Feb 2022 girl-with-ukulele acoustic-one-take
I literally have nothing at my disposal for recording except my phone and a ukulele. Normally I wouldn't even have a room to record in, but today the ice played in my favor. No one is home, so I have a whole room to myself. Yay! Trying to take advantage of the little record time I have.
I don't wanna be sorry
At the end of the line
That I didn't takes chances
To do the things I might
That made my head spin round and round
And made my heart jump up and down
I wanna be happy with me
Don't wanna be lazy
Never getting anywhere
Taking the same roads
That never made me scared
Don't wanna live inside a memory
Of all that life and love could be
I wanna be happy with me
Cause at the end of the line
I'll have been with me
All the time
There ain't no escaping the mind
And you ain't living if you ain't changing
Don't wanna be angry
Playing the blaming game
Telling the world
It robbed me, that's just lame
I wanna take responsibility
Whether good or bad, cuz it's all me
I wanna be happy and free
Cause at the end of the line...
Don't wanna have my sight
If I can never see
And never have focus
On the forest for the trees
I want my heart and soul aligned
Always reaching up and rising high
I wanna be happy with me
Cause at the end of the line...
And there ain't no time like the time I'm wasting
@wolfkier Feb 2022
Great stuff. You just ooze songwriter genius my friend. It's in your bones.
Love the idea of wanting the best from our gifts.
Enjoyed much.
Great to hear you again.
@davidkav Feb 2022
Loving the one take here. Ukulele is a yet for me. Hooky Melody. The lyrics speak to exactly where I’m at in my life right now. Great job, Val!
@bethkille Feb 2022
This is great Val! Love the hooky melody of the first and third lines of the verses. Great message too!
@danvaillancourt Feb 2022
Nice one-take uke song Val. You ain't living if you ain't changing! Lots of great lines.
@arthurrossi Feb 2022
What a lovely, serene song with such a beautiful, uplifting sentiment! The ukulele was the right choice here... Very nice tune and as always, such a gorgeous vocal delivery!
@wacha Feb 2022
I love this, you rock the hell out of the ukulele as the song goes on and I'm into it! I love the message of this song "And you ain't living if you ain't changing" is a brilliant line and rings so true, it's also the perfect ending to the chorus. Really nice work on this!
@auditasum Feb 2022
The melody on the chorus is catchy as hell! Great philosophy to live by. I like to think of it as "keeping my side of the street clean."
@caitlin Feb 2022
I wanna be happy with me! This is just such an uplifting message. I love the way this turned out, it’s a dance in the kitchen while cooking dinner kind of tune. Wonderful.
@tukayandryan Feb 2022
Lovely one take. Full of positivity which we all need at the moment. Uplifting and great vocal and playing as always.
@nancyrost Feb 2022
With your production stripped down to voice and uke, your songcraft more than holds its own. The vocal melody is gorgeous and really brings across the desire to make the best of our time here. Love the way you play with rhythm, too.
@franniezest Feb 2022
Wow these lyrics are so so good! Relatable and motivational but not in a cheesy way! Love it
@readwrite Feb 2022
Love that refrain, that is so true, and you put it so well! I think it wants more than just the uke -- all those interesting things you do musically strike me as having a lot of depth and possibility.
I am really enjoying the words you find and the music you put them to!
@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
Love the perspective and the bookends of the first and last line of each verse. Beautifully insightful and gorgeous vocals with uke.
@popmythology Feb 2022
Okay, I'm back and love the song! (It's working now so I don't know what happened last time, maybe cuz I was trying to listen on my phone?). I'm personally a big fan of one take, record-on-the-phone method, and this captures why. Honest, vulnerable, and lovely. Good luck with the move!!
@cindyrella Feb 2022
What an uplifting and good song! Love stuff like this and you have done it so amazingly!
@helenseviltwin Feb 2022
This is lovely. Really positive and self-aware. Good stuff!
@fourzeroes Feb 2022
Oh this is FANTASTIC. Real Tracks of My Tears vibe to the first few chords (not in a plagiaristic way). Liking it a lot. Thank goodness for the ice.
@popmythology Feb 2022
Hi, Valerie!! I don't know what the tech issue is but even though the track plays when I press "play", I don't hear anything. Will try again later!