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Mesmerized Kind of minimalist so best if listened to just before bedtime. Like other songs I've written this one uses an arpeggiated bell sound with a bit of delay. Don't know why but it's really trippy, at least it seems that way to me. I mostly like the way it came out but seems like it needs something more? Thanks for listening/commenting. -Bjorn

What Jesse said. Agreed. Beautiful song and performance. -Bjorn

Kevin, good job on the song. Having the listener interpret the lyrics is a great technique. Kind of like a Rorschach test I suppose. -Bjorn

The up and down notes make me picture a bird slowly flapping its wings as it soars overhead. Nicely done Wookie. -Bjorn

Brightened my day. Thanks -Bjorn

Great job on creating such a dreamy mood. Thoroughly enjoyed it and I didn't notice the 8 min length. But if I had to offer a suggestion I'd say it needs a stronger chorus.The verses stayed with me after the song was over but I was missing the thing that ties it all together, maybe just a phrase with a stronger hook, something like that. Just one man's opinion. -Bjorn

Rex, when you said your songs sometimes sound the same I thought of Paul McCartney's Silly Love Songs and his "what's wrong with that" lyrics. So there you go. I agree with Andy about the panned guitar effect which kind of took me out of it. The rest is top notch as usual. -Bjorn

Jeff, that's pretty amazing! In addition to the finished product and the music, I like how you showed how the printing is done - good camera work there. -Bjorn

Steve, a fun song. I like the vocal treatment, cadence and story line. The AI images look pretty good too but have to mention the 6 fingers on the guy ~2:00. -Bjorn

Thanks Larry. I really like more exotic scales like Middle East and some Asian scales. And esp whatever scale the Spanish guitar uses. Very mysterious sound to them.

Thanks Jack Nigel, I bought the library years ago on sale and finally got around to using it. I have a lot of stuff like that. lol Wookie, yeah I thought the saz was a little loud but I'm never sure since my hearing has been steadily going downhill lately. Appreciate the comment. Noynekker Thank you!

Steve, you really know how to hit the emotions with your voice, lyrics and delivery. Very well done (again). Enjoyed it a lot. -Bjorn

Space Trouble Electronic genre with some old B movie dialog interspersed here and there. Thanks for listening/commenting -Bjorn

Hard to watch and hard to realize that events like this actually happened. Not sure why you're concerned about political correctness? Great lyrics and you made them fit the video well. Looks like the soldiers are marching along to the beat. Only connection I have with WW2 is that I have a relative who helped rebuild destroyed cities in Belgium. -Bjorn

The vocalist is from EastWest's Voices of the Empire library. ( www.soundsonline.com/vocals/voices-of-the-empire) Thanks for commenting. -Bjorn

Euphrates Middle East instruments from NI Middle East library Female vocals from EastWest Voices of the Empire Thanks for listening/comments

Right on lyrics and sentiment. There have been so many protest songs over the years, you kind of wish the people in charge would take them to heart. -Bjorn

Terry, I remember I really liked your previous songs and was looking forward to listening to this one, but I just can't get it to play on Amazon, not even a 30 sec clip. -Bjorn

Hi Larry, the newer version has a lot more presence to it, maybe because of better reverb use or something. I'm not much of an audio engineer, but I can tell when something sounds better! Good job. -Bjorn

Thanks Jack tho I don't know about Depeche Mode ? Thanks Makke I appreciate the comment.

Yeah, I can identify with the lyrics. Very original use of synths in the background. -Bjorn

Paul, Your voice really fits the genre nicely. Great tune and arrangement too. And you have a knack with lyric phrases that stand out- "worn out make up and worn out shoes" "a few miles on the clock" Love it. Great work on this. -Bjorn

This is really good! Love that kind of Americana/country-bluesy music and the video looks great. You've probably already found these free video sites, but if you haven't here are a couple that I use: pixabay.com pexels.com and the prelinger archives has some unusual stuff. I recognized a couple of video clips in yours that I've used in the past. Great minds... --Bjorn

Hydra, a Tangerine Dream like track Thanks for listening/comments

Hi Wookie, I got some nice visuals of a swooping, diving gull so I think you succeeded nicely in describing its flight in sounds. -Bjorn