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Liv Ramirez's avatar

Oh no, I can’t imagine the state your nerves must’ve been in until you could finally share all that hard work with a professional. I’m glad it made it to the right ears. If you ever post it, let me know, I’d love to hear it.

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Kris's avatar

Riri, this hit a little too close to home. Your dad didn’t get your song - mine was rejected by my 16-year-old son with the sort of dead-eyed shrug usually reserved for lukewarm leftovers. In fairness, I may have leaned too hard into the experimental side of Lee Ranaldo’s back catalogue.

But what you’ve captured so beautifully here is that maddening limbo between what a song feels like when it arrives fully formed - and the blank stares it sometimes earns. As Jeff Tweedy says, “No work of art is ever finished; it can only be abandoned in an interesting place.” Yours isn’t abandoned. It’s just ahead of its time.

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