Let’s just say the squeaky chair was just one straw of many, resulting in that final straw that had me calling the owner/engineer for the ProTools files and a “yeah thanks.” Imagine my chagrin upon hearing it today for the first time — after hearing the track after 7 years.

yeah - from a professional studio perspective rather unforgivable to have that chair anywhere near a microphone. So I can understand that you’re miffed. Heck, I have only a small amateur studio and there’s less squeaking going on. :-)

However the song lives - it has it’s own eternal life, separate from the specific recording, and at least as far as I’m concerned, it would highly deserve another shot by your wonderful voice.

Can’t, unfortunately. It is all of a piece as a live-performance style song demo.

that’s, unfortunately, going to be a problem - at some point I suppose there’s needs to be some accommodation/exception clause, but so far, we’ve got 1,636 a cappellas with no instruments and 0 with.

ok. I understand if ccmixter eds need to withdraw it because it’s not within the criteria. I have converted the vocal mic track and uploaded it to see if there’s anything worth salvaging. It’s not like I haven’t performed the song a 1000 times since, so I’m not opposed to re-recording it.

omg that’s great - thanks so much! you are my hero.

That’s the spirit! if you post the ‘pella, then people will remix it.

I was going to request the squeaky chair track, because it could be made into sort of retro scratching kind of loop thing. :-)

Let’s find out.

thank you, panu. it’s high praise. Sometimes I feel I was either born too late or too early for my aesthetic to really “take off.” I was either the little kid tagging along with the folkies at the coffee house or so geekily ahead of my time as to merely be considered odd. I listen to some of the so-called darlings of the new folk movement and sometimes wonder where everyone’s ears and heart have fled.

Thank you, Ciggi - This was one of those songs that came down - all of a piece. I originally wrote it for fiddle, mandolin and banjo, but I have also heard it in my mind’s ear with that sort of Led Zep folk treatment - power chords and all.

Your voice is just outstanding - no question about it - and I feel lucky to have discovered you on this site.