I'd call this a success! That's a lot to work in.

You've made something not only coherent but a bit inspiring-sounding with the rising energy. Also, I liked the sound of the beads as a shaker.

Doing #comments-first with 7 (!) comments is like doing 7 challenges in 1 song! That you made it sound like a single coherent thing is quite the feat. You managed to incorporate ALL 7 prompts and the result is pretty unique. I love the improvised percussion, it just works on the softer parts of the songs.

It was the Dutch that lured me in here. The Dutch sections are really interesting (and the ponunciation IS pretty spot-on!). Love the kinda strange melody there, the percussion stopping, the backing ooohs and super soft piano doing the same thing, adds a lot of mystery to those parts.

And then that strange break just shuffles everything up, and the soft piano and ooohs shine through to connect it to the rest again.

i've thought about doing a song that was mostly random layered percussion sounds! very cool feeling here. and then all the sonic changes evolving as it progresses (electro percussion and strings), but glued together by your vocals. the reversed chord progression is so subtle i didn't even pick up on it while listening, but i should try that sometime! congrats!

Incredibly fun and well done. You wove those disparate comments together in a delightful way. Enjoyed listening to this!

She plays, she sings, she knows Dutch! That's not fair! 😀 Lovely, as anticipated. You are so versatile and talented.

Thx Kate(Don't ...I commented on this song the other and it didn't show up..bummer anywho I love the soft singing and melody and that vocal change near the end...you have to keep that in this song!

Great use of the comment prompts, lots of variety, really all goes together, like the percussion used!

Listened to this with my girlfriend Mary Catherine (who you may or may not recall wrote the lyrics to that song we collaborated on with you called "New Love" a couple of years ago), and she LOVED it. Well, of course, so did I. Really amazing at how you could pull 7 weird comments (not as weird as mine would have been: "Do a verse about a weasel riding a bicycle", or somesuch) together and do a great song. Again--it's your arranging/production values that I find particularly good. (Yes, and the voice, the voice). Great job! ❤️

A great demo! It grabbed my attention right away.

Wow, really cool! I love how you used those beads and the Dutch (which also makes it fit the #macaronic challenge!). Great lyrics -- especially the opening/closing lines, for me.

Love the percussion! Way cool! Dancing (in my head - haven’t had my coffee yet - lol!) Appropriate power vocals.Nicely done, Kate!

That's quite an experimental track, but you managed to add a lot of the prompts. Some cool ideas here.

Much respect! Started the day with this one and I enjoyed my first listen very much. Goed gedaan!

Very beautiful song and take on every prompt. Very creative and fun. Very enjoyable listen. You are on the roll, Kate! Your vocals and playing are gorgeous.

The addition of the string quartet was a surprise.

Hahaha I am loving the feedback on this challenge already😊thank you to those who responded below!! I’ll work on it this upcoming weekend.

Oh wow! I could really dance to that!

Yeah! A few dutch words in it. Sounds great. Your pronunciation is really good. So much fun.

A "metal" (head banging) break? Love it!

I liked that you improvised percussion with stuff flying on your desk. Who needs shakers and tambourines, when you can use pencils and a box of paper clips?!

Sick key change towards the end! I wasn’t expecting that!

This sounds great, amazing vocals and beautiful piano playing! I like how the chord progression on the chorus is the same on as the verse, but reversed, clever (and punny, should I say?). Lovely!