Originally Posted By: PeterF
Hans

I liked it. The fiddle sounded very good in context. Nice strong engaging vocal and a good set of chord changes.

Nice work all round.

Peter


Hello Peter, thanks for your kind words! The song gave me some unexpected problems with the mixing. Severall times I had to do it all over again. I was glad I managed to make the sounds as it is now, before starting to hate the song. Therefore your compliments are the icing on the cake!

Originally Posted By: Tangmo
Hopping progression and some really cool breaks. I'm assuming if "you" had just fed the tramp like a guest, none of this would have happened. I like songs written in "voices" other than the singer, and I hear this one that way. Great vocals as always and an unsettling backing.


Hi Tangmo, that's the whole point (to keep the issue simple). If you helped the man somewhat, nothing bad happened. But there is a danger in putting it this simple. Like: if you feed someone, he steels your boat. The conclusion then would be: never help a stranger.
That, of course, is not what it means. And I also like to sing 'in stories', but that is not allways possible, as you might know. Thanks a lot for your compliments!

Originally Posted By: Rustyspoon#
Hans,
Country reggae huh? Fun resurrection! Very unusual happy composition about sad subject. A lot of cool and twisty phrase articulations. Almost hard to follow, yet it is holding the form well. I believe you are advancing in your recording skills (especially vocals*)
Thank you for sharing.

Misha.
P.S. Will listen to Dutch variant tomorrow.


Hi Misha, what nice to read your kind words! I never thought this song can be called Country Reggae. Very creative of you!
But about my improving skills; if you knew how I struggled with this song, you wouldn't have written it (I think).

Stay safe you all,
Hans

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