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Hi Nigel, The dark mood comes across really well in the lyrics and video but mostly in the bleak mood of the music. That woman on the cover really needs to see a dermatologist ? -Bjorn

Whatever you did with the vocal works for me. I can make out the lyrics in this song as opposed to some of your others. Or maybe it's the new battery in my hearing aid. I like the song and the sentiment. Nice one Jack. -Bjorn

The spoken word format here works extremely well. Great job! -Bjorn

Love it. I'm imagining myself cruising down a country road on a warm summer night. Really really nice vocal track. -Bjorn

Thanks Jack! Old Joad, thanks for the nice comment. DaVinci Resolve makes special fx easy and fun.

Love it! Once in a while I tune in to country radio and hear songs that are pretty much the same bland formula and instantly forgettable. I listened to your song a while ago and I can still hear it because of the melody, chords and lyrics. IDK maybe a catchy melody is considered too corny for air time nowadays? -Bjorn

Just A Dream Kind of a trippy video. Thanks for watching/commenting -Bjorn

The link worked for me.

Very nice as usual and the Brazilian style puts it in a different genre, bossa nova crooning? The guitar fits in well with the theme. Didn't really notice any issue with it. -Bjorn

Posthumous fame Van Gogh Edgar Allan Poe Bach Thoreau Kafka Me. Looking forward to it.

Bandipur Nan's Cottage A couple of World songs using instruments from NI India and NI Ireland. I also used Rast Sounds India Vocals and Omnisphere Electric Sitar. Completely done in PRV. I've never done a mandolin before so it might sound a bit rocky. I can never come up with good song titles so I just looked at maps of India and Ireland hoping for inspiration. Bandipur is a national park in India and Nan's Cottage is a vacation rental in Ireland. Thanks for listening/commenting. -Bjorn

What Steve said above. I always hear something ingenious in your songs so I always come back for a listen. -Bjorn

Sounds really good. Would be cool to hear the neighborhood kids' version. Speaking of which, the kids in my neighborhood have never asked me to write a tune for them. Maybe they've heard my stuff. -Bjorn

Sounds really good to me. You should post it in the Songs forum. -Bjorn

Paul, your guitar work is outstanding and your voice brings out the outrage in the lyrics very well. I think the song would be very effective as a video soundtrack. Just a suggestion. -Bjorn

Really nice Steve. I agree with Gary about the lyrics, but in my case the problem is probably my hearing loss. Anyway, great work on this and well timed too. My New Year's resolutions always surrender to temptation about a week into the new year. -Bjorn

Too cool ! Impressive use of the old Monty Python skit. All the clips work out so well with the music. -Bjorn

OutragePro thanks I appreciate the comment. It took a bit of experimentation to come up with something that I like. Tomita used whistle type sounds in the melody which doesn't seem like it should work, but it did and it gave him his unique signature. -Bjorn

KSBand, Outrage Productions, Nigel thanks for the comments Just to be clear, I used midi files from classicalarchives.com. I replaced the intended piano vst with electronic genre sounds, trying to sound like something Tomita might have created.

If Claude Debussy had a Moog. Back in the early 70s Tomita did a version of Debussy's Reverie that I've always liked. Here's my version of Reverie in the Tomita style. Thanks to www.classicalarchives.com/midi -Bjorn Thanks for listening/commenting

Good instrumental performance, clear lyrics and good story. I found the machine gun drum hits a little distracting, but probably just me. -Bjorn

Very creative vocal/guitar interplay. I understand maybe half the lyrics but I get the gist. I think you need more transition into the calm guitar part at the end. -Bjorn

Well done. I was surprised by the change ups around 2:30 and 4:30, but they worked out well. Really like songs with a distinctive melody to them like this one. Great guitar work too. -Bjorn

One of your best Nigel. I really like the engaging video too. -Bjorn

Jack thanks for listening/commenting Tom I admit I didn't pay too much attention to articulations or velocities which could have brought things up a notch. I really appreciate the link to Fret_man's articulation setup that he uses with Indiginus Fiddle. I use that VSTi often and I'm still learning how to use the key switches. Also, he uses Izotope Neutron 3 which I have but don't use so I'll give that a shot as well. KSband Thanks. Yeah, hard to make midi input have the feel of actually playing the instrument. Then you spend a lot of time with key switches etc and lose the feel of the moment.