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Very well done, Chay and Lucy. Good write, and the instrumentation you chose and the way you mix everything is Goldilocks good. Man, you pack your creations with so many wonderful ingredients.
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Chay,
It is cool to hear vocals to what was previously "an instrumental".
Adds a new dimension that elevates the track further.
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Chay, Lucy was the icing on the cake for this masterpiece.
As usual everything is spot on.
Loved this instrumentation.
The mix was perfect.
Loved it
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Hi Chay,
This is a happy, and beautifully arranged piece. Very joyful. Enjoyed it a lot.
Happy Holidays.
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Excellent song Chay. Very cool production. Vocal was a very nice add..
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To my taste a little bit too long intro, but when the vocals started and the strings joined, the song took me along to a nice ride. Thanks, Brno. This song began as an instrumental with my original cycle of chords followed by the lullaby chords and so on, so the intro could have only been made shorter by changing the opening chords cycle, which would have spoilt the symmetry, But for the intro isn't too long due to it being stepped.
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Very well done, Chay and Lucy. Good write, and the instrumentation you chose and the way you mix everything is Goldilocks good. Man, you pack your creations with so many wonderful ingredients. Much appreciated, Marty! Have a merry Midwinter Festival!
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Chay,
It is cool to hear vocals to what was previously "an instrumental".
Adds a new dimension that elevates the track further.
fj Thanks, Floyd! I'm very grateful to Lucy for making it what it is.
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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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Chay, Lucy was the icing on the cake for this masterpiece.
As usual everything is spot on.
Loved this instrumentation.
The mix was perfect.
Loved it Thanks for calling it a "masterpiece", Mario! Very, 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 is a happy, and beautifully arranged piece. Very joyful. Enjoyed it a lot.
Happy Holidays. Thanks for the great response, David. Happy holidays to you, too!
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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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Excellent song Chay. Very cool production. Vocal was a very nice add.. Thanks, Scott! Have a great 2026!
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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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Chay.
The vocal part has a very memorable melody and the contrast with the musical instrumental parts is interesting.
Lucy's vocals fit this song really well.
I thought it might be good to take out just the vocal part and make it into a song for children.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.
Best regards.
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Chay.
The vocal part has a very memorable melody and the contrast with the musical instrumental parts is interesting.
Lucy's vocals fit this song really well.
I thought it might be good to take out just the vocal part and make it into a song for children.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.
Best regards.
Shigeki Adachi Thanks Shigeki! Regarding "it might be good to take out just the vocal part and make it into a song for children", did you meant make it an instrumental? If so, it began as and instrumental and was posted earlier: https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=864697#Post864697
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#58: Bring consciousness to it.
#63: On the road to effortlessness, effort must be made.
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That is an epic production and we agree with all the comments about the arrangement. We much like the vocal -- perhaps because Janice is also a contralto.  No need to parse it out. We'd rather watch it again. Happy Holidays, J&B
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That is an epic production and we agree with all the comments about the arrangement. We much like the vocal -- perhaps because Janice is also a contralto. No need to parse it out. We'd rather watch it again. Happy Holidays, J&B Muţsumesc, Janice şi Bud. An nou fericit! (That's your actual Romanian).
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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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Those strings match well with the timbre of the vocalist. The instrumentation matches the light feeling of the melody. Good work!
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Those strings match well with the timbre of the vocalist. The instrumentation matches the light feeling of the melody. Good work! Thanks for listening and responding, Eezee Storm! Glad you liked it
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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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Chay, this is a pleasant tune, bouncy and yet ethereal, almost something like an Enya composition.
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Chay, this is a pleasant tune, bouncy and yet ethereal, almost something like an Enya composition.
John Many thanks, John!
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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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Took a second listen to this and had a whole different take on it. The vocal is quite delicate and very appealing! At first, I was concerned it didn't fit the rock instrumenation, but that concern was cast aside this time. Great finished production!
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