A Song about not becoming paralyzed by rejection or loss

Passed Over

Margarita Arévalo;  22- 04 -1982. 
Gracias a todos los que se dan el tiempo de escuchar lo que hago. Para mi es un honor que ustedes se den ese tiempo. Infinitas gracias.

I'm a musician with over 30+ years in the industry.  I've played in touring bands in LA, Chicago and Memphis.  I've played most every single dive bar, festival and drunken venue that Chicago has to offer! 
 
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Come chill out, listen, and please let me know what you think!  These are a mixture of mixed items, works in progress, and just sound ideas! Contact me for more info at my site below.

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Mark Reitenga creates intimate songs that elicit a "Welcome to My Living Room" charm.

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Lynda Faye and Fred Gold, together, formed the Illinois Harmony Connection, at SoundClick, and You Tube. Fred's in Illinois, Lynda in CA, so all of our music duos etc were prepared in CyberSpace, thanks to Audacity! I'm apparently an alto and a soprano-But I attended Pepperdine College on a violin scholarship, and also gave opera a shot, but I gave up on performing it! Allot of my songs are cross-overs, I realize that----Country-Gospel, Classical-Folk, along with a few comical songs. I'm a classical violinist at heart, but taught myself enough guitar with a few great influences advising me here and there (which you can hear on some of my solos!) Ben Benay wanted to teach me some arranging techniques, but I didn't have the tenacity; He said if I didn't study classical guitar, I'd never be able to write more than country folk;Guess he was right, but then the violin influence stepped in- when he heard  my humming of the violin parts, he said, "Lynda, you ARE an arranger ?" ; Paula Drake tried too, for a few years, and she's in her 80's a still goin' strong!  but I kept continuing to plug away at the writing!I had to edit this, sadly, as classmate Fred Gold (Railsback) lost his beloved wife, Ella May, last August. I'm trying to encourage him to keep at that guitar; but I'm sure he's not much in the mood; We dedicated "Ella's Garden", the song we're recorded a few years ago, as Ella's memory -as the video on "I Wanna go Back" was filmed IN Ella's back yard garden, and the song has now taken on special meaning to both of us. Won't be a "replacement for" Fred, but I found both Adriano Fontana's versatility and guitar expertise, and "Ancolies" singing a few of my songs in French for me. Won't be easy to find! I'm seeking to find some competent "versatile" musicians (and composers) who love children and have hopes for music in future generations, and perhaps a strong History Buff, to help with several children's musicals. I welcome other singers to sing my originals---My goal has never been to "be" a great singer; but to connect appropriate singers TO some of my songs: All three genres. My Folky MOR album is "Movin' On" at CDBaby. , I've "been there done that-nite clubs, Holiday Inn lounges from Ca. to Pennsylvania; I refused the Vegas offers! (too much writing to do!)  A songwriter's "Job", like most housewives...is never done, now, is it ?
Pls see the attitude of most of them who are married TO, some of those songwriters, in the "Songwriters' Serenade", or, as I'm always having difficulty finding "concise" titles...." All You Got is Words!" Some of my folky-country is on my album at CDBaby, titled "Movin On"...and I am currently trying to assemble twenty songs for " Friends, Love Songs and Heartaches." Seems viewers liked the " remakes" of the Oldies-I attribute that to Adriano's working his way in and out and around my Acapella tracks, I sent to him; I'm not easy to work with because I have trouble keeping "consistent  rhythms' . Of course Adrian has a word in Italian for that. Maybe HE should solo on a few of my songs and I'll back him on guitar; Course those would then become comedy, yes Adriano ?
Oh, all  I  m e a n t to say was "Thanks for Listening! "

SCHEDULED Appearances:
7-24-‘25, 6-8pm: pool-side at the Elkhorn Ridge Resort
8-13-'25, 6-8pm: pool-side at the Elkhorn Ridge Resort
8-26-'25: Country Coach Rally at Elkhorn Ridge Resort
8-28-'25, 6-8pm: pool-side at the Elkhorn Ridge Resort
With more to come--we're still booking for 2025!
(Please note:  Dates, times, and locations are subject to change)

PAST PERFORMANCES:
7-20-'25: Spearfish Festival in the Park
7-17-'25: pool-side at the Elkhorn Ridge Resort
7-13-'25: Private Barn-warming Party
7-5-'25: Private Birthday Party, Bozeman, MT
7-1-'25: Arnie's Birthday Party at Crow Peak Brewery
6-25-'25: Elkhorn Ridge Resort
6-26-'25: Elkhorn Ridge Resort
6-28-'25: Hot Springs Main St Arts & Crafts Festival
6-29-'25: Immanuel Lutheran Church service
6-13-'25: Bullwackers
6-17-’25: NHC Luncheon
6-7-'25: Private party
5-25-'25: Private Party
5-26-'25: Little Dane Church Memorial Day Service
5-9-'25: Black Hills State University Alumni Dinner
4-28-'25, 1030am: Funeral
4-26-'25: ILC Ladies Tea
4-25-'25:  Peaceful Pines SL
4-15-’25: Sturgis Easter Cantata
4-13-’25: Sturgis Easter Cantata
4-11-'25:  Peaceful Pines SL
4-5-'25: Farewell to Gordy Pratt at the High Plains Western Heritage Center
4-5-'25:  Crow Peak Brewery--Jam for Gordy!
3-28-'25: Peaceful Pines SL
3-07-'25:   Peaceful Pines SL
3-07-'25:  Aspen Grove AL
3-01-’25: Tea & Rose Coffee Shop
2-28-'25: Peaceful Pines SL
2-8-’25: Chute Rooster
2-7-'25: Peaceful Pines SL
2-7-'25: Private Party
1-24-'25: Peaceful Pines SL
1-10-'25: Peaceful Pines SL
12-14-’24: High Plains Western Heritage Center
11-17-'24: Crow Peak Brewery (w/ Grammy winner Dan Mahar!)
11-10-'24: High Plains Western Heritage Center
10-11-’24: Lookout Lounge
9-8-’24: The Clubhouse
9-7-'24: The Red Onion, Belle Fourche
8-8-’24: Elkhorn Ridge Resort
7-20-'24: Spearfish Festival in the Park
6-28-24: Hot Springs Main Street Festival
5-27-'24: Little Dane Church Memorial Day service
5-3-'24: Black Hills State University 50th Reunion, Class of '74
4-26-'24: Bullwacker's
11-12-'23: Black Hills Cowboy Church
5-15-'22: High Plains Western Heritage Center (with the great Kenny Putnam, Gordy Pratt, Paul Larson, Jason Guthmiller, and Rod Garnett!) 

Greetings! We are Jonny Hummingbird and Shelley Meadowlark, an acoustic duo available for hire that just loves to share great songs for people. Our style is an odd mix of genres, and our song list ranges from timeless pop, to folk, country, bluegrass, gospel, and even a couple of 15th century numbers! We play live at a variety of venues, including restaurants, lounges, festivals, fundraisers, church functions, funerals, private parties, and the occasional private acousticism for those suffering persistent electric earworms. :-)
Seriously though, we are hobby musicians who just hope we can bring some joy to those who hear our music. Will be slowly adding songs to this page. Thank you for listening.
P.S.  Check out our website at the link below.  You can also hear some of  Jonny's original tracks at the link to his Soundcloud. Cheers!

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