Originally Posted By: Janice & Bud
Pat,The superlatives have all been grabbed but I'll give it a shot smile Like others have said one of the first things Janice and I noted was the feedback and the mic clapping. That put us in the festival mood from the get go. All kinds of things ran through my head while watching. I couldn't help but immediately be reminded of the first time I saw Sam at very early festival around 1971-2 playing with Tony Rice in the Bluegrass Alliance band. Then several of the white
furred squirrels from the Brevard NC area came across the stage clogging (I'm sober!).


Omigosh Bud and Janice, you just done MADE MY DAY! Thanks for taking time to write such a long an interesting review! I love the part about the Brevard squirrels!


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I finally got the head cleaned out and went back for some more views. As so many have said the attention to detail really stands out. We noticed something we'd missed each time we watched it. Anybody interested in the festival scene, or bluegrass or Merlefest (or all three) is gonna love this. It's been said but, yes, you NAILED it.


It's interesting that the audio folks zeroed in on the audio details... oddly enough the feedback I got on the animation forum was that they were disappointed by the LACK of details! (They're looking for graphical and special effects details, because that's how they grade one another's videos... and in that arena, this is pretty substandard)

Most of them rip their sound tracks from movies and TV shows, and they completely missed the fact that this video included original music. But what the heck. To them it lacked the details they value in their own videos. Interesting. In summary, I REALLY appreciate the kind words from you and many others in this forum!

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There's a world of things to love here. The thought and hard work paid off -- big time!

your background in Bluegrass positions you to see the video as an insider, and I have to admit that is unabashedly full of insider references that many people may not even notice.

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And then there's the "gappy and happy" rhyme. You ain't gonna here that very often. In fact it might be the first time in the known universe!

KUDOS!!

J&B


Thanks for commenting on that! Before starting, I picked up a pencil and pad and started writing what Floyd might call "picture words" that I might weave into the lyrics. Picture words for squirrels include such things as "fuzzy" "gappy front teeth" etc, and in retrospect you see how that panned out when I needed a rhyme for "bluegrass" and "happy". LOL

You are not only kind and wonderful friends, but you are also an inspiration to me and I would guess many others here on the forum! Your recent collaboration with Greg is one of my new favorites... I'd pay money for that song! It's been said before but y'all should be famous!

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ey71h8ep047758h/AAC12jNM0Hz9Q8zsh5iDeqNHa?dl=0