Dust If You Must (from poem by Rose Milligan)

[Ron D Bowes]

I am always amused by the self loathing that many artists suffer from. I listen to myself in interviews and cringe while I die a thousand deaths. Some of my early work I listen to and think WTF was I thinking!! This is a cool piece of work. Never easy fitting pre written words into a song and nothing wrong with your vocal delivery. Nice atmosphere to it.

[godinqc]

Very nice arrangement, the vocals sound great and so does the guitar and piano.
Great job

[des0free]

Conversion of poem into song works quite well here, with some pretty sophisticated lead guitar parts in there!  Real drums I assume!  I'm interested how you came across the poem?  Did you go searching intentionally for song lyrics. I must admit that although I studied the humanities a bit more than average perhaps in the college I attended, I don't actively go to read poems too often.

[Mike_S]

Think this came out really well Ken. It was an interesting idea and worked very well. I think your vocal suits the song. it has a haunting quality that fits the idea. and you gave me the idea now of merging vocal takes... that will come in handy

Great stuff.

Mike

[WarpCanada]

Psychologists say we all hate the sound of our own voices.  But I think you sound great.

This song vibes hard. This poem hits different now that I'm 53.

[Zoltan]

I'm drinking my morning coffee and suddenly it dawned on me... Hardlock is turning into Leonard Cohen. The vocals are spot on, the guitar playing is melodic and lively. A strong story told with style.