Originally Posted By: Janice & Bud
First off, Janice said, “No, she didn’t cheat on him; they’re now together in heaven.
This is too beautiful to have anything but a happy ending.“ smile

This is haunting and beautiful, Marty. Your guitar and the electric piano are magical together.

Your warm and plaintive sound of the vocal sets the perfect mood. Janice also said that she loved the way you sang, “she’s gone” with such heartache.

We noticed the two pronunciations of Celtic and were unaware that there were two.

Enjoyed the song and the video!

J&B

I love Janice's faith in humankind. Yes, that is the alternate ending. Thing is their nearest neighbor was in the village 50 miles away. With a walk like that she'd be way too tired to cheat. Thanks, you two!!

Originally Posted By: dcuny
Sad and haunting - just like a Celtic song should be. laugh

So you had me Googling around as to why "Celtic" has two different pronunciations.

Apparently the French in the 16th century derived it from the French word "Celte", which in turn came from the Latin "Celta". And being the 16th century and everyting, it was pronounced with an "s", because that was how they rolled back then.

But in the early as the 18th century, language and history academics decided that the "c" needed to be pronounced like it was in ancient Greek and Classical Latin, because dead languages rule and you can't go making changes to languages all willy-nilly. So they changed to a "k" sound.

All of which is to say that your song is historically accurate - starting by pronouncing it with an "s", and ending with a "k". wink

Man, that's why I like following you around on here, David. Always enjoy your comments. When I wrote the song, the two pronunciations came to mind, and I wondered my way to Google too. No one could describe it as well as you do. The historical accuracy was intended actually, but I never thought anyone would notice. Here's one I didn't look up: Why does the Boston basketball team use the Seltic pronunciation?

Originally Posted By: jannesan
Very cool and creative! Different than what I have used to hear from you, but glad to hear you are experiencing. I love the mysterious acoustic guitar melody and the chord progression creates a nice folk tale vibe supporting the sadness in the lyrics, sort of human vs. elven story.

When I first heard this song, I wondered that seltic and keltic difference, but happy to see there is a clever explanation smile The rest of the band is very pleasant to listen to. And the singing is very emotional, one of your best performances, now I wish there was a Marty voice bank available for Synthesizer V laugh

Janne

Hi, Janne. Love that "...human vs. elven story." Ha, if you ever want this Marty voice, just ask. I'd have a blast collabing with you, but your songs are better off without my vocal. wink My goal for the past 20 years with this program is to have someone else --someome good-- sing my songs.

Originally Posted By: PROJECT M
Hi Marty
A really cool song
Very mysterious melody sequences
This is really well done especially the solo melody !!!!
Great work Marty
Many greetings
Andi ;-)

Thanks, Andi. Originally there wasn't s solo, but the song was way too short and it wasn't crying our for a bridge or chorus, so...

Enjoy whatever happens!
marty

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