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..and we fought day and night

Definitely a guy song. Listening with headphones the mix sounds very good although I thought the bass could come up a little. To be incredibly nit picky, the word "baby" in the chorus threw me off. Didn't seem like you'd sing this to a woman. Excellent musicianship. Love the harp. Love the burp.

Amad Very nice. It's great to escape the prison by making music and sharing it.

Sounds very good to me. Great keyboard playing.

Impressive production on the song esp the vocal. Really like the bass. The drums are a bit too up front IMO. Great job.

kloon, thanks for commenting David, I didn't intend it to be a sad song. It's just rambling musings while staring at the ceiling at 2am and kind of open to interpretation. Doug, thanks. I ran the voc through FabFilter Saturn which added a little more character to my voice. I need all the help I can get.

Every Now and Then Gettin' philosophical in my old age. Lyrics below -------------------------------- every now and then you hear of a tragedy makes you stop and think could have happened to me and you tell yourself again the years have passed too fast you're gonna live today as if it is your last and when the trouble passes like they always do resolutions made always fade away too return into your world of fabricated scenes surrender to distractions yield to comfortable routine there are people you can lean on but at the end you know at the end you go on down go down that old road alone Every now and then you reflect on where you've been you were there every moment but you barely remember a thing and you tell yourself again the years have passed too fast you're gonna live today as if it is your last but the world keeps telling you another payment is due fill the hours of your life for the means to get you through return into your world of fabricated scenes surrender to distractions yield to comfortable routine there are people you can lean on but at the end you know at the end you go on down go down that old road alone

Your song hit the happy button in my brain, just what I needed. The lyrics maybe weren't intended that way but the overall sound just came together to set that mood. Very well done.

Doug, One of your best. What really made the song imo is that very catchy groove in the background and the "hip hip hooray" that says a lot in just 3 words. 2 thumbs up!

Ten seconds in and I'm thinking soundtrack to Lord of the Rings or something similarly epic. A stirring theme as all get out. What I like is the melodic elements that make it more than new age ambient and much more listenable. I was a little surprised to see Realivox Blue in there, a VST that I own but have never used (yet). Great job on this!

Freddy You could try pixabay.com You can download videos for free but they ask for a credit (which is optional. ) Sorry, I missed this when you asked a couple of weeks ago.

You can likely change the aspect ratio somewhere in the menu. You'd want 16:9 which should give you a HD video (1920x1080) which works well on YT. I would use a portable digital audio recorder instead of the phone's audio. Just don't make a vertical video! ?

Love it! Seemed like some really tricky passages in there (32nd notes?) You made it look easy. ?

Mark, that was..beautiful. I don't have any suggestions for you except maybe post some more like this one.

I really enjoyed this esp ~3:20 with the sax and that really cool drum beat. A+

Thanks all for taking the time to listen and comment. And thanks for verifying the melody sounds original.

Freddy I know exactly what you mean. I haul our trash can out for its weekly pickup and it always seems that I just did that chore yesterday. Really nice bluesy guitar work. Love that sound.

Anders, I used to listen to that song over and over back when it was on vinyl. You did a great job on the cover, even sounding a bit like Dylan. Your cabin in the woods looks like a great place to make music but maybe a little too cold to be playing guitar outside? ☺️

An all around wonderful song.

Really good song. I like lyrics that are up to the listener to interpret, which I did. The voc needs to be brought up a lot more IMO.

Doug, the song came across as bluesy to me (and with that title it should be ?) This one goes to the top 5 of your songs posted here. Well done. Would be cool to hear you play some fingerpicking traditional blues if you're into that.

Early Evening This started out as an attempt at classical genre but I just couldn't get it to work. So it's a mixture of synths that sound like something from an orchestra and a clarinet from the Spitfire BBC orchestra. I like the main melody but it sounds kind of familiar to me. Just wondering if anyone recognizes it from anywhere? Maybe I'm plagiarizing an old song of mine that I don't remember? Thanks for listening/commenting.

Wookie, I don't have furry paws and I can't play as well as that. Just love that slow blues style of chill. Excellent!

Yeah very laid back track with variations on a theme. The change up ~2:00 didn't quite work for me but just my opinion. Overall quite nice. Enjoyed it.

Paul Excellent production and performance. Radio ready and I mean that. Is that a little glitch ~3:18 or is that my declining hearing playing tricks on me?