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Orange Flames

By SteveSkiano on March 10, 2024 9:55 pm

My wife said I should do a country song about sitting around a campfire this week, so that's what I did. I never played slide guitar, but stuck my ring finger in a skinny shot glass and went for it, so that was interesting. I had a good time making this song, and it was on a pretty condensed timeline due to other obligations this weekend. smile

"Burns away bad memories until only good remains" - super solid lyric, maybe my favorite of yours yet. Next time I'd like to hear a banjo and a fiddle solo, please.

Great job making the lyrics and melody flow together. Nice one! 10 weeks down, 42 to go!

"Waiting to welcome and gently remind"

Freaking killer. Great harmonies. Great performance!

Like the use of the sound of flames that opens this one up. The slide guitar sounds good! I really like the lyrical imagery in this song. Reminds me of some of my favorite memories from hiking and camping. Super relatable. I also agree with blighter that the "burns away bad memories..." line is really good!

blighters_rock wrote:

"Burns away bad memories until only good remains" - super solid lyric, maybe my favorite of yours yet. Next time I'd like to hear a banjo and a fiddle solo, please.

Great job making the lyrics and melody flow together. Nice one! 10 weeks down, 42 to go!


Saguaro Gigante wrote:

Like the use of the sound of flames that opens this one up. The slide guitar sounds good! I really like the lyrical imagery in this song. Reminds me of some of my favorite memories from hiking and camping. Super relatable. I also agree with blighter that the "burns away bad memories..." line is really good!


budmelvin wrote:

"Waiting to welcome and gently remind"

Freaking killer. Great harmonies. Great performance!

Thanks y'all. I can say "y'all" now since I wrote a country song. smile

I'm a big fan of classic folk and country songs, this felt like a great modern take on that era. Great job on that slide guitar, I bet you would've killed with a pedal steel sound too.

Steve, I have wanted to take time to listen to the music on WB and finally got a chance (and partly because a meetup is coming). You have a great collection of songs that have a lot of originality and cover several genre. Some are quite beautiful and very heartfelt - knowing there is probably some very good stories behind them. I continue to be amazed songs like these can be created in a week. Great job. Wondering if you would allow anyone else to learn and perform (even if it's only at the camp fire) your songs. This is one I would love to play on starry night (or asking for a friend). See you later.

lhrin wrote:

This is one I would love to play on starry night (or asking for a friend). See you later.

I would be honored for anyone to play any of my songs smile

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