Re: Paul Bartlett
Sorry to sound a dissonant note. The guitar playing is excellent to brilliant in the pieces shown. However, to turn "Song for a Winter's Night" into a choral piece is almost blasphemous, in my opinion. This is the most intimate of songs, the ultimate and best "just me all by myself and my doubts and I'll let one person (who should be the beloved but is not) listen in" tune ever, and to have a whole chorus singing is like inviting the whole town in to talk about it. The song takes place in one room, with a feeling of being closed in by the weather, one solitary lonely person smoking and drinking most of the night and worrying about whether or not his loved one is really true ("if I could know within my heart that you were lonely, too"); oh, and by the way, now let's let everybody in now to talk about it? Maybe we could have a focus group, or a poll about whether or not it will all work out. I think not!
I haven't had much time these days to comment, but I still lurk and make an occasional foray. B'stone, hang in there and keep going in the right direction!
Best to all,
DQ
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