Thanks, Bub!  Yeah, I hear a small string quartet or something too.  But I almost always do.)  We'll see where the muse leads me.  Two new pieces just jumped into my head this morning.  I sure wich I could write them as fast as they come to me....  (IOW...I'll probably be off on something new soon.) 

Jimmy, I think if you ever quit commenting around here, I'll just have to quit writing music.  :(  Thank you so much for your comments.  As always, you make some very valid points.  Honestly, I can't even play a song anymore without thinking about what you would say about it.  :-)  And yes, I guess my tunes can get repetitive at times, because maybe I'm playing more of an accompaniment instead of an interesting melody.  I'll definitely look at those places you mention.  You'd be surprised how much I changed already because I knew you'd mention some of these things.  Obviously I still have a few things to learn.  :-) 

I think maybe more emotion comes thru here because I was deliberately trying to portray various emotions.  I should aim for that more I suppose.  Glad you liked the performance that much.  I'm not sure why it's different, but I'm tickled that you liked it. And thanks so much for your comments.  I can't tell you how much I appreciate your help and insight! 

Thanks Scott.  Yeah, I agree about the strings.  :-)

Well thank you, Mark.  I really appreciate that. :-)

Thanks Mark.  I know it's not your favorite, but I appreciate you listening.  I'll try to do one more in your ballpark again...sometime. :-) 

Wow, Tom, thanks!  I'm sure glad you liked it.  :-)

Thank you, Vicente.  I appreciate that!

Jimmy, I changed most of those places where I played the same note several times in a row.  Great call!! At 4:05, I have no idea what's happening there. I can't get those notes to sustain for anything.  I've never had that problem, so it will probably take more digging to figure out the issue.  :(  At 1:05, I decided to keep those 1/16 notes there.  At least for now.  Thanks again...I like it more now. :-)

Thanks Jimmy!  Yeah, I didn't cut off the first 2 seconds with Audacity this time.  Sorry...I guess I should have since you were listening for specific places.  I'm glad you like it better. I certainly do.  I hope I can grow ears like yours some day.   I'm noticing that hum now too.  I'm not sure where it's coming from.  I just know it's not in Sonar...