Hello Brad and Torrey,

I'm glad you came by for listening to this somewhat heavy song.
Although it's summer and the sun shines bright, I had to make this song about Ukraine.
I don't mention it by name, because I think it's obvious.

This country is getting so brutally destroyed now, while you can see we are losing interest in this event.
That makes sense in a way. It is going on for 5 months now.
But I had to think about what it would do to me if I grew up there and see what it looks like now.
Then I made the song.

Originally Posted By: Brad Williams
Hi Hans. I really liked your use of effects throughout and the percussion with its interaction with the acoustic guitar and keys was very nice. To my ears, the kick drum was a bit loud, or boomy, but please take that with a grain of salt. I'm not very familiar with this genre, so it may be exactly what you were shooting for. I really liked the last line of the song where you turn everything around with just one sentence.


Hi Brad, thank you for your nice comment. The loudness of the kick drum was done on purpose. I wanted it to sound a bit like a heart beat, to give the song it's tension, together with the second bass. I doubted it for a while, but I left it as it was. At first that last sentence was something like "and I? I felt nothing", but changed it into a bit of hope.

Originally Posted By: Torrey Bliss
Hans,

Love the intro with that four on the floor beat...it really sets the mood! It's a sad and serious subject matter but you handled it well! Your vocals are really great in this as well as the background vocals! There are a lot of little subtle touches with the instrumentation that did not do un-noticed by me! You did a pro-level job with the whole production!

Thanks, Torrey


Hi Torrey, thank you for this! Yes, that is why I had those loud kicks in the song. Nice of you to mention the amount of touches of instruments. This is the first song where I've used a lot more of my own instruments than RT's from BiaB. So, thanks again!


Have a nice day today,
Hans

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