Our Animal Friends

Mark_Kostora wrote on 1/31/2025, 3:05 AM
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Tags: Country rock, Dance, Alternative, Chill out, Ambient, Other, Rock, Soul, Music Maker artist, Easy listening

To the Magix community,

This is a special piece that is a tribute to the domestic animals, cats, dogs, horses, etc. that are part of our homes and homesteads, and our families. They fill our lives with warmth and enjoyment, and are our best friends and companions.

This song has two parts and something special beyond the ending. The first part is when our pets are very young and playful. And to horses that run about the land of our homesteads. The second part is when our pets become older and settle down to the comfort of our homes and have been with us for perhaps many years. They are so much a part of our homes and lives.

Our pets tend to live for a shorter time then we do. They become ill and tired and we must be ready to say goodbye to them when their lives end. To some of us they cross over the 'rainbow bridge' and to a few of us they remain with us in different ways.

I will dedicate this song to Cleo and Whispey ... and this song is especially inspired by a cat name Tom ;)

May they live forever in our hearts ...

To those listening you may add the names of animals who are dear to you in your comments so they can be remembered always here ... especially the ones who have passed.

This piece has some country music influence, is certainly rock, and has my usual touch of ambience.

My best to all of you ...

Mark ;)

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Comments

Vio-Project wrote on 1/31/2025, 10:58 AM

Interesting topic: our pets. Wow, a wonderful composition! Very nicely orchestrated - top ingredients - great sound! ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ

Stay healthy, see you soon and best wishes from Sylvio ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Alter-Falter wrote on 1/31/2025, 11:41 AM

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badwashbear wrote on 2/1/2025, 12:52 AM

Hello Mark my friend
You made a beautiful song to go with it.
Cool melody.๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘Œ
Yes, that's how it is with pets. When you get animals, you should know that they will leave you at some point.
I had to learn it the hard way. It was June 26, 2019.
When my 16-year-old cat died. I had him with me for 14 years, got him when he was 2 years old. He was cremated individually. I have the urn with his ashes at home. His name was Neo.
We've had 2 new cats for a few years now, they're still young and do a lot of silly things and make us laugh.
The female is called Nala and the male is called Samy.
We have a lot of fun with our animals. They're just great

Philip-J wrote on 2/1/2025, 7:42 AM

A splendid mixture of various styles makes for a fun listening experience. Nice to see you dabble in Rock and Roll. Country and Disco/Dance always turn out to be much better than you'd expect, at least that's what I find anyway. The track has a nice sentimental feeling imparted by the choir tones, perhaps from a synth. The music is in keeping with the playful, rambunctious nature of some dogs and cats. I'm on the other side of the story there. As the saying goes, there's no bad pets, only bad owners who don't keep them from being a nuisance to others.

Best wishes,

Philip

Mark_Kostora wrote on 2/1/2025, 8:30 AM

Interesting topic: our pets. Wow, a wonderful composition! Very nicely orchestrated - top ingredients - great sound! ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ

Stay healthy, see you soon and best wishes from Sylvio ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Thank you Sylvio,

I really enjoyed doing this ... the country rock sound seemed to be the best expression for domestic animal songs. I have lived in a country environment much of my life and our furry friends are much a part of it.

My best!

Mark ;)

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Mark_Kostora wrote on 2/1/2025, 8:35 AM

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Hello Alter-Falter,

A really great picture for my latest song ... your way of expressing you comments is very unique ... a very good comment for this song with all the animals and the cool cat!!!

Mark ;)

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Mark_Kostora wrote on 2/1/2025, 8:44 AM

Hello Mark my friend
You made a beautiful song to go with it.
Cool melody.๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘Œ
Yes, that's how it is with pets. When you get animals, you should know that they will leave you at some point.
I had to learn it the hard way. It was June 26, 2019.
When my 16-year-old cat died. I had him with me for 14 years, got him when he was 2 years old. He was cremated individually. I have the urn with his ashes at home. His name was Neo.
We've had 2 new cats for a few years now, they're still young and do a lot of silly things and make us laugh.
The female is called Nala and the male is called Samy.
We have a lot of fun with our animals. They're just great

Hello David!

Thank you for your comment and your experience with your cats. Yes we will all remember Neo! We never forget those furry friends that have added so much to our lives. And I am sure your two young cats move to your techno music - lol, I can certainly imagine that Nala and Samy could dance to you music in their wild cat ways.

Perhaps you could do a techno pet song ;)

My best David!

