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I love this story. I didn't know where it was going, then, when I read the last line, I burst out laughing.

Your voice is the perfect narrator.

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Thanks, Bill. 🤓

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Great ambience! Do more of this, songs want to be sung! :)

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Thanks Alex. I should do more of these. They are just a lot of work. 🤣

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Oh, tell me about it! I am pulling (beard) hair editing the second Qlev pod video... but it feels good to do them. And thanks for linking it to me, cause lazy bones here would not have found it otherwise! :) Back to editing that audio track!

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Editing video is very time-consuming also! I don't think most people appreciate the amount of work that goes into audio and video.

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I think it's more they don't realise. If I posted screenshots of my Final Cut workspace with all the tracks, stills, video, sfx, music, dialogue, transitions, etc pp... heads start to spin... the first S-Zer0 video was also the very first video I worked on, but never used Final Cut before, fiddling with Logic Pro for the audiobook now... time ... it goes *poof!*

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Yeah. That is what I meant. Until you do it, you don't know how much is involved.

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I appreciate your audio work! :)

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Nice combination, Mark. I wish I'd taken up music when I had the opportunity. Never had the discipline to stay with it. As it is, I've often been told I have great face for radio.

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Thank you, John. Music has been one of the greatest joys of my life. I became obsessed with guitar at a young age and I love playing music as much as ever.

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The guitar and the audience wah-wah are excellent at setting the mood and ambiance of the story. Nicely done!

The last paragraph takes the reader on a slightly different direction than the story was going to that point (one of your trademark twists). I have no clue how to do it (the closest I've ever come to composing is throwing together preset riffs in GarageBand as background for videos) but I wonder if the music could "wink" at the reader in a subtle "see what I did there?" way?

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Music can definitely set a mood or elicit emotion. Which is why movies have music and it changes per scene or action. But the guitar part in this story was recorded back in 2008. It just happened to be the right length for the story.

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This story reminds me of a gig my old band played in Portland. There were maybe ten people there total, including a couple who kept looking at us with a "could you guys please keep it down, we're trying to have a conversation" look. The next night, we played at the Jimi Hendrix Experience museum in Seattle in front of 2,000 or so people and it was one of the best shows we ever played. The juxtaposition between the two has always stuck with me over the years.

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Yeah, that is the music game. I have played in different types of bands, for a handful of people and for thousands, and the audience is different every time. I think instrumental music is the worse for the audience ignoring you. Although, we just went to see Lake Street Dive (who are awesome, by the way) and two women near us talked through the whole thing. Why bother going? 🤣

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Lol, yeah, I don't get that. There are millions of other options for places to chat 😆

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The addition of the audio, especially with the background music, is wonderful. I think you've hit on something here.

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Thank you, Dascha. It is a different experience. But obviously, far more work to produce. Still, audiobooks are VERY popular.

I don't have the voice for narration, but I think people can stand it in small doses. 🤣

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Your voice is perfect for narration. I like 👍 it

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Thank you, Paul! 🙂

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I find it's just as interesting to hear a person's voice as to see their face after having communicated with them. It's always surprising. I quite enjoyed your voice!

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Thanks, Dascha. Yeah, it is usually surprising to hear someone's voice after reading their writing.

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This is awesome, Mark! I listened/read along and I genuinely felt transported. Thanks for that. I hope you create more of these stories with the audio feature.

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Thank you, Justin. I really appreciate it. It was a fun project.

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