with eyes like the summer:

rough draft, retrospect, & the war of head versus heart.

[pajamajane]

we rally ‘round in the shadow of the old monarch

behold the history of our hanging tree ->>> https://books.google.com/books?id=K04aAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&dq=old+monarch+tree+pueblo+colorado&source=bl&ots=6fHy1wTdeH&sig=cIpm_APjWLTtjs_SGOzYyxYSbeM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CFsQ6AEwDWoVChMIkq6Lgp-VyAIVjJUNCh3vBAUB#v=onepage&q=old%20monarch%20tree%20pueblo%20colorado&f=false

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let the llamas help carry your load in the midst of this mosaic messterpiece

->>> https://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/dragon-mosaic-sculpture-fannie-may-dees-park-nashville-tennessee/

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the breakers by moonlight

the flood ->>>http://www.9news.com/story/news/2014/06/02/june-3-1921-pueblo-flood/9873227/

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“What I Really Need” (Final Cut)

so funny story,

I started this tumblr two years ago, just out of high school, hoping to document and share my journey and growth as I transitioned from a teenager in Pueblo, Colorado to a hip college student living in the sweet city of Nashville, Tennessee. Naturally, my blogging skills weren’t quite up to par and the posting halted before I even left town for fall semester. Well two years later, I am back to pick things up again. No promises. The current status is: Junior year of college, trying to figure out what the definition of “hip” looks like, and then trying to look like that. And it looks a little like this. 

I started a band. We call ourselves The Arcadian Wild.

I like to collect postcards. 

I like to collect leaves.

I am a firm believer in giving thanks.

Two years ago I posted a couple rough drafts of a song I was writing.

Without further ado, here is the final cut 

“What I Really Need” <3 

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[jee-ohd]

->>> http://scienceline.org/2012/11/where-do-geodes-come-from/

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[klee-shey]

->>> http://cargocollective.com/eugenialoli/Oh-L-amour

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walkthewalk

->>> 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Collinsville,+Canton,+CT/@41.808185,-72.922815,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1s50531885!2e1!3e10!6s%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fstatic.panoramio.com%2Fphotos%2Fsmall%2F50531885.jpg!7i4320!8i3240!4m2!3m1!1s0x89e7a5e1c434efa7:0xdf397b78a0c22d2a!6m1!1e1

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conservation or preservation?

->>> http://study.com/academy/lesson/conservationists-vs-preservationists-definition-differences.html

[pajamajane]

inspiration4all

https://www.facebook.com/Taylorwood33/videos/vb.100001363762725/509195849135869/?type=3&theater

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bits & pieces of that summer season glow

->>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CmadmM5cOk

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just1more42day

summer on disposable->>> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1045002795513789&set=a.1045002628847139.1073741837.100000122360713&type=3&theater

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take a break from college

make a break for collage

->>>> http://eugenialoli.tumblr.com

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woah woah woah woah. autumn time is almost here

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Tea Time with Matt

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I really see you upside down

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"What I Really Need" (Rough Draft #2)

:)And the rewriting begins! 

This is the new version of the song that I wrote and uploaded yesterday! Rewriting is one of the most important processes of songwriting, but is also the most tedious and most difficult part of being a songwriter...

In the rewrite I changed the song to a lower key and then rewrote the 2nd verse and the bridge! When writing music, you always want the second verse to build up the idea that you are trying to portray in the chorus! You want the second verse to be bigger and better than the first! (much much easier said than done!) And you want it to set up the chorus in a brand new way, so that the chorus is even better to listen to the second time around! That right there is what I tried to tackle in this rewrite! 

I also rewrote the melody of the bridge and tried to introduce a new idea while carrying on the theme of the song (which seems to be the idea of "moving. on a road or a track. crashing into things. etc") 

Anyways, enough of all that talk! I hope you enjoy the rewrite, it is very similar to the first draft, but I can ensure you that it is very different! Hopefully a better kind of different! haha:)

But I would love to hear your thoughts!:) Thank you so much for listening! This is so exciting and means so much to me! Hopefully the next time that I post this song it will be produced and final! haha:) We will see!

Rough draft number 2 is a GO!

:)

xoxo Sarah Jane

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"What I Really Need" (Rough Draft #1)

Hello everyone:) So yesterday I was so excited to post onto my tumblr, that I wrote a song to share with all of you! This is only the first rough draft of the song, and I am planning on rewriting it in the next week or so! So after I rewrite it, I will upload the new version of it so that you can kind of see the changes that songs go through in the songwriting process!:) I actually hate this version and I can not wait to rewrite it! But here it is:) 

p.s. Every post that I make is in the process of being copyrighted, soooo I don't want to be that person that yells at you for stealing my song ideas, but i don't want you to be that person that actually does steal my ideas! haha. so don't do it! cause it will be illegal! okay thanks!:)

Let me know what you think! It's called "What I Really Need" 

Rough Draft number one is a Go!

:)

xoxo Sarah Jane:)