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Dave,
Thanks - very appreciated.
Bob
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Bob,
I like this lighter side of your music. The flow of rhyme in verses and that really catchy chorus are highlights. This had me singing along and thinking- alt. charts hit single!
The high harmony works well ( something that might help wrap it around your lead: leave the track centred and use an imager to spread that voice.)
Very cool poetic pop!
Robert
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Great song, Bob.
Like others, I'm hearing shades of Roger McGuinn in both the vocal and the overall feel.
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Hi Bob ...
WOW! You just roll out one great song after another! What I really enjoyed about this is the mix of the vocal. You brought your voice quite a bit more forward in the mix than you usually do ... and it sounded terrific! That acoustic guitar just carries everything else.
Your vocal harmony was fantastic! For what it's worth, you could have also panned another duplicate of it slightly panned right. I think it would compliment the slightly left-panned harmony ... and maybe give the vocal treatment an extra touch! Just a thought.
A wonderfully crafted lyric. You have so much talent, my friend! Wishing you the best ...
Alan
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'rsdean'... I couldn't appreciate poetry until I began writing/composing my own songs. Before then, and particularly during high school, I thought most poetry was unnecessarily abstract and vague. Truth be told, I was just about on the Cat in the Hat level of poetic comprehension  . "Why not just get to the point?" I would complain whenever I encountered a poem I thought was too dense with words, and too heavily burdened with the weight of elusive literary imagery. But then, when I started creating songs, I had an insight: music could change the 'meaning' of lyrics from one listener's mind and heart to another's, from one generation to another, even. In general, I came to no longer regard most poetry as ambiguous, or difficult. From that point and on, it was easy for me to accept the words as being a different form of music, with their own rhythm, tempo, and 'feel'. That's the mindset in which I enjoyed the lyrics to your song, Blue Moon You. The emotion in the music didn't strictly define the subject of the song through the lyrics -- the lyrics took on whatever color of light the music threw upon them. Though I could venture the thought that your lyrics seem to describe some kind of loss (to me, at least), they could also describe the rush of a life's lived memories that allegedly occurs at the moment of death. They could illuminate the state of mind of someone who's contemplation of the heavens causes them to perceive the true, wonderful nature, the deepest, inner spirit of the one whom the bedazzled watcher of the night sky loves and adores, and on, and on, and on... ...which makes me think that music is the truest language as it moves the heart of the composer and the listener without words, and that words are our imperfect, often confusing and sometimes tortuous substitutions for trying to express how we feel...about the music What a conundrum, huh? Maybe that's what 'art' really is: the result of our attempts to reconcile the disparity between what we think, and how we feel. Glad I listened to your stimulating music and lyrics! You carried off your falsetto singing like a champ, and the Real Tracks gave the song a rolling, forward-moving feel with just a shade of melancholy. Sincerely, LOREN
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Janice & Bud,
As always, thank you - it is very appreciated.
Bob
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Awesome all around!
One line on the lyrics seems out of place "I needed to find her"
Everything else is written to 2nd person 'you', so I'm not sure who the "her" is referring to.
Again, great job.
Thanks for sharing.
James
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A great tune. I liked the Roger McGwinn 12 string guitar effect. Byrds/Buffalo Springfield sound that the world of music today should rediscover. Enjoyed my listen a lot. Top grade vocals and harmonies.
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Very lovely poetic and wistfully romantic imagery in the lyrics is perfectly carried by the feather light arrangement and catchy melody. I like especially the chorus melody, because it reminds me of a song by a Finnish artist, and that song got inspiration from Mr. Tambourine Man... interesting thing is also that this is the third song on this forum I have noticed similarity with the same song, even the night theme matches here. But you really make that melody your own and with the straightforward approach, this has strong hit potential.
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Great song and such a wonderful production! Love it, Bob!
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Bob,
Dang, man, this is just unbelievably good . . . I mean, really unbelievably good! Such a great melody with catchy hooks, all accentuated by those internal rhymes and your usual crisp production. Brilliant stuff—for me, an instant favorite!
OUTSTANDING!
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David, I appreciate that!
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Robert,
Thanks for listening and the great comments.
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