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"Hmmm. As a guitarist, I get this " It's not in 'E', can you play it?" all the time. Really? Sure, I'm only an old folk guitarist, but still. My feeling on keys is that it really depends on what instruments are being…"

"Ah well, I'm probably one of the few who never watched Game of Thrones. Let me see if I understand. You said a few posts above that you follow meters closely, and harmonies close to the original sometimes. In order to "apply the…"

"Jon, Don't get me wrong, I like much of what you did. Though I think you could have been a little bit more adventurous harmonically. I'm not talking here about original harmonies, but rather the harmonies in general. You do a good job of…"

"Jon,   Perhaps I'm not as familiar with the original as I should be. But I feel there are uncomfortable meters, and harmonies. The variations are interesting."

"An amusing musing, to be sure.  What part of the 20th are we talking about? Steam powered autos or Y2K? "

"I think that, for the most part, people don't really listen. We here listen because it's what we do. Music is background for most folks. I tend to like a good film score better than most classical music. The general public like Country…"

"Neil, I really like your writing. Good job. You didn't ask, but consider a few comments on the file itself. Strings are really hard to replicate in software, so anything you can do to help them out is a plus. Dynamics and phrasing help a lot.…"

"Stephen, Aside from trying to keep food on my table (we just had to go a week not buying ANYTHING because some bills came due, in addition to a large car repair we can't pay either) , I also contribute to various organisations that help with…"

"Michael, "esoteric philosophical/spiritual" Listening to music might not fall into this category. Listening can be done on very shallow levels. But writing music? That's very different. Lucas is experimenting with those deeper…"

"I mean it gets the point across, if that's what you're after. Bach. A trouble maker, to be sure. When I meet up with him, I'm going to give him a piece of my mind. He's made a right mess of everything. We had Palestrina, right?…"

"What? Actual comments on the music? Silly man. Was this done with the game bar? I ask because the experiments I've done with screen record in game bar are not quite as good as the original as far as audio goes. The Etudes are fine, I suppose.…"

"I would say that 12 years of playing guitar certainly counts as musical training. If you read music, that's also a plus because so much of theory is about what is on the printed page. This piece shows that you have a good ear. Trust it. Would…"

"I love Fantasia."

"Fair enough."

"I get it. I only mentioned it because you brought it up. This nothing to do with being a sound engineer and everything to do with composing. If I remember, you use NotePerformer. You do so because you think it gives you better playback. You go to a…"

"I think our souls are anything but simple. Our chats are simple because words are inadequate. Many years ago, I attended a planetarium show at the observatory in Los Angeles. Great show. At the end they recreated a sunrise. The music in the…"