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I just love that intro bit and the audience applause here and there. Right on lyrics esp talking about the music business. Great job Freddy and Lynn! -Bjorn

Paul, I like the sentiment. Voc could stand out more, maybe by expanding the dynamic range. -Bjorn

I like the somber sound of this and the way the Chinese instruments bring it out. I have the Yangqin instrument as well but haven't gotten around to using it. -Bjorn

Nice and smooth just the way I like it. Good job. -Bjorn

I like the overall sound that you've created with all the added in fx. Your voice and its treatment works well here too. Not sure what genre this is but sounds kind of 50s to me. Which is a good thing. -Bjorn

Paul Sad lyrics in a beautiful song. Your vocal delivery is so good. I love the melodic phrase that begins ~1.55. Seems like it could be a different song. Great job! -Bjorn

You had me from the get go with that wet synth. Love the transition ~ 2:00. Overall very creative use of all those synths. Do you pick a sound at random and develop from there or do you have one in mind and find the one you need? -Bjorn

Really like this one. The vocal treatment fits the theme well and overall production is very good. -Bjorn

Jesse, I would suggest transposing the keyboard down an octave and bringing up the guitar volume. I like the guitar. Name of the song sounds like some kind of insecticide. -Bjorn

Wookie - I'm not familiar with the album Passion. Sounds intriguing enough to check out. Thx Jack C - I had to listen to it again and yeah I guess it is a bit spooky. Mark - Thanks. A song can be so-so but if you put it to a video somehow it sounds much better! Doug - Thanks. We went to the Louvre a couple of times. Amazingly huge museum and complicated to find things. We got lost several times. Jesse - Thanks. I think I'm getting pretty good at the special effects but the hard part is coming up with a visual story. Which I'm still working on. Makke - Thanks. Appreciate the comment.

I'm starting to really like DaVinci Resolve. Resolve has what they call the Fusion page for doing intricate effects, but I'm not using that here, just doing some easy effects similar to how they're done in Vegas. I used clips from our trip to Paris a few years ago and some clips I downloaded from Pixabay. Also, some images from NASA and I made some jpg images in Photoshop. There's no theme or anything. I just put in effects that I thought looked good. Thanks for listening/comments.

I love your lyrics John. Inner rhyming and pacing of the words is so poetic. I can almost hear it as a hip hop song too (sorry). Beautiful song my friend. -Bjorn

Mark, really good, really *professional* This is one of those songs that inspire me to try harder with my own songs. Makes you ask why isn't this guy famous? He should be. -Bjorn

This is very good. It just sounds like a traveling kind of song. Nice chord changes. Fit well with the song but they got a bit repetitive maybe? Voc started strong but seemed to get buried about 1/2 way thru. Just my opinion that's all. Great song. I enjoyed it. -Bjorn

Good song. I like it. I agree with John B above about EQ. Also I think you could drop the section 2:10 - 3:00. Just my 2 cents. -Bjorn

Makke, the title of the song and tune sounds maybe Japanese theme? But then you have the cool surf sound in there too. Well done. -Bjorn

I checked out Acustica a while ago but didn't get into it that far because it seemed kind of complicated to me. Have to say your mix sounds really good so no doubt it's worth the effort. Really like the song. -Bjorn

Wookie, very creative use of all those Arturia instruments and Cherry audio. And sounds like you had a lot of fun too. The beginning part really drew me in. Really liked how things developed after that. Good one. -Bjorn

This one goes in my Doug Kirby top 5 hits. Besides the solo guitar playing, I'm always impressed with how you do your accompanying tracks too. Just great. I saw a news report on NPR a while ago where they mentioned Westerly and I thought hey that sounds familiar. It had something to do with giving vaccines in Rhode Island and it featured your town. -Bjorn

Tom, very nice. Relaxing as all get out. Wasn't sure if that repetitive note was working for me but it fit right in there after a while. Kind of hypnotic actually. -Bjorn

Elephant in the Room I posted this song a few years ago in the old forum. I was never happy with it so I did it over and it's better now. I like the lyrics anyway. Thanks for listening/commenting. We all know no one's immune from the elephant in the room It's a fact of life but we don't think about it It's just sort of there At the edge a bit Once upon a time There was lots of time ahead I'll write that song This year you said You never got to it Other things to do The time is gone With nothing to show Does it really matter to write that song something to remember me After I'm gone Three am I'm staring at the ceiling There's a whisper in my ear The elephant is stirring I think about my life Lying there awake all that I remember are all of my mistakes I made a lot of choices I dwell on them again Playing back scenarios Of things I cannot change I've let some people down Need to make amends But I've burned all my bridges Never see them again What's it all about Something to ponder Is there any purpose Or nothing there I wonder existential musings in the daylight sobering reality in blackness of night Three am I'm staring at the ceiling I catch a glimpse of something The elephant is stirring Gray light of morning streams thru the blinds the elephant retreats into the shadows of my mind

Made some notes while listening Very good production - reverbs and delays sound great. Sounded a bit country in places. Love the chorus. Bass line - A+. Clear voc and blends well with instruments. Sounds pretty darn good to me. -Bjorn

Jack You have a lot going on in there and I like the overall sound. I just couldn't understand most of the lyrics and I wish I could. I'm thinking "Green Book" refers to the African-American travel guide from the 40s and 50's but I don't really know. -Bjorn

Thanks all! I appreciate the listens and comments -Bjorn

What's on the top shelf? I'll never know. ? Most fun song I've heard in a long time. Really well done and I hope you a lot of success. -Bjorn