Hi Derochette, Jptjptjpt, David and Marty,

I'm glad you didn't accuse me of 'overkill' with this second song so soon after the other one (After All v2)! Normally I don't post 2 songs in a row, but in this case i thought I had to, as I explained. Thanks for your very nice comments.

Originally Posted By: Derochette
Hi Birchwood,
It's a well-crafted song that allows us a personal reflection on the meaning of life. It's fun and it's well done.


Derochette, thanks! The questions were not really personal, although I admit I also had these kind of questions like more people. Only the one about my father came close. But I wanted to outline a thought process that I often saw taking place; people raise all kind of questions, but in the end it's the personal things that matter the most and then boldly say that they don't care. And there I made a joke that also goes back to the first question. Glad you liked it!

Originally Posted By: jptjptjpt
Easy listening at its best. This reminds my of Harry Nilsson style music, which means it is wonderful. You have very nice voice. Gentle but swings. Great message contained in the lyrics. The band was good too. Good one.


Jptjptjpt, thanks for these words! And by referring to Harry Nilsson you came close to my honorific; John L, by J&B ;-)

Originally Posted By: dcuny
Classic folk music - a mellow sound, but subversive lyrics. wink
Hey priest, can you tell
Is Earth like Heaven
Or more like Hell?

Nice!


David, back in 2016 these words were slightly different, but I thought it must be some nasty question to ask a priest. The Imam would have less problems with his question. But I didn't want to hard religious questions, because that would distract from the song/melody. Something like criticism light... Nice you liked the song!

Originally Posted By: BabuMusic
I really like the results of your experiment with the background vocals, Hans. Man, this song has so many good qualities. Your vocal sounds terrific, and the mix is so rewarding to the ears. Those acoustic guitars are so well placed. It's always such a pleasure to listen to your songs, man. There is so much --so many little pieces that are so perfect in the mix.


Mart, you always say things so nice and this is no exception. thanks a lot! And you mentioned the background vocals. Well, let me tell you it took me a long time to arrange them like this. At first I had a 'classical' bg; singing them myself and change the pitch a bit. But i found this boring here. And to make a long story short: I cutted a bunch of different vocal loops into this and hoped for the best... Apparently it worked ;-)

And let me finish by wishing you a very nice weekend,
Hans

Hans Berkhout
(Birchwood)
https://soundcloud.com/user-296497130