This is my first real attempt at Folk in some time...  I am using my Rogue Acoustic/electric, and my Epiphone MM-50 Mandolin..  Two guitar tracks, and one Mandolin track..  along with the soft and wonderful background of a tropical rainforest... 

   I hope you enjoy it...  It took alot of time and effort...

             This is one of the softer peices I've done...

                              JimK

lol, sounds like your boy yellin in the background...on a serious note, i like this, not used to hearing mandolin but to me in places should it be up more in the mix? Like the strummed chords, I was anticipating you coming back in after you crossed the rocky part in the path( guitar on shoulder) then  continue on your journey playing in the wilderness.... pretty cool vibe here..

it sounds , real simple ( the title speaks! ) , the nature background gives a good effect .
I think an onther trak of  flute or a sweet brass in general can give much expression of the folk idea.

I love to hear open chords on guitars. your skills becoming better and better. a nice mood

nice intro
mandolin up in mix please
almost fell in the river!!!
lovely soundscape

thanx i vote

the fish

Takes me back to those sunny country hippie haunts of Queenslands tropical North .
Love the mandy and would have up in the mix , pers pref .
trippy ambiance  The atmos fx didn't go astray either .
Great Now you got me wanting to do something healthy like go bush walking   

Sounds like your Cockatoos don't like someone sitting there with a microphone!
I could be in some Indian temple deep within the vibrant jungle!
When the mandolin comes in it's just so 'sad', it nearly brought tears to my eyes, it's so soft and delicate.
Good way of putting it! lol

I liked the shaker and after hearing it I thought the song could have done with a bit more through out .
It does make me think of a 'pleasant' version of Apocalypse Now or a 'nice' version of The End!
It might have taken time and effort but it could have been longer! Yes! I really like wandering around your forest, that's what it is! I have to keep on playing it again because it becomes a real beautiful place.

Yeah I like it
The acoustic guitar sounds really good!
It doesn't sound quite folk to me, it's more like acoustic experiment meets hippie era indian feel and weed..ha!
It's a compliment

Cool song. I get the same impression as Geo, there's an Indian feel to it.

Good mix. Did you record the nature sounds yourself?

It's nice to hear something new.

Yeah..  I kind of kept it back a bit though, for a reason... though I think maybe I could bring it up a bit more.. Dunno, I want it to be almost lost.... I'll explain more as I go....

Yeah...I agree.. I was thinking even perhaps some violin, but I can't play well enough to do it.. 

Thank you my friend... a welcome compliment... and highly regarded... 

Thank you Sir Fish, as I stated earlier in this post, I will explain the level on the mandolin.... As for the rest, Thank you my friend...

Thank you for noticing...    This was why it is so low in the mix...  it is meant to be sad...  It is to be the tears of mother earth, as the human plague destroys her.. It is a reminder of the delicate beauty that we are blessed with, and that Global warming, and over population are destroying it...  Our Rainforests are almost non-existent...  Our polar ice caps are melting at extreme rates, the snows are gone from many of our highest peaks.. Greenland is actually becoming green...  we need to wake up...  Anyway... enough ranting, now, just listen to the serenity of nature.....

Hey thanks..  Where I come from "acoustic experiment meets hippie era indian feel and weed" is Folk.. hahahaa 

Thanks, and no.. I used a sample... I like to listen to it sometimes, just because it sounds so relaxing....  Thought it needed me to add some guitar and Mandolin to it though.. 

                JimK

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Hey thanks..  Where I come from "acoustic experiment meets hippie era indian feel and weed" is Folk.. hahahaa"

Haha that's a good one!

excellent

This is just plain and simply a beautifull piece.It does sound really sad. Love the background just found it a little loud compared to the music.An excellent job thought.
I vote!

I really like the intro  and the singing birds   man    nice touch...
Jim...This is really nice....great creativity my man

Flyer

I like it . this really sets a mood (what music should do) . I think you did a good job on this one nice mix good playing love the sound of your AC guitar and the mandolin sets it all off .  I can hear the mandolin fine in the mix
 seems about even with the regular  guitar playing  gets a little in the back when you strum harder on the guitar but  it sounds almost like your hearing it live outside in the forest, which is what would happen if your played it live in the forest,

     Good job Jim

              Greg