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I looked up HookPad and I see it's a tool for writing music (looks like a good program). Seemed to work pretty well and the song is nice to listen to but it just seems a bit meandering to me. Just needs to be steered toward a more structured theme. But as always just my opinion. Thanks for posting.

Really like the chorus (and the rest of the song) - sounds 60s pop to me. As usual guitar is excellent.

I listened to a few of the preview tracks. Sounds promising, Bill. Good luck with it.

Freddy, Reminds me of when I lived in southern Calif for a while. Surf City and all that. Very well done. You got the guitar sound down all right and the performance is excellent. This would work perfectly in a video.

Nigel As usual the production is top notch, the song and video. Something good comes out of the lockdown.

Thanks tom and David David, I just found out what 1312 was all about and now there's 322 ?

It does sound like a journey, almost like a military march. Very nice driving beat to the dramatic ending. I like it.

Gary Somehow I missed this the first time around. Powerful stuff here! Your voice is exceedingly good and I like the real emotion you put into it (maybe inadvertently when caught up in the lyrics?) The piano (by Simeon - excellent) and strings, the chord changes all of it merge to hit that emotional spot inside.

Another day of noodling with synths. Also I have a bunch of swooshes and sweeps lying around the desktop so I put some of those in instead of actual musical content. Omnisphere Air Loom u-He Diva and Zebra Alchemy Z3TA2+ Thanks for any comments/crits.

Very nice. The vocal styling is good and I like the synthy doodles here and there. About the only thing that stood out to me was that some track levels were a bit too loud and kind of stifled the voc. Good job on this one.

I'm not only impressed by your playing but also how you structure your songs. I'm guessing you've had some formal training in music?

Rex You have such a pleasing voice that it's a treat listening to your songs. Saying that though, I thought the voc stood out too much in spots or maybe the instruments need to come up some. The lyrics are good but they got too repetitive IMO. Aside from those nits I did enjoy listening to the song.

Yay! Another convert.

This is one of those instruments you might use one time, but still it's kinda cool. Introductory offer $69 until Aug 18 then $99. Kontakt player. https://soundiron.com/collections/new-releases/products/didgeridoos

Very well done. Sounds professional to me. I see that you used Izotope Nectar and Mix Assistant which I have but haven't used yet. Sounds like it worked very well here. Gonna try it out next project. I like the guitar and organ accompaniment and the emotion behind the words. The song is kind of laid back until ~4:45 when the intensity notched up. I was expecting that a bit earlier. Just my preference. I'm a lyrics guy and pay attention to words. Excuse me for asking, but what were the lyrics ~ 0:40? "<something> much for nothing" It's so satisfying to create something and love the way it turned out like you've done here.

Well I'm a casual fan of Genesis so not familiar with this piece. I didn't get an impression of the drums so much as the keyboard playing, which is excellent. Will be great to hear the full version.

Yep, something sinister going on here. I think it works, but maybe too much going on in a couple of spots? I picked up Spitfire BBC orchestra recently and thinking about doing a project like this. Wondering if you can suggest any resources to get started? Thanks.

Not a video but seeing pictures of this rock climber gives me vertigo https://imgur.com/gallery/3dKGUm3

I really like the melody and the sincere lyrics. You're going to have to top yourself every anniversary from now on you know. ?

For a blues song, you had me smiling throughout. You have a truly unique voice that fits the genre well. Not sure if you've posted in the songs forum before, but would be cool to hear more from you.

We'll have none of that either!

>>screw it, I'm just going to call it done << This is how I finish most of my songs. The pedal steel was a really good choice I like the upbeat lyrics which are clear and distinct in the mix. The bass seemed a bit "rumbly" in headphones and I thought the drums could use some fattening. Good job on the song. I enjoyed listening to it.

Nice one, Jesse You made me do the math. Looks like I'm in late September/early October. Yikes.

Man I love this blues style especially when played so well as you've done. I've been teaching myself some Mississippi John Hurt songs (My Creole Bell, Satisfied and Tickled Too) and struggling a bit. You've given me some inspiration!

If you're witnessing an active shooting, a major fire, explosion, train wreck or things like that, would you please rotate your phone 90 degrees for your video? The horizontal orientation looks much better on my computer monitor and TV screen. Thank you.