Firesong, Andi, Dave and David,

Sorry it took so long, but we (my wife first) and I got sick. Don't know if it's the flew, but I do know it took/takes away all your energy.
She got it worse than I, so I became the 'nurse'...
But thank you very much for your responses! I like them a lot, since none were negative ;-)

Originally Posted by firesong
Hans...this is a really cool track...I really love the piano part and Dave's solo is ...well...it's Dave right? so cool! the energy is contagious and the arrangement and production are top-of-the-line!
Hi, yes it is Dave Bell from Blue Attitude. I had a solo guitar from BiaB, but Marty suggested to ask Dave. And Dave was happy to help me. I was very pleased, of course.
Thank you for your compliments!

Originally Posted by PROJECT M
Hello Hans, Marty & Dave
Super song
Sounds excellent
Great singing and having Dave play the solo
was a great idea !
Very cool performance, Dave.
And the video is really great.
So many ideas and details, so much fun to watch
A great collaboration !!!
Many greetings
Andi ;-)

Hi Andi, Very nice to hear from you! And with this post I'ts even nicer...!
So thanks you did both, listen to the song and watched that video. Well, for me it's my 3rd attempt to make a video.
The lyrics were of course the guideline, but the longer I worked on it the mellower I got. You can see signs of that.
And I'm still alone ;-)

Originally Posted by BlueAttitude
Hi Hans,
Nice job on the video!
Thanks to everyone that mentioned my part.

Hi Dave, and thanks for your 'volunteer job'.
I told some I would tell you about their compliments to you.
But let me tell you I was the one being so pleased you did it.
When Marty suggested it, I thought you wouldn't have the time for it (ic your beautiful song 'Sad Dreams'),
But you were willing to. Let me know what I can do for you...

Originally Posted by dcuny
Hi, Hans.
Nice work! Good write, well sung, nice arrangement. I like the changes, like when the banjo enters in.
The only thing that I might change is the lyric:
I roughly know how far they are away
only because it's really mangled the grammar. Something like this would probably parse a bit better:
Although they are frighteningly far, far away

But part of the charm of the lyric is that it is mangled. wink
Your description says "there's a feeling that something new and exciting might be on the way for him." But from the lyrics I see, it seems like he's looking back ("I long for you", "I'm still alone") and trying to convince his old love ("if you could see me now") that he's changed.

Anyway, a really enjoyable listen, with Dave fitting in nicely. smile

Hi David, you know, your post was on my mind while I had to face that illness.
First, thanks for all the compliments you gave. That banjo for instance. Normally I don't use them, but when I was searching for some special sound I got hooked to it.
I also agree with you about the 'intentions' of the main character. He was not straight in them. The only thing I can bring in is that it really happenend with my son.
He did both; wanting another life and relation, but also longed for the old one. (I hope I make myself clear here). But I had to add your way of thinking.
But I thought it to be too long...

But the thing I was thinking abvout was that 'grammar' thing. You know why? Because I disaggree with you about my mangled use of the English language and the suggestion you gave.
Although I highly appreciate your suggestion, I think you missed the point here: I loved that the stars are there every night. And I know approximately how far away they are. But that is not a nice sentence to sing.
So 'roughly' is a good synonym. And your word leads to something different than my intention..

On the other hand, English is not my native language. You are right on that!

Thanks everyone and until our next songs!
Hans

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