Well another unproductive day for me here. Actually, it wasn't completely unproductive....I discovered Lisa Bevill (one of my fave Christian artists) has a page on Facebook now....she's got some great new and older songs out there....and also a really cool site of her own:
http://www.lisabevill.com
She is a sweet lady. She struggles with Lyme disease, but doesn't let it stop her from serving the Lord with all her heart. I've never met her, but her personality shines thru all the time.
I also dug out Lisa's newest cd, When The Healing Comes, and have been listening to it. This is one of her best CDs yet! She offers downloadable accompaniments to all of the songs from it, and I can see I'll be ordering several (if not all). LOL
Remember I was talking about Addison Road and their accompaniment tracks? I'd heard that the Daywind track to the song "What Do I Know Of Holy" was a different arrangement? Well I decided to listen to their version and the album version. I only heard 1 difference: Daywind added a cymbal intro, which I was able to edit out from all 3 keys of the accompaniment.
Daywind has a tendency to add instruments or other things to their trax, which can be a problem....for example I ordered their track of "I'm Not Who I Was" by Brandon Heath since they were only one of 2 companies who had it (iTrax had it but it was too synthesized and sounded like a deluxe "electronica" version), and Daywind's was better. Upon receiving and listening to it, the vocals were not that good, which would've been bad enough....but they also added a steel guitar to make the song have a more country or gospel feel. (sigh) They turned a contemporary Christian song into a country/gospel song and never mentioned the change. So, what did I do? The next best thing: removed the lead vocal from the original Brandon Heath version which came out quite nicely, and added in a drum beat, since part of the drums were removed along with the lead vocal. Much better. :) It's times like this, when a company releases a karaoke or accompaniment track to a song and it sounds almost nothing like the original, that I either try to find the original artist track, create one with vocal removal software, or give up. In some cases I have mycustomtracks.com create it.
I gave my Francies & friends some more cute outfits for their wardrobe....these were all purchased on eBay today:
This ensemble was called "Summer collection." Clearly the shoes won't work on Francie & I might not use the earrings or purses.(Remember, Barbie has arched feet so any pumps or heels made for her won't work on Francie, whose feet are flat.) I just thought the outfits themselves were cute.
This one they called "White Gold." The shoes won't fit Francie, but a pair of either white or clear Francie-size pumps will work in this case.
This one is "Casual Comfort", altho I think I'll just call it "Comfy Casual". It sounds more fun. I might just keep the earrings for myself, if they'll fit me. LOL!
This one is called "Dalmatian Dots" but I'll rename "Dog & Dots." I might alter the top, since it doesn't look quite right. I need some inspiration!
And lastly, here is an outfit the seller called "Pretty In Pink." Not sure if the belt will stay, go, or be altered. Right now I do plan on losing the earrings and possibly the shoes too. The outfit is cute on her, don't you agree? Even if you don't, I like it anyway. So there. LOL ;)
OK, I have to think about heading off to bed....**************
The asterisks are courtesy of Solomon, who just walked on my keyboard.
TTYL!
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