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Local Hero 2 I wrote this a few years ago and I thought it sounded pretty nice. I took one theme from the song and made a few edits on it and also used better sounding vst instruments. The piano accompaniment is a little rough maybe but I like the violin and bassoon parts. Work in progress. I'm taking a nature photography trip to Australia soon but will try to check in when I can. Thanks for listening/commenting. NI Kontakt The Grandeur piano Embertone Joshua Bell Violin BBC Symphony Orch Bassoon

Lynn and freddy, thanks for the comments. I was going for a dark sinister tone which seems to have come across. -Bjorn

Thanks tom. Appreciate the lesson and comment Hi Nigel. I thought I had most of Klaus Schulze's music but he's done so much I've probably missed quite a few. Thanks Mark Appreciate it Thanks Kevin for listening and commenting

Definite dirge vibe. Great song title. I think the tempo is too slow but it may be appropriate for a memorial. Sorry for your loss. -Bjorn

Nigel, Effective use of monochrome and color and a great soundtrack makes for a great video. And I can certainly relate to the story. Well done! -Bjorn

I've heard this song a million times and never knew it was a Dylan song. Mix sounds really good but mostly I'm blown away by the performance. Wow, great job. -Bjorn

Minimalist but a lot there. I downloaded the album so I can listen to the rest later. Thanks. -Bjorn

Stratos 1977 I spent some time with the new Cherry Elka-X vst synth, trying out the presets and tweaking the knobs. Pretty soon I was getting a Klaus Schulze kind of a sound which I used in this song. It's spacey electronic music featuring filter frequency and resonance tweaking along with the filter ADSR envelope tweaks. It takes a lot of time to hit the right combination of settings to get that Schulze sound. Not totally happy with this one but here's what I came up with. It's more of a backing track. Gonna add some keys on top if I can think of how to do that. As always don't listen while driving or operating heavy machinery. Synths used Arturia CS-80 Cherry Audio Elka-X Omnisphere Thanks for listening/commenting.

Really like the spacy sounds at the beginning Nice backing bass track and the guitar sounds really good playing over it. Might be a bit repetitive though? -Bjorn

I listened and incurred only minor injuries. Very effective delay on the voc. I didn't realize what the song was about until I read the lyrics near the end. Wow, well done! -Bjorn

Have to say I didn't understand the point of the vid, but that's okay. It's very well done and the music is very good. -Bjorn

I think this is the best song I've heard from you, Larry. Minimal but packs in a lot of visuals for me. Love the guitar riff and tempo change ~ 0:40 with other instruments coming in. Well done. -Bjorn

I really like this one, John. The bass line plays off the melody and ties things together nicely. Well done. I stumbled on the word "err." "Mistake" seems like a better word to use there. Also, the song sounds pretty upbeat for a somber subject so maybe a little minor key here and there would work? Well, just a couple of suggestions from my own unique take on the world. -Bjorn

C, Eb, and G walk into a bar. The bartender says, "Sorry, we don't serve minors." Ba da boom.

I really like the melody Wookie. Dogs are the best people I know. Sorry for your loss. -Bjorn

Great to hear your voice again Lynn! Love the song, the performance and production of it. Sounds really good. -Bjorn

Beautiful! Always look forward to hearing your latest. -Bjorn

Trippy indeed. Takes me away to some disturbing places. -Bjorn

Sounds good Jack. -Bjorn

Nice. I hear a lot of attention to detail like adding in little ornamental bits here and there. Great song and great production to this. -Bjorn

Maybe minimalist but often that's the best way to express yourself. I'm sure Alice was honored. I really like the guitar accompaniment arrangement. -Bjorn

I'm not into metal but I liked it. -Bjorn

Your words were just what I needed today Freddy. Thank you. -Bjorn

Even tho not a genre I usually listen to I did enjoy this one. The vocalist doesn't hold anything back that's for sure! Impressive performance. -Bjorn

I really like this one esp the guitar solo near the end. I'm no audio engineer but IMO the mix is perfect. Everything comes across sounding really clean and nothing dominates. Good stuff. -Bjorn