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My friend, don't sell yourself short by calling this a "piece of garbage!" It's very very good and enjoyable to hear!

Far better piano work in this short composition than most piano based work I've heard in recent years. It is calming, yet emotionally charged.

Very good work! Faved!

Here I am, listening to your songs, and I see comments from one I have tried to work with, and one I have only now just heard.

Your song remind me of "echo and the bunnymen" or "joy division" and I like that in any song. Deep and dark, with a hopeful edge. You've done something special here.

There are so many people coming out of the woodwork here on Looperman right now, and it's great to see. Hardly ever have I hear a song like this in this arena.

Great work, thus far! Faved!

On my second listen now. I hit the wrong key and did the delete...

I hear where you are coming from here... Your lyrics actually speak to me, even though that is not an easy thing these days.

My references for "broken" are limited to Nine Inch nails and Pantera, which are obviously not the influences for this song.

It's lyrically interesting. Depression means different things to different people, and one does not know what to expect... Did you speak of back pain? Maybe my wife should hear this shiz?

It's been a long time since I've heard this sort of chill out/hip hop/rap combination on Looperman. You should be proud of that. I would be proud to hear this on the iPod, and that is not common these days.

#####, and sweet. Fave and DL. Thank you!

Man, I love this one! So creepy and classical at the same time. The percussive elements remind me of something flamenco or gypsy or tribal. The intervals have something special about them as well.

Your response - "i will just keep taking the drugs and hope for the best with these tracks" was interesting to me. I will refrain from being invasive about it though. I do have a deep interest in the connection between musical endeavors and the drugs which seep into them. The song I am working on at the moment, for example, is highly influenced by Gymnopilus which is something mostly new to my palate. I have learned a few important lessons from this fungal ally in the week I have known it.

It is obvious from this piece that your mixing skills are becoming well honed! It sounds great in all ways. The stereo field is deep, the volume balance is awesome, and it is very dynamic. Songs like this make me happy. I have seen a lot of movement away from the loudness wars in the past year, and I'm loving the sonic depth I'm hearing from so many artists.

How is your website going? I must admit to not visiting very often, since it seems that the technical side is somewhat incompatible with my combination of Firefox and Linux, I always have trouble with something. Keep in mind that it is not just your site, many websites are not very compatible. I can't even read an eBook on amazon or watch a streaming movie on Netflix. I would like to get involved with the music for art movement again, since it is an inspiring process.

Thank you for sharing this very cool music! Faved! Thank you for the download as well! Have a good day!

This is pretty freakin cool! Obviously one of those songs which is meant to make the listener turn up the volume, and I respect that. So many songs make me want to turn it down right away.

Great old school tone on the guitars, and the vocals are well recorded. I know that it is Dutch and all, but still it reminds me of some of the eastern European stuff which I used to listen to every time I was rollin... like Zdob Si Zdub and older O-Zone. We used to get all high and dream of moving to Romania to be farmers or gypsies.

Musically, this is wicked, and I can only take your word on the lyrical theme. I love it! Majorly faved! Thanks for the download!

This is quite the fun track! I think you did great with the sampling here!

This puts me very much in mind of some of the Aphex Twin that I have enjoyed in the past, but perhaps a bit less mind boggling than that. It's meant as a compliment, as I can barely listen to Aphex any more (not enough drugs in my blood any more).

If I was to break down and get a Volca, it would have to be the sampler... it would fill a gap in my hardware, and it seems like a fun box to experiment with. I could see it being an excellent thing to go along with the monotribe. Obviously it can be used with great results, since that is exactly what you got here!

Lovely playful melodies, and a cool raw sounding mix. My kind of thing!

Definitely a fave! Thank you for the download!

While your instrumental is fine in every way, I have to ask - Do you know what a "lyric" is? If so, where is it?! I can't really say more, since this left me disappointed as a result.

I think you've got a good start to a song here. Nice to hear some lyrical/vocal work by you!

The synthetic melodies on this sound quite familiar. I can't quite say that this is a good thing, but if you were going for sounding like your influences... then I'd say you nailed it!

I could see this going in a glitchy complextro frenzy after the drop. For my ears, it would add a lot of interest to the song. Curious where you will take it!

Thanks for sharing your work with us!

I must say that hearing a jazz standard on Looperman is something which does not happen very often! I'm happy to hear something I recognize from so far back. It's a lovely rendition!

The clinking of glasses and conversation is so real, in the same way that so many things now are SO VIRTUAL. I love it!

There is something about duo's which just make the evening. I can't wait to do that again! thank you for sharing your work! Big fave!

Super cool self-jam session here! I was happy to visit your profile and notice something uploaded this year!

I thought the guitar tones were pretty sweet, and your playing style was flowing and enticing as usual. I think you were born to make music like this!

