Originally Posted by Andrew Dee
Hi Noel!
I love that middle section with the chord progression outside of main key - sections/bridges like yours really add a lot to a song. I found the vocal gave me the impression of the singer himself being strong and sturdy - maybe the lower pitches used?

I was expecting something different for the outro phrase - expecting ‘I’ll be as steadfast as this TREE’ rather than ‘I’ll be as steadfast as THIS tree’, but I can see why the emphasis was on the specific.

I really enjoyed this song. Glad to be sharing this part of the world with you.

Andrew

PS I’ve been meaning to ask you about the meaning of your profile pic - Ukraine … but don’t know about 96?

Hi Andrew.

Thanks for having a listen. I appreciate your feedback as it gives me a useful insight. From what you say, it seems that my song seems to be working as intended. Thanks for that smile In relation to the outro phrase, for me, the musical emphasis definitely needed to be on 'this' rather than 'tree' because the singer is talking about this particular tree and not any other one (just like I would if I were saying it conversationally).

Regarding the '96'. When I joined PG Music, the name Noel was already in use so I needed to add a number to it. I thought that '96' was far enough into the numbers to be a safe choice smile

Thanks again.
--Noel

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