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Harney County I like to go out to the Malheur Natl Wildlife Refuge which is in Harney County, Oregon. I should have titled the song after the refuge and not the county but the lyrics were already recorded so I left it alone. I took the photos and videos. Song written by me and performed by Dave Orleans. This video is 10 years old and could use some updates I suppose. -Bjorn

Thanks for the comments Jack and Nigel. I'm never sure if a melody I come up with is original or if I'm subconsciously plagiarizing some obscure tune I heard years ago. -Bjorn

Sounds real good to me, Kjetil. That little hand clapper every other measure or so is a little distracting but that's probably just me. -Bjorn

Well, I didn't expect that topic at all, Jack. Made me laugh. -Bjorn

Nicely done and yeah I've heard and enjoyed several songs from Jeff on this forum. ? -Bjorn

I like it. Good to hear a new Christmas song now and then. Can't wrap my head around Christmas in summer, like in Australia. -Bjorn

Backporch on a Summer Afternoon This song doesn't sound familiar to a few people I asked and Shazam doesn't recognize it so hopefully it's original. It makes me think of a summer afternoon on our backporch a few years ago. Wish I could relive that day but I'll settle for the memory. Thanks for listening/commenting. -Bjorn Electric Sunburst Kontakt factory library bass Ample guitar

Can't pass up a Luftrum deal Luftrum 14 for Omnisphere Luftrum 20 for Hive Luftrum 19 for Repro 5 Solaria for Dark Zebra My life is now complete.

Thanks Steve. Good suggestion. There's a book (Music, The Brain, And Ecstasy) that talks about the feeling one can get when listening to certain music passages that I can relate to. It's similar to taking a drug, but safer and with no side effects. -Bjorn

Sounds really good Steve. And I like how the lyrics are open to interpretation by the listener. -Bjorn

Thanks Jack. It's interesting how listeners can react to music so differently. My take on this song is almost opposite to yours. -Bjorn

Judging by the quality of Passion Flute and Mesa Winds (outstanding!) I'll probably get this one too.

Morpheus the god of dreams and sleep This isn't really a song I guess, just sounds that appeal to me for some impossible to explain reason. I like to bend notes and add in lots of reverb and delay to achieve that nice opium den ambience. Thanks for listening/commenting. -Bjorn

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

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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