Hello everyone, Recently I posted a Dutch song here for review, I knew it would be a challenge. Not only for you, as potential listeners, but also for my expectations. To compensate this challenge, I'm now posting a remixed song with a great, funky beat and a fitting video. I made that on february 14, 2026. So you can enjoy it too, instead of having to listen to Dutch lyrics you can't understand! I made this song after a throat surgery. I wanted to see if I could still sing. Well, I did, although the song's story is completely fictional.
On SoundCloud, I posted the remix in place of the original song. This also allowed me to save the old comments. Because I liked them, and maybe you will too!
Yeah,,, this was pretty decent. It's always easier to listen, at least for me, when the song is in English.
Very cool video that tracked the song extremely well. I wouldn't even know where to start something like that video.
Nicely done.
That first time singing after surgery, especially throat surgery, is always a scary thing. I didn't have throat surgery but after surgery, where they had a tube down my throat for the duration, it sure affected my vocal cords and not in a good way. It took me months before I was even willing to try singing. That was when I started looking at the AI singers to keep producing my songs. I think I'm back to the point of confidence.
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Hi Hans! This is a great song! Pretty standard (yet cool) chugging rhythm guitar, THEN in the second half with what sounds like different chord variations that add some spice. Also love the stops around 2:35 followed by a very bluesy vocal ‘I came home …’. I like it a lot when an artist takes a repeating chord progression and develops it later in the song with inversions, extensions or chord substitutions to create a different flavour.
I note you said you wrote this song after throat surgery - could it be that the song theme of a partner coming back is a metaphor for the return of your singing voice after surgery?
Great song - I loved it! Andrew
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Your new studio is clearly the magic‑lab where raw talent meets unfiltered imagination. Every track and video you’ve dropped lately feels like a fresh burst of “wow, that’s cool”. The world could always use a little more of your unapologetically original vibe.
I love the rhythm section in this song - it's a brilliant arrangement and choice of instruments, plus the lead guitar is superb! I wish I'd come up with this chord structure and arrangement!
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Hans, this is a fantastic song Your voice sounds great. Even after throat surgery your voice is much better than mine. Great arrangement, instrumentation, and mix. I really liked this one.
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You're really on a roll, Hans. The production is primo. Vocal was perfect for the subject matter. To my ears, this is pretty much the same chord progression you've been using for quite a while, but it's a good one. I'm so happy your surgery turned out well. We would not like to lose your talent.
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Great groove, Hans. It's so nice to hear people singing with their own voice with rendition and making your story sound real. Something bothers in your vocals sound, some effect making it a bit muddy?
Hans, super song! Love your vocals/harmonies and the pulsing 3D stereo image. Cool, slithery harmonic and rhythmic arrangement. You've got those BiaB soloists tamed quite well, too.
I'd say your post-throat surgery vocals are as strong as ever, and maybe STRONGER...
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Oh, man, I love this song. I remember the time you had throat surgery. I was with ya, buddy, and i'm still here. Yeah, i can hear the fiction in this one (something i wouldn't have detected in Dutch). Man, sure glad your throat surgery had no effect on your wonderful singing voice. Great production and a good write. Or good production and great write. You choose. In my opinion they're both great.
Enjoy whatever happens! marty
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I love the driving sound of this! Such a powerful groove. The real star of this production is the vocal work! I think is probably one of your very best! The harmonies sound so good! Great choices with the realtracks and the way you produced/mixed this!
Really good, Hans. As I said over on YT: "Yeah! My new favorite from you, Hans. Great groove, great sounding band, excellent vocal. Good song! And good video too." What did you use to make the video?
Hi Dave, nice to read this! I made the storyboard for this video, but someone else made the final video. I asked about the software, but she (yes, a woman) talked about all sorts of things, but not about the program used for the video. So I can't tell you, because I don't know myself either. In any case, it's not Canva. I do work with that program, but you can't arrange the figures like you can here.
Originally Posted by Guitarhacker
Yeah,,, this was pretty decent. It's always easier to listen, at least for me, when the song is in English. Very cool video that tracked the song extremely well. I wouldn't even know where to start something like that video. Nicely done.
Hi Herb, the song is based on a true story. Not an accident like in the song. I had a serious problem with my throat. And then I ended up in the hospital for surgery. There is where I made up this story. As for the actual situation, I can only tell you that I have never experienced anything so painful. Apparently, I was the second person in my country to have to undergo this operation. But fortunately, I can still write and sing songs. Not that first person, I've heard...
[quote=rsdean]Hans, This is absolutely excellent... You are making some awesome music these days. Love the song, arrangement, vocal and video. Great mix as well. Loved it! Bob
Hi Bob, yes, I hope I can do this for a long time. And I think more people will like this one than the Dutch song. With you, I'm not so sure. You "liked" that one as well.
Originally Posted by Andrew Dee
Hi Hans! This is a great song! Pretty standard (yet cool) chugging rhythm guitar, THEN in the second half with what sounds like different chord variations that add some spice. Also love the stops around 2:35 followed by a very bluesy vocal ‘I came home …’. I like it a lot when an artist takes a repeating chord progression and develops it later in the song with inversions, extensions or chord substitutions to create a different flavour.
I note you said you wrote this song after throat surgery - could it be that the song theme of a partner coming back is a metaphor for the return of your singing voice after surgery? Great song - I loved it! Andrew
Hi Andrew, thanks a lot for liking and analyzing my song! I liked the rhythm a lot, but there had to be a break in it. and that workd out very nice, also according to your opinion! But read what I wrote to Herb (above). It was meant as a metaphor in a sense, but not in the way you wrote it. I was naturally afraid that I wouldn't be able to sing anymore, so I demanded that the surgeon save my voice, no matter what. He did, because I eventually had to undergo an even more serious operation, in which my chest had to be cut open as well. He was convinced that I would lose my voice then. So I said to him: my throat is more than enough! And he did. And that is why you can still hear me here!
Originally Posted by Izzy
Hey Hans, Your new studio is clearly the magic‑lab where raw talent meets unfiltered imagination. Every track and video you’ve dropped lately feels like a fresh burst of “wow, that’s cool”. The world could always use a little more of your unapologetically original vibe. Rock on, Izzy
Hi Izzy, I had expected to receive a huge message from you (as usual), but now it is just a few very nice and complimentary sentences. Are you working on a new project, or something? Anyway, these sentences are very nice too, as I said. I don't know if my new studio contributed to it that much, or if I'm just a lot better than I used to be... and now you're naturally going to say that I was always good, but that didn't always come across that way before I had that new studio, or something like that...
I think this is my new favorite song of yours, Hans. It’s a tragic and beautiful story, sung beautifully, with a great choice of instruments and fantastic production. Excellent
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