last year and signed a publishing deal with Clay Walker's publishing company
www.BrockGoodwin.com

An artist recorded this song and I'll provide more details when her website is up or the CD is available

Ande

Beautiful song. Simple and heartfelt.

The song has "Sentimental Souvinirs" sung sixteenth, sixteenth, (upbeat before the measure) eighth, sixteenth, eighth, sixteenth, eighth tied into a half. I'd like to hear it sung started on the downbeat of the measure: eighth, sixteenth, eighth, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth, sixteenth tied into a quarter. It would change up the rhythmic pattern at that point and put the stresses on both "Sent" and "ment" the way the word is naturally stressed rather than stressing only "ment."

Also in "Grandpa's headin'..." same thing, the stress of the downbeat is on "head..." I'd stress "Grand..." making it the same rhythmic change as I would have in the first example.

Beautiful song, great images, fine demo.

All the Best,
Mike

Beautiful, Ande. Best of luck with it.

The verse 2 lyric is as good as anything I've seen as far as telling a story through images. Man, you nailed that!

Scott

Very nicely done, top notch as is all your efforts!

I can tell that you are very passionate and committed to what you do, it shows!

Thanks for sharing,

Accel

That's terrific writing, both the lyric and music. That's a cut... uh, it's already been cut! Yep, that one is a winner. There's nothing to suggest, it's just good.

Ande--Nice song...very good...enjoyed it...good luck to you...t-bob

dear mike,

thanks for saying pieces of her past is a Beautiful song. Simple and heartfelt with great images and a fine demo. and for your melodic tips on "Sentimental Souvinirs" and granpa

ande


hi scott,

thanks for saying it's Beautiful and that you liked the imagery in verse 2

ande


Hi Accelerator,

thank you for saying it was "Very nicely done"
saying i'm "very passionate and committed to what you do, it shows!" sounds much nicer than saying I'm obsessed

Ande


Hey DukeWill

thanks for saying it's "terrific writing, both the lyric and music. That's a cut... uh, it's already been cut! Yep, that one is a winner. There's nothing to suggest, it's just good."
I appreciate that

Ande


Hi terribob

thank you for saying that it's a Nice song and that you enjoyed it

Ande

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I look forward to hearing your songs and I'm happy to cowrite with folks

Well written and performed and very touching song. You have the country ballad voice down for this kind of song. Love the solo acoustic guitar - my kind of music ; and very well played I might add. This is the first song of yours I have heard but am looking forward to hearing more.

Clint

Ande,
the genuine human quality of this demo serves the lyric content well. Many of the things good people value are represented here. Best of luck with getting it placed...Moker

Ande,

Great song, don't know which version I like, Brock's or Dave's but doesn't matter since it's being cut...keep us advised and all the best for when it's released.

tom

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a female piano vocal of
Pieces of Her Past
http://www.songramp.com/mod/mps/viewtrack.php?trackid=67597
arrived today

Hi Ande,

I lost a very dear aunt (my mother's older sister) a few months ago. This song brings back memories of her. My mother's oldest sister who lived with my departed aunt almost all her life has truly missed her as she continues to touch with her loving hand the pillows that my aunt used to lay her head on, her bed cover and the other "souvenirs" on her dresser and inside her cabinet that she left behind. Your song strikes an emotional chord. Really great song!

It's interesting how three vocalists can give three similar but different approaches to the subject and to each lyric. I hope that your song touches many other people.

Released as a single with the different vocal versions would be interesting given such a nostalgic subject matter. It might be an overkill, but I would love to hear a child sing this song too.

Dennis

That's really nice, Ande. Incredibly moving. Halie did a fine job.

Ande, it works from the beginning. The lyrics are very good - obviously a lot of work went into them because they work so well from beginning to end. No weak parts.

The music is just right - it sets exactly the tone the song needs. The quiet mood is very fine - quite but not the least boring.

The vocals are excellent- bring forth the right tone and just enough emotion.

Very nice.

Tom

Hi Dennis,

thank you for sharing your story and suggesting it be sung by a child.

Ande

Hi Tricia,

I hope you're well.
Thank you

Ande

Thank you tom
I appreciate your comments

Ande

Ande,

Left a message fro you over at SongRamp. thought I'd followup here. The pure simplicity of the song sells it. Brock's voice is perfecr for the song. Clean, simple and nicely done. Good luck with it.

Alan

Ande, this is a beautiful song with lots of pathos. I especially like the guitar and the quality of your voice. This song is very moving.

Hi Al,

hope you're doing well
thank you

Ande

did you hear Halie's version of it?
http://www.songramp.com/mod/mps/viewtrack.php?trackid=67597

hi Jack,

thank you
I bumped this thread because a new piano vocal demo arrived

ande

Good song Ande and a very nice rendition by Halie.

Kevin

Hi Ande

I went back through the posts looking for Ants song "You Can't Run Away" cause I just love it, and I found your song Ande.

I nearly missed it, I have been flat out with work, and working on my songs, Don't push my button, and also Get over it, and when I seen the title of your song, I had to check it out, as my song Get over it, I talk about pieces, but mine is completely different version, mine is about a jigsaw puzzle piece by piece, and it's coming along really well.

Anyway, your song is amazing, and I'm pleased I got to listen to the Piano version, congratulations, beautiful song.

Aussie fan

Michele

Hi Ande,

Just listened to both versions back to back and their beautiful. Going through someone's things after their passing can be such a bittersweet experience. It's probably smart to take the songs you believe have the most potential and invest in having two versions done, one female vocalist, one male. The reason being is if you hear about a search for a certain song where they specifically are looking for a certain gender then you're ready on both fronts. Thanks for sharing and good luck!

Best,
Lynn