"What a View" - Ted and Oldrottenhead

[Jarle]

This is just a perfect song for summer in Norway. A lot of hills to climb and views to take in.
Love it.

[hooper]

Loved it! A great song for traveling and interesting to see the comments relating to Paul Simon world music... which sure makes sense!

[DarrenG / The Devil's Toupee]

Great song and collaboration. Yeah I'm hearing a bit of Paul Simon in the music and the vocals. I like the sound of the music. Great stuff.
Darren

[bruno]

I'm a sucker for 6/8. Its great on the fiddle, it just dances along. This is no exception, this one get you nodding and tapping along to a jig.
Awesome and inventive.
B

[Ted]

And that strumming pattern, no way. I was trying to do it in time with the music, it just ain't happening in these old hands......

It doesn't come naturally. I really had to work at it. It still falls apart if I try to do it at the hyper speed of many Malagasy songs. And when I play Malagasy songs at slow speed, often I still can't find one. It's really humbling.

Having messed around with "making" harmonies from one's original vocal track via pitch shifting in Audacity, I bow to your creativity in the fine art of hacking!

I probably would had not done it if it weren't specifically over a diminished-seventh chord – which made it really easy. I just shifted everything up a minor third ("bur-ning my"). And moved "head" down a half-step to fit with the next chord.

The Paul Simon and Graceland comparisons are too kind. That is a fantastic album, and evidently a touchstone for many people vis-a-vis their exposure to African music. I began exploring African sounds a few years before Graceland came out. People should be saying, "Paul, your stuff really reminds me of Ted Johnson." But I had the disadvantages of being, younger, poorer, unknown, and less brilliant. It's really not fair how the deck was stacked against me. 

[Bishmanrock]

Cracking track, guitar is really infectious and really good work on the vocal delivery

[Nelson]

Enjoying the sounds /view from here guys.
That guitar has a Caribbean steel drum vibe to it.
Marvelously expressive vocals 
Well done gents

[StephenM]

I totally get the Paul Simon comments and agreed the music is very much that way.  But for me the voice, this could be a Peter Gabriel track...
what a view?  What a voice!  I admit though the photo of the view is worth a few songs...
great track fellas.

[guitarron]

Fantastic collab you guys. A  Very enjoyable listen. Glad this got bumped

[Diego Ayala]

It is going to take me a while to get caught up with everyone's music --- Ted steered me back to Songcrafters - so decided to hit his jukebox --- may need to get me some more thumb drives to save all this music.  Great Collab