Hi Brian…it’s early morning here in North Carolina, and I really enjoyed this little peaceful reflective piece! Some thoughts:
1) I esp liked the adventuresome chord changes right after the first verse..really cool transition…you had me waiting to see where you went with it!
2) great handling of the tempo variations…I find this can be tricky, esp if you go back and make changes to the track, sometimes the timing gets messed up..the slow-downs were so appropriately placed!
3) I usually don’t like drum tracks like this in this type of work..my taste would be to substitute with something softer and more like the overall feel..like shaker on the quarter or half note—I don’t think you need the constant beat of drums in this type of track.
Greatly enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing this peaceful meditation!

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