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Gary, great song! The vocal styling is perfect for the genre and the harmonies really gel. I wouldn't have guessed that country music would be popular in Norway, but why not? BTW I was on a photo tour of Norway last year and have to say it's one of the most scenic places on earth. -Bjorn

I bought Synthesizer V, Kevin and Solaria recently and I'm slowly getting the hang of making the voices sound adequate. You did a great job with them! Is that "Kevin" at the beginning of the song? -Bjorn

Gives me a peaceful and relaxed feeling. Like Jack mentioned it could use something more melodic on top. Dialing up the reverb a little (or a lot) would ramp up the cosmic component, as would a bit of delay effects. Nice job on this. -=Bjorn

Nice one Jack. Different themes going on here but the instruments play off each other really well. Enjoyed it. -Bjorn

I agree with the other comments. Also, here's a comment on the lyrics. I like to write lyrics so I pay attention to them and maybe learn from other writer's work. Here the lyrics follow the beat of the music really well. Great choice of words with the inflection in the right place. I'm thinking it must have taken a lot of time to get them flowing so well. Great job! -Bjorn

Nice. Takes me back to the early days of electronica (Kitaro, Tomita, Oldfield etc) though yours has more of a jazzy take. -Bjorn

Paul, I know in the past you've had some timing issues with your songs, but I didn't really notice anything off in this one. As others have mentioned your voice is perfect for the genre. -Bjorn

Very nice Jerry. Enjoyed it very much. -Bjorn

Tom, sounds good to me from the very start which usually means you've tweaked the freqs to their utmost and all that other sound engineer stuff I wish I could do. I really like the positive feel of the song and the humor, like being grateful that pianos haven't fallen on your head today, things like that. Bit of a John Lennon mood to it I thought. "That's cheery" made me laugh. Couldn't follow the lyrics in a couple of spots, but mostly they came across pretty well. Anyway, big thumbs up on this one, Tom. Really liked it. -Bjorn

Daryl, you have such a knack for catchy pop songs. I like how everything is so crystal clear and present, and I like how you made "finance" and "romance" work. -Bjorn

Very moving. The song would be well received at a memorial service. -Bjorn

Wookie I like the pattern of noises - door slams, footstops (I think) at the beginning and end. Definitely a video soundtrack. I'm visualizing a story while listening. Good job -Bjorn

Treesha I always like how you process your vocals. The doubling works really well here IMO. Great lyrics! Needs more bottom to tie things together better, though not that critical. -Bjorn

Keven, Impressive production/arrangement! Professional quality. Really like the accompanying BG vocals interacting with the main voc. Great song! There's a slight click at 1:57 -Bjorn

Wookie - The lead synth is Cherry Audio Elka-X and I used preset "1492 Lead Lines" with some filter tweaking. I find myself using that vst or Arturia CS-80 most of the time. Kevin - thanks. Space music - no need to worry about measures, time signatures or chords and sometimes not even the key you're in. Nigel, Ross - thanks. Yeah, I love that movie too. Only thing, I wish they had placed it further off in time, like maybe 2101. Same with Bladerunner. We're way past 2001 and we don't have any of those space ships and flying cars. We do have smart phones though, which I don't think were represented in the movie.

Wow impressive arrangement, in addition to the performance. I'm really liking this one! -Bjorn

Dean - thanks! I'm going to have to look into this ghost code you mentioned. Never heard of it. I think I'm going to do this one again but without the audio clips from the movie, as per your suggestion. Besides I'm not sure if I'm violating copyright laws with the short clips but I'm not selling anything and this is just a hobby. Jack - thanks!

Really nice Rex. Sometimes less is more and your song proves it here. The audio seems a little out of sync but could just be my internet. -Bjorn

And it's not even Halloween yet! Larry, I wasn't sure where you were going with this until I noticed the "alternative" instrumental description. I like the mood exploration of the guitar, well that's how it hit me. Nice one. -Bjorn

Ditto.

That opening banjo hooked me right away. Really like the laid back vocal style. The instruments all fit together so well too. Great job! -Bjorn

In addition to the wonderful video production and song writing, have to also comment on the lyrics... Wow. Makes you stop and think. Nigel, how do you get your videos? They seem to be tailor made for your music and not clips you'd find on stock video sites. Do you do them yourself? -Bjorn

Galaxy HD 1 Galaxy HD 1 is one of the most distant known galaxies, about 33.3 billion light years away. This project didn't come out space music enough and I was going to start over but decided to insert some audio clips to make things more interesting. The clips are bits of dialog from the movie 2001, HAL 9000 vs Dave the astronaut. Thanks for listening/comments. -Bjorn

Jack, your songs have really nice backing tracks but the vocals always sound a bit similar. I don't mean the lyrics but the tone and vocal treatment and cadence just seem the same in every song. So a bit more variety? Well, just my 2 cents trying to be helpful. -Bjorn

Wow, great guitar work and super awesome drums. I like the almost Chinese string instrument (erhu?) in there too. Great job! Enjoyed it a lot. -Bjorn