I can't help but wonder about the title, as in if it was put in place before uploading, or if it had some long ago reference. It could mean different thing at different times to different people. I like that in a song!

thank you for sharing this!

Interesting style here. I know it's mostly to demo the samples you are doing, though.

I guess as far as drums and bass samples, they are a bit dynamically crushed for my taste. I like to do that myself most of the time.

I think you will probably get a good reaction from most people with sample like this though!

I find this to be a really fun sonic exporation of your subject matter! Genre does not matter greatly, and this is one that shouldn't be "boxed up."

I'm enjoying the playful vibes of the bass lines, and the gentle rhythms. The mixing so far really lends itself to this sort of instrumentation and composition.

As someone who has been sharing life with a "bruja" for a long time, I can definitely feel some associations in your song.

I suppose that the only reservation I have with this one is in the synthesizer sounds, but it is only a personal and subjective thing. The sounds have a "played out" feel to my ears, like they are sounds which have been in so many songs throughout my life, that I tire of them. It is nothing said about how you have played the sounds though, as your playing and composition is awesome as ever! Like I said, it's just personal. If I didn't feel this way about a lot of things, then I wouldn't go out of my way trying to make new sorts of instruments.

I enjoyed the song a lot! Definitely a fave! I'm looking forward to hearing where it goes if you collaborate!

I have no idea why I never noticed this song come through, but I'm glad I found it today! It's relaxing and chill in only the best of ways!

The vocals and guitar compliment each other very nicely in this setting. All of the other parts make for fine and complete sounding piece.

The mix and master sound very clean and polished to my ears. Considering it was done mostly in one night, this is something to be very proud of! It was sonically interesting throughout, and quite dynamic.

Enjoyed listening to another of your more recent works, and I'm sorry that I did not get to it earlier. Thank you for sharing! Hope all is well!

This is pretty sweet, and not what I expect when clicking on a house track. Nice arrangement and composition!

I have to wonder if the comments about the mix/master are partly due to the very low bit rate of the mp3 render. I can tell by the file size that it is probably around 128 kbps, which is quite low. Since you are allowed 20 MB per track, there is little reason to go with a low quality file like that. Much clarity and frequency range is lost with files like that.

It is possible that the bass frequencies could be shaped better, and the mid-high range cleaned up, but that is artistic preference. For all I know this is part of your signature.

I don't think it sounds too bad, and I'm sure it would sound better with a higher quality render. Knowing FL studio 12, you may also have some PDC issues going on, which is a more difficult thing to tackle. I've been using FL since it was fruity loops, and I still have trouble with this.

All in all, I liked the song a lot, despite it not being me favorite style of music. It was fun and interesting! Keep it up!

Heh, this is pretty damn groovy! Definitely makes me wish I had some buds at the moment, but such is life.

It's interesting, I didn't look at the genre until after listening for a while. The placement of this under electronic gives me the impression of irony. I say this simply because almost all music is mostly electronic these days. If it had been ten to twenty years ago, I would have heard this and said "this is pop" or "this is RnB" or "this is hip hop combined with soul." None of it would have been derogatory, but simply the extent of the experience of music and life at the time. Now things are different.

It's quite good! I like the vocal chops very much. Was this an authorized remix? I don't really care, I am just curious when I hear stems like this.

Very cool to hear this, and it's well done. Thanks for sharing it! Big fave and a DL!

Okay, I've just been grooving along to this, and then I get to 4:20, as I tend to do (!)... and that broken cone tone guitar is just killer! I love that sort of thing!

The song is definitely freaking awesome! I too know how hard things used to be for us musicians, having made music on Win 98 and other even less technological items. It was difficult, but oh so rewarding! You did a great one here, and it brings me back.

For some reason your song made me think of the pawn shop I was just at this morning. They had some music playing, and the opening riff had me thinking I was going to hear Warren Zevon "Werewolves of London." Then the song kept going and it turned to just be some stupid hick who ripped off a bunch of classic rock. Very disappointing. However, it doesn't matter since we found an original "Excitable Boy" vinyl not long ago.

Don't hear something referred to as Glam Rock much any more, but I can't complain about the reference. I still like to think of Muse as one of the more recent additions to that sort of style, though I know it's not exactly correct.

Very fun track to hear, and definitely a fave!

Sorry... I'm still laughing about the Tangerine Dream/Legend comment, both the comment (which I tend to agree with), and your reply (in that you had not heard of either the group or the film). Seems like an essential item for an electronic musician, though I am getting old, so don't mind me.

Either way, it is a nicely composed song, with a very cinema/game feel to it. Not my favorite sort of music of course, but within those confines you have done very well.

I am curious about the process. Did you play the instruments in with MIDI controllers, or was it all mouse based? The main reason I ask is that the velocity of the composition seemed somewhat static. It could also be due to the low peak level of the render, which makes the dynamics less apparent. With these sort of instruments, I tend to expect a lot of variation between loud an soft notes. It adds realism, and can give a tension which might be missing.

