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Hi, Noel. I listened to "I Will Always Be There" and "World of Wonder." You have a delightful way of making your choruses lift and be quite different from the verses yet is done so naturally. It adds a lot of interest to the songs. "I Will Always Be There" is a gentle caring song that comes through in the melody which gives life to the lyrics. "World of Wonder" is thought provoking as well as lovely. This kind of songwriting needs to come back into the mainstream and calm the world back down from all the tribulations we see.
Best to you, John
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Love your songs Noel. So nice to hear beautiful lyrics. So uplifting when so much back and forth hate being thrown around on social media. Really well done.. Hi Scott. Thanks for the visit. I hope things are going well for you. I sincerely appreciate your time and your comments  All the best, --Noel
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Noel, this is the best song I have heard about the beautiful planet we live on since "What a Wonderful world"!
We all should stop and smell the roses more often.
Loved this song! Hey Mario. It's always good to see you. I'm pretty sure that my song isn't as good as you say it is, but I'll take your comment and wear it with a big smile "What a Wonderful World" is one of the most captivating songs ever written. It says everything that is important to humanity so simply and with such elegance that is truly a masterpiece. Thanks a heap for taking the time to listen and to comment. May good things come your way! --Noel
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Noel,
A really nice write. Lyrics AND melody.
Well arranged and produced.
Nice job with Natalie. She sounds human...
Really enjoyed listening to this. One of your best.
fj Hi floyd. Thanks for dropping in. It's always a pleasure to see you. As you know, I've been plugging away at Synth V for a while now. I think I'm finally understanding its idiosyncrasies on a more sophisticated level. It's a bit like BIAB in that regard: the deeper you dig, the more impressive it becomes. I appreciate your visit and your comments a lot. I hope that Florida and 2026 are treating your and family well --Noel
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“When I gaze across the mountains
And see a dazzling blue, blue day
Or when I watch a drifting butterfly
As it zigzags along its way
I know a world of wonder”
We often wonder over these views also, Noel.
This is a beautiful song and worth the wait of completion.
Each day is a gift in this world of wonder.
And songs like this remind us to focus on the positive.
So thank you!
Your Synth vocalist has a lovely voice and the BiaB session guys are excellent.
Excellent mix and we love that MST piano.
Lovely!
J&B Hi J&B. It's always great to have you visit. Thank you. I appreciate your comments a lot. I couldn't agree more... Even against the backdrop of insanity that seems to engulf such a lot of the world right now, it is very important to remember that "each day is a gift in this world of wonder". It's so easy to lose sight of the fact that we are incredibly fortunate to get the opportunity to visit Earth for a while. I wish you both lots of good things --Noel
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"This world is creation’s gift
It’s a miracles’ playground
Here on this planetary merry-go-round"
Dazzling lyrics straight to the point, you always look on the bright sides of life and this song really captures those wonders. And "I thank the stars that for a little while/I get to call it home" is the attitude we should always have also during the difficult times.
Beautiful melody and chords, everything just clicks, stars have been aligned perfectly to you. Very nice work with the vocals, even when it's a female vocalist, the voice still sounds like you, I enjoy that. The arrangement is perfect for the message.
I vote for this to become the (inter)national anthem of Earth.
Janne Hi Janne. It's always excellent to see you. Thanks for noticing those lines. They actually took me quite a while to discover. After lots of thinking, eventually I came up with the phrase "planetary merry-go-round" and I really liked the internal rhyme. After that, I had to find some way to incorporate that phrase into the lyrics. That was the slow bit. For me, it is often the case that when I go to sleep thinking about a lyric, I awaken the next day with some thoughts in my mind. That's what happened here. The metaphor "miracles' playground" was in my head one morning when I woke up. It turned out to be the glue needed to link "creation's gift" with "planetary merry-go-round". That's so much for taking the time to write so many of your thoughts. You made my day It must be starting to look a little bit like spring in Finland right now. I hope the air is getting a bit warmer for you. --Noel
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Hi Noel,
A very lovely song! And Natalie has indeed very nice vocals. I have no idea how easy it is to work with that synth, because all twists in her voice had to brought in manually, I think. And that takes time.
But now back to the song; The lyrics are for one day in future, I fear. Or in the past. But they also have a promise in them; hope.
As i started with, you made a lovely song, Noel. And the melody... I love that.
Great work!
Hans Hi Hans. Thanks for passing through the thread. It's good to see you With the latest version of Synth V (ver. 2), it's much easier to generate or partially generate vocals, and this makes working with the software more straightforward. That said, I have learnt a few tricks since I started using the program and they help too. It's a great soft synth because it allows me to shape vocals the way I want to shape them. Thanks for taking the time to have a listen to my song. I sincerely appreciate your feedback. All the best, --Noel
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Amazing melody, especially the chorus. Brilliant lyrics. Synth voice fits this song well. Hi ES. Thank you for taking the time to have a listen I appreciate your visit and your comments. All the best, --Noel
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SO beautiful. It takes someone special to see so much beauty in this world, and an incredible musician/lyricist to successfully put it into "song format", like this. You are both of those things. Bravo. Hi James. It's great to see you. Thank you for dropping in and taking the time to have a listen. I really appreciate it a lot. I also really appreciate your comments. You always manage to make me smile And I am always very grateful for that. Thanks again. I hope a million good things come your way! --Noel
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Hi, Noel. I listened to "I Will Always Be There" and "World of Wonder." You have a delightful way of making your choruses lift and be quite different from the verses yet is done so naturally. It adds a lot of interest to the songs. "I Will Always Be There" is a gentle caring song that comes through in the melody which gives life to the lyrics. "World of Wonder" is thought provoking as well as lovely. This kind of songwriting needs to come back into the mainstream and calm the world back down from all the tribulations we see.
Best to you, John Hi John. You have made my day... probably even my next ten years! Thanks so much for your comments. I'm glad you enjoyed what you heard. Songwriting is a hobby for me. It's a way of filling in time doing something I love doing. I agree. The world is topsy-turvy at the moment and mayhem and disruption are all over the place. This makes it very easy to forget just how important calm is necessary for humanity to thrive. Maybe one day, things will settle down. (At least, I hope so!) Thanks again! I appreciate your thoughts a lot. --Noel
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Hey this is a very beautiful song Noel!
Really loved the lyrics and the musical production is wonderful.
Extremely good job on arranging everything and the vocal sound fantastic.
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