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Originally posted by Taurisk: ↑

@wotsup - nice voices, nice song - a touch of the Irish in the main singer maybe?
re your wife not liking 'your song' - why not find out what she likes and see if you can play them?
You can get music on-line, but you would have to learn to read music first. Shouldn't be too hard - I picked it up in primary school in a few lessons - it was part of being accepted into the 'Children's Choir of the City of Vienna' - I don't think it exists anymore. I believe music education is much neglected in schools nowadays.
Being a migrant, and also having travelled (and worked in England for close to 1 year as a teenager) exposed me to different cultures, different music, different songs. Some are international - sis-in-law was an avid Elvis Presley fan - and over on the music thread people recently posted oldies by Caterina Valente who was a Pan-European success - she sang in many languages and I don't even know what nationality she was, possibly Italian-Swiss? Just checked, she was born into a showbiz family in Paris, parents were Italian.

Re Vienna and Music - I just checked, the City of Vienna now sponsors many specialist choirs - good on them!
But I live in Western Australia; my two younger daughters first had the benefit of some good music teachers in a country town here in W.A.; there they won Eisteddfodd prizes, which events are run by dedicated and wonderful volunteers - and later went to Churchlands, here in Perth, which was wonderful too. One of them became a well-known professional musician over in England, the other continued on for a while, playing various gigs, but now has given up, which is very sad - I offered to have her Cello restored, but nothing doing. Her decision.

I now just 'tinker' on the piano - I like my new toy, the 'keytar', but am having my piano tuned - very soon . . .
Eldest daughyer has just passed grade 4 violin with a B+ - I am so proud of her It's her way of honouring her dead sis.
Go well
keep playing, singing . . . maybe prepare something for Valentine's Day?
Taurisk

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" a touch of the Irish in the main singer maybe?"

I don't know why, but I like the Irish accent and their singers.
The wife's Father was Irish but her parents split up when she was very young, he was an alcoholic.
So, she has little memory of him.

I like the duo singers (Irish), Dannell O'Donnell and Mary Dufff.

" why not find out what she likes and see if you can play them?"

I can pretty much play anything, so long as I know it's tune, hence it is whatever comes to mind, but that still does not cut it for her.
She just simply does not like music on it's own, without singing.
Music or playing it, can certainly take you to many places, and that can also be happy or sad places.
It can also be your own little time out zone, just switch off the world around you and let the music take you places.

Great to hear, re your eldest Daughter.

I'll place up a couple of songs of the duo above, which will give you a hint of the wotsup and his taste, style etc.