None of that is meant to make you question your work, but is simply to help me verify what my ears are hearing.

I did enjoy the song, and I think a great film could come together with tracks made like this!

It's pretty damn good for a short demo track!

You would probably get even more hits for your kontakt lib if you made this into a full song, and linked to the library everywhere you uploaded the song. I know that a lot of people have a short attention span, but personally I prefer to hear a full song.

It was fun to listen to, and had a nice build up of energy! Good work!

I knew this had to be a killer work after seeing the two involved in this final product! You've both done excellent performances here!

Definitely does have a classic rock vibe to the instruments and mix. There is nothing wrong with that at all! It reminds me a bit of The Doors, on songs where Manzarek's organ was backed up by a "real" bassist.

It's interesting to read from those in "western" and "developed" nations, who think of war, and think of somewhere far away. I, on the other hand, live in this heartland bread basket, and think of it as the front lines. Sure, it may be a different war, but it is just as serious in impact to the future. I think of it a bit like the war which was being fought against the Dakota tribe in our area at the same time as our "civil" war... totally different front lines. It almost feels like the war that is remembered was simply a distraction from the atrocities. I don't think it is a coincidence that history books about this era are being thrown away by our libraries.

There are a lot of days when I wish I had a rocket launcher, in order to drop crop duster planes from the sky, or to leave the parks and forestry vehicles in smoldering piles. Then I would be forced to disappear - or be picked up in the night, never to be seen again. Life during wartime, right?

Either way, your song was thought provoking and also musically enjoyable! Very cool work from you two! Fave! Thank you for sharing!

I think that i have recently commented on your more recent songs, so here I am listening to something that I haven't commented on yet. For some reason the vocals are sounding familiar to me, but then it has been a long few years... so who can tell?

This song reminds me of how I used to respects French and eastern Europian culture greatly, and how it wained during the Obama times. Perhaps it was simply brainwashing that I did not expect. Now I support the moves of this region, right now, more than ever.

It's a threatening time, for all of us. And people like you give us hope. That's dope.

Thank you! Fave!

You can always be relied upon to provide an amazing trance experience, and it shows in this song! I only wish that I had it on my ipod for the walk today!

Bouncy and deep, this song has a ton of dynamics to it! Your mid range is very well crafted, and makes the song strong in a rooted sort of way.

Borders on psy, but with a sensibility which is rarely found in that style. Rhythmically dense without being muddy.

I've enjoyed it thoroughly, and now I retire to my wife's short vacation. Thank you for sharing it! Fave'd and DL'd!

Damn this is sweet stuff! I too wonder about the deep house tag, but I have never fully understood house music in general, so don't take my word for it. To me it has the flavor of fusion rock, a'la The Fixx, Depeche Mode, or some such thing, but it also has some elements which remind me of modern US rap music. I listen to weird stuff, so my ideals are not those of the modern populace (disclaimer).

It shows in this piece, that you are a bass player by nature. A good bass player is like gold. I just put new acoustic/electric bass strings on our old JBP bass for my wife to begin practising again. It was a good feeling to play in some chords and modes with her, on my classical with equally new strings. She is the only singing bassist I have ever worked with, and since we've been together since '94, it is a good feeling. Hopefully we can achieve some of our collective musical goals together.

I've listened a couple of times now, and I've enjoyed it much! Nightingale is kind of a classic member, who seems to have gone underground for the moment. I too have used his material. Some great guitar work there! If you need some help, maybe I would be able to help, though I am no guitar god like Nightingale. My neurological issues and multiple head injuries seem to limit me in that way, though I work each day to overcome it. I know we ust have tried to work together in recent times, but I have actually completed a couple of collaboration projects in recent months.

Your work is always inspiring in a reminiscent way, like something I would have been obsessed with ten years ago. To hear something like that now is almost like a dream, like most things I indulge in deeply. Thank you for sharing it. I am going to fave, and await an update or a contact!

Sounded like a good opportunity to hear something a bit older on your page, and I'm glad that I found this one! It is very sonically deep, and interesting in a visual way.

This does have the feel of an opium dream, which is something I saw that you mentioned. I think that has been invading my nights quite a bit in the last couple of weeks (tis the season). It has that sort of confusing yet penetrating vibe.

Lots of jazzy elements in here, which make it also somewhat fun! Feels a bit like something from Eno's "Nerve Net" album, or even some from Matt Johnson/The The... neither of those could ever be a bad thing to my ears! Something is definitely very fusion-like in here.

The "Night Train" aspect of the title made me thing of ##### and Roses, which is a bit funny considering the style of your song. Can't seem to get past that part of my youth, blaring a GnR tape in my walkman over and over again... surprised my ears are as good as they are still!

Thanks for sharing this groovy piece! Very cool!