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Date: September 26, 2006
Subject: [Marc's Musings] A Faint Heart and TRF
| MARC'S MUSINGS -- September 26, 2006 - Feature Poem: A Faint Heart Published 1-4 times per month. To manage your subscription, go to the end of this newsletter. Marc's Musings
Boy, it's been a while since I've written. When I started publishing this ezine, I planned on releasing it only when I published a new poem. Early on, that happened a lot. Nowadays, not so much. In fact, the poem in today's issue isn't by me. It's a song I co-wrote with a talented Austin songwriter named Ande Rasmussen. He's written a number of songs for musicians. So it was an honor to learn he thought of my music when he wrote these lyrics a few years back. Though it wasn't until last night that I wrote some music. Songwriting is an odd thing for me. I don't write that many songs, but I want to write more. That's the reason I picked up the autoharp in the first place. When we used to play on the South Mall at the University of Texas at Austin, I started toying with the idea of creating songs at the spur of the moment. I took suggestions from the audience and then started strumming and wrote lyrics on the fly. The lyrics were usually non-sensical but largely comedic. It was fun and a nice challenge. That's why with the new season of the Pub Songs Podcast I plan to write and record more songs just like that. I'm hoping it will inspire some new creativity on my part. I've already worked on a couple ideas. So keep an ear open for my podcast for new songs. MARC'S MP3 DOWNLOADS I even found a recording of "Something" by George Harrison that Andrew and I recorded for a Celtic tribute to Harrison after he died. Sadly, the compilation was never released and our recording never saw light of day. That's okay, because it wasn't very good. But it did inspire me to relearn the song. Now if I can ever get around to finishing a couple o'CD projects I'll be a happy bard. Meantime, you can download my music on my new MP3 Downloads page. MEDIEVAL VIRGIN FINISHED You can download the magazine for free for now. However, I'd urge you to purchase a copy. I love the look of the magazine that Lulu sent me. They did such a great job printing it. And you don't get the full effect since the download does not include the front and back cover of the magazine. But that's just a suggestion. I want to send out a big thank you to everyone who contributed to this fun little project. Oh! And if you're at the Texas Renaissance Festival this Sunday, look for me. I'm going out for fun. Andrew will join me for shows on the last weekend of October. ---
Marc's Lyrics & Poetry A Faint Heart a faint heart never get out of your seat I spy a lass you ought to meet if you feel afraid don't let it show here is a rhyme that you ought to know get her attention make a fool of yourself if you don't go right now she might find somebody else then you'll never know, what it was you lost you better act right now or suffer the cost I know your heart's been trampled like green grass under hooves you spy her you want her but you're scared to make a move your knees are knocking you're frozen in fear this might be shocking here's what you need to hear you won't win the lady you will lose the lass you'll never know unless you ask ---
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