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My Marie

I remember the first time we climbed up this mountain
Spring was in the air I put flowers in your hair
You kissed me
We watched the clouds and heard birds singing
The Sun was peeking out it winked at me and said
Stay with her

Chorus
My Marie you live on in my memory
You’re a part of my heart forever more
Hello Marie I come here when I need to see
Traces of you in the clear blue sky
Blue like the color of your eyes

I remember the day you came back to stay
I took the ring from my pocket you said yes
Then kissed me
Listening to the birds again singing our love songs
It helps me say these words again
I’ve missed you

Chorus
My Marie you live on in my memory
You’re a part of my heart forever more
I get high Marie thinking about how you once loved me
We gave our all never keeping score

Bridge:
Loving you over a lifetime
was so easy to do

I remember the years we shared our hopes and fears
Raised our family I never had a doubt
You loved me
And when I’ll leave today I’ll take some flowers with me
Their colors help me feel a little bit of you
Inside me

Chorus
My Marie you live on in my memory
You’re a part of my heart forever more
Hello Marie I come here when I need to see
Traces of you in in the clear blue sky
Blue like the color of your eyes 2x
Like the color of your eyes 2x

Inspired by a Robin Reed Thies painting. Featured in the Now See Hear project, FAR-West 2019, Woodland Hills, CA.

Players
Vocals and Guitar: Nalini Lasiewicz
Piano: Kait Dunton
Bass: Guillermo Guzman

Recorded and mixed by Brad Colerick
South Pasadena, CA

Lyrics and Music by Nalini Lasiewicz
® BMI 2020 All rights reserved  Nalprana Music Co.

Producer: Nalini Lasiewicz
email: nalini@lasiewicz.com

My Marie

Music and lyrics by Diego Garcia and Anderson William. JNJ Band sings backup on this stimulating and thoughtful acoustic folk track, featuring expressive harmonica, profound acoustic guitar and compassionate lead vocals creating a passionate mood. Recorded at and featured on the album, "Live at Kulak's Woodshed" (North Hollywood, CA) Link to the album, JNJ Band Live https://jnjband.hearnow.com/live-at-kulaks-woodshed

Drunk on You (live) feat. Diego Garcia

Episode 1 of the Pickleball Noise Relief podcast. Our guest speaker is Dr. Lance Willis, Principal Acoustical Engineer with Spendiarian & Willis in Tucson, AZ.  His presentation covers the science of sound and noise impact studies (NIS.) He describes the protocols and standards he follows to collect data and report on the many factors that affect those in close proximity, including background sound levels, topography, vegetation and atmospheric factors. Dr. Willis is a consultant in site planning and noise impact studies which evaluate and predict the impact of noise from proposed pickleball sites, or tennis court conversions, and where appropriate recommends mitigation solutions. Dr. Willis holds a Ph.D. with a Multidisciplinary Certificate in Acoustics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and has worked in professional environmental acoustics, noise control, data acquisition systems, and acoustical instrumentation design. Your hosts: Rob Mastroianni and Nalini Lasiewicz. For more: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pickleballnoiserelief

Pickleball Noise Relief Episode 1

Noise Assessment: Understanding Noise Impact Studies w/ Lance Willis

Episode 2 of the Pickleball Noise Relief podcast. Our guest is Bob Unetich who many know is the founder of the Facebook group, Pickleball Sound Mitigation (PSM). He is a USA Pickleball certified referee and the Rules Guru columnist for Pickleball Magazine.  Having launched Pickleball Sound Mitigation, LLC, he and his team consult on evaluating court sites, sound measurement techniques and noise mitigation options around the country. On this call, he will discuss the source of the sound being the ball and paddle, and will describe the advances in equipment design and evolving standards within the industry, including those now being drafted by USA Pickleball. Your hosts, Rob Mastroianni and Nalini Lasiewicz. For more: www.facebook.com/groups/pickleballnoiserelief

