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Don't think I've ever heard an autotune effect around here lately, but I thought it worked pretty well. Ms. de la Cruz is an excellent vocalist and her performance is quite enjoyable. I thought the video was very well done and I wouldn't be surprised to see it moving up a Billboard list one of these days.

Kenny Very smooth playing. I liked it a lot.

Jesse They seemed about the same to me. Love the eerie mood of the song. Somewhere in there it reminded me of the guitar in The End by the Doors.

John You write the sincerest lyrics of anyone I know and it's pretty obvious that you're passionate about your convictions. But when you create something and you put it out there you have to know that not everyone will like it. So you just move on. No need to apologize or feel embarrassed. I thought the video/slideshow was very well done and the instrumental sections very effective (eg 2:30) in stirring up the emotions. I didn't get the lyrics though. The song was either about 9/11 or about abuse of the flag or are you inferring a connection between the two topics? Flag burning brings up images of Vietnam War protests in the 60s to me. Haven't been hearing about people being told to take their flag display down, but maybe I'm not paying attention to current events? So I think it would make a better story to stick with one topic. You had mentioned somewhere that one of those hijacked planes was heading for a nuclear reactor which is something that I'd never heard about. A story about the passengers on that flight would be epic. Just one man's opinion and not meant to evaluate anyone's worth as a human being.

Don't need lyrics when you can say it with music. Excellent and heartfelt playing.

This is such an excellent cover of a great song. Can't think of any way you could improve on it. Bacco is the very definition of crooner.

Beautiful, just beautiful.

Very pleasant and relaxing. Not sure how I'd categorize it but seems to me it would make a nice travelogue soundtrack.

LadyFT - Thanks for the pause suggestion. Kind of wish I'd thought of that before posting the song. Martins - thank you Lynn - glad you liked it. Sometimes I wish I had fewer choices of sounds to pick from. Gets overwhelming at times. John B - Vangelis is known more for the Blade Runner soundtrack. I have a Vangelis tribute library which sounds too much like his work unless you mess with the filters and such. msmcleod - yep.

Paul, amiller, Freddy, Tom and Kakku Thank you and esp to kakku for the extra kind words.

Nicely done and a fun listen. The world needs more upbeat songs like this!

Paul A lovely sad song, well played and sung. That guitar intro is great and the accompaniment is perfect. Here and there the timing seemed off like you're straying a bit from 4/4? Not that it matters that much, just something I noticed. Thanks for posting. Never heard of Beltromi before.

Beautiful melody and a great transition at 1:05. I played the song about 5 times already. I wasn't sure about those string section staccato hits (don't know exact terminology here) which seemed to come in on different beats each measure. I don't know, just seemed distracting to me. And I thought the bass could be brought up a bit. This is a lovely song and I really like it.

Lynn I think the mix is very well balanced. Also nice and clear such that the listener can distinctly hear all the instruments and vocal. Well done there. Great video too. I know how hard it can be to find clips you need!

https://soundcloud.com/orygun/tranquility Kind of a cross between Vangelis and Heavenly Music Corporation. Thanks for listening.

Hey I know that guy! Great arrangement as usual. I don't think I could get those instruments to work together so well. I gave up on VocalSynth but gonna have to give it another try after hearing what you came up with.

Those darn banshees night after night. Pretty cool story - the breathing leading into tortured sleep and told in synthesized sounds. I'm not familiar with the Roland Space Echo thing but excellent use of those Arturia instruments.

I can certainly relate to the lyrics Freddy. I think this is one of your top five songs, if not the best. And I always like the photos that go with the song titles.

Studio One 4.5 gets stuck on plugin scan for me and others. I tried following some suggestions on the Presonus site but didn't work. Did a system restore to prev version and all is good.

"Come on Down and see my Pharm" is the catchiest phrase I've heard in a long time. Can't get it out of my head.

Douglas I just keep repeating myself after listening to your music. Great song and great performance and I wish you all the success you deserve.

Yeah, this version is better than the first and a huge step in the right direction. I think your voice sounds just fine and you should bring it out more.

Wookiee Nice one. I really like it. I just bought Arturia V Collection 7 and I've been playing around with the Modular synth a bunch trying for that nice Berlin school kind of sound, like you're doing. Good stuff.

Leadfoot and Douglas Thank you for the comments John B My birth certificate says I'm 72 but if I didn't know that I'd guess 18.

The lyrics belong in more of a ballad genre so I think a simpler arrangement would be better, maybe just the piano with a string pad and bg vocals. I like the piano intro and the fill at 1:25 BTW. The vocal is too quiet at this point so hard to comment on that. It's a promising start for sure. Just one man's opinion. I know what you mean about recording and re-recording vocals to fix a few bad spots. Often it sounds different because something changed in the environment or the recording level isn't the same, etc. Melodyne is great but sometimes it introduces artifacts like clicks or weird transitions and then you have to fix those things.