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Portmeirion is a tourist village in Gwynedd, North Wales. It was designed and built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis between 1925 and 1975 in the style of an Italian village, and is now owned by a charitable trust.
In the mid 60s a TV drama was made here called The Prisoner.
After initial poor reviews it went on to gain cult status and brought millions into the local economy.
Thanks to MZ for his work on this including the vocal

PORTMEIRION

Verse
Hitched a ride upon a cloud 
did'nt need a pair of wings
just the warm summer sun
sailing on a gentle wind

Chorus
saw a village in pastel shades
floated down through the haze
Portmeirion Portmeirion sea birds sang
As they danced from wave to wave

Verse
Outside a small café
I nursed a glass of wine
Tall girl in a floppy hat
asked me for the time

Verse
I SAID, it'S  8pm
THEN Botanic clocks chimed
SHE SAID, MUSTdash,Prisoners ON
 channel  6. at 9
B
Heard a violin playing 
a familiar Portmeiron tune
Then i drfted off to another dream
don't the best dreams end to soon

C
Music  outro

What a nice way to begin my morning. Thanks, Travis and Mike... for a memorable song. So enjoyable. ----Dave

Cheers Dave appreciate your thumbs up and visit
Travis

I LOVED The Prisoner...thanks for the background info. You've turned a sweet dream into a sweet tune. Well done, both of you.

Ricki

Hi guys,


Quality work as always.


Calvin


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Hi Ricki
Glad somene remembers the series !.
Thanks for the listen
Travis

Thanks Calvin
Travis

Number 1 in two Soundclick charts dispite slow traffic on here at the present time.
All comments and feedback appreciated folks
Cheers
Travis

Hi Travis….congrats on the #1 listing on Soundclick.
I think the sound and vibe is fabulous. I would love to visit Portmeirion.
Thanks for sharing!!

Thanks for the listen IronKnee.
You would like Portmeirion i'm sure although it does get many visitors and crowded
Thanks for your comments
Travis

Hello travis david,

We played your track, Portmeirion on the radio. It was played on BBC Music Introducing in Cumbria, on Thursday 10 May 2018 at 18:00 (on BBC Radio Cumbria).

If you missed it, you can listen again on BBC iPlayer Radio for up to thirty days at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p064fhb2 .

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Travis,

A very nice listen. The simplicity of the lyric is refreshing. A nice melody,too.

Michael's production and vocal really sell this. Reminds me of something Oliver might have done.

fj

A marvelous job here guys.
I like Mike's mix of the vocals / harmonies, it truly adds to the texture of the piece.

A lovely write Travis... wonderful story and vivid scenes.

Outside a small café
I nursed a glass of wine
Tall girl in a floppy hat
asked me for the time

Cheers FJ
Thanks for your visit appreciate your feedback and pleased you liked this one
Travis

Hi Nelson
Great to know you liked this one .
Cheers
Travis

Applause.

Thanks Martin right to the nitty gritty
Cherrs
Travis

I sent the song to Gwynedd council tourism department and got a nice email in return.
The song was forwarded onto their main offices and i received a further email saying they might be interesting in it for a forthcoming project which is good
Travis

Great stuff. Congrats to both o you on quality work, as usual. Just a gift to listen to this. It brings you right there in such an easy breezy way. Very relaxing. Congrats on the radio play. Nothing to complain about here.

Dave

Hi Dave
Thanks for the listen and comments glad you enjoyed this one
Travis

Great work I took advantage and listened to several songs lot of good stuff happy writing

Hi Anthony that's great. Pleased you liked what you heard
Travis

Hey John,

Sweet song mate! Loved the ethereal feeling of the production--nice work Mike. This Irish folk direction is a great niche for you John--congrats!

steady-eddie

Hi Ed
I agree Irish folk contemporary folk has more prospects perhaps. But it's nye impossible for unknowns to get a deal it seems
As a long standing lover of old country and guys like Alan Jackson i've had to separate these from hard facts. Country music doesn't sell in the UK like it once did.
i got this time and again when i approached publishers
which was frustrating
I like folk/ irish anyway so i tried it.
Cheers Ed
John

Travis (and Mike),

You two just keep knocking it out of the park. What a great feel and sound this tune has! And it looks like you’re getting some play on this, which is well deserved. Congratulations!

All the best,

Deej

Cheers Deej
I appreciate your listen and kind comments
Travis

Got a further email from Gwynedd Council promotions who are interested in playing the song in some of the tourist sections of the village which is great news
Travis

John,

This is magical. Somewhere during the first verse, I was so captivated by the sound, the words and imagery, the arrangement and the singing that I lost all sense of time and place and simply drifted along on the current of your music.

What really captured my attention was how well you used a non-standard song form, one that I don't think I've ever come across before, and it was the perfect vehicle for this wonderful journey.

I really enjoyed where you took me.

Regards,
Noel

Hey Travis and Mike,

Stunning.

Just stunning. I really am lost for words. You took me to a small Welsh village.

This piece works in every sense of the word. Travis, in regard to local folks using your material, yes, it just fits perfectly.

cheers, niteshift

Hi Noel
Thanks for your great feedback.
Pleased you enjoyed the song
John

Hey Travis/Mike

I thought this was a very melancholy tune, and a nice tribute to this place.

My first thought was that in the lyric there is nothing that says "this is what it's like in Portmeirion" but I think of the countless other songs where specific places are mentioned, but you couldn't tell where it was or what it was like just by the place listed.

Like many love songs mention places where the two people met, or are currently at, but don't actually say too much about the place itself

So on that note, I liked it, If I may intrude, I thought u could have paid it off a smidge better. I Like the first two lines of the last verse, but I thought the final line didn't live up to the rest.

Just my opinion, but I really enjoyed listening

Hi Niteshift
Thanks for the feedback and comments much appreciated.
Mike doesn't come on here as often as he did but he gets updates on songs.
Cheers
Travis

Hi Fdemetrio
Thanks for your comments.
In all honesty i didn't set out to write a travel blog on Portmeirion.
The visit was in a dream and i needed only to get a couple of subtle references to the villages history/ features.
And left the rest to the melody and Mikes vouce and production.
I'm pleased you enjoyed the listen though. That's good to know
Cheers and thanks again
Travis

Sounds like a winning Co-Lab!

Mackie

CHeers Jackie thanks for the listen
Travis