Feb 2022 mandolin harmonies folk upbeat
Nancy: Mike sent me this cheerful backing track a couple days ago. I babble-sang until I got a chorus idea yesterday, and today I filled in the verses. Tempted to keep polishing but want to keep moving.
Mike: I sent this mandolin track to Nancy, and we talked briefly over skype about it...I'm so thrilled to hear the final product, I think she knocked it out of the park, and that joyous thing I felt while playing was aptly captured by her lyric, many vocals, bass, and performance- I love this! what a blast!
Mike on mandolin (F-style Flatiron)
Nancy on Ashbory bass and many vocals
It’s all in the frame, all in the fra-a-ame
All in the frame you put around it
It’s all in the frame, all in the fra-a-ame
All in the frame you’re looking out of
Make a little space to see
Blue sky - blank screen
Feel the stillness and the wind
Look out - look in
Sunlight - and shade
Watch it - take shape
You can color in the day
Make space - to play
It’s all in the frame, all in the fra-a-ame
All in the frame you put around it
It’s all in the frame, all in the fra-a-ame
All in the frame you’re looking out of
Make a little time to be
Leave a little - empty
Turn the rhythm upside down
Silence - and sound
It’s all in the frame, all in the fra-a-ame
All in the frame you put around it
It’s all in the frame, all in the fra-a-ame
All in the frame you’re looking out of
Take a little walk with me
I could use a little company
See face to face
Same time, same place
Bending your ear
Things are much more clear
It’s good to see through
I got a whole new point of view
It’s all in the frame, all in the fra-a-ame
All in the frame you put around it
It’s all in the frame, all in the fra-a-ame
All in the frame you’re looking out of
@gm7 Mar 2022
This is a bright upbeat little ditty ..nice violin and bass playing . Funny. We need that now and then. Great collab.
@angelinapowersuit Mar 2022
The chorus is especially fun, and cute! I just picture these cheerful little characters dancing around and giving each other high fives, on the set of "Barney" or some other super happy place. The mando of course supports that high-pitched, high-energy sweetness.
@elainedimasi Mar 2022
Such a sunny catchy chorus!
I like how an "I" makes an appearance but only in the third verse. Kind of like they shyly appeared from around a corner, encouraged by all the encouragement in the foregoing. A sunny scene that :-)
Great blend in the acappella outro chorus!
@ambroise Mar 2022
A fistfull of concentrated energy, happyness. Just the feeling when you finally found a solution and you had it right in front of you but you just saw it for the first time.
Love the ukulele and the vocal final
@kadmad202 Feb 2022
Love the energy and happiness this song exudes! Nice job on all the instruments and vocals. You brought a smile to my face!
@artie Feb 2022
Really enjoying this upbeat number. It doesn't matter what the problem is, this song makes it all better. :)
@markg Feb 2022
Lots to like here. The uke is clear and upbeat. And the chorus is an earworm catchy.
I love good lyrics like this. Ok, start with the premise. Then on to the visuals, as might be expected. Verse two is a time frame related to sound. Verse three is about framing our point of view. It flows much better than my nerdy analysis, but forgive me, I was a literature major.
@eargoggle Feb 2022
This is so great, the mando sort of sparse backing with the layers of vocals is really cool, it’s such a happy song and I don’t even like happy songs usually (bah humbug?) but I like this!
@forrandom Feb 2022
I'm ready to take this tune on a solo road trip to the beach! Superb feel-good vibes and lyrics that are just plain fun.
@dasbinky Feb 2022
No one can babble-sing like Nancy Rost. <3
The harmonies on here are super cool. Manically dreamy. There's so much here to dig. And there's not a ton of Ashbory/Mandolin combo tunes. You're filling a void the world didn't know existed. (Unless there's a lot of Ashbory/Mandolin tunes I don't know, which... who knows.)
Awesome collab, y'all.
@sarahk Feb 2022
Love it! Peppy and uplifting without being saccharin. Well done!!
@enzo Feb 2022
its absolutely all about the frame! Totally agree! Cheers to a good outlook!
@jerrypettit Feb 2022
Very nice collaboration, you guys! Mike's ukelele is perfect and inspired some wonderful lyrics and a great performance.
Very, very entertaining!
@pooka Feb 2022
Oh, I love this!
@sirius Feb 2022
I love the light-hearted mood of this song! Wonderful vocal harmonies, and the mandolin work is gorgeous. Really enjoyable, I enjoyed my listen very much!
@hamiltonpoolhall Feb 2022
Wow, so much musical mileage out of that mandolin groove! And that chorus is going to be on replay in my brain for at least the next 24 hours, I can tell :-)
@elesimo Feb 2022
What an adorable collaboration! The mandolin and the bass work so well together, and the vocals are so sweet. So nice!
@frey Feb 2022
lovely little chorus <3
@bachelorb Feb 2022
That is a cool uke pattern. I really like the multiple voice tracks. The words are dead on with the music. Really nice upbeat tune!!
@kenmattsson Feb 2022
What a great collab. I love the bubbly chorus, and @mikeskliar's mandolin playing really adds to this. @nancyrost, great vocals, and the lyrics are fun with enough of something to make you think. Great collab.
@johncrossman Feb 2022
I leave this page having had a little pick.me up. Better than caffeine, yet more addictive, way to go you two! Another fan of the a cappella ending here, nice!
@billwhite51 Feb 2022
mikes mandolin has a big yellow taxi rhythm happening and nancy runs with it
@n24 Feb 2022
Oh yes! That mandolin and bass are such a wonderful combo! I love the tight vocals on the chorus, they add a lovely rhythm to it. The harmonies are super sweet and fun too! Really uplifting positive vibe. Super glad I found your song to listen to!
@kevinmason Feb 2022
I love this upbeat little diddy! Great tune about perspective and a fun collaboration. That mandolin is addictive and the harmonies are spot on. The a cappella ending nails it.
@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
Love that upbeat happy feel mandolin groove and wonderfully matched lyric of optimism! Nice layering of the vocals on the catchy as heck fun chorus. Great message! Makes me smile! Nice acapella bit at the end!