Music Is My Life - DrvanLansberg

Yeah, the use of your vocals in this track is a bit limited. I hope you don't mind me chopping up your acapella?

Thanks for the compliment, I appreciate it very much!

Hey Bear,

Usually my beer is the only thing in this house which is chilled to perfection! Meaning, I am not easilly satisfied by the result of a few weeks' work. Maybe you know what I'm talking about, listening to your tracks and finding little mistakes over and over again... Your comment (and for that, all of these comments) help me put my own music in the right context. Thanks for that1

That synth (I assume you mean the lead) is in fact a simple synth voice, with some extra EQ on 1-2 kHz on two different equalizers, a slight side chain compression and a rather heavy phaser, slightly mixed. On the second part (from 2:09) I obviously added a distorion. At 3:40 I doubled the lead at another frequecy which gave it the distinct sound in that part. I'm quite happy with the result.

The break, in my opinion, is the most important part in any track, since it gets you focussed again. I am very happy with the guitar of course and how it fitted in the overall sound. Many thanks again (also for the recommendation :-)).

Doc

The gentle river... Nice title for a track...

Hi Brillbilly,

Thanks again for commenting. Glad you were able to chill on it :-). Purpose reached!

I have started making music again about 12 months ago and had to learn about working with Cubase and soft synths. Now that I understand these a bit, I have started to focus on mixing a bit more. And it's starting to pay off now. That horrible, boring and mindwrecking theoretical reading en practising in stead of just making music ;-).

That sweet guitar, I'm not to blame for! :-)

Doc

Hi Dan,

Thanks for your feedback. Just listened to some of your tracks and by that, your comment means a lot to me. Love your music (and will comment on some tracks later).

I like you describe it as an adventure, because that's exactly what I experienced when working on and listening to the track too. Isn't making music just the best? :-)

Doc

Yeah, that happens when you're over 39, chill music becomes more interesting (at least to me) :-). I started experimenting with Rhodes about two months ago and I learned that it gives a great atmosphere to work with on lounge/chill kinda tracks.

I believe a listened to all of Barry's loops, I love them. His loops contain the actual instruments he desibes. Unfortunately I found a lot of loops that describe "brass" for example, but are just sounds from a VSTi. For my taste, the actuals instruments work a lot better.

Thanks for taking the effort of listening and commenting on my track!

Peace to you!

Doc

Thanks for the heads up mate!