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Edie Marie Webb's avatar

@Chris Hedden Thank you for the restack!

Chris Hedden's avatar

Great demo, always happy to share!

Edie Marie Webb's avatar

Glad you liked it!

Lisa Marie Simmons's avatar

Beautiful work, Edie. I really love your voice. Wonderful melody and excellent use of dissonance (especially on the word Caroline), which captures the off-kilter vibe of a bad relationship and of hiding the pain as you reference. Also, that decision to break it down around 1:28 or so, then pull it up again, gives it great shape. Well done.

Edie Marie Webb's avatar

Forgot to mention this… I’ve had some vocal problems for the last few years but things are finally improving so, I really appreciate your comment about my voice. :)

Lisa Marie Simmons's avatar

Gah, that’s hard. You’d never know. Lovely tone. I’m so pleased to hear that you're on the other side of that!

Edie Marie Webb's avatar

Thank you. It scared the hell out of me. So glad my voice is back.

Edie Marie Webb's avatar

Thank you for listening so closely. I always find it interesting hearing what people pick up on emotionally and musically because a lot of those choices are solely intuitive when I’m writing. Really appreciate you taking the time to share this with me.

RomHeadTech's avatar

Great song, and I do love the "rough demo" sound. A polished finished product is nice, but there's something special about someone playing and singing into a mic without any bells and whistles. Plus having these recordings gives you bonus material for future reissues :D Keep up the great work, Edie!

Edie Marie Webb's avatar

Thank you so much for this thoughtful comment! I’ve always loved hearing the rough/demo versions of other people’s songs too. There’s something really human about them. I’m glad that feeling came through here. And, thank you for the bonus material suggestion. I have no idea what I’m doing. :)

The Punk Granny's avatar

Thanks so much for sharing this lovely song! Is the doc called "Caroline"? Your song makes me want to watch it - I have a feeling I've got a lot in common with Caroline as well :-)

Edie Marie Webb's avatar

Thank you for listening! I really appreciate it. The doc is “Should I Marry a Murderer?” on Netflix. Terrible title - great doc.

Peter's avatar

I really like the vibe. Really nice tune!

Edie Marie Webb's avatar

Thanks so much for listening!

Julia Hall Allen's avatar

I'd love to see/ hear this song evolve. Beautiful voice.

Edie Marie Webb's avatar

Thank you so much for listening!