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true story! :)

Thanks buddy. I try to go from happy funky songs to the occasional ballad with a bit more story :)

Thank you so much! I appreciate it!

Thank you Kay! I also fixed the vocals and the intro a bit, I felt that was still lacking!

Thank you so much! Much appreciated, especially as your piano skillz are a lot better than mine :)

Yeah 100%. Currently working on another very Dannish track, but I guess this one had a bit more Paul Weller/The Jam in it :)

Spasibo! :) Thanks for stopping by and listening!

Thanks a lot Paul! Thanks for always listening and commenting, it's very much appreciated!

Hahaha good, that was the idea!

I guess I've been playing the same riffs for 6 years ;) thanks a lot as always for enjoying it my friend!

Thank you so much buddy! Glad I'm not the only one with that feeling ;)

Thank you so much! I can't ask for more than make the listener feel good!

I grew up playing piano, "recorder" (those wooden flutes) and violin; I added guitar, bass and drums later. The drums in this track are not mine of course, I prefer to use a good sample if I find one but sometimes I'll use my electronic drum kit to create a rhythm if I can't find what I'm looking for.

The piano will always be my comfort place - if I try to figure out a tune or chords, I always picture a piano keyboard, even when I'm playing guitar or singing. But the guitar is sort of my happy place, my aspiration, it's where I create melodies.
Interestingly (to me anyway), I create quite different things on the piano, guitar and vocals, and I often eg sing something that I created on the guitar, or take some chords from piano to the guitar to see how they behave there.
I'm definitely not a music teacher - thanks for the compliments though :) I'm just an old man with way too many melodies in my head, too many instruments and a severe case of ADHD ;)

Happy holidays buddy!

Thanks again :)

Hahaha, as a Dutch person both Santa and the church need to be questioned ;)
We are both music lovers and that's the main thing. Thanks for listening and enjoying the track and have a great holiday period my friend!

That's a very good call Mykael! I wrote and recorded the whole thing in a couple hours and the lyrics (and the vocals) definitely suffered. There's also bits of the drumming and the guitar I want to improve, but you're right, the vocals and lyrics are the higher prio.
My plan is to take the weekend and the Christmas break to improve both a bit - then next year November or so give it another go and produce a brand-new fresh and improved version for that holiday season. And man, the idea of you singing my song... that's a dream!!

Thank you so much! I'm so happy everyone made it all the way to the end :)

Dank je wel thank you so much Rita!

Hahaha that's awesome!! Much better than mine :D
Hahahaha I'm crying with laughter here.
BTW here's a quick clip for mine:
https://youtu.be/h53z--adQRQ

Thanks a lot buddy! Appreciated! & Happy Holidays!

HAha IT's not very poppy I guess - it felt more like punk, almost, especially with Animal on the drums throughout the track. But if you had fun and you started wiggling your toes throughout the track then I'm good!

Well of course you're all lunatics, that's a given. You drive on the wrong side of the road, you measure people in stones and racecourses in furlongs and you think mushy peas is something you can eat. On the other hand, all that has given you an excellent sense of humour and some fine music so it's not all bad.
I've watched so many British shows over the decades that yes of course I know what a Christmas cracker is, and yes that's an excellent example of why you're bonkers :)
Almost as bonkers as the Dutch I'd say.

And thanks for listening mate :)

Thank you so much buddy, that is very much appreciated!

That's a huge compliment. I didn't grow up with those songwriters (I listened to classical music as a kid) but obviously people like Bowie, Jackson Browne, Marvin Gaye, Elvis Costello (and later Terence Trent D'Arby and Prince) influenced me massively.
If you can hear my passion for music and lyrics in my songs... then I did something right.
Thank you so much for listening and always being supportive Mykael!

Thank you so much Phil!