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Isabel Weiß - child's voice
Oddrun Eikli - vocals, lyrics, melody lines
Axel Weiß - guitar, chords, whistling

Art video: http://youtu.be/n4MwskRAM9s

This song is dedicated to the children of our world and to the love between them and their parents. Just two and a half chords here, to hold it pure. My lovely daughter Isabel starts with an old children's rhyme about a little butterfly which is searching for a dancer (she sang it about 20 years ago). And my dear friend and musical compagnion Oddrun from Oslo enriches us with her magical vocals and lyrics. 

Art: Isabel (sketch) / Ax. (painting), 1993

Oddrun's site - more of her beautiful music: 
https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli
- for sophisticated listeners we put some small variations into our two versions here on the cloud ... maybe you'll find them
http://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli/smile-to-the-child-vocals

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You are welcome to find more music:
http://www.weiss-haenitsch.de/AxW.html
http://www.axelweis.bplaced.net/wordpress
http://www.facebook.com/AxelWeissMusicianProfile
http://www.youtube.com/user/azzelweit

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Smile to the Children (Oddrun Eikli, Isabel & Axel Weiß)

The opening is dedicated to the wonderful music of John Coltrane. His ballad 'Naima' was the inspiration for the first part of this tune, played in one take. The second half is a spontaneously created latin jazz impro, played spontaneously in two spontaneous first takes too - on the rhythmic and the solo track. 

'Waters of Life' was generously featured over several months on Neworld TV in New York City (many thanks to Sasha Hohri for the biig support). 
Thanks a bunch to all listeners and friends here, too.

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More: 
https://soundcloud.com/axelweis
https://hearthis.at/axelweiss
http://www.weiss-haenitsch.de/AxW.html
http://www.axelweis.bplaced.net/wordpress
http://www.youtube.com/user/azzelweit
http://www.facebook.com/AxelWeissMusicianProfile
http://www.reverbnation.com/axelweiss
http://www.fandalism.com/axw

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Tobias Weilandt