Barry Seymour

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That's very kind of you, Valdemar. The emotions are what it's all about. Thank you.

Very kind, thanks. Means a lot.

Thanks. I had an Electro-Voice ND-457 microphone from the '80s that just died last year, my heart was broken until I bought a new one. Not the same model but similar, an ND96. it's great for recording just about anything.

Thank you, Steve. I always consider it a mark of success if somebody thinks a song or situation I wrote about actually happened to me. I mean, maybe it did years ago, but it tells me that I'm hitting the target, making it real. Thank you so much.

Here's the final...

Thank you, very kind. I'm playing with the volume on the cellos to achieve the effect you describe. Whether I can vary the timbre or expression remains to be seen, but I'll look into it. Good thought.

Strings are BBC Orchestra, free version. For this song I just used cellos, ala Harry Chapin. I tried to keep it light, sounding like just one or two playing. I really like how it ended up. Thanks for the kind words.

I've been out of commission for a bit, but I'm back. Thoughts and recommendations welcome. EDIT: Final Track! EDIT AGAIN: Here's the video!

Dining room. Not kitchen. Dining room. I'm not an animal. 😁 (Thanks)

I would love to work with actual musicians, especially a drummer, but that would involve resources, time, equipment and space that I simply do not have available to me at present. I work from the dining room table, and break down when I'm done so I can make dinner for the family. I tried getting a drummer friend of mine set up to collaborate online a few years ago, but he had the same constraints. And setting up to record drums is NOT trivial, as they say in the computer biz. But thank you so much for the kind words! - Bear

Jeezo Pete! Those are NOT cheap! I guess I'm gratified and flattered to sound good on such fancy hardware!

Final song is out! You can hear this and all my songs at www.youtube.com/@barryseymourmusic

It's, uh, quantized, yeah, that's it. Quantized. I quantized it. Left a little humanity in there, that's it. That's the ticket.😉

Thanks, Gary. I think this is one of my better ones.