I like this style of Irish/Scottish music. Very nice. Here in NC we have or had, (don't hear of him playing around much recently) a superb musician by name of Mike Cross. Mike was a fiddler, and guitarist. He took the stage alone.... and played the Celtic music and folk music and sang his story songs... like a historian of music. Look him up on Youtube. Lots of covers so look for the original Mike Cross....

Nits:

There's a major chord in there that doesn't fit. Because you play it as a minor.... change to a different chord and then return but the second time it's major.... just doesn't fit. This occurs throughout the song and is very distracting, musically.

The beginning VST instruments are stiff sounding. It's possible to make them sound more realistic but that takes time and effort to add the articulations that a live player would impart to the part. Midi makes it sound too "perfect" and "abrupt:.... a wind instrument fades in and out with a certain attack and decay... midi is ON... OFF.... instantly. Sometimes reverb can help this, other times short volume envelopes are the trick. Also edit the notes to vary slightly in their timing...delay the start a few milliseconds or use a "humanize/randomize" midi function. All this is tedious but adds realism to the music.

The singer's voice fits this perfectly. Yes.. the song is really long but yeah... that is common with the old style songs.... verse after verse.

All in all, I enjoyed this tune.

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