Originally Posted By: Birchwood
Hi Noel,

That is a very nice song. I really liked it. And I hear (almost) every time when you sing the voice of Robin Gibb (Bee Gees). I know you don't know who he is, but still you sound like him.

It's so nice doing a song with just a few instruments, like the piano and the mandolin. The last one is becoming increasingly populair. I hear it in a lot of songs, use it myself (or variations like the mandola. It is a very good instruments for soft songs.

So I think you have done a good job with making this song with those nice lyrics. I now use them to ease my two young cats. And they listen!!! One just fell asleep in front of my pc, not far from the keyboard (true).

Have a nice day,
Hans

Hi Hans,

It's great to see you. Thanks for passing through the thread!

And thank you lots for mentioning Robin Gibb. If there is a singer I'd be proud to emulate, it is he. Seriously!

I don't know if you are aware or not but the brothers Gibb, while they were born on the Isle of Mann in the British Isles, they grew up in Queensland, Australia. As a result, their early songs were sailing around our airwaves long before the boys became an international sensation.

It's not good audio/video quality but the clip below shows the boys singing Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" in 1963 (when they were still students). The show is 'Brian Henderson's Bandstand' and it is a local program that was really popular throughout the 60s. The singing starts are around 1:00 into the clip.



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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjbVNNXjOzk

Of all the Bee Gees, it was Robyn whose singing always captured my imagination. When I was a teenager, I used to look forward to hearing him sing his lead sections smile

Thank you for a great review and for making my day. Although I first read your post a little while ago, you still made me smile big-time all over again right now!

Thanks again,
Noel

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