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One of those songs that goes well with a glass of wine on a quiet evening. I noticed the Spanish feel around 2:00 and kind of wished it had more solo time. Just my take on it. Well done and enjoyed it. -Bjorn

Hi Daryl, Great to hear another song from you . Very nice arrangement of piano and strings and quite a catchy tune. Hope to hear more from you. -Bjorn

Hi David If I hear this ringtone somewhere, I'll know you're nearby. Nicely done. Seemed to me like a variety of styles, one leading to another. Enjoyed it. -Bjorn

Excellent. I really like this one Wookie. Chimes at the beginning reminded me of church bells for a funeral. Seemed appropriate for subject. "Then complain when she takes her price" stood out to me. Nice way to express the issue. I had trouble understanding the lyrics via vocoder. Maybe back it off or do what Mark suggested? But could just be me b/c of hearing loss at certain freqs. You've inspired me to experiment with vocoders. Never done that before. -Bjorn

Thanks Wookie. Hope you're staying cool. Thanks freddy. I've recovered from Covid and it's back to normal life. I was lucky in that I didn't catch it while thousands of miles away from home. Thanks Nigel. You should definitely visit Stockholm. It's a beautiful city with a lot of history. And bring money because it's expensive! Thanks Doug Western Norway around Bergen has incredible scenery. I'd do it again if the opportunity comes up.

Thanks Steve. I'm just now getting out of isolation. Can't imagine being in isolation for months. Take care, man. KSBand Thanks. Norway is beautiful but not that cold in June like when I was there. Winter tho can be harsh especially when it's dark nearly all the time.

Powerful lyrics. Well done with that. And the mix is very good such that the lyrics stand out and are easy to understand. -Bjorn

Very cool drum riff, though pretty much unchanged through the whole piece. After listening for a while I kind of expected the tempo to pick up and more instruments coming in, all leading to an explosive ending. Well, that's just me I guess. -Bjorn

I like the accompaning bits and chord changes. I couldn't make out the lyrics very well. -Bjorn

Very impressive work on this! I think this is probably the closest I've heard to an actual symphony recording. -Bjorn

Great song and very well arranged. Really enjoyed this one. -Bjorn

Thanks Larry. I appreciate the comments. Meanwhile I made a couple more edits.

Hi Steve I didn't hear the 1st version so can't compare the mixes. It's a beautiful song and yet it's all about pain and loss. You transmit that feeling to the listener so well in the music and in your voice. (I know, I've said all this before) Always a big fan Bjorn

Thanks Jeff. I wrote the music with Edvard Grieg in mind. I just love the kind of mystical places Peer Gynt takes you to. I used the Spitfire BBC orchestra clarinet and strings. The guitar was MusicLab RealGuitar, an oldie but a goodie. -Bjorn

Hi Jerry I've been duly impressed seeing the images from the James Webb Telescope lately and now listening to your music (and also being duly impressed) I thought wouldn't that be cool to combine the two into a symphonic video? Don't know if you're into "planetarium" music but might be something to think about. Always a fan -Bjorn

Hi Jeff. I think "summer vacation" is a music genre isn't it? This one certainly has that carefree feel to it. Nice blending of images with the music. -Bjorn

Norway I got back from Sweden and Norway a couple of weeks ago with thousands of pictures and videos of fjords and villages and churches etc etc. I was going to jump in and make a music video from my Norway images, but I came down with Covid a day after I returned. Until a couple of days ago I felt like crap - coughing and nausea and fever, but the worst was a sore throat that discouraged eating and drinking. And yeah, I'm fully vaccinated but I think I got the newer variant that manages to get by the vaccine. Hope you're all doing okay. -Bjorn

Cruisin' PCH in a '57 T-Bird Back in the day a friend of mine and I would cruise down Pacific Coast Highway in his dad's '57 Thunderbird. This is the highway in Southern California that straddled Pacific Ocean beaches from Los Angeles down to San Diego. We were pretty cool back then just cruising in that classic T-Bird and that's what I thought of when writing this song. I don't particularly like jazzy stuff but that's how the song sort of evolved to. Thanks for listening/comments. I'm traveling to Norway in a couple of days for the fjords, waterfalls and things like that to take pictures of. So I probably won't be responding to comments for a while. Massive X Indiginus Renegade love how well it pitch bends NI Grandeur Trilian Addictive Drums Kontakt Factory Library Tenor Sax -Bjorn

I feel the same as you Freddy and I think so do most of America. This would work really well as a soundtrack to all the news videos lately. Sad thing is it would work for all the future videos as well. -Bjorn

I sat back and listened and I'm real relaxed now. Sounds great. Is the sax improv? -Bjorn

Not my favorite genre but I'm blown away by the musicianship. Most excellent performance! -Bjorn

Hip hop Jack. I like how you explore different genres and not afraid to put them out there. -Bjorn

Yeah, "cosmic soundscape" like Larry T said above. You do them very well. I didn't expect there would be microphones on the Mars Rover. Nice touch to add sounds from that planet. -Bjorn

Hey Doug, Just your usual well played and produced song. Is that your voice in the background vocals? -Bjorn

Wookie thanks for listening and commenting. KSband and jack c thanks for the listen andyB01 thank you. Ashokan Farewell-there's another song that gets to me every time I hear it. Larry T - I appreciate the suggestions. Thanks. Tom - I realized I was using three different instruments to play the mostly same melodic line one after the other. Maybe I should do more of the standard verse, verse, chorus verse thing I thought to myself, but after about 40 versions of this I didn't want to start all over. You're correct though and I appreciate the comment. mark - it was a lot fun to be able to put those grace notes in there and sound (almost) like a real violin. Johnbee - Thanks for the comment -Bjorn