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Hello, Tom

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
Many thanks for listening to the both versions.
I am really glad you like my vocalist.
I am always very encouraged by your nice words.

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Hello, Robert

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am always very encouraged by your nice words.
And many thanks for listening to the both versions many times.
I also much appreciate your compliments to my group.
They are Yamaha teachers, and at the same time they are top level players.
They played this performance with almost first look of my score.

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Hello, Lawrence

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
Many thanks for listening to the both versions.
I am really glad you like my vocalist and arrangement.
I am always very encouraged by your nice words.

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Hello, Josie

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
Many thanks for listening to the both versions.
I am really glad you like this tune and my arrangement.
And I much appreciate your compliment for my vocalist.

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Hi Shigeki

Thank you for bringing such beautiful music to the forum.
Both versions are quite delicious but I feel the the live version is a little more sympathetic to the music and to the vocalist somehow.
However I'm not a technical person and enjoyed both immensely.

Cheers.

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Hello, Peter

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
Many thanks for listening to the both versions.
I am really glad you like this tune.
I am always very encouraged by your nice words.

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Hello, Janne

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am always very encouraged by your nice words.
And many thanks for listening to the both versions many times.
I also much appreciate your compliments to my vocalist.

To write the string arrangement is a big fun for me.
I strongly recommend that you try once to write the string allengement.
I think you will surely succeed in it, because you always write good melody lines.

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Hello, Charlie

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I much appreciate your really nice comments and continuous supports.
Many thanks for listening to the both versions.
And I also much appreciate your comment to the lyrics, which were written by KIYOTON, whom I met on the website of Piapro, the developer of the vocaloid Miku.

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Hello, Torrey

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I much appreciate it.
I am really glad you like this tune.
I am always very encouraged by your nice words.

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Hello, Ember

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am always very encouraged by your nice words.
I am really glad you like this tune.
Many thanks for your compliments to my vocalist.
And I also much appreciate your deep analysis between the vocalist and lyrics.
I am very happy if this song echoed in your heart after overcoming the language barrier.

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Hello, LPman

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
Many thanks for listening to the both versions.
I am really glad you like this tune and my arrangement.
And I much appreciate your compliment for my vocalist.
My parents also had a cabinet stereo equipment with the sliding door.
I used to listen to various American LP records on the equipment when I was a child .

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Hello, Alan

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am always very encouraged by your nice words.
Many thanks for listening to the both versions.
I am really glad you like this tune and my arrangement.
And I much appreciate your compliment for Yoko's vocal.

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Hello, Richard

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
Many thanks for listening to the both versions.
I am really glad you like this tune and my arrangement.
The vocalist recorded this song accompanied with the live version, the same vocal track was diverted to the RT version.
Maybe that is the reason you feel the the live version is a little more sympathetic to the music and to the vocalist.
Or perhaps the live performance may be slightly more human-friendly.

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Shigeki, it’s nearly impossible to add anything to all the wonderful responses you have received for this tune (both versions).

We listened to both and they are equally beautifully produced. The instrumental and vocal performances are lovely and so well recorded. The mix sounds like each track has its place yet all work together to present a gorgeous soundstage.

We appreciate you sharing these productions with us!

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Our albums and singles are on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Pandora and more.
If interested search on Janice Merritt. Thanks!
A few of our videos are here on our website: https://www.janiceandbud.com/our-music.html
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Shigeki,

Wow. This is absolutely gorgeous. I love your melodies and arrangements.

The vocals are incredible.

I am a huge fan of yours.

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Shigeki Adachi,

Another professional track you produced here. Cool musical arrangement and beautiful vocals.
A very distinctive atmosphere we've come to like very much.

Rob & Anne-Marie


We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1gsdNLE7_Gy8qavoOplQow/videos
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Hello, Janice & Bud

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am always very encouraged by your nice words.
Many thanks for listening to the both versions.
I am really glad you like this tune and my vocalist.
I really like this saxophone solo that was generated by BIAB.
And I always appreciate my lyricists, vocalists and other colleagues to make music.

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Hello, David

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
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I am really glad to hear you love my melodies and arrangements.
And I much appreciate your compliment for the vocals.

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Hello, Rob & Anne-Marie

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am always very encouraged by your nice words.
I am especially glad to hear your words "A very distinctive atmosphere we've come to like very much."

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