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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

Hi Freddy, Always reassuring to hear someone else expressing something that you're also concerned about. Nice job. -Bjorn

Very nice Markku. Just the essentials well played. -Bjorn

I like the way it is so can't think of anything to improve the song, Nicely done the way you started the song simply then gradually added on the layers. -Bjorn

I got this image last night near Portland. You can't see the colors with the naked eye but a 5 second exposure with adjustable camera brings them out.

Nigel, another outstanding music video. You must have some video production team working with you? I like the theme of this one, that everyone has done something in the past they're not proud of - at least that's the way I took it. Nice job. -Bjorn

Wasn't sure if you wrote the music first and then the lyrics or v.v. Either way great negotiating the bouncy music as Kevin stated. And yeah it does seem to fit in with Nigel's latest. -Bjorn

The guitar sounds really good as do the drums. The vocal fits in nicely. Yeah a bit Pink Floyd but that's okay. -Bjorn

Nice studio! Promising track that needs to be developed some more. I can usually find some good presets in Pigments too. -Bjorn

Hi Lynn, Vocal stands out nicely as does the background accompaniments which you do so well. I was expecting the chorus a little earlier but that's just me. Well done. -Bjorn

I don't believe I've ever heard that spooky sine wavey thing before in the intro. Great transition to Berlin school! Liked that a lot. Great job on this one Wookie. -Bjorn

Hey Steve, hearing your wonderful cover of this song brought back a lot of memories, some bad but mostly good. I checked out some of your other covers and I'm impressed by your talent and your not so common song subjects eg Willoughby. -Bjorn

Ecstasy. (Hope that's not a forbidden word around here.) Ashokan Farewell does it to me every time. https://youtu.be/uZmxZThb084?si=wLmAv2RZHEDqo3mX

Studio One 6.6 hangs when I open a project with Diva so I had to roll back SO to previous version. Apparently Scaler doesn't work either per Presonus forum discussion. U-He has updated version of Diva. I haven't tried it yet. https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=603439

Excellent work on this! -Bjorn

Lynn, I always listen to your songs several times to appreciate the accompanying bits you do so well (and maybe steal them ?) No exception here and I agree with Daryl about the chorus which is still playing in my head hours later. Great job. -Bjorn