[linux-audio-user] My two best songs so far

Hi y'all Both songs use Ardour & jack to hang it all together, drums sequenced by Rosegarden and fluidsynth playing the fluid soundfont and ns-kitfree. With LADSPA - Freeverb, SC1, 4-band parametric, TAP de-esser on one track. Mono amplifier and low and high pass filters in some places. I did send the songs through jamin at some point and liked the results, but I can't remember if it's these versions or not. Many thanks to authors and contributors for these programs. I'd love to say what genre they're in, but I don't know. World-music-ish would be the closest. I like to use real instruments played by real people, and I try to keep effects to a minimum. 2.7M, 3:45. http://www.semiosix.com/songs/firelightless.ogg One of those songs that just came together all of a sudden. I remember running dripping out of the shower to write down the lyrics. Made with electric & acoustic guitar, fretless bass, violin and cello initially by Rosegarden. Later I recorded live (non-free) violin and cello with the help of a bcf2000, which sadly isn't working 100% for some reason. 3.1M, 4:01. http://www.semiosix.com/songs/thirty.ogg This song started life about 15 years ago on acoustic guitar. Electric guitar, fretless bass, drums, percussion and vocals added in the last year or so. I've posted it here before, and I've improved it since then. I'm still not happy with the sequenced percussion track, but my percussion skills aren't up to that particular task. Of course, I wouldn't be posting these here if I didn't welcome feedback of all kinds. I'm especially interested in what feelings the songs evoke and what mental movies you see. thanks in advance John