Velvet - Spauly

Hello again. Thanks for the good reply.

“ I started working with synths in the mid 90s.”
I was pretty sure your track couldn’t be made by someone who was a total beginner. I’m guessing you used synths in the 90s, maybe played in some bands but, as you say, didn’t actually work on your own stuff.

I guess all the learning you did back then helped a lot when you started making music again in 2010.

I only ever took a weekly lesson on bass playing for 18 months aged 15-16 and am mostly self taught on using a DAW. I think loving music, thinking deeply about it and listening very closely to recordings and watching live bands helps a lot. I listen to everything thinking how I would do it better, or at least differently, and pay attention to which sounds work really well together.

“I can only produce one or two tracks per year”

That’s a shame. If your other tracks are anything like this one, it would be good if you could work on many more.

“the sound appearing at 2:35 is a dulcimer.”

Cool – I would not have guessed. I have used dulcimer a little in a few tracks but it didn’t sound like yours does in this one. Try these tracks of mine for two different types of dulcimer:

https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/152434

https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/152913

I’m not able to listen again to your track right now but will probably return with some more words on the rest of it when I’m able. I think it’s worth discussing more.

Greetings from London.

yes, definitely it has a character. very clever and creative work on filtering this main bass/pad/lead loop. I like simplicity and much appreciate the way you actally develop entire track just from this... . nice choice of interesting loops and athmospheric pads along the composition - very groovy and catchy main theme... simply great work - keep it up!
Greetings,
Alex

Big congrats on your second song. An excellent effort that sounds good right from the wobbling, modulating intro.

Drum loop filters/fades in nicely.

Slightly different complexion to it on 1:07 when the new, bigger loop comes in.

1:21 I like that loop and you've done well to combine them. Good drum layering and movement that's providing more interest than the riff itself.

2:06 break fills take us nicely to the breakdown and some organ-like pads.

2:35 melodic spinning plate sound. That's great but what is it?

2:43 new high melody quite beautiful. Your bassline hasn't got boring yet. Perhaps because of everything else you're doing around it (doesn't always work that way).

3:33 another high arp riff. You've done enough for a whole track. But why not continue for a while? That's what I like to do!

This is really very professional-sounding so outstanding work if it is really your second track (I'm not sure I believe you).

You have a lot of talent even it's your millionth track.

I may well return and comment on the rest.

Hey Spauly

Very nice effects used at the intro into the track, very nice clarity of the mix, don't know to much about this genre so can not give to much feed back genre wise, except to say I am really enjoying the arrangement and groove coming from within the piece, to me it has a very trance type feel about it many places, impressive for your second track, love it, string pads standout for me, as I use them a lot in my genre trance...Fav...Peace n Respect...Mosaic...

Spauly, I dig this man.
Really nice minimal. If this is your 2nd track, you really got some talent. The production is really good and I enjoyed the choices made on the instruments and effects.
Cool track, look forward to hearing more from you.

I really enjoyed this. I love the sound of that synth playing the melody throughout the song. I don't think I've heard your first song yet but your second one sure sounds great! Keep it up.