"Come Back Up" - CCM pop

"Come Back Up"
Rachael, vocal and lyrics (my 10 year old niece)
Michael John, music

My 10 year old niece surprised me by out of the blue she started writing songs (lyrics and melody) recently. Her first song a few months ago didn't have verse/chorus structure. So I told her then you should try to write at least two verses and a chorus, as most songs needs that. The other day she called me and said she had written a new song with verses and a chorus. Here it is.

Without any music accompaniment she sang and recorded her song solo into my cheap pc mic ($5). I then wrote the music afterwards on the Yamaha XS to her recording. She has a long way to go, and no one in the family can sing at all, so it's very unusual she even wants and likes to sing. But to write a song like this is really good I think, even if just lyrics and melody.

Using Sonar7, I made no adjustments to her vocal pitch- this is so she can learn to sing better on pitch as she develops her singing. I made minor adjustments to her timing in Sonar. The mix can be a lot better I know, but this was just for fun anyway.

"Come Back Up"
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LYRICS

"Come Back Up"
by Rachael

I feel embarrassed
I feel invisible
I fell down
There's a mistake on this road
I'm at the bottom of an abyss
And the walls are too steep, oh..
And what do I do now, you..

Come back up again
If you don't believe there is a way of succeeding
And if you don't try you'll never get up
So you got to come back up again

We all make mistakes
We all have bad days, oh
We have our ups and downs
But you have to do this to turn that frown upside down
You got to

(chorus)

We do get sad sometimes
But God will make everything right
With His love and His power
You can, oh..

(chorus)

Alright, very good... Tell that little girl she's great... Give her lots of praise and encoragement every day... She's gonna make you proud...
Great song... Good track too

Mike
Keep helping her along!!!!!!

It'll be worth it in the end

Cliff

Rachael

Get your Uncle to invest in a better Mic.

Keep writing and signing, you will only get better.

Ron

Yeah.... I agree... nice "first song". Rachel...keep on writing...it's obvious you love music and have a God given talent..... so use it to bring Him glory.

Oh yeah...Mike.... good job on the musical backing parts too.... !

We all want to be honest, but at the same time, none of us wishes to discourage anybody. So we're all trying to be very careful how we address her effort.

What I'm impressed with is that this girl has it in her heart to sing and do lyrics--that alone shows musical talent. And we don't want to squash that.

Now hers is a very raw talent and needs lots of developing. But it's there, nonetheless, shown by her initiative in song writing and fearlessness in singing and in her willingness to learn.

You did good, Uncle, by showcasing her here. Gives her more impetus to grow and improve. Gets her excited about music making and pulls her deeper into it.

But I'd let her hear only the good stuff we say, she being so young and tender. And since you know the bad, you can help her overcome it.

But we gotta tell the bad with the good so people can improve and yet take heart.

Mike,

Nice track and vocal performance - but I agree with upgrading the mic - it has that karaoke muffled sound.

I was raised up in a musical family. My mom would sieze the
moment so to speak when others were around and really
compliment my musical endevers and work. she took a differrent
aproach to me when we were alone. she would show her interest
in me more than say it.

this was so cool. praise is good. i would say though that praising
the persuit and willingness and giving support and such is coupled
with helping and teaching.

if it isnt too much for her id have her learn an instrument too.
when the ear hears the notes on an instrument it helps the ear
hear pitch but then again i guess thats what a vocal teacher does.

i can say that years of playing live did hardly nothing to show me
my vocs were not so good but after recording so many times
i learned a lot. its great that you did this for her. i would do it
as much as feasable.

your work on this is very nice too. great job on that. if feels good
to see someone lend hand to a child with desire.

she wrote a very good song and wow all you did was say what
to do
jimmy