New song: “Bookworm”. Another collaboration with my friend James (The O’Collective). I contributed a variety of guitar parts along with vocals.
Really interesting, engaging song, David, and tip-top production
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Wow- Top-level production here 
Philosophical, my foot! A fine protest song indeed.
We might have started a (welcome) trend of original musical protest forum songs 
Love the music, lyrics and video (Nice guitars!). Superb acting.
You should add the lyrics to the post though, or at least to the YouTube site, for all our non-English-mother-tongue friends 
Bravo!
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Thanks. My friend James gets most of the production credits, although I contributed a number of ideas that he incorporated, plus I had free rein on the guitars (beyond some initial suggestions from him). It’s come a long way from the first version he sent me. The acting (vocals) videos are actually easier for me because it is acting. I’ve never been a performer on any instrument so never really developed a comfort level there.
I’ll pass the lyrics suggestion along to my friend.
Very much appreciate the feedback.
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Wow, that’s awesome David - a song with a powerful message. So well put together. I’ll stop judging other people now 
Top notch stuff.
Perhaps it should be linked in the “Originals, not Covers” section?
Interesting. I used the CC feature on youtube to catch the lyrics. I am unclear on what needs to be left alone.
I love it! Well done! 
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Thanks. I put it under collaborations because I’m collaborating on a friend’s production. I have one I’m working on that will be posted under Originals when it’s finished.
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Well, the lyrics are my friend’s but my interpretation is to set aside your inclination to judge other people and let them lead their own lives.
What an original production. Thanks for sharing.
The singer in front of the bookcase reminded me of Professor T (if anyone has seen the British tv series)
That was glorious fun gentlemen! It has a bit of a deep cut Kinks feel.
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Since there were two bookcases, the standing singer was James, the seated singer was me. But I’m afraid the Professor T reference isn’t anything I recognize.
Glad you enjoyed it.
It was the standing singer that reminded me, not only by looks but voice. The Professor T reference was to a British TV series starring Ben Miller, who plays a Cambridge University professor and Criminologist who helps the police to solve crimes.
I’m not into TV much myself but my mum watches it.
Got it. The song is critical of judgements other than its own without being specific. 
Again, interesting song that is well worth a listen.
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At the risk of veering into ‘dodgy’ territory, “Judge not, that ye be not judged” from Mt. Sermon is a well-established literary trope 
Keep casting them pearls…
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Excellent, brilliant lyrics, great musically, great acting, video and song thought provoking, I really enjoyed it.
Should be shared until it becomes a hit.
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Thank you very much. Please feel free to share elsewhere. I’ve posted here, on KVR Audio, and on The Gear Page, but the only responses have been here (not a surprise to me).
I have sent it to a few family and friends and suggested they might like to share it. Perhaps you’ll go viral.
Very cool (gotta agree with Mr. Larsen @brianlarsen here…) protest song David!
Well done!!!
I remember “The Storm” that you collaborated on also, really enjoyed both of The O’Collective’s offerings… have you posted others that I’ve missed?
A gear rundown would be nice… I recognize the Ibanez zebra wood hollow body, I’m pretty sure I saw your Brian May copy, but didn’t know what the third guitar was. Also, what pedals and/or amp effects were you using?
Kudos to you & your partner James!!!
Tod
Besides Storm and Bookworm, there are two other songs in The O’Collective channel: Program and Nobody’s Home. I’ve also got a few of my own tracks on a Soundcloud page, with another coming (hopefully) soon.
As for gear: you accurately recognized the three guitars, the fourth is an Ibanez solid body with an S-S-S/H pickup configuration bought in about '04; it’s one of my favs because it’s super comfortable to play. I usually record my electrics directly out from a Katana 50 Mk II through a Yamaha AG06 mixer / audio interface into Tracktion Waveform, then send tracks in WAV format to James, who uses a Protools rig. All of that’s done at 48K since it will wind up in videos. I don’t use a lot of effects but some of the parts have either the Katana’s effects or some from a Digitech RP-255. James tells me that he mostly uses the tracks as I send them, although I know in one case he used Amplitube to address some ugly pick thump on a solo.
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