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Spot on indeed. I love the live feel to this song. Great vocals and guitar playing. You make that Squier sound doggone good. Well done!!!

Another great musical interpretation of the cosmos! Ya, that build-up toward the end and swirling - good stuff. Most definitely a cool ending!!

Hi tom! Thank you my friend. I am very glad that you liked it and I appreciate the very kind words and encouragement!!! Hey Larry. Thanks very much for listening and for the kind comments. If you were in that southwest area of FL then you are certainly aware how quickly some of these strong storms can come up. I was driving in sunshine near Naples and "just south of Ft. Myers" ran into an incredible wall of rain. Hi CSW. I appreciate the kind words and thanks for taking the time to listen and comment! I'm glad that you like it. Hi Tom! Thanks very much for your feedback and observations! I very much appreciate it. Ah -- the English language -- it is so easy to mess up. It is, however, the only language that I fluently speak (or write) and yet still l find difficulty in using. Good call though and I will try and clarify my error. This event occurred a long time ago and I went to visit my girlfriend (Alice) in Miami. About 3 years later, this girlfriend became my one and only and current wife. I hope that I didn't confuse the situation even more with this response?? Thanks again!

This song has a great commercial sound to it. There are some valid points above. However, as one who struggles with drums and timing, I can appreciate the difficulty of trying to get everything timed. I think that you have a good thing going here!

Really nice composition and arrangement!. All sound good on my side!

Thanks for listening and commenting Jack. I'll give the bass a wee bit of a tweak when I go back to work on it. Hey Jesse. Thanks for the kind words and encouragement. Actually, I have had a few more guitars added to what I had. Unfortunately, I lost a good friend a couple of years ago and he gave me his guitars before be passed. I had 3 tracks that used guitars (excluding bass). The guitar used for all of these tracks was one that I picked up at a Boy Scout yard sale for $15. The brand was worn off but I think that I have narrowed it down to a Norma from some where around the mid-1960's. It was in pretty bad shape but a bit of work (e.g., scraping the rust from the pickups) and it became somewhat usable. I kind of fell in love with its gritty sound. For the rhythm chords I used the Blue Cat's freebie VST amp set on the Classic Drive setting. It was panned left. For the rhythm notes (panned right) I plugged Norma straight into the computer with no Fx. The Lead (panned centre) the amp used was the AmpliTube 4 Fender collection. In particular it was the Pro Junior using the driven shuffle setting. I hope that this answers your questions. Thanks again.

Well done and congratulations!

Jesse does the Blues! Hot dog --- I luv it!!! Are you singing through the harp into the mike -- if so, sounds cool! The guitar distortion sounds just like Hound Dog Taylor! You're the most man!!

Excellent power rocker. Great instrumental playing, vocals, mix, arrangement, etc., etc. Really liked the changes and the background vocals.

I don't know if you recall the Allman Joys (precursors to the Allman Brothers). In their early days they played the J-Ville, Daytona Beach and N E of Florida. This song just reminded me a bit of some of their early stuff. I agree with you on "not too far" north. Being on the west coast of FL I find that Brooksville is too far north in the winter. Anyway great song, I enjoyed it!

This is a really nice number that you have come up with. It certainly brought back memories of the early 1960's soft sound surf music. For some reason (I guess the use of the whammy bar) reminded me of the softer side of the Eliminators. Very nice work indeed!

Outstanding! That is the best voyage that I have been on for quite some time. I don't know that I have ever heard a funky style of space themed music but boy does it work in this creative work! Video and music were excellent! Well done!!

Very nice and soothing indeed! It brought up a few images for me (e.g., at first Christmas bells, then new growth in spring, etc.). I don't know what Kontakt freebie that you were using but you made it sound good. A lovely piece and good work!

Here is a simple straight forward rocking, bluesabilly style song. It is primitive, uncomplicated, and was just plain fun to do. It tells a story of an absoflippinlutely crazy storm and a dip that my 1957 Ford took in a drainage ditch. I was on my way back to Tampa after visiting my future wife (and current wife) in Miami. I had intended to visit my family in Port Charlotte but it didn't work out quite as I had intended. BTW, the little swim that my Ford took in the drainage ditch cracked its engine block and I had to get rid of it. Anyway I had fun doing this and I hope that you might enjoy the listen. As always, I will appreciate any suggestions for improvement, comments, crit.'s, etc. Thanks! JUST SOUTH OF FORT MYERS https://www.soundclick.com/artist/default.cfm?bandid=963481

At first I was scratching my head but the more that I listened the better I liked it. By the end it had me. Well done! Interesting falsetto vocals. Well done!

Excellent song! Being a FL guy I can appreciate that Northeast FL (Jacksonville) sound. Excellent song and excellent work!

I always look forward to listening (and watching) your postings. As always, this one is excellent. I am trying to think of whom or what band I am reminded of in the intro. Maybe XTC --- I dunno?

Excellent song as is the playing. Congratulations on the Creative Sauce Featured Artist --- well deserved!

Beyond my comprehension but I know good musical work when I hear it. Very good indeed!

This is a nice "cool, breezy" relaxing type of song. Sounds good but I agree with Jack above -- a bit more instrumentation with melody might add to to the song. It depends upon what you were looking to do. Nice one!

You tell a great story Barry (great lyrics). You do have a great vocal timber and presentation --- so, a wee bit of pitchy was a minor thing for me. BTW, being chronologically and geriatically (sp?) challenged -- for me vocals are always a problem. Luv the guitar breaks and the separation on the mix. Well done!

Hi Jack C. Thanks for being the first to respond. I appreciate your comments!! Hi tom. Thank you. I always appreciate your suggestions. I've written them down and will pull them out when I get back to work on this one again! Hey Make. Thank you very much. I appreciate your taking time to listen and comment. Hey Lynn. I was going for the late '50's/early '60's sound of the 4 to 5 piece combo that would breeze through town on a road tour. Thanks for the encouragement! Hi Bjorn. Thank you very much. I was having too much fun doing the song to pay attention as to whether it was decent or not. I'm glad that it worked out to be at least adequate. BTW, I enjoyed your recent post. Thanks David. I appreciate your taking the time to listen and comment. It indeed was fun to do. Thanks for listening to Global Climate change also! High Paul. "...green with envy" good one!! I love puns! Thanks for you kind comments and for listening. BTW, love your recent post.

I thought that I had commented on this song but I didn't see my name above. This is a nice cheery song with some great lyrics. Great vocals and mix --- what's not to like!? Nice one indeed.

Love the Brazilian sounds of this song. I too enjoy the sound of Jobim and you have done an excellent job on this joyful, breezy song. Excellent playing and the mix sounds great to me. Well done!

Perfect indeed. Luv the intro and the interesting chord sections. The volume on the vocal was spot on. Cool stuff pal.