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Thirteen Senses and Merlin

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Today I have music for you by the band known as Thirteen Senses. I really like their style because it has a very energetic feel while being a soft-spoken and sounding group. There is a great rhythm and beat to this song. The drum beats are not necessarily faster paced, but syncopated in a way so that they are more pronounced and give the song the constant push of energy it needs. When you take that away, the song has the potential to be a little dry and airy. Now that comes from the way the vocals are. They are more feathery, spending most of the time hanging out in the falsetto range of things. Which isn't bad at all! I think it is pretty darn impressive to hear that falsetto being held for a while. And the accompanying keyboard work is on the lighter, providing long bars of sound rather than another harmony. And again, that is why the drums become so important in this song. They are more of an accompaniment than the keyboard is. While this isn't how most songs are done, I rea