Awesome Record! Perfect for Valentine's Day.

Hey Steve, sometimes it's just fun to just sit back and enjoy the ride and this is one of those times. Like a musical roller coaster, this one takes the listener on an unpredictable but really enjoyable ride. Absolutely no critique here, just a massive amount of respect for what you do and how you do it.

I put this one at a 10 on the difficulty scale, a 10 on execution, and an 11 on enjoyment!! Well done.

Bear

Well, when I'm mentioned in the track description, I'm kind of duty bound to comment again. Not the first time it's happened though it's always regarding previous suggestions rather than "Here is a track dedicated to the out-of-this-world musician Static Nomad. Just thinking of his exceptional talent drives me on a daily basis towards better things and hopefully an eventual place in the Lord's Assembly".

Anyway, enough of that rubbish - your track.

I can remember some of it though it's a pretty damn hard one to remember. I bet you have trouble remembering all the different twists and turns - I do with lots of mine.

Referencing my previous comments, I think you did fix the ride cymbal problem as I can't notice it at all now.

I don't remember the drifting pad intro though I do remember the effects section before that, prior to the drums' entry.

3:12 wah stuff is probably my favourite bit so maybe you could work some little, distant hints of that into your intro. No big deal if you don't.

I've always wanted to do an album in which lots of the riffs heard later in the album are slammed together over about a minute as a short intro track. A sort of short megamix and prelude.

I'm not sure what to say about the other sections here that hasn't been said except that it's damn busy stuff. So many twists and turns that it's a hard track to remember as it sort of has no discernible structure or repeating sections.

About the only genre this fits in is 'electronic'.

There'll only be a genre name for this sort of stuff if you do more of it and then others follow and also do more of it. Until then it's just your one-off, unique, genreless thing.

Creativity had a main role to play here...excellent!

Respect___Orlando

was gonna say wahcked intro (cool) and awesome drums and bass, but then that little distorted grind got me and mmmmm yummy.

good mix of genres, does genre reallly matter, nah, music does.. individuation does, a drop in the sea - the same and different right.

you don't mention using other people's loops, so I assume you created all the part - kudos either way man.

nice change ups and atmosphere - you rock.

Neal

very cool funky track you got here. i like how you mixed a sort of modern sound to some good old fashion funk, good work.

"For some reason I have been listening to Icehouse lately, interesting arrangements production wise, even if the later work is sanguine, I can appreciate the complexity in it. Anyhow I digress. Now that I am getting over this debilitating cold I can think straight again. I may make an alternative mix of this over next mon-tues as I have some time off from work incorporating some of your ideas to see how it will sound. I will let you know what the results will be."

I have never heard of Icehouse but will now look them up.

I look forward to hearing an improved version of Valentine Crime because I'm sure you can make it better. It's a complicated mix of elements and those are exactly the sort of tracks that you often need people to point out what's not quite right or when it's too clutttered and the best bits are being interfered with. I'd suggest trying to make things sparser to really bring the funk out. I see funk as the absence of notes ie what you don't play so the gaps inbetween the notes and giving everything space and making some parts really simple if they need to be. So, probably try soloing lots of parts and seeing what you can remove to make things breathe better.

As regards the problem cymbal I pointed out, perhaps try listening to that section with hat playing the cymbal parts just to hear how much better the other parts come through, as I suspect they will. Then try switching back to the cymbal but make sure it's not too loud or playing at too high a velocity. Or maybe try making it a bell ride rather than playing the main part of the ride.

"I will let you know what the results will be"

I'll probably just see it re-posted to featured tracks but you're welcome to let me know via PM if you want.

Hey there nice groove WOW you got a ton of feedback that's cool. I haven't been here in several months.
Anyway very solid song . I like the twists and turns, they help me ease my through the song. Acid Jazz?? that's what it sounds like to me?????

Great show! Really liked how the beat dropped and things move along. Twist and turns of the moments in the mind for me. Theme is a nice idea, dig the combination Crucethus. The sounds selected and how they are played inspires. Enjoyed this from you. It hits everyone at different times man. Thanks for sharing. Peace.

I'm hearing a great bit of electronic, funky fusion with lots of different ingredients going on all at once. This has a great groove to it and really gets your feet tapping.
Love those swirly flanged pads and that old school bassline.
This one's out of the park.
FR

Hi Steve!
Awesome intro - and then it just got even better.
Eclectic, to say the least.

