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Oh, this is so beautiful, Ken. Not just the wonderful composition, but the magnificent time-lapse clips in the video. The tune opens up with them. Mimi's vocal adds so much goodness to the whole.
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Thanks Babu  I'm glad you like it, and appreciate you taking tyhe time to listen and feed back. It was just sort of happy accident that there were parts where the music and video opened and closed together. In fact the video was an afterthought, I only did it because Youtube seems to be the only popular unwalled garden for music, but it requires eye candy, which is kind of a pain because making a video is an extra chore, which if done badly can detract from the whole. I got the music ready - and the BIAB percussion, though subtle, really helped ground it - but then was stuck for video ideas, until I remembered I had gone crazy one summer learning timelapse photography, so I dug out the footage and hoped it would match. By luck and with a bit of nudging, it did 
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Hi Ken!
A wonderful piece, and I agree that Mimi’s vocal via Kontakt adds a very natural/nature sound - sounding Enya-like in parts. I enjoyed the chord progression and the 7ths added on some chords. Was I right in hearing that the bass didn’t enter until the last quarter of the song? Cool.
I watched your YouTube (very good) and listened to Soundcloud - and regarding the latter, you go under the name of St Josephs Social Club - is that just you or a group? I listened to a few of your covers: Peace like a river; For no-one; Rikki…; as well as Eddies and Welcome to Wunderbar. Lots of good music to listen to there.
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Hypnotic and beautiful. Cool photography. Nicely choreographed musical and visual performance all the way around.
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That is such a beautifully immersive piece Ken, both audibly and visually. Parts of the choral elements were reminiscent of gaelic tones as used by Kate Bush. This brilliantly marries the visual beauty of flowers blooming with a well composed piece of music, both big and beautiful.
Great work Ken, kind regards
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lingyai, this is an outstanding piece of music and a fantastic video.
Great job on both.
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Beautiful, both sonically and visually. The vocals give the whole thing a cool world music vibe, which I really like. Very good ![[Linked Image - Only viewable when logged in]](https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/images/icons/default/thumbs_up.gif)
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Hi Ken!
A wonderful piece, and I agree that Mimi’s vocal via Kontakt adds a very natural/nature sound - sounding Enya-like in parts. Thanks! Yes, Mimi's great, it's a special library I enjoyed the chord progression and the 7ths added on some chords. After I stumbled into the 7ths I decided the project was worth finishing Was I right in hearing that the bass didn’t enter until the last quarter of the song? Cool. You are right. I actually struggled with that. At first I had the bass going throughout, which sounded nice at the beginning, but then became same-y. I tried dropping it and then bringing it back, but as soon as it dropped, it sounded like something was missing. So I just saved it for the end and called it a day I watched your YouTube (very good) and listened to Soundcloud - and regarding the latter, you go under the name of St Josephs Social Club - is that just you or a group? I listened to a few of your covers: Peace like a river; For no-one; Rikki…; as well as Eddies and Welcome to Wunderbar. Lots of good music to listen to there.
Andrew That's very kind and validating to hear. Very hard to get views/listens with so much music being uploaded each day, especially on Soundcloud, where listens have all but dried up. St Josephs Social Club is me and whoever I manage to ensnare in a project at a given time.
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Hypnotic and beautiful. Cool photography. Nicely choreographed musical and visual performance all the way around. Thanks Ron
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That is such a beautifully immersive piece Ken, both audibly and visually. Parts of the choral elements were reminiscent of gaelic tones as used by Kate Bush. This brilliantly marries the visual beauty of flowers blooming with a well composed piece of music, both big and beautiful.
Great work Ken, kind regards Thanks very much, I'm glad you liked it. I agree, that choral library has a nice flavour - even though it's a Balkan choir, does at times sound sort of Gaelic... we'll just say "vaguely ethnic" It's called Vocalisa (for Kontakt) by Rastsound
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lingyai, this is an outstanding piece of music and a fantastic video.
Great job on both. Kind of you to say, Mario! By the way, re your tagline re toilet paper commercials ... In Thailand they have a brand called "Sit & Smile"
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Beautiful, both sonically and visually. The vocals give the whole thing a cool world music vibe, which I really like. Very good Thanks B.D.! I also like that world favour. Plus, since it's a made up language, don't have to worry about the piece being let down by bad lyrics. The fewer things to get wrong, the better
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Hey, that is so cool. The video was great and the music fit nicely.
We had some flowers in our garden at the other house and brought them here as well. We called them Moon Flowers. They open in the evening and close when the sun comes up.. Pale yellow and the cool thing was they literally opened completely in about 10 seconds. They would twitch a few times and then open like the video shows but in real time. We found out they are actually pretty invasive weeds but still fascinating plants.
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Lovely dreamy music, plus even without the music the video was worth the watch!
Some favourite Waoist Adages:
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That's very kind of you: ) As per your signature, I hope "it blooms for you"
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Mesmerizing and enchanting music (video too). Vocal and melody remind me a bit of Julee Cruise.
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Your right: audio version in SoundCloud sounds better. That is why I don't publish my music in social media platforms that except only mp3 or mp4 and not full quality wav-format.
But to your music: a beautiful piece.
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Hi, Ken. Nice music! Make up your own language? Man, that certainly simplifies writing lyrics. I need to try that some day.
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