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"Thank you Stephen for the kind words. I'm glad the tunes worked for you! -William"

"Very interesting and very nice. Fits the news-theme idea, but better than most of the ones I have actually heard on TV. The Carousel, having some structure, harmonies and voicings reminiscent of some of the best of Aaron Copeland, is beautiful."

"Thank Gav for the nice feedback."

"Hi William, This certainly fits the "News" style, with the typewriter sounds and the punctuated "action" chords - thanks for sharing! Gav"

"Thank you Kjell for the nice feedback. Your point on the minimalism theme usage is very accurate, although in my defense it in some ways emulates the antique carousel music (which is REALLY minimal). At the time I was also interested in developing…"

"Very nice treatment, soft and appealing. Maybe the theme could need a contrast, it seems to be the same one all through, although it is a nice melody. It reminds me of a short piece of Wagner which I do not remember the name of. Wagner also used one…"

"Thank you Timothy. It was part one of a 3 set, but the last two I was unable to record successfully. It has become part of a new set with other tunes like The Clock Shop, News at 11 and the like. The balance of predictability is always a challenge.…"

"This is really good! Whenever I first begin to listen to anything with strings in it I always wonder if it's another kid playing with string pads for the first time. Nothing more boring than a long string pad with no direction. This is not…"

"Thank you Jan. I'm glad that it worked for you. -William"

"Hi William, it sounded very enjoyable and you catch the flowing of the carousel well in my opinion. Kind regards, Jan"

"My humble $.02 worth and (much of this has been said already).. Doubling can be for thickness, size, or timbre. For example, doubling the middle strings with horns thickens the texture. Size is mostly achieved by doubling outward, that is the highs…"

"Welcome William!"