Hi Steve,

I love the epic sound you get with the reverb and dreamy pads, then so intimate with the incredible close mic'd vocals! So, in terms of space, you've got massive detail as well as massive perspective. This makes a perfect bed for a song concerning MLK, I believe.

I love how your B and C sections are so rubato and so tied to the lyric that coming back to the A feels strange, at first, like...the song is musically gonna plow forward without returning to the A...then you finally do with the sax!

Beautiful song.

EDIT: And so very moving, direct, and timely...

I'm hearing a little "Van Dyke Parks" influence in terms of adventurousness, structurally and musically. But your style here feels fresh and unique, to me.

Mike

Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 08/31/23 01:27 PM.
Fate doesn't hang on a wrong or right choice
Fortune depends on the tone of your voice

-The Divine Comedy (Neil Hannon)
from the song "Songs of Love"
from the album "Casanova" (1996)