Great News!! And 3-Part Harmony For You

The great news… my FF55 is ready to post next Thursday, 5:55 TEXAS Time!!

Which is the same as Tulsa time, I do believe?  Which I’ve been living on.

Anyway..

I SO wanted to snag YAHTZEEEEEE at G-Man’s yesterday to win fame and glory, but…

that would’ve meant taking an Internet break in the recording studio.

Luckily, I came to my senses and said,

“Jannie, you’re here to sing. So sing!

The 55 will keep another 7 days.”

So I sang.

And the 55 is keeping just fine so far.

While Captain George was mixing, I did pop over to G-Man’s to comment from my iPhone, tho! Good Jannie!!

Sooooooo.

E-MAIL ME with the subject line “Jannie Loves Me” if you want the MP3 from last night’s session.

A WHOLE song! With George’s 3 guitar parts, Michael’s bass and…

Jannie singing to 150,000 peeps.

(That’s what I was picturing in my mind as I sang.)

I was opening for The Rolling Stones.

Wait, no!  THEY were opening for ME.  Yeah, that’s it!

And how cool – my photo of our girl-kitty Mieshka in the late afternoon sun inspired me to share my harmony evolution.

whoooohooooooooo

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OUTRO…

I WILL be answering each and every comment this post, yay!!

And dancing with my parakeets all weekend.

“You” Song-In-Progress mp3 For YOU

Once there was a very handsome, very artistic man

who bought an old cabin on the beach in Nova Scotia,

remodeled it, lived in it a while, and sold it in 1987.

In 1989, a woman who moved to Nova Scotia was out

bicycling, saw the beach house and fell in love with it.

Soon she met the man who built it and they married.

Eventually they were blessed with a daughter, “The Pea,” as in Sweet Pea.

Last week in a Most Excellent Recording Studio the woman

sang and played guitar for the rough draft of “You,” the song

she wrote for the very handsome, very artistic man she loves.

Here are the lyrics…

“YOU”

 Verse 1:

You came along at last with a song

I waited to hear forever

You standing there with October in your hair,

Your eyes like the ocean,

The bluest blue, eyes I fell into

Verse 2.

You took my heart in your hands with your art

Then we talked for hours

You walked me home when the moon was our own

And the stars started singing

The way they do when dreams come true

Bridge:

You put your arm ’round my shoulder

And then, I reached up for your hand

Everything changed in that moment forever

The way love had planned for me and you

Verse 3.

You here with me in a house near the sea,

The Child upstairs dreaming

You say my name and my heart tells my brain

To hold you forever

Here like this, lost inside a kiss with you

You, you, you….

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The woman feels brave enough today to email you

the free “You” basic song outline, with flaws and all.

Just leave a comment here and  “she’ll” send you it.

Posted with love by Jannie of the Jazzment.

xoxoxooxoxoxxo

Yes, the pix show the actual beach house Jim built from the old shack he added onto and renovated.

“Resisting My Dishes” — Song Lyrics & Chords

 ”Resisting My Dishes“ by: Jannie Funster (slow jazzy-blues ballad) (80 bpm)

Verse 1
G        /        Em     /
Over in the kitchen
G         /          Em    /
Just one room away
     Am         /   Am        /
Is something terrifying
              Am    /         Am     /
I’ve been hiding from for days
Bm         /      Em       /
I dare not look over
Bm         /            Em       /
I feel them staring here
           Am     /  Am     /
I’m frozen, but hopin’
              C              /   D        /
Those suckers will disappear

Chorus:
G      /           Bm7     /     C      /       C       /
Resisting my dishes again and again and again
G      /           Bm7    /   Am   /       Am7   /
Resisting my dishes again

Verse 2
      G             /       Em        /
I stacked ‘em on the counter
G              /        Em        /
Piled ‘em in both sinks
Am            /         Am        /
Stashed ‘em in the oven
          Am          /     Am       /
And under the bed, I think
Bm          /                 Em       /
I wish it would start raining
Bm                    /                Em         /
I’d spread ‘em all out on the grass
                 Am           /               Am         /
‘Cause the caked-on stuff that’s baked-on
       C          /              D        /
Is such pain… on the glass

Chorus:
G        /         Bm7     /       C       /                  C         /
Resisting my dishes again and again and again
G       /                Bm7       / Am   / Am7 /
Resisting my dishes again

Bridge:
Bm7             /                Em           /
Lord knows I’ve got hot water
Bm7             /         Em          /
Got a half-gallon of soap
           Am             /        Am          /
Oh, why can’t I do as I oughta
                      C   /                   D7          /        D7…     /
Since the day my dishwasher broke?
 

Verse 3
G             /   Em       /
I love photoshopping
          G        /     Em        /
And posting to my blog
Am               /  Am      /
Strolling by the river
             Am         /    Am     /
With my guitar and my dog
Bm         /           Em       / 
You might even see me
        Bm           /                    Em           /
Sometimes with a broom in my hand
             Am        /   Am        /
I’m not allergic to detergent
           C                /                      D         /
But I guess I am to scrubbin’ pots and pans

Chorus:
   G               /   Bm7   /     C        /        C            /
Resisting my dishes again and again and again
G       /               Bm7     /    C        /      G      /
Resisting my dishes again….

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One of my 3 new songs ”studio-ready” for later this week, whoooooohoooo.

Perhaps a good one for The Musical?

I’ll sing this on video for you once I’ve memorized the chords.

Yes, our dishwasher is still on the blink but you can see from the photo, one day I DID do my dishes!!!

(And oh, what wonderful thoughts I think, standing there at my kitchen sink.)

Posted with delight by Jannie of the dish-washing-avoidance hills.

xoxooxoxoxxo

10 Potential New Jannie Song Titles

1.  “Five Million E-Mails”

2.  “Yay, I Found A Sock”

3.  “All I Really Want Is A New Pair Of Pants And Someone To Come And Do My Dishes”

4.  “I Drank Two Beers Up In A Tree”

5.  “I Fell Out Of My Beer-Drinking Tree”

6.  “I Don’t Jump On Trampolines No More”

7.  “Resisting My Dishes Again”

8.  ”Yay, My Rash Is Fading”

9.  “Now That I’m So Enlightened”

10. “You Drive Me Up The Wall On A Regular Basis, But I Still Love You A Lot.”

And, yay, yay, yay!!

My favorite songwriter, Kelly, now owns one of the Play Me Austin art pianos that were placed all ’round The Trail this spring!!!!

DONATED to her!!

Someone at her school heard we were in need of a piano and lo — the angels descended.

Here’s what she’s been playing on for 2.5 years since she began lessons… my olde Casio I got about 14 years ago.

Directly above was Thursday morning.

Real Piano arrived Thursday afternoon.

Took the other pix earlier today.

Hey — do you see my reflection in the photo just above??!!

We are very very freaking happy with this whole piano turn of events!!!!!

WhooooooooooHooooooooo.

xoxoxoxooxxooxoxoxoxox

P.S.  As you may have guessed, knowing our funstering Kelly, it was her idea to sit up there like that.

And I’m glad she did!

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, y’all!!

Singing In The Tree House, 2

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