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Thanks very much Steve :)
Happy wih this one, it's now remastered!

Yessir! If you hear a bass or guitar it's mine, generally keys or midi instruments will be mine, and if the drums sound ##### they're also mine. If they sound good it might be a sample, as in this track ;)
The samples I used are one humming sound in the background, and a sort of scream/cry~ish sound you hear in the beginning and the end. The terrible vocals are mine ;)

Dank je! Ja ik wou aan het eind dat gevoel geven van als je half slaapdronken wakker wordt en je weet eigenlijk niet goed wat er gebeurd is. Was het echt? Of een droom?

It's funny, I've been experimenting with new stuff for the past weeks but most of it still ended up very close to home... but this one happened more or less by accident and the result is I think really different and exciting.
My next track will probably be just more funky guitars but it's cool to have this voice too.

Thanks Atilla, that's fantastic to hear! :)

Haha yes, that's what I meant. Again, awesome job on the Halloween track, I really like it!

Thank you my friend! That makes ne very happy - I hope you recognise you may have influenced me a bit here ;)

Thanks so much Mark! Yeah I'm not done yet with this one, but I have 4-5 more that need my attention, so I had to kick this one out and make some space in my mind. Some of the vocals aren't quite where I want them, and I want to play with the ending.

In general I'm experimenting and trying to get outside my tried and tested guitar/bass/piano/drums/vocals template and discovering some pretty interesting places, I feel. And that also leads to different lyrics.

I'm definitely having fun, and that's all that matters :)

Thank you so much! Isn't it great how on Looperman (and on open mic nights etc) we can enjoy the types of music we wouldn't usually listen to? :)

BTW I have better tracks, I promise, so keep listening ;)

Het is nog steeds een zooitje :D

Geintje (heb ik misschien wel es verteld): het Griekse woord "zooi" is "leven". Dus als zij zeggen "that's life", dan zeggen wij "what a mess" ;)
In dit geval zeg ik... ayto einai h zoi. Zo gaat het nou eenmaal met sommige tracks ;)

You're too nice ;)
Love your new track, it's very sweet!

Thank you so much! I't a track that frustrates me and it might even go to hidden for a while until I find time to fix it... but still thanks, the nice words help :)

Ok, my voice is clearly not at that level, but there's a lot of emotion in the song and I'm glad that comes through. Thank you so much again :)

Thank you so much, that's very appreciated :) Your comments made my day!

Thanks a lot CbC, I had already thought about abandoning this one but I think it's going in the right direction now :)

Thanks a lot Phil, that's a great compliment!

Thanks a lot CBC! Mixing/mastering is still the thing that excites me least so it's great to hear it worked out in this case :)

Dank je wel! Ik begon in dit geval met te drummen, terwijl ik zat te drummen voelde ik de accoorden, toen ik de accoorden speelde wist ik de melodie en toen ik de melodie zong kwamen de woorden ook heel natuurlijk... soms komt het allemaal wat makkelijker dan andere keren ;)

Thank you so much!!
Great to hear your mom is ok, especially at that age. My mom is 81, so I feel you (brain is still fast, her legs not so much anymore ;)
Donald Fagen is a great name to be compared to. I'm happy :)

Thank you so much Angie, your words always stimulate me to go on and go further! :)

Paul Simon!! Yes that's absolutely it and that's also an amazing compliment because that's probably one of the most amazing poets of the previous century.

Setup: well, I moved from a cramped apartment with no real space (via some (mis)adventures) to a place where I can have a study - which is also my man cave and has the space to really set up all my instruments in a more or less permanent setting, so I can start drumming, playing guitar or keys, or singing at just about any time (barring company time of course) ;)

It's amazing and liberating and just about perfect!

Haha it made me really happy that the story hit home with you until I realised it's your ex-wife :D

I always try to write lyrics in such a way that many people will recognise something... I guess that worked here :)

Thanks for listening and commenting!!

Thank you!

Thanks man! Yeah some tracks take weeks to gel and others just flow naturally and write themselves.

This one when I started with the drum beat, I could already hear the chords and when I played the chords I already started singing.

If only creating was always this easy... :D

Thank you Paul! (hug)