Originally Posted By: bluage
Dear "Noel96"...

"I Like Walking Beside You" is such a simple title that one easily could overlook the pure, child-like wonderfulness of it!

You consistently (and seemingly quite effortlessly) produce songs with the most exuberantly optimistic lyrics describing both the sublime and the more overt pleasures of being in loving relationships with others. In a metaphorical way I regard them as little fists of hope being shaken defiantly and directly in the face of bitter cynicism, apathy, and lack of faith in our collective ability to make this world a much, much better place than it sometimes seems to be. God bless you for offering up to us such serene musical visions of the elements of true happiness!

The addition of a fiddle solo atop the lush and sophisticated-sounding bossa nova rhythm I think was a startling and novel musical move that caught me so off-guard that I could only shake my head and smile at the sheer, creative inspiration of it.

I'm super-glad I gave it a listen. Good luck to you, sir.

LOREN

Hi Loren,

Thank you for taking so much time to listen and to put your thoughts down. I'm really grateful to gain your insights.

I love the way you write. Your use of metaphor, analogy and simile is very engaging for the reader. No wonder your lyrics are so good!

The fiddle was nothing more (or less, for that matter) than luck. I simply filtered the Realtracks so that only those with a bpm of 85 showed and I went through the soloists one by one until I found a Realtrack that I liked. I was just as amazed as you that a country fiddle track worked so well in a Tin Pan Alley styled song based on the bossanova.

One thing that I learned a long time ago is that one should always try every possibility when it comes to RTs. Often the musical interplay that's created between using mixed genres is very effective.

Once again, thank you for taking the time,
Noel

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