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Listen To January Chill Out Song By Promenade2239 At Looperman.com

8th Jan 2015 14:31 - 10 years ago
Description : 'January' is a suite of new songs: 'The Ground Basse', 'TheBlues', 'One Step Closer' and 'Nuclear Sunset'. The last one is based on a synth sketch/fragment by midisparks: https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/163062. I used 2 ethnic percussion loops from ferryterry on the last one as well as Ezdrummer plugin on the 3 first songs. Other than the rest of sounds is mine.

Comments (7)

If you have time take a listen and give promenade2239 some feedback.

adamms
adamms 4th Nov 2015 04:40 - 9 years ago
I was listening to some of your track really like them all. I like the funky feel on the this one, good work.
StaticNomad
StaticNomad 12th Jan 2015 22:06 - 10 years ago
Hi. I love the first of these four tracks. A very cool melody coming in on the main beat from the guitar chord and a very charming little synth part.

Sitar there is also perfect. Lots of little things moving around and the bass underneath is solid too. This could play around on a loop for a long time and I would still like it. Some strings in there too. Lots of lovely keyboard touches and I wish I could play like that.

My only problem is with the drums. They just sit there not doing much and also don't sound very powerful. Like a loop except you have EZ so you can/should do more with them. Maybe try putting a stereo widener on them plus EQ to get a fuller, brighter sound. I know you make these tracks so quickly that you don't bother going back and adding details to your drums. I wish you would.

I hear these as four separate tracks but will return to say more about the others later.

For now, here is your new favourite cool, modern jazzy song. You're going to love it! Jazz band with DJ as lead player. Amazing piece of music.

Lund Quartet - Sequoia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKmfiLB-03I
promenade2239
promenade2239 replied 18th Jan 2015 - 10 years ago
Thank you for giving such a kind review and some interesting video. I love the sound they get. I really envy that possibility to record in the real recording studio.
I used to play a lot the acoustic piano when studying at conservatory in warsaw (graduated 2008, Im 30). All the current work Im doing now on looperman is entrely based on my former experiences as a classical trained kb player. I am working as a church organ restorer here in poland, not as a professional musician though.
Anyway I just discovered some great stuff like bebop 251 piano licks so this year I will take some time to internalize more 'jazz patterns' for sure. I think doing things in a proper way is some excellent way to go beyond of what I am actually performing here as a keyboard player. It is very limited - I am fooling around the DAW and just profiting from all that but I know there's really no shortcuts when comes to make good music...
I saw your latest forum thread and thought it was excellent - I just made 2 new tracks thinking about how to produce sounds corresponding with your music. I do not listen to rock and like so basically I might use the drums totally different. Anyway that's how I can possibly 'go creative' right this moment...
I listened to the other songs from Lund Quartet and found they play some kind of nu-jazz or something on the top of jazz, not the proper jazz at all but definitely I can feel the connection with that kind of music. There's just a little touch of 'soloing' and the overall jazz improvisational factor in their music, it is played very let's say very 'safe'.

Here's some organ recordings I made earlier, just to let you know:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92jrrSfwWNM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SW8dbD5W-M

I was thinking about producing e-piano sounds that could fit your vision and maybe I will send you something useful in the near future.

I am happy you found this particular track interesting and thanks again for some very useful suggestions. It is much appreciated. Best to you, Alex.
Tumbleweed
Tumbleweed 9th Jan 2015 02:48 - 10 years ago
for some reason I cannot get this one to play Promenade...it has happened before a few times on LM...I will be back later & try again.......Ed
Musicante
Musicante 9th Jan 2015 00:10 - 10 years ago
You really get your money's worth on this one, Alex. Some nice jazzy vibs you have in this one...Good job!

