Hi Folks,
Sorry if my participation was sparse. Ukraine's tragedy has a severe emotional impact on me. Just a bit hard at this time to think musically. Please understand and forgive me if I missed your songs. I am trying to catch up.
This is not a protest song, more of a grief expression for all life lost for no good reason, and all the suffering that one "man", if that is the right word for this creature, had caused to millions of people. The short clip from song that was used at the end is probably known to every child born before 1985 in USSR. It is a song about people longing for "peace"... Thank you for giving this time.
Misha.

Bad Dream

Was it just a dream? Pain had left,
while he laid on a soft bed of snow.
Grazing at the passing clouds
with his dead eyes...

Something that mother felt,
way before the doorbell rang
Can't stop tremor in her hands, day turned black
A girl in a hallway asked:
-When daddy is coming back?

Rockets splitting sky in half,
flying dust, whistling lead..
they say:
"fish starts to rot from it's head"

basic translation:
The darkness will retreat, shadows melt
Be strong, Odessa, be strong Irpen
mute pain, blood rebels, but still whispers: Faith, Hope Love

This is not a pigeon of "peace" in the sky...
People are begging for water and bread...
Descendants will spit on your grave...
Fish starting to rot from it's head.


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Tech stuff:
I want to mention one particular Kontakt library that I used which I discovered when it was suggested on the forum (Thank you Mario) called "Slavic Vocals."
It is a quality plugin, which you can get at great price and from their site: "all net income from this library goes to support humanitarian crisis in Ukraine."
Here is original forum thread:
https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=707745

vocals / composition me (except for vocal SV synth and borrowed song segment)
BIAB:
2967:Bass, Synth, DancehallAB Ev16 085
2970:Synth, Rhythm DancehallOctaveAB Ev16 085
2973:Synth, Rhythm DancehallPercussive Ev16 085
2974:Synth, Rhythm DancehallVocalPad Ev16 085
3270:Cello, Rhythm CelticHornpipeChopNatalie Sw16 070
3626:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm CinematicPopArpHiDelay Ev16 065
3437:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm BritPsycPopBalladHighDelay Ev 065
3691:Guitar, Lap Steel, Background Americana16ths Ev16 075
2666:Pedal Steel, Rhythm LushChordsSlow Ev 075
RealDrums: PraiseWorshipSlow16ths^1-H24,SRC
RealDrums :Dancehall^01-a:TomHiHat, b:HiHt16Clp

Synths of Halion and Kontakt. Recorded in Cakewalk.