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Length of song: 4:44 (this version includes an instrumental section)

Song style/genre: Up tempo, jazzy comic song

Key(s): D flat major to B flat major to E flat major

Note range (Low/High): middle C to E flat in next octave above middle C

About the song: This swing-beat, jazzy piece is my version of the Cinderella story, in which you find out what kind of advice a very modern, street-smart, keep it real Fairy Godmother would give to poor Cindy. The title says it all for a song that should resonate with many in your audience. Of course, there's an inside joke here when you know that my father, Jerry Livingston, wrote the music for Disney's CINDERELLA. You could call this song Cindy Rev. 2.0.

Gender point of view: The Fairy Godmother character can be sung by a man or woman, I would say. After all, the message of the song is to break out of those little boxes.

Awards: Second place in the "Jazz" category of the 8th Billboard Song Contest (1998)



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Demo singer: Dane Vannatter
Demo pianist: Doug Hammer Sax: Sparky Miehle



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