Ciao,
M.
15ludwicke
15ludwicke 8th Jan 2015 22:40 - 10 years ago
I love some good lounge chill out music and this one is definitely on the higher end of the spectrum. Mr. wolf kind of covered all the musical aspects of the songs, but i wanna talk about how the first two made me feel. Ground Basse was a funky minimalistic song that really made me feel like I was on the beach in the middle of the sand watching the waves roll up on the shore. The Blues made me feel like I was in a classic jazz or blues bar in New York City, with a lot of grungy people in a grungy place. You really took me on a trip here with the first two tracks man, great job!
FreeRadical
FreeRadical 8th Jan 2015 20:36 - 10 years ago
Whenever i hear your stuff i always think it's heaps better than the throw away crap that i put together and this track is no exception. Everything sounds smooth as silk and i'm digging those ethnic sting sounds and floaty pads. I'm thinking you and Nomad should do a collab as i think your styles would work well together.
Wow! A bonus track as well or is it just the second part of track one? Well whatever, it sounds slick and tripped out. There's plenty of sunshine in your music which is great because there aint a lot of sunshine round these parts at the moment. You play really well and it's always a pleasure to drop by and listen to your compositions.
Part three now and the beats got a bit heavier with some ace psychadelic sounds going on in the background. I'm wondering how you managed to make such a long track without losing quality. Audacity normally fills me up by the eleven minute mark.
Final track now and again a sweet combo of percussion and piano. I've never heard you do a bad track and i don't think i ever will.
Too good!
FR
mrwolf14
mrwolf14 8th Jan 2015 15:47 - 10 years ago
You had me at the word "suite" ... I like the idea of several movements that belong together. Typical concept for progressive rock but why not export it to other genres as well?

Coming to the music...
- The first part, the Ground Basse, works very well.
I like this syncopated keys "fighting" against the flowing bass. Only remark: I would raise a bit the level of the bass and if possible, use a more "grinding" sound.
- Second part, The Blues.
What can I say on the organ? really beautiful.
I like the sound and the light bluesy mood. Liked it.
Of course the piano is also good, but the organ is
my favorite (strange: I usually prefer the piano,
but I like too much what you played on the organ here).
Also the drum loop works very well.
- Third part, One Step Closer
Again, nice syncopated keys, but this time in an
almost "industrial" context (due to the drums).
Not so fond of the special fxs running in the background.
Again ... you know how to play these keys :-)
Liked a lot the solo going on.
Light and perfect for the atmosphere.
Special mention for the bass sound: I like it, few notes
but in the right place. Good.
- Fourth part, Nuclear Sunset
This is now something totally different.
Strange pads at the beginning (maybe the looping point
could use a better "cross fade" at 9:33)
Weird, but hey,
we are going for a nuclear sunset, arent we?
Around 10:30 the track really gets "chilly" with nice
pads and good work on the piano
(I would be curious to hear this piano line with an
echo... a huge echo set on 1/4 and lot of feedback...
not sure it would work, just curious).
Probably you could also make the ending a bit longer,
but I assume that at 12:07 you didn't want to extend it
too much.

So the final question: is this really a suite or are these 4 tracks assembled together?
Hard to say. I personally think they could work as single tracks but I see how you wanted to offer the listener a different experience by abutting them to form a single song.
And of course I also recognize common elements across the 4 parts: your keyboards playing could be seen as the fil-rouge that connects the various movement.
It's a bit feeble as link, but you are the boss and you decide what has to be done :-)

Final word: LIKED!

I am happy I decided to listen this.
Ciao, Domenico

PS: be ensured that the fact that you recently commented one of my tracks doesn't play any role in my post.
I am *always* looking for new music here, even if I have no "featured track" to promote. And I always try to be as honest as possible with my comments.
promenade2239
promenade2239 replied 8th Jan 2015 - 10 years ago
Thanks a lot Domenico for nice words. I appreciate that. Yes, there's a problem with the 'suite' label in here - honestly it is just my way to post more of my current work on looperman. Agreed, the tracks are different (and the last one stands out for sure). I think I have uploaded one better and much more consistent suite some time ago. The pieces were made almost in one take and shared the same sound image. Here it is just a compilation of my current work from last 2 weeks. Basically looperman it is a nice place for posting single tracks not the full albums.

I agree that the first 3 songs are quite similar combining the e piano playing with ezdrummer grooves. Nuclear song is based on the Am7FM7 progression from midisparkss snippet. I do not make any so called illustrative music and that nuclear title is from midisparks as well. I think I managed to blend loops much better and quite smoothly on my other tracks. Here I was looking for a proper chord progression from the midisparks audio so it is just a weird combination of an ambient and some strange jazzy piano chillout.
Actually Ive made already a song adding delay effect to the piano line, I know it may sound quite chilled or just interesting when played in a real time even. This is some nice concept.

I am happy you had a chance to listen to my current work. I enjoyed your track as well.
Thanks again for such a nice and detailed review! All the best to you, Alex

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