Id say electronic for sure, has a nice feel to it

Love the bass, great drums. Flows like mountain dew. Great job!

As to who puts an oboe on a track these days, I'm not quite sure. Maybe all those cool oboe-metal groups that are so popular these days?

"I see what you mean about the ride-cymbal. I may try to change the timbre of it in the mix."

Yes, give it a go as I find choice of ride (and the velocity at which it is played) makes a massive difference. If it's too noisy or taking up too much space, it can be a real problem. Sometimes in something like metal you want a cymbal to take up loads of space in order to provide a sort of wall of energy. And then you can play with the big drop when you remove it and switch back to hat, for instance.

I spend ages choosing just the right cymbal and how it responds when I'm working with my multiple Superior Drummer kits.

Now that I listen back to this track, I think the first section it kicks into on 0:24 would probably serve as the better intro. I quite like the sound effect intro but think it perhaps lasts too long before things get really enjoyable. The other sound effects stuff could occur somewhere else in the track so I'm not saying get rid of it.

Between 2:12 and 2:24 that problem ride is really interfering with the piano, which I'd like to be able to hear a lot more clearly.

I'm a big Dire Straits fan. On Every Street is probably my favourite album but that title track not one of my faves though the end 2 mins is great. However, it's not the type of afterthought ending I was referring to previously when commenting on your track.

I'm talking about the shortish extra end that you go into when it seems the track has pretty much reached a conclusion (that's also something new). Such an example can be heard in the last minute of my track on Looperman provisionally titled Untitled Ethereal Daisy Jazz Funk (still unfinished). Th track is dominated by wordless female vocals, bass and drums but then goes into deep chillout, quiet jazz at the end.

I've never listened to much Roxy Music (apart from the Avalon album) but I do love More Than This. Ferry's high notes near the start of the verse lines are just amazing and pretty much make the track for me.

I'd never heard Is Your Love Strong Enough before but that's a good song and great production.

Great song. I love the first part, very funky and "sexy" but then you surprise the listener with something that brings me back to the new wave fairs.
Brilliant. Liked & Downloaded
Domenico

This is obviously very creative and eclectic with, indeed,"many twists and turns". Reminds me of lots of my stuff as you have to think "Oh no, how do I even start to review this?"

Well I'll start by saying that I preferred the second half, especially beginning on 3:00 and the the killer funk coming in on 3:13. Distorted guitar starting on 3:27 is cool, especially that big squeal.

I think my problem with the first few minutes was that ride cymbal - its sound, not the playing. I'd definitely prefer a different cymbal and think the right one would improve things a lot. Right now, it seems to be too noisy and add an ambience that detracts from the other elements.

Definitely no genre for this track as it incorporates too much to ever be pinned down as one thing you can really put a name to. And you've done that thing I like to do and finished off with a new twist right at the end, starting around 5:30. I like to take the drums down and then try out some odd take on the previous minutes. And then it tends to grow and grow!

very nice track - it does need vocals but is very tight and well produced.

Awesome track man! I loved the ambiance of it. The progression of the whole thing was great too. The production sounds good as well. Thanks for the wonderful listen.

This has a really smooth vibe to it! That guitar solo is so cool! So many sonic goodies in here! Great job mixing these elements! Nice one!

Awesome sound bro, really tight track you have here. Love the mix as well. Has a nice jazz touch in spots but still stays Funky. Thanks for the download.

tv

Awesome track!

love this flow,love them rich synths.!

Real nice sounds,this is well chilled,yet has a nice gritty edge too.!

Good beat,great trip man!

YAY !!!! I just had one of these Jaw hits the table-surface moments @ 4:38 that Bass, guitars and drums groove - WELL DONE !.
Well produced and a track that never gets boring : Bravo !

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It's always innovative the way how you begin your trax .about this one I really enjoy your elegance about guitar funky rhythms .once pan to right & once pan to left and takes me to that nice & proper Short solo guitar & with a bridge a piano lines innovative comes in . and ja..again your strong point about Modulation ,which is so professional .
I should tell the way how you change easily and nice the scale in your trax is really inspirator,admirable & also instructive for me,bravo...again another one...hey man really good , I think it was the best Funk track which I've heared in looperman,various variation & modulation , versatile..yes this the word...and at last a marvelous & ending . full of creativeness and a really welldone funk track,think it was only funk track that I will mark it as favorite here .really great.Bravo man , how much you have think to can compose this ?!.really excellent.
best wishes .____Behnam