I wrote a song.  I mean, with real lyrics and all.  And let's just say I had a little help with it. :-)  I hope you enjoy it.

Born to Fly

edit:  I sent this to Jimmy, with my vocals...3 days later he sent it back to me, so well done.  Now I'm dedicating it to him. 

Enjoy your wings, Jimmy!  :) 

Well dang... You did write a song? With words and everything? It makes me think of a Ford commercial :-)  "Built Ford tough..." Born to fly.
 
It's a pretty one... I listened a few times, and turned it up, and listened again. What kind of plug was used to get that bass sound? :-) Built Ford tough... Born to run, like a rock! Good Job!!
 
p.s., I'm a little dissapointed that you didn't let me sing harmony behind Jimmy... :-( I think our voices together would have been sweet. He sounds good though.
p.p.s., the alusion to a commercial is "high praise..." Think about it? Ford pays "millions" of dollars to get you to watch a 30 second or a 60 second snippet. A LARGE part of the appeal of that snippet is the audio? So if there's a catchy tune? That sticks in your head? i.e., the hook? "Like a rock?" Then you remember "their product..." So when I say it reminds me of a commercial? I can't really think of any higher praise one could receive.

Nice song.  The words are really great!  I like the chorus - the harmonies fill out the chorus nicely.  Nice job!

Hi, Janet,

Wow, talk about both beautiful and inspirational!  Fantastic performances by both you and Jimmy on this and a perfect mix to boot.

Outstanding writing, playing, singing and production!

Very nice, and your friend Matt, that inspired the song, sounds like he could really teach us all a lesson about appreciating life. 

Beautiful work!
Bob

Fine job, Janet. Words are excellent, melody and mix super. The only comment I want to make is that there is a high (very high, like dog whistle) whine or whistle at the end, and I think it is there in the middle of the song once or twice. I'll listen again tomorrow to be sure, who knows, could be my system or the fault of the soundclick compression, but I thought I would mention it. But you sure got this writing and recording thing all figured out.

Fault of my system is a possibility, since just last night my cd burner quit on me. I use it a lot, not like the average person, but to run off twenty or thirty copies for distribution at one time, so it is not a big surprise. And I am getting a Plexor from tigerdirect for $49, which is not a bad deal for a top of the line type burner. I will be replacing this tower in the next year or so from necessity. It has served me well for five years, I have so much stuff jammed into it there isn't even room for dust, and it is being used for things it really wasn't designed for. But they only last so long, and then the big crash hits, blue screen, or no screen, and hopes that the last backup was not too many days ago.

Later
Albert

Nice 1!
I wouldn't waste this on a Ford commercial though.
GMC is more deserving. 

   Albert
      That artifact you hear is there. I don't hear it as a
whistling sound but a bit of a sort of phasey sound.
It's the acoustic guitar. I worked so hard on this song
finaly got to a point with the acoustic where I said
that's enough (for now anyway).

  Between finger/fret noise and ambient noise
(computer) I was ready to bang my head against
the wall until it was numb so I could get some relief

Robby, well dang, I did, didn't I?  Miracles never cease!  lol  But to tell you the truth, this song was all done before I even turned around twice.  The ONLY thing I did was write the music and lyrics and sent Jimmy a ridiculously bad demo of it and he took it from there.  But don't worry, we can do other collabs, if I can ever catch you between your own hits. :-)  It's funny you mentioned commercials cause I've been thinking about those lately in regards to music...

Thank you, guitartrek.  That hook is what came to me first (which is normal for me) and I figured for once I should try to write the whole song instead of just one line.  I was rather surprised that I could do it. 

Bob, thank you.  The performances are all Jimmy.  And he improved on the chord structure I made up.  I wish all my songs were this easy for me and turned out this well. :-) 

Albert, thanks for listening.  Again, I owe this one to Jimmy.  I hope you can replace your system soon.  I know how tough it is working with a machine that crashes all the time.

Scott--whoever, whatever!  lol

Jimmy, once again, thank you.  I never in a million years could have done this this well.  I can't say how much I appreciate you doing this.  I absolutely love it. :-) 

hey well done Janet, so you only wrote the music and lyrics, huh? trust you to do the easy bit! ;-)

it's nicely played and recorded, the vocals fit the music well, without ever really taking off - c'mon, it was born to fly! C+W isn't really my thing (you'll be shocked to hear) but i'd love to hear a big ending, kinda like plugged-in Garth Brooks, all stadium drums and electric steel/slide guitars.

Very pretty song indeed.  Ya dun good!!  I love the lyrics.
 
Freddy J