bjornpdx

Some songs have beautiful lyrics and some have beautiful melodies and this has both.  Very nice Ross.
-Bjorn

I would have thought those were NASA images, not from a guy in his back yard! Very well done,  as is the music.
-Bjorn

Nigel,

Yeah, a bit different this time. I like the more rock and less pop direction you've taken here.
As always, terrific video editing.
-Bjorn

- Orange Tree Sitardelic. I had a lot of Orange Slices I'd forgotten about which brought the price down even more.
- UVI Falcon Expansion  Modular Noise.  Compares to NI Reaktor but not as radical.
- u-He MFM2  I love u-He products but this one's a bit complicated so I might regret buying it.
- XLN - a couple of AD midi packs

Almost bought Avenger but not sure now. I have enough trouble tweaking Falcon patches so don't need another convoluted synth to figure out.  Wish they had a demo.

I'm not a metal fan but I like this, esp Zargg's growly voice. Great mix too.
-Bjorn

Nice toe-tapping take on a classic. Might be a bit too quantized IMO but overall very enjoyable.
-Bjorn

Pleasant enough, but I think it's too repetitive. The recurring melodic background piece could be altered a little every measure or two for variety.
-Bjorn

Great cover song and pretty close to the original sound, even to Ozzie's voice. Sounds like your elderly synth is still in working order!
-Bjorn

Sounds good.
So are those synthesized voices?  I think you were dabbling in Synthesizer V a while ago.

I like the innocent/elephants rhyme.

-Bjorn

👍👍

Noynekker: thanks I appreciate the comment
Steve: Tubular bells, hadn't actually thought of that but yeah probably was an inspiration
Jack, Leadfoot:  thanks I appreciate the listen/comment
Mark:  hey thanks!  Appreciate the comment on the mix, something I always have trouble with
Wookie: Yep there's just something mystical about gamelan sounds imo.

-Bjorn

Just another well produced and highly professional sound. Radio ready and maybe it's already out there?  Have to say the falsetto bit at 3:00 didn't seem like it belonged in there, but just imo.
-Bjorn

Great arrangement. Nice dreamy sound to it esp the vocalist.
-Bjorn

Very well done Steve.  I appreciate all the historical notes on the song too. I had no idea that George and John didn't perform on the song.
-Bjorn

Wookie, the arps play off each other well. Really like the phaser effect too.
-Bjorn

Brings up that giddy feeling at the beginning of a relationship. Very nicely done.
-Bjorn

Mark,  I love the leisurely pace, love the guitar and voc.
This is one of those songs that transports me to happier times.

IDK the pause at 0:52 took me out of it a bit, but just me.

-Bjorn

Not Lost,  Just Wandering

Kind of spacy but melodic.

One of the tracks is a revised bell instrument (Omnisphere Gossamer keyboard) that I've used in other songs.
There's something about gamelan type bells and gongs that have a hypnotic effect when played in certain patterns. I was trying
for something like that here but the song kept diverging to something else. Also, I kept falling asleep.  🙂

Thanks for listening/commenting.

Omnisphere, Zebra, Pigments, Foundations Piano, AD

My favorite nylon guitar just got better.

https://www.indiginus.com/renaxxance-ii-nylon-string-guitar-upgrade

I can't seem to come up with anything new so here's one I did five years ago. I thought it was pretty good.

-Bjorn

This is really good Paul, very polished sound to it and your voice fits well with the genre.
I like your stories about the marginalized people in society, in this song and some others of yours.
Kind of reminds me of Freedy Johnston's music.

-Bjorn

Jack,  this is one of your best I think.
-Bjorn

Radio ready for sure. I like the upbeat lyrics especially.
-Bjorn

Never been a Grateful Dead fan so I was gong to skip this one but have to say I'm glad I tuned in.  I love a song with a melody that stays with you and this one certainly does. Great job, Ross!

-Bjorn

I always like your social commentary songs Freddy, because I always seem to agree with them. And I like how you always play a little blues in there, whatever the genre.
-Bjorn