Thanks everyone for great comments. Lots to consider.
Paulads: thanks for listening - guitars quite challenging on this one (trying to get hands to do something brain normally wouldn't)!
TimCurtis: thanks for great comments. I have to say folk was the furthest thing from my mind when doing this - which just goes to show. For midi horns it is really a touch choice between too tight and too loose - I was going for loose here but maybe a bit too much...
Pompeyjazz: "Flamenco"?! But then I am a complex cocktail of influences. Glad you liked it.
Scottlevi: great point re the alliterations - I think I may be the one to have missed the trick as there was no science to this just what felt good to sing... Hmmm!
Ironknee: ska was a sort of fusion of rock and roll and Jamaican music, then made a bit more punky by British 80's bands like the Specials and early Madness and these days really popular in South America with their own flavours (I want to say Mano Negra but they weren't really from there - still good though). Was definitely going for a bit of a live feel so thanks for that!
Shadowfax: glad you liked! The folky thing is a bit of a surprise but perhaps I should just go with that...
Rightly: nice pick up on the chord progression - I think I used all 7 chords in Dm and then borrowed about 7 more and that was before the key change! Thanks for great comments.
Tinam: Thank you! yes those were reggae drums, which seemed to fit fine though not quite the "proper" ska beat. I'm not quite as "British" as Kate Tempest but I do like proper non-Transatlantic voices...
Jamie: many thanks - I deliberately mixed the horns up a bit so might have overdone it a tad...
Skub: introspective and jolly. Welcome to my world! Glad you enjoyed...
Oldbutyet: guilty as charged - the Madness dance was danced!
Delb0y: it's a good point re the repetition of the transport and I think you're probably right that there was more to get out of those parts. Of course need one-syllable good sounding modes - cab could be one (although of course, you can stop a cab!)
Yodasdad: many thanks - I think choppy is kind of how it's supposed to be but perhaps not too jarring either. I did do a lot more BV bits but I didn't like them enough to keep them. Food for thought.
Refusedrevival: thanks for great comment! The drums are from the Loop Loft and I think are supposed to be reggae. I always chop up the loops quite a bit. They get compressed quite heavily (high ratio, long attack, short release) then they go to a drum room for reverb and then to a drum bus with multiband compression to bring up different parts (e.g. here the kick and hats).
Danieltrigger: thanks so much! Quirky is me!
Bill Saunders: I'll take any remote comparison to any Beatle! Thanks a million.
Wolfini: I guess you're right it's not your absolute crazy wild ska party! It seemed right for this piece though. Thanks for the comments!
Martynrich: yes, that rhythm was a real challenge and definitely better in some places than others. Glad it all (mostly) worked though! Thanks for listening.
