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Douglas I made a few notes while listening: All your songs have that ready for radio sound to it. Seemed like you could raise the key maybe a tone. I was waiting for more of a hook in the chorus to differentiate it from the verse. Actually I wanted more melodic element in the whole song, but I'm starting to recognize that's just me. Cool drum track. Excellent guitars as always. I'm using your tracks (and some others) to learn about accompaniments.

Bob Aunt Betty liked the song a lot and that made the whole project worthwhile. ramscapri Thank you. Appreciate the listen and comment Douglas Thanks. Aunt Betty doesn't paint anymore because of her health, but in her time she was one of the best. Tom Thanks. Appreciate the comment. Gary The only kind of feeling I can express in my guitar playing is the happiness I feel when hitting the right note.

Thanks David. Yeah, the guitars are all VSTs, mostly played into Cakewalk via keyboard and many edits in PRV. Vir2 Acou6tics and RealGuitar

An Artist I made this video for my wife's aunt Betty on the occasion of Betty's 90th birthday. Betty is an accomplished artist so I put together a few of her paintings and used a poem she had written years ago for the lyrics. I had intended this to be a sing-along kind of a thing at her birthday party so the lyrics are superimposed on the video. Thanks for any watching/listening.

Jesse Big thumbs up. Freddy expressed pretty much what I was thinking, esp about the rhythm and lead guitar parts.

Bob Really cool intro. Love the sound you get out of that guitar. I know I've said it before but the whole production just sounds so professional.

Paul Wow. Best song I've heard from you. Kind of old school pop tune. After listening for a while I was thinking that right here would be a perfect spot for strings, and there they were. Love the melody - it's stuck in my head now, probably all day. (That's a good thing.)

Promising tune. I think it does need to be slowed down just a bit or you could rewrite the lyrics using fewer words. The guitar part is really nice.

Lovely sound. Excellent reverb/delays and pitch bends. Gave me a nice floating feeling.

Very playful fun tune. I would try slowing down the tempo a bit and putting in a delay on the main instrument, synced to the host maybe 1/8. And when that doesn't work I'd go back to the original track. ? It does sound a little Asian, just a hint. Would be educational to find out what scale you're using.

FJ, Tom Thanks for listening and for commenting Leizer I love Maj7 chords! But I didn't realize I'd put one in there. The creepy voice is one of the presets in u-he Zebra (agemo) Steve Yeah I guess that is Toccata and Fugue influenced. What else you gonna play on a pipe organ?

Douglas I checked out your Soundclick page and listened to a few more of your songs (you have a lot of songs!) and I found myself wanting to hear a little more variety. You've nailed that rock/pop genre and I like everything you've done there, but it would be cool to hear, for example, a 12 bar blues number from you. Just something a little different.

John I was trying to imagine what it was like to record that song during the grieving process. Not sure I could do it. Kudos to you for having the strength to so. I thought the vocal was quite good actually and not rough at all.

Definitely not what I usually listen to, but I did like it once I got into it, that didgeridoo (?) sound especially. You can make some creative sounds with Native Instruments Absynth or Reaktor (Prism, Razor, etc) which might be of interest to you.

Great video and song! You had me smiling the whole way through.

Coolest thing NASA has ever done, except for all those images of galaxies and stuff. Hey, Ian Anderson is still alive

I made a few small changes to the Halloween song I posted last year. Now it's 50% more scary! Thx for comments.

Kenny I enjoyed listening to your song quite a lot. To me it has that melancholic homesick mood to it which you captured quite well. I downloaded the backing track you mentioned and I'm going to play around with it. Also, in the SC photo, are you standing in front of a mural somewhere in Portland, OR? Pretty sure I've seen that somewhere.

Tim Kind of classical meets space music? I can hear a story developing right from the start, complete with dramatic pauses. Love the interplay of instruments as the melody develops.

Lynn I was starting to wonder where you went! Glad you're back with another thought provoking tune. That little piano run works really well between the phrases. The more I listened the more I liked the arrangement of the song too. Well done Lynn.

amiller A busy mix but it works. The change-ups surprised me and that's a good thing. And again, great guitar work.

Rik Love that slow blues style. I think you squeezed every ounce of expressiveness possible out of that guitar! Really really nice. Wish you all the best.

Sorry, that wasn't quite right what I said. I meant the creator, Paul Schilling, used Arturia Jup-8 V and Modular V, to create the sounds for Analog Lab. I have Arturia's latest Collection and find myself using Modular most of the time. It's really good at getting that spacey TD, Klaus Schulze kind of sound.

David The horns sound really good, like the real thing to my ears. I thought you got the dynamics and expressiveness down. Hard to do with brass (I've tried) Well I don't understand how the piece is inventive but I'm just the listener. If I were the composer and really into classical I'd likely appreciate all the nuances. Wondering how it would sound as a guitar solo which you say it was originally. You're probably aware of websites where you can download public domain classical mid files. Here's one I've used: kunstderfuge.com

Eve The song just sounds good to me over all. Very professional. Couldn't make out most of the lyrics but that's probably just me.