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Thanks, Dominik. I'll keep on pushing my oars through uncharted waters.

Dear Richard, I have to agree with Sao-Wen! I'm deeply impressed by all your songs. You definietely have got a big talent. Best regards to Minnesota, Dominik

Dear Richard, I thought you are professional singer, and actually as I insist, we really cannot tell the difference! I would say, you are very talented. I thought you and Andreas recorded together somewhere in studio, wow, you just transfer the MIDI files and creat such beautiful music! Respect! As far as to my music interest, I am actually PhD in economics, and I studied violin 2 years at the university Siegen, but "just for fun". Anyway, I have been playing violin since my childhood. Now I play in a Tango emsemble, but we have not yet recorded. I play piano too, also since my childhood, but I prefer violin. Maybe someday we might have some common project!!! We hope to "hear" from you soon and more. We like your music and interpretation very much! Please keep in touch! Best wishes from Siegen/Germany Sao-Wen

Dear Sao-Wen: I am not familiar with Thomas Hampson but I will gladly accept the comparison. I am not a professional. I have cantored and sung in my Catholic church choir for over 40 years. I am now 55 years old but just beginning an effort to learn how to sing bel canto style as well as write and perform sonorous folk songs. If you are interested in the wide and crazy range of musical things I have done over the past four years (since becoming enabled with GarageBand and now Logic Express), visit http://www.schletty.com/sonority. A good compilation of my collaborative and solo songs is here: http://www.reverbnation.com/rschletty As far as my collaborations with André van Haren (a Dutch composer who lives in Sweden), all our songs are created by swapping MIDI and MP3 files over the internet. Both André and I record our parts in our own modest home studios. André uses Sibelius and GarageBand. I use Logic Express 7, recording with an Audiotechnica 3035 mic and an Mbox A/D interface connected to a Mac G4/500 MHz tower. This Minnesota boy will probably never travel to Europe. I do not have the resources to travel anywhere except to the grocery store. I have been practicing and performing Renaissance and Baroque choral works with a community choir called Waltham Abbey Singers. This has been a huge impetus for me to tame my voice. I hope to improve steadily. On April 4, I will be soloing Jesus passages from the Heinrich Schütz St. Matthew Passion. I'll post snippets of that concert as soon as I am able! I truly appreciate your interest. Tell me more about your musical interests and talents. Richard Schletty, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.

Dear Richard, I like your expression and interpretation! It reminds me strongly on Thomas Hampson, actually, he sings very well, but, I can't tell the difference between you and him. By the way, the films I made is with my niece Sina, but she only speaks German, or, she is young, maybe soon she might speak in English! ;-) I hope you might like it. Do you come to Sweden To Andreas often? Where did you produce/record your music? Hope to hear from you soon and have a nice nice day! sao-wen

Dear Richard, purity, clarity, voluminous and perfection!! Great pleasure to listen to your music! Hope to hear from you soon and more!! Best wishes Sao-Wen

Hey Richard, we are glad to welcome you on CultureLoad! :-) If you are interested in uploading own music just upgrade your account for free to artist account. If you have any further questions please feel free to ask. All the best, Dominik

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