Hi Janice, Bud, Deej and David,

Thanks a lot for your comments and compliments, although the cause is terrible.

Originally Posted By: Janice & Bud
This is epic, Hans!
The mix, arrangement, band and your performance all sound excellent.
We love the way you sing “Russia” and “Putin” with such disdain and disgust.
The war in Ukraine is such an awful situation and your song expresses our feeling about it too.

Here’s hoping there’ll be an ending to it all soon that will inspire another song from you.

Good one John, uh, we mean Hans! smile
J&B


Hi both, yes it could be John speaking here. Let's give peace a chance...
And I would be one of the first to make a song on that, at least, as long as Ukraine wins ;-)

I like that you type my pronouncation of those two words the way you did. I really felt it that way when singing it.
And thanks for what you said about the technicaL stuff!

Originally Posted By: Deej56
Hans,
Terrific stuff . . . and what a powerful opening—great use of the effects. I think among your best vocal performances . . . all adding up to a very compelling tune. The Pop Power soloist works really well here as well. Cool arrangement and production!

Hope all is well in your world,
Deej


Hi Deej, that's very nice of you to write this. feels good!
That's not the case with the cause for this all, as I wrote to J&B (above). Normally I don't use those videogames-fxs often. I can recall one song in which I did it. It was about a plane crash.
Glad you liked it!
And I hope so too that it stays save in Europe, but you never know...

Originally Posted By: dcuny
Hi, Hans.
Your vocals are perfect for this song, and the arrangement is excellent - especially the wide stereo field effects.
Some songs call for subtlety - this song doesn't.


Hi David, about your last sentence; that's what I wrote to Deej (above) and some others. But you wrote it down perfectly. Here the fxs had to be included. Thanks a lot for your compliments!

I hope you all have a nice day today,
Hans

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