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Chay this is fantastic. Love those string leads. Super piano, koto, and fiddle. The guitar lead fit like a glove. Loved the groove on this one. IMHO this is your best to date.
Loved it Thanks, Mario! Yep, all of those 'solo' sections came together really nicely. Lucy's right now working on the vocals tracks, but she only sings over the lullaby chords, so the 'solo' sections will remain as they are.
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Isn't "upbeat lullaby" an oxymoron? I tapped my feet while I listened  Anyway, I think it's a good song, even catchy, thanks to the rhythm section you chose Enjoyed my listen ![[Linked Image - Only viewable when logged in]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/images/icons/default/thumbs_up.gif)
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Isn't "upbeat lullaby" an oxymoron? I tapped my feet while I listened Anyway, I think it's a good song, even catchy, thanks to the rhythm section you chose Enjoyed my listen Yep, B.D., 'upbeat lullaby' is an oxymoron! Part of what inspired it was that an upbeat young lady friend had just given brith to her first child, a boy, and I think he'd be more interested in it wide awake than when trying to sleep! 
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#58: Bring consciousness to it.
#63: On the road to effortlessness, effort must be made.
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Beautiful music.
Love the violins!
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Beautiful music.
Love the violins!
Anne-Marie Thank you, Anne-Marie! Your saying that you "Love the violins" has made the cello, viola and fiddle jealous, but it's okay as the harps tied them up and told them not to be petty!
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#13: Ask not for whom the flower blooms, it blooms for you.
#58: Bring consciousness to it.
#63: On the road to effortlessness, effort must be made.
#92: Be Love Now, the rest will come on its own.
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Hi Chay,
This is a really nice song. A beautiful melody with great strings and a lead guitar.
But you're right; I did expect vocals at times. I think Venus Twinkles needs vocals...
So in your remake...?
Still, it's a really entertaining song. I don't understand why you don't have many listeners on the forum, but I'm definitely in!
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Thanks, Hans! I now have the vocal stems and am in the process of the song version.
Re "I don't understand why you don't have many listeners on the forum", this track was posted almost 4 weeks ago, but has kept on receiving late responses, while my latest track, "Painted Sky" which was posted about 2½ weeks ago has vanished off the forum's Page 1. The odd thing is that last time I checked, the latter track had 49 YouTube Views, compared to "Venus Twinkles" only having 38, but the opposite is the case re forum clicks. "VT" has had 1,561, while "PS" has only had 372! Obviously the persons making all those forum clicks never play the music, but it’s very odd that "Painted Sky" has done worse on the forum, but better on YouTube, while although "Venus Twinkles" has done better on the forum I'd still have expected more, particularly as so many have clicked on it. It's also atypical that "Painted Sky" has vanished off the 1st forum page much faster than average. I've also not been on the forum as often as usual as my PC keeps losing sound!
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#1: Play on the Way.
#13: Ask not for whom the flower blooms, it blooms for you.
#58: Bring consciousness to it.
#63: On the road to effortlessness, effort must be made.
#92: Be Love Now, the rest will come on its own.
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Excellent piece of music Chay. Really cool groove. Fiddle was a really nice touch. Beautiful melody. Super mix. Well done
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Excellent piece of music Chay. Really cool groove. Fiddle was a really nice touch. Beautiful melody. Super mix. Well done Thanks, Scott! This instrumental has kept coming back to the top of the thread despite that I've posted 2 more recent ones. I now have the vocal version almost ready for posting, but I need this version to disappear in case folk confuse it with the future vocal!
Some favourite Waoist Adages:
#1: Play on the Way.
#13: Ask not for whom the flower blooms, it blooms for you.
#58: Bring consciousness to it.
#63: On the road to effortlessness, effort must be made.
#92: Be Love Now, the rest will come on its own.
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Hi, Chay. Well, I'll unhelpfully bump it up again.  I heard it before - I recall reading about the charango - but I didn't comment then. Nice music - looking forward to the vocal version!
-- David Cuny My virtual singer development blogVocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?BiaB 2025 | Windows 11 | Reaper | Way too many VSTis.
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Hi, Chay. Well, I'll unhelpfully bump it up again. I heard it before - I recall reading about the charango - but I didn't comment then. Nice music - looking forward to the vocal version! David, you pig-dog swinehund! Drat! Drat! Drat! Ahh, heck, thanks, anyway. 
Some favourite Waoist Adages:
#1: Play on the Way.
#13: Ask not for whom the flower blooms, it blooms for you.
#58: Bring consciousness to it.
#63: On the road to effortlessness, effort must be made.
#92: Be Love Now, the rest will come on its own.
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Hi Chay.
I absolutely love the way you create music. This is first-class listening all the way. You really have a flair for arrangement. I honestly have no idea how you manage to create such amazing work. The production was top-notch-plus! This is stunning music.
--Noel
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Hi Chay.
I absolutely love the way you create music. This is first-class listening all the way. You really have a flair for arrangement. I honestly have no idea how you manage to create such amazing work. The production was top-notch-plus! This is stunning music.
--Noel Wow and =wAo=, Noel! Thanks so much for that amazing response. Very much appreciated.
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#13: Ask not for whom the flower blooms, it blooms for you.
#58: Bring consciousness to it.
#63: On the road to effortlessness, effort must be made.
#92: Be Love Now, the rest will come on its own.
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Hi Chay,
This sounds good as an instrumental, looking forward to hearing it with a vocal.
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Hi Chay,
This sounds good as an instrumental, looking forward to hearing it with a vocal. Thanks, Dave! The version with vocals should be uploaded to YouTube sometime this weekend.
Some favourite Waoist Adages:
#1: Play on the Way.
#13: Ask not for whom the flower blooms, it blooms for you.
#58: Bring consciousness to it.
#63: On the road to effortlessness, effort must be made.
#92: Be Love Now, the rest will come on its own.
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Hi Chay,
A very cool, mellow piece of music.
I enjoyed the piano intro and how the the music built as the other instruments, such as the strings, came in and kept building, with the fiddle leads, multiple key changes, and guitar solo.
Great production and mix, too!
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Hi Chay,
A very cool, mellow piece of music.
I enjoyed the piano intro and how the the music built as the other instruments, such as the strings, came in and kept building, with the fiddle leads, multiple key changes, and guitar solo.
Great production and mix, too! Thanks, for listening and responding, Bob. Much appreciated. I've now got a vocal version ready to upload to YouTube, but this instrumental - posted here 6 weeks ago - keeps on coming back to the top of the thread so I'm waiting for it to vanish before I post the song version so folk don't confuse it with this track and thus ignore it! I've posted 2 other instrumentals since this and both are now on page 2 of the thread, but Venus keeps on twinkling back to the top! Another irony is that while it's been one of my most successful posts here, it's had below average views on YT. I'm now going to have a little sob.
Some favourite Waoist Adages:
#1: Play on the Way.
#13: Ask not for whom the flower blooms, it blooms for you.
#58: Bring consciousness to it.
#63: On the road to effortlessness, effort must be made.
#92: Be Love Now, the rest will come on its own.
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but the opposite is the case re forum clicks. Most "clicks" in the forum come from bots/crawlers scanning the forum. A better indicator is the comments you receive.
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