Rimshot
I like when the drums come in after the plucks started.  Was not expecting the synth pattern.  Why did you call it Pligram and Indians?  What section was the indians?  A little too repetitive over all but the sections are all really good.  Maybe just cut the whole thing down a bit?  I liked the plucked part section the best.  

 
Thanks Jimmy.  Actually it was originally for Herb's holiday songwriting contest, last Thanksgiving/Christmas.  I was trying to semi-comically chronicle the "first thanksgiving", with the classical sections representing the puritanical pilgrims, and the hipper, bolder synth stuff representing the native American Indians.  Then the mid/end break part is supposed to be a fight breaking out, with guns going off and such.
 
I'm going to be adding some layers in the middle to make it more interesting.

That's really cool Walt, and grooves along well.  I'm not sure I have much to say, it's all very well done and produced. 

Wayne Joseph Kington
That's really cool Walt, and grooves along well.  I'm not sure I have much to say, it's all very well done and produced. 

Thanks Wayne.  I've just added some "tribal" sounding drums (and a couple other layers and minor tweaks) to my in-house mix, but I've not uploaded it yet.  Still considering other changes.  I hope to post an update soon.

I've just uploaded the new "added drums" mix.  I hope people will like it.

Listening again Walt, I really like your style as a composer, the slightly off-centre arrangement of strings at the beginning, the interesting synth sounds, the minimalist repetition that never gets dull and the percussion... Is that all programmed beats?

There's something I really like about repetition that never quite sounds repetitive... It plays with the boundary between familiar and unfamiliar, creating something layered and very listenable.

Well done.

Wayne Joseph Kington
Listening again Walt, I really like your style as a composer, the slightly off-centre arrangement of strings at the beginning, the interesting synth sounds, the minimalist repetition that never gets dull and the percussion... Is that all programmed beats?

There's something I really like about repetition that never quite sounds repetitive... It plays with the boundary between familiar and unfamiliar, creating something layered and very listenable.

Well done.

Thanks for the re-listen Wayne.  The drums are made up of a few different things, actually:

1. Battery 4 is the main drum part, starting around 0:54, is a midi loop running through an old school 909 kit
2. AAS Ultra Analog is doing an "Electragroove" arpeggiation starting around 1:13
3. Kontakt 5 starts around 1:50 with the tribal rhythms that I used from the West Africa discovery series (kinda cheating, as I don't have any real American Indian drums).  The West Africa drums library has a really cool way of triggering their drum sample loops.  Each octave does something different, with each note in that octave providing a different variant on what that octave is doing.  For example, from C1-B2 are the 12 variants of the main rhythm ensembles, then from C2-B3 are the 12 variants of the "solo djembe" phrases, then from C3-B4 are the single djembe hits, from C4-B5 are the single stroke dunun hits, etc.  Of course you get to sync the tempo and set the knobs for the right feel/intensity, etc.  It's pretty fun to play with!
4. AAS Chromaphone, doing a low tom simple "Indian beat" in the middle section around 2:08 for a short while

As far as the somewhat (admittedly) repetitive style of my writing, I usually try to vary something on a theme that gets woven into some other part of the song.  I feel it's important to allow the listener (even a first time listener) an opportunity to "hum along" and feel like they know where it's going.  That doesn't mean that surprises aren't good too!  But I do like to let folks learn the song a bit and then re-use that familiarity later in the song.
 
I guess it's something I learned doing pop/rock music for all those years.  Everyone wants to hear the chorus early and often, so they can start singing along.  Well, this ain't pop/rock, but that doesn't mean I can't use some of the same writing tricks in my electronic music. :)

Sounds great! Nice grooves all the way. The congas part adds intensity to an already intense tune. Good job!

nice mix of genres and it really keeps your attention throughout.
I'm not sure you're allowed to call them Indians anymore - you have to call them Native Instruments

equality
Sounds great! Nice grooves all the way. The congas part adds intensity to an already intense tune. Good job!

 
Thanks equality!  I appreciate the listen and comments.

daryl1968
nice mix of genres and it really keeps your attention throughout.
I'm not sure you're allowed to call them Indians anymore - you have to call them Native Instruments

Haha!  Perhaps they are the knights who said NI?  (o.O)
 
Seriously though, thanks Daryl.

I like both versions