Mark ;)

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Mark_Kostora wrote on 2/1/2025, 9:14 AM

A splendid mixture of various styles makes for a fun listening experience. Nice to see you dabble in Rock and Roll. Country and Disco/Dance always turn out to be much better than you'd expect, at least that's what I find anyway. The track has a nice sentimental feeling imparted by the choir tones, perhaps from a synth. The music is in keeping with the playful, rambunctious nature of some dogs and cats. I'm on the other side of the story there. As the saying goes, there's no bad pets, only bad owners who don't keep them from being a nuisance to others.

Best wishes,

Philip

Hello Philip,

Yes I do rock now and then. I have a couple tracks that do an imaginary rock concert and perhaps in the coming months I will do a video here with them. I understand your feelings about some pet owners. Here in the high desert where I live with the snakes and coyotes I prefer to keep my there cats inside. My house has plenty of windows that they love to look out and watch with great interest what is happing outside. And I have several places in the house with some cat furniture where they can be as wild as they like!

Yes, the chorus that I use is high quality samples using the famous male-female Mellotron chorus that producers over the many years have used in movies and tv shows. They often show up on my tracks.

Thank you Philip for once again giving me your good comments!!!

Mark ;)

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HenryHeadporn wrote on 2/1/2025, 10:19 AM

aloha mark, our cat ๐Ÿฑhad five teeth pulled on wednesday, she's slowly getting fit again, it's a great song, I really enjoyed listening to it, it's something... kind regards ๐Ÿ™ƒ๐Ÿ˜Œ๐Ÿ‘ฝ

Mark_Kostora wrote on 2/1/2025, 10:28 AM

@HenryHeadporn

Hello Heinekens,

Yes I have a cat, Jelly Bean, that has tooth problems. A real challenge trying to brush her teeth. Hoping for a good recovery for your furry friend!!!

Mark ;)

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franco-galateo wrote on 2/1/2025, 10:44 AM

good diea compositional.. sound of the good quality..very well

Franco

Mark_Kostora wrote on 2/1/2025, 10:46 AM

@franco-galateo

Thank you much Franco!

Mark ;)

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Ganfo wrote on 2/2/2025, 5:21 AM

Good sound construction and musical expression!!!
Ganfo ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Mark_Kostora wrote on 2/2/2025, 12:41 PM

@Ganfo

Thank you Ganfo for you nice impression!

Mark ;)

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Jinty wrote on 2/2/2025, 8:59 PM

Hello Mark,

Your music reminded me of my cat Tom who passed away and also scruffy my dog who passed away eight years ago, thank you for sharing this very beautiful Track, Super Production!!!!!!!!!!!!

All the best,

Jinty......

Mark_Kostora wrote on 2/3/2025, 12:16 AM

@Jinty

Hello Jinty,

I am very glad that I reminded you of your loving cat and dog ... and our furry friends will live in our hearts always ;) Yes, I had quite a bit of enjoyment creating and performing this production!!!

Mark ;)

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kreativ_music wrote on 2/4/2025, 9:40 AM

Hallo Mark,

was fรผr eine wundervolle Idee von dir, sie gefรคllt mir sehr ๐Ÿ™‚

Schรถne Melodie und Sound ๐Ÿ‘Œ Zu mir gehรถren 2 Kater Brรผder die im Mai 2 Jahre werden. Mein sรผรŸer Garfield und meine SรผรŸer Simba gehรถren zu mir, sind Familie, Freunde und Lebensbegleiter die ich nicht mehr missen mรถchte. Ich bin voll und ganz Katzenmama und umsorge meine beiden mit viel Liebe und Geborgenheit.

Da waren meine beiden noch klein, habe sie als Kitten bekommen. 2023 sind beide geboren. Sie sind meine Schรคtze, wunderbare kleine Wesen die ich Liebe und schรคtze. ๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿ˜ป LG, Tine und katerle

Mark_Kostora wrote on 2/4/2025, 7:54 PM

@kreativ_music

Hallo Tine,
Danke, dass du meine Tonqualitรคt schรคtzt. Und ich werde Garfield und Simba grรผรŸen ;)
Ja, unsere Katzen sind definitiv ein Teil unserer Familie und wir lernen viel von ihnen. Sie teilen ihre Liebe auf die beste Weise mit uns und wir vergessen nie, was sie uns geben.
Und nochmals vielen Dank fรผr deine Bilder und wunderbaren Kommentare!!!
Ich wรผnsche dir alles Gute,
Mark ;)

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