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Made me tap my toes, made me smile, made me say hmmmm 😁

Nice orchestral piece with interweaving rhythmic bits. Not sure if I even noticed a guitar in there but no matter. Good job.

I read the lyrics first then wrote comments while listening. You set this up nicely with the "Critical Comedian" bit at the beginning. Really good cadence and rhyming (..concern me/...journey Nice!) I like the totally different style of the chorus. Words are going by too fast. Great outro. Made me think of Hotel California (he said across the generation chasm) I don't listen to this genre so I don't know what the usual topics are. Seems like you're in an early mid-life crisis or something. You put a lot of thought into this and you express it very well but it all would have been lost on me if I hadn't read the lyrics first. The words went by too fast to appreciate them (to me anyway). I really like how you laid out the song and the production is good, but might be better to somehow make it easier for the listener to get what you're saying. Depends on the audience I suppose.

Jerry This really sets a wistful kind of mood. I like to actively listen the 2nd time around to hear all the different instruments coming in just when they're supposed to. Very good, as usual. -Bjorn

noynekker Thanks so much for the kind words. Wookie, Doug, Kurt Thanks for listening and commenting Lynn I really appreciate your comments. Thank you. Jesse Thanks. I appreciate your comments. tom The 2 (or 9) in a scale always sounds like southern rock to me. Just gives me a homesick kind of feeling.

Lee, I like the optimistic tone in your singing and I'm hoping the lyrics prove true real soon. Very good overall performance. The organ in there sounds really good. I don't trust my aging ears but is that a little glitch at 3:30 and maybe at 4:03? Great job.

pcode I like the high-tech arps in the circuits kind of transforming to something intelligent when the violin comes in. Well that's my interpretation anyway. The first few notes sounded a bit like a slow Bolero but that's probably just me. Very well done!

Steve Great to put a face to your voice. I don't have the guts to do that yet. You always manage to squeeze out every bit of emotion behind the lyrics by way of your distinctive voice and timing. There were a couple of spots where the voc got a bit drowned out for example ~ 0:56 but no biggie. Always look forward to hear your stuff.

The title says it all. Very well done. The song gets a bit predictable until 2:05 where you have a nice breakout. Great guitar playing. I'd suggest bumping up the tempo a few bpm.

Freddy I like the bendy Jingle Bell Rock at the beginning and your playing throughout the song. Very nice. Never thought I'd hear "airborne spread" in a song. Hope next Xmas will be back to normal! Great shark video. I got a little concerned about those kayakers.

Philip One of those songs where you discover something new with every listen. I really enjoyed this. That is a distorted drum sound for sure. Somehow it doesn't distract from the vocal. I like the different styles while keeping the same theme. Cool piano accompaniment to the voc. Singer reminds me of Kate Bush. Great job.

In words and pictures. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/28/magazine/martin-guitar-factory.html

It's sort of a Thanksgiving tradition at a lot of radio stations to play the song. Or so I thought.

Day Dreaming Afternoon I was going for a Celtic sound but it veered off a bit. I used only these 5 notes: A C D E F# I looked it up and it's an Am6 Pentatonic Scale which sounds Celtic to me. Not much structure to this. If you play every instrument in the same scale you can't go wrong. I really like BolderSounds Violin 2 because the articulations sound good and they're pretty easy to do. Ample Guitar Bolder Sounds Violin 2 Indiginus Renaxxance Precision Sound Cletic Whistle RealGuitar Classic EastWest Voices of Passion (Bulgaria) Thanks for listening/comments.

Every Thanksgiving without fail. In Portland OR on radio station KINK at noon and 5pm (I think). Also YouTube.

Hey Kenny Not familiar with Betty (with a y) Davis. Cool how you were able to lift bits of her voice and insert them into your project, more for the dramatic effect as you said. As always I did enjoy your guitar playing, like how could you not? And I just wanted to comment that I was moved by the story upstairs of the new best friend in your life. Glad that worked out for you.

Wookster Reminds me a bit of Jarre's Oxygene. You have an arsenal of synths and you certainly know how to use them! Hearing this I'm now thinking of getting Monoment Bass. Sounds great. I've been to Stub Stewart Park for star photography. Would have been cool to have this playing in the background. -Bjorn

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I have the Essential version and it's excellent (and on sale for $89). Been waiting for the full version to go on sale, so I'm marking my calendar for this one. Thanks Larry!

Jesse Some interesting sounds you have in there. The outro might be a bit longish. I get the Am and Alembic references, but the "Q"? Say it ain't so.

Lynn Pretty much what Doug said ^^^^^^ Your voc always shines through the mix. Well done!

Doug Just excellent guitar, the arrangement and playing. Your voc sounded a little different to me, maybe because of your new mic? Sounds really good. I noticed the free download icon on your site which makes me shake my head. So many musicians like you make better music than what's currently popular but never get heard beyond forums like this. Hope I'm wrong.

Not sure about the panning at the beginning but love the funkishness throughout. The cello gives the song a whole new dimension which actually worked quite well. Almost expected some opera singing in there too ☺️ Very well done.

Guy Mitchelmore - I've seen a few of his videos. I like his enthusiasm and sense of humor like the brief green screen showing. Your score fits the action very well. It has that Superman sound to it. I thought that was Mt Hood which I see nearly everyday when it's not raining.

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