"After all, I'm a musician (well, sort of) and not a director", heh, I was smiling after reading this line, because I felt the opposite - in my ears you have moved from a songwriter to a producer/conductor and I can picture you swinging your arms wildly in front of a symphonic orchestra while conducting this masterpiece smile I feel that using AI buries the homespun feel in your earlier songs, when you use Synth V your personal touch can be still heard. But, on the other hand, I truly appreciate the amount of effort required to combine all those different elements into this amazing professional sounding work - even with AI you may have needed tens of trials to get what you want.

But to the song itself: it's a great tribute, touching lyrics with strong images. Your skill to use dynamics just gets better, everything sounds as good as any other symphonic metal band. Transitions from loud to calm sound very natural. The mix is simply perfect. AI voice is as real as can be and those spoken and screaming parts, wow!

The length is not a problem for me, your arrangement keeps the interest going the whole time. Maybe I'll dare to showcase my almost 8-minute work soon - unfortunately I don't have your skills when it comes to dynamics laugh

Janne

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