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Last Laugh Part 4 (Song # 501 Full Arrangement)

February 14, 2019 · A Life In Song, Love Songs, Transformation Tunes, Videos

Here’s part four of my short film experiment with song #501, “Last Laugh”… this version is the full instrumentation and a 2nd, different version of the video combining elements of parts 1, 2, 3 and some new visuals as well…

In case your curious, I started with a live performance of Last Laugh in my living room… recorded to a click track… (which I got a little off of)… I tried adding all the other parts and instruments I was hearing in my head but then it just felt really sloppy… so I practiced laughing at my recording engineer “self” and just started totally from scratch except for the vocal… just dove deep into the “click track zone” and started with the percussion to make sure it was “locking” together… Then I redid ALL the other parts.

This was really cool because by allowing a 3 week process I was able to “live” with the tracks and to “play” with using just the drum track for my voice over in part 3 and just the refrains and instrumental version for my part 2 experiment…

Whew!

Just enough time in to really go deep but then done soon enough so I didn’t wander off to other projects before completing it…

My next experiment is to do a cover of All Along The Watch Tower by Bob Dylan… with all my huge drums… and maybe even a guitar solo… or two…

Stay tuned!

Last Laugh Part 1, Solo Acoustic version

Last Laugh Part 2, instrumental plus refrains and conversational hypnosis voice over

Last Laugh Part 3, just the percussion track with more conversational hypnotic narration

Last Laugh Home Page

BTW if you want to check out the other stuff I do here are some links:

  • Honest Hypnosis Self Help Courses for Anxiety and other Challenges faced by Humans today – https://HonestHypnosis.com
  • My Main site: https://MarkShepard.com
  • My song downloads: https://Bandcamp.com/MarkShepard
  • My Youtube Channel: https://Youtube.com/c/MarkShepard

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I Love listening to all your songs…

Mark, you really are an amazing songwriter! I Love listening to all your songs and sitting in the creative aura they create!

Cheri

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Your incredible music never fails to move me. Thank you, Mark.

Paula

You write some great songs!

Hi Mark, You write some great songs! I really enjoyed listening to all of them on Spark and Flame. Thank you for all that you do. Keep up the good work! All the best.

Susan

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Love the “Key To Your Cage” album. I hear so many different influences and styles woven throughout the songs, really keeps it interesting from start to finish!

Dan Z

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Mark, your song ‘Freedom (It’s Been  Long Road)’ was just perfect to start my day. I LOVE IT!  Thank you, Thank you.  Blessings to you and much gratitude for your musical gift.

Judy

You have put a grown man in tears…

Mark, this song and message really hit home for me today. You have put a grown man in tears. Thank You for what you do. Sometimes I think you sound kind of cheesy, and then others, I think you are a genius, and I’m beginning to realize that you actually care about helping people. So hard to “get out of your own way” sometimes…thanks for the reminder.

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Gene Moore

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Hi Mark, I just had to tell you this. I emailed my 3 granddaughters the song you wrote who are sisters with the youngest being 11 years old, has cerebral palsy and is very smart, is able to talk, very funny, uses a computer, is able to write, now is learning to play drums, emails me ‘Thanks. I do.’ I loved the song and listened to it 3 times.

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Dear Mark, THANK YOU for sending *Spark & Flame*!!!! This CD certainly is a compilation of Conscious Love Songs! As I listen I am transported to memory after memory past, present and future, fulfilled and unfulfilled. I was flooded with many different emotions. I cried, laughed, held my breath and also breathed deep heart-centered breaths of connection to the Divine. I feel joy, grief, sadness, compassion, love, awe, freedom, kindness, gratitude and appreciation. For me these songs are transformational lessons in self-love, releasing, acceptance for what was, what is and who I am. Knowing that I am enough and that I am Divinely Loved.

J

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