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Oh, yes, totally agree with you on that songwriter guitar, Janne. This song, too, is very inspirational. A great Christmas idea --and posted on National Bird Day in US. Man, that synth voice comes in nicely as the Theremin on the Star Trek Theme. Yes, a beautiful song indeed. Thanks Marty for your kind feedback  I hadn't used that Voices of Gaia VST before, but here its expressiveness fit very well. Janne
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Janne,
Interesting tune and theme. Neat instrumental bed, slightly unusual, but works well. Good lyrics and of course signature phrasing. Cool female vocal parts. Thank you for sharing.
Misha.
P.S. when I was in school, it was a graded requirement, to build bird houses. First grades made them out of milk cartons, higher grades out of wood. Where I live now, you can't put one up in summer, because mr.bear will come, but my wife usually buys a bag of seeds for the winter. Thanks Misha for your kind comment I'm glad you liked the lyrics. And thanks for the story, nice to hear about the bag of seeds, I hope it is a really big bag Janne
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Jan, that sounds like a tough challenge and I thought your song was great!
There's nothing wrong with using the word "gracious" to describe your gift to the bird. If YOU weren't happy with it, here's a couple of easy ways to handle times like that in the future. You could just hold the word "gift" or repeat "your gift" instead of "gracious gift". Either would work and give you a little change up with no or little change to your melody. You're a good songwriter and you have a nice voice Jan.
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Lovely song & production... I'd bump up the Bass track a bit.
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Yes you are a good songwriter and an excellent vocalist.
A great song about our feathered friends.
When it gets cold here and the snow covers the ground we feed the birds.
I don't think this is a Christmas only song, I think it can be and should be played year around.
Excellent song!
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Very nice Janne!!! There is often a very spiritual feel to your melodies, and your vocals always fit the song so well!! Really, really pretty song!!! Happy New Year, and Take care. Greg
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This is a really nice touching song about that bird.
Very nice nylon guitar(s) during the song, but especially in the intro.
The high voice did very well in it, although a bit unexpected. The rustling of the birds feathers was cool and (a bit) expected.
I read Misha's post on the birdhouses and mr. Bear. Here I have 3 birdhouses, but also 3 cats. Maybe more dangerous than a bear?
But back to the song: as I said Touching!
Hans Thanks Hans for liking and commenting my song Nice to hear it touched you, it is sad to watch usually migrating birds struggling in the cold, they are opportunists hoping to gain advantage by staying - they may be lucky if winter is mild, they can start breeding earlier. Cats are certainly bigger danger to birds than bears, I hope you keep them away from birds Janne
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What a lovely, laid back song and very nice melody and like you, we really like those guitars. I (Janice) was watching some chickadees and nuthatches at our birdfeeder the first time I listened to this. Congratulations on the "best of" votes. As fellow bird lovers we appreciate the sentiment in the lyric. The mix sounds great on our KRK monitors. Again, we both enjoyed this! J&B Thanks Janice and Bud for your kind and positive comment We have chickadee relatives here as most regular visitors at bird feeding places, but nuthatches are unfortunately very rare here, I have to take a quite a long walk to have a chance to see one, but it is really worth it, such a nice species. Janne
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Love the guitars! Great choice there, sets the mood right from the intro.
Nice melody too.
Good song, Janne, well done.
Thanks Dave, very nice to read your kind feedback The latest BIAB guitars are really great, very inspiring to use them. Janne
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Sounds great, Janne! Thanks David for the kind comment and smile Janne
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Refreshing chord sequence and well arranged piece, Janne.
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This is just wonderful, sure
one of your absolute best !!
It is so Janne it just can be,
which to me is often mystic
and original chord progressions
that lead one into unexpected
places - I like that, Janne !
Hyvää Uutta Vuotta myös minulta !
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Dani Thanks Dani, I really appreciate your very heartwarming words Glad to hear you find and like mystic in my progressions. Gott nytt år! Janne
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Jan, that sounds like a tough challenge and I thought your song was great!
There's nothing wrong with using the word "gracious" to describe your gift to the bird. If YOU weren't happy with it, here's a couple of easy ways to handle times like that in the future. You could just hold the word "gift" or repeat "your gift" instead of "gracious gift". Either would work and give you a little change up with no or little change to your melody. You're a good songwriter and you have a nice voice Jan.
Josie Thanks Josie for your kind feedback nice to hear you think "gracious" fits, as a non-native English speaker it's quite difficult to find the most suitable word. But thanks for the advice. Janne
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Lovely song & production... I'd bump up the Bass track a bit. Thanks bloc-head for your positive feedback Very good advice, my neutral headphones are not the best ones for mixing the lower range... I'll remember you advice if I ever return to work on the song. Janne
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The music exudes a sense of contentment. The guitar is quite nice. Love the birds. I had to look up yellowhammer, which I see is native to Eurasia. Good song.
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Hello Janne
A really nice song
Creates an unusual but beautiful mood
The sound is very good
But the absolute best is the final guitar solo
WOW !!!
Can only enjoy.
Great job, Janne
Many greetings
Andi ;-)
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This one just about got by me. Excellent tune Janne. Very cool backtrack. Loved the chord progression and instrumentation. Super vocal and lyric..
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Yes you are a good songwriter and an excellent vocalist.
A great song about our feathered friends.
When it gets cold here and the snow covers the ground we feed the birds.
I don't think this is a Christmas only song, I think it can be and should be played year around.
Excellent song! Thanks Mario for you too kind words Yes, I hope the song gets played the year around, there's always snow somewhere and birds too, at least penguins in Antarctica. All the best to you and birds there. Janne
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Very nice Janne!!! There is often a very spiritual feel to your melodies, and your vocals always fit the song so well!! Really, really pretty song!!! Happy New Year, and Take care. Greg Thanks Greg for your rewarding and heartwarming comment Happy New Year to you too! Janne
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Refreshing chord sequence and well arranged piece, Janne.
Vic Thanks Vic for your nice feedback I'm really glad you liked the chording. Janne
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