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In My Eyes Words and Music by Deirdre Leah Faegre
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The Trailer |
Director's Notes |
Deirdre on RSN TV |
Jack on FOX |
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Scenes from CT PT 1 |
Scenes from CT PT 2 |
Scenes from CT PT 3 |
Scenes from CT PT 4 |

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Images from Recording Sessions at Cloverland Studios, North Hollywood; In Fidelity Recordings, Los Angeles; Collinator Studios, West LA and On Top Of a Cloud, Lake Tahoe |
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Description:
My recorded heartbeat from a sonogram is heard in the intro
as my arranger-producer dad wanted to convey the very
special interest he had in my arrival even half-way through gestation by
recording my heart with a handheld cassette recorder in a physicians
office. With the first piano motif begins a ‘dialogue’ with my dad [on the outside] with his piano part answering. A ‘conversation’ develops between us in this way until the moment of birth itself as the production gives way to cellos, cymbal dynamics and a French horn section that enjoin the piano representing the ‘trauma’ of emerging from the womb and its resolution which quickly follows. At this point, a pop ensemble of drums, bass, guitars and two sections of violins displaying the bowing techniques of spiccato and pizzicato accompany the lyrical verses and choruses of the song structure until the bridge, where backwards lead guitar dynamically punctuate the lyrical lament. The chorus returns which gives way to a free-style section of production evocative of the psychedelia of the late ‘60’s with tamboura, dulcimer, McCartneyesque bass guitar part and an ‘I Am The Walrus’ cello section which sets up the outro with a IV of IV chord transition to the song’s conclusion. |
Brandi Ledbetter Welcomes Deirdre to RSN TV's 'Tahoe Tonight'
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"I really loved the songs in the movie...The musicians were just awesome...I can’t thank you enough for...your song(s) in the film, and I hope to work with you all again..." ---Jack Kearney, Writer and Director of 'Indian Hill' |
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Words and Music by |
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Piano and Vocals by Deirdre Leah Faegre; Arranged by Deirdre Leah Faegre |
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Arranged, Orchestrated and Produced by Leland Thomas Faegre |
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All Guitars, Drums and Percussion by Leland Thomas Faegre |
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Original Session Arrangements, Production and Engineering by Leland Thomas Faegre at On Top Of a Cloud, Los Angeles; Additional Recording and Session Engineering by Billy Sullivan at Cloverland Studios, North Hollywood; Engineered and Mastered by David Scharf at In Fidelity Recordings, Los Angeles; Additional Recording at On Top Of a Cloud, Lake Tahoe and Engineering by Paul Grove at Summit Audio, Carson City, Nevada |
From the Short Film, 'Indian Hill.'
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'In My Eyes' Original Release Date: 6/3/2007 |
www.betarecords.com |
Professional Reviews
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"Another beautiful song! A strong lyric theme...in my opinion, you are the best artist for these singer-songwriter or Classic Pop style[s]. Thanks for letting me hear your beautiful songs. I wish you the best of luck and look forward to hearing more..." ---Taxi, September, 2007 "This song has so many great elements. Fantastic catchy hook with beautiful lyrics and great musical ideas..." ---Taxi, April 21, 2008 "These are both great songs from a talented artist, with beautiful melodies and strong, catchy hooks..." ---Taxi, April 21, 2008 "...very strong vocals...nicely produced...intro is really cool. Good musicianship--great playing. Vocals are more powerful and passionate on this track..." ---Taxi, April 21, 2008 "You're quite expressive. You have a cool style and sound going as well. I do hear the influence of the Beatles in both your music and writing. Nice flair with melody as well." ---Taxi, July 7, 2008 "What impresses me is that you reach for vivid imagery in your lyrics...You're quite expressive. You have a cool style and sound going as well..." ---Taxi, July 7, 2008 "This music is very unique and has very strong artistic identity! Sounds very tailored to you as an artist. I like the vocal performances a lot and I also really like the orchestral flair and arrangements...This music has an "Indie Pop" quality and also a "retro Pop" quality, but the voice keeps it sounding more fresh...and I certainly hear a potent artist emerging here..." ---Taxi, March 17, 2009 "...The music here is great...Very accomplished, well made, beautiful in fact..." ---Taxi, April 24, 2009 "You have a lovely voice and a really unique melodic/lyric sense. From an artist standpoint (i.e. you writing songs for you to sing), this song feels like it's a very genuine fit for your voice/tone. What a beautiful talent you are! There are many interesting things happening melodically and musically...These are very pretty songs with a really unique approach - from an artistic level, I appreciate that creativity very much! I really enjoyed listening to this material - both the performance and the songs themselves. I will be paying attention to where you go from here... " :)
---Taxi, May 1, /2009
"The lyrics express a heartfelt
sentiment. Great job giving the chorus a sense of release and
a dynamic shift in gears. The chord progression is well-crafted,
with natural transitions between sections. The mood conjured by the
music is a good fit for the emotional tone of the words.
The musicianship is consistently
impressive, and there is lots of tasty playing here. In particular,
you create some great lush textures with the string orchestration." ---Taxi, August
14, 2009 "...your songs have
a nice vibe and feature good musical and melodic parts plus some memorable
hooks. The musicianship is capable, fluid and fitting and the production
sounds good..." ---Taxi, August 31,
2009
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