Hi! Here is my next original song, Happy Anniversary / I Still Do. Let me know if it is somewhat universal or only just for me and my hubby to enjoy. 
Thank you
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Definitely has a universal appeal- if your husband is willing to share it! What a sweet song to write for him, he must have been thrilled
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What a sweet song! I think it’s quite universal. I can see the audience looking at each other smiling, with eyes for only one another!
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love is universal and your song is so full of love. and filled with the spirit of love. it is a song that expresses universal feelings and not everyone has the ability to express such feelings so purely. ill share a song with you now that i hope you wil find as universal as i have found yours. Queen Kelly | Bill White and Kelly Edery | Bill White
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The “test” if universal for me, and would share with others if asked is, “if I can sing it to my goldfish and it makes sense” - it’s “universal” love for loves sake. Allow room for the “mind pictures”, as I call it, to form in the listener - it’s not a novel, it’s a song. So, don’t comment, “to my husband/cat/dog/friend/etc.”. The moment one assigns that element (and in perfect grammar too ?, as some insist) for all those that don’t have a gold fish to love, turns the song off : ) lol!
- Sure, this track - I’d put it in a line of songs at a anniversary party, etc.
The other thing I look for, for myself since asking for opinion (with a reason : ) ) is - like with things like P&W, as analogy, the 3 - 4 verse (4 max) in many I’ve engaged, go over best. They’d rather sing 6 short ones, versus 3 long ones with long chorus.
- But, that’s just opinion and preference. However, this fits that (if deliberate?), it’s a 2 min track versus 6 min.
I know I get very uncomfortable as the center of attention, and having to “endure” it (yikes lol! : ) ) - so, in part that’s why. But, I can “take” short bursts in a row.
Anyway - great work!
- And, your guitar playing is very much obviously very fluid, confident. I wouldn’t say “beginner” anymore. I get the impression you been playing for a year or so anyway.
What happened for me in this regard, (what might work, in a song, what others “hear”/how they receive it) I got “lucky” in that folks started to simply comment on “stylism’s” that worked for them. It happens “here” even if even not realized. Those elements I kept in mind, or tried to in terms of “me” as musician, guitar player, “style”.
- Ironic in that “what folks hear and how received” - I was working to remove, thinking it may be a problem and was what others liked. It made me listen more carefully to “popular” musicians work that folks seemed to “universally”, “like”.
Happy anniversary, and many more to you! : )
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I appreciate all these listens and comments, friends, thank you. And yes, Hubby did like that I wrote him a song. 
@BillWhite51 Such a gorgeous song for your gorgeous wife! I was so sorry to hear about your loss. 
I’m sure things are still raw. Thank you for sharing your anniversary song with me, and God bless you.