Tackling Pickleball Sound: A Report from the Courts w/ Bob Unetich

Episode 3 of the Pickleball Noise Relief podcast. Our guest is Les Blomberg from Montpelier VT. Les is the founder and Executive Director of the non-profit Noise Pollution Clearinghouse (NPC), a non-profit resource for the general public regarding noise issues. His expertise is noise policy.  For over twenty-five years the mission of NPC has been to create more livable cities and protect rural and wilderness areas by reducing noise pollution at the source. He has written extensively on the subject, published his own research and advises hundreds of communities year round. In this conversation he will share the specifics of crafting and enforcing noise regulations of pickleball. Among the many resources NPC provides to researchers and activists is their Law Library which includes proposed legislation and existing noise laws from federal, state, and municipal sources. For more information: https://www.nonoise.org/lawlib.htm 
Your hosts, Rob Mastroianni and Nalini Lasiewicz.  Music, "My Vaquero" by Nalini Lasiewicz. For more: www.facebook.com/groups/pickleballnoiserelief

Defending Our Ears: Noise Regulations and Pickleball w/ Les Blomberg

Panos La is a sound engineer, music producer and educator who has focused on eco acoustics, or Acoustic Ecology. He and his family live near Athens, Greece and he has been helping members of the Pickleball Noise Relief group understand the science of sound. In this clip, he describes how today's codes governing noise nuisance and allowable sound levels are not taking into account the nature of this unique, impulsive, man-made noise. Music "My Vaquero" by Nalini Lasiewicz. For more: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pickleballnoiserelief #noisepollution #pickleballnoise

El Vaquero

Pickleball Noise: Laws Must Change - w/ Panos La

Joe Dinoffer is a nationally recognized supplier of sports equipment, portable nets, training and coaching aids, books, DVDs and YouTube videos. His company, OnCourt OffCourt is celebrating 30 years in the industry. He has written hundreds of articles for trade and sports publications and supplies products for USA Pickleball and other organizations. We first noted Joe as an industry expert from his video series "The Science of Pickleball," in which he compares key differences between pickleball and tennis in terms of the sound of each hit, the average length of a point and the amount of time per hour that balls are played in each sport. Joe has his eagle’s eye on the past, present, and future of both sports. The company is working on developing quieter paddles as part of ongoing efforts to mitigate pickleball noise.  
Your hosts, Rob Mastroianni and Nalini Lasiewicz. Music, "My Vaquero" by Nalini Lasiewicz. For more: www.facebook.com/groups/pickleballnoiserelief

Tennis & Pickleball: A Bird's Eye View of the Future with Joe Dinoffer

The pandemic has introduced me to songwriters across the globe. I heard the marvelous songwriter John Smith at a recent online show, just after the 2020 election. He generously gave me a private performance in a key that I can use going forward.

My Name is America

My name is America
I live between two oceans blue
As nations go I’m a child who
Is sadly now torn in two

I was born out of a dream
And for that dream I’m on my knees tonight
There’s shouting on the left and right
I could use some help to mend this great divide

Chorus
Help me heal these wounds I feel
Please help me heal from these would I feel

It’s not the first time I’ve been torn
The bloody redcoats shot and drove the natives from their homes
Then the flood of emigrants all came round
In hopes of forty acres a mute and plow

Help me heal these wounds I feel
Please help me heal from these would I feel

Bridge
Then it was the blue and gray
The north and south spilling blood  over slavery
Leaving a scar centuries deep
Now they’re still marching up and down my streets

Instrumental

My name is America
I am wounded but I’m not down yet
I am still the great experiment
I was born from hope and tears and sweat
And I’ll hold to that hope with my every breath

Chorus
Help me heal these wounds I feel
Please help me heal from these would I feel

My name is America

(c) all rights reserved, John Smith 2020

My Name is America by Johnsmith

Delicate and sincere, featuring pleasing female lead vocals, piano and flute creating a blissful, caring mood.

WINGS

Singer-songwriter Nalini Lasiewicz. Founding member JNJ Band. "Peace.  May all beings never be parted from freedom’s true joy."

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