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Cowbell!


Another point where the MIDI-only BIAB camp retains clear superiority. Cowbell is part of the General MIDI specs (instrument 56), and yet even with the 2011 release, PG Music has thoughtlessly failed to provide us with a Cowbell RealTrack.

The harmony is refreshingly different, and the guitar instrumental reminded me of my halcyon days of youth spent at the local arcade listening to the Bubble Bobble theme song.

One small criticism - a trifle so minor that I hesitate to draw to your attention. You've carefully crafted a song strongly rooted in reality with elements including Santa and a magical cat - and then expect your listener to believe that a man would - on his own, without compelling motivation - RTFM? Such a suspension of disbelief for such an unusual element of this magnitude would require at least a couplet, if not a quatrain, setting out the emotional turmoil the singer experienced which lead to such an atypical action.