Description : I went to the beach and set up my stereo recording mic under a gazebo near it (I apologize for some of the air gusts being recorded haha; we had a strong SE wind that day :P Tried my best to place it out of the wind); wanted to record myself playing live and do some cheesy roleplay in the process - wanted to make it feel like the listener was sitting there beside me. ** This is what the beach looks like: http://static.travel.usnews.com/images/destinations/80/south_padre_island_main.jpg **
Lo and behold, I'm about halfway through the song when my buddy Mark, a friend from college, heard me singing and decided to join me (he seems to never part with his guitar lol).
The expression on his face was that of confusion as to why I had my mic with me and a audio-capturing device, which I plugged into an outdoor electrical plug that the gazebo owners installed lol (I've done recordings like this before but didn't like the results; we messed up a little at the end but I was like meh it's not bad anyways.) but I'm glad he didn't say it out loud or it would have ruined the recording lol. Luckily, I was playing a song he and I wrote together some time ago, so he was able to just jump right in. He's a great guitar player.
Even though it was a little awkward at the end since we hadn't seen each other for like 4 months (you might be able to tell by the way I responded to his "thats so cool" comment haha), I think it turned out just fine. It was a lovely evening and the clouds were all poofy and happy. Lots of people were there too, though I made sure to sit far away from all of them. Ahh, it was a beautiful day. I'm glad I live by the ocean :P * Just kidding, I recorded this in my studio; though I do live close to the water, this was not recorded there :P I did everything, down to the wind blowing into the mic, except for the sound of water and the kids in the background. I got those sounds here: freesfx.co.uk/login/
The guitars and vocals were one-takes to give a more realistic feel. No pitch-correction or autotune. Just wanted to try making another soundscape (or whatever you want to call this :P) about what it's like to live by the ocean.
Description : Headphones are recommended for a more immersive experience :P - - - A weary American soldier is walking through the remains of what used to be a small town in the middle east, only to rediscover the horrible reality that sometimes war can affect even the ones who have no part in it.
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This is my first attempt at creating a virtual environment to tell a story and convey emotion. Hope you enjoy! Comments are welcome!
- ER
Description : Guys, I have been asked again to do another track for another friend's son.
He has asked me to do the track with an eighties heavy ascent.
I have come up with this I hope you all like it.
Description : This is for my friend Danke who can't sleep at night. Yes, heat, heat...I guess Africa is hotter, but don't let the title and intro as well, deceive you! This is not African music nor the imitation of it. It's just a picture of starry African sky at night, painted with my european musical sensibilities and some imagination. So this is for Danke in the first place and then maybe for anyone who would like to fall asleep.:)...
Good night!:)
Description : Dear Loopers...Let Ed and me take you to the world of yet another musical fantasy born out of our latest collab efforts. Ed provided basic structure of the track with ever solid rhythm section, tasty synths and vocal pads while I took
on a role of pretending to be multi-instrumentalist again by smuggling in some sweet strings, bulgarian flute, celtic harp,
unexpectedly blurry piano and this time a tiny bit of real live acoustic guitar...what an adventure for a vst/keyboard guy..:) As always
my sincere thanks to Ed not only for letting me enjoy his great musical company but also for still standing as one of the firm pillars of Looperman society !
Description : Un tema sencillo, suave. Espero que les guste.
Description : I just painted a picture of abandoned sanctuary and I thought it could sound like this...:)
Description : the other end of the scale from me, yep people, this is a ballad. its for all the people who have lost somebody long before their time was due,
i used my experience of tragic loss and how i hid my mental health issues that stemmed from it while writing it, its repetitive but has fresh verses
its to Matthias music Du Bist Nicht Mehr Hier almost the same title, He has suffered too that's why he wrote the music and dedicated it to his brother. i hope i have done it justice
Description : electrorockreggae thingymebob
Description : DO to the thief claiming that this music is hers
The story of the track is off for a minute.
Description : This track contains several loops, all of them are from looperman artists - listed below. I don't know if "ambient" fits well for it, but i get most loops from that category. :)
Inspired by the Final Fantasy series and my ex girlfriend. Hope you will enjoy it (not my ex! :D). As always, free to use for a song, any opinions-critics welcomed... UPDATE 2015.10.24.: improved audio quality - lower lows, higher highs. Now in 256kbps!
Applied loops :
DJ4REAL : 0102056-0000849 (Sax 120), 0102056-0021138 (Violin vibrato singular), 0102056-0021641 (Sax attack the floor),
DJFREDVAL : 0002663-0007540 (FV 120 BackBeat2), 0002663-0007541 (FV 120 BackBeat3), 0002663-0007542 (FV 120 BackBeat4),
MEGAPAUL : 0448131-0059810 (Ricky K Armada 100bmp G), 0448131-0068095 (Grasslions 75bmp A Bass), 0448131-0061055 (Chinese Gyros 90bmp Cmajor),
SHORTBUSMUSIC : 0500098-0054224 (Acoustic guitar with Harmonics in Dm-F), 0500098-0062445 (Acoustic guitar with Delay in Dm-C-B),
MRROBOT : 0082073-0002480 (Mr Robot smooth synth 125 bmp 8), 0082073-0005872 (Johnny Cash like Drums),
SERIALCHILLER : 0000003-0000094 (Chilla Synth Skank Riff),
DJKNIGHTLIFE420 : 0165908-0027771 (Toxic Whistle),
TARATOXIC : 0096919-0027238 (Pan flute),
GUITARGURU : 0057331-0003621 (Harmonic 2),
MINOR2GO : 0159051-0031469 (Power Rap T7 Marimba Flanged),
SHATNER : 0227480-0045258 (Battle On),
MHYST : 0203623-0017135 (Celtic Vibrato Flute Melody),
REI4REAL : 0039029-0005928 (Rei zapjam05 A 90),
KASHYAP : 0040306-0015442 (Beat it up 2).
Description : Guys, I've Just looked at my old music archives and thought to bring some of them out for you guys to listen to.
I've made this track in loving memory of my dear brother who sadly died of cancer. He was my rock, my confidant I am already missing him.
I hope you enjoy it if you do then please leave me a comment.
Description : A miasma of digital sound... like in a dream.
Description : I've Just looked at my old music archives and thought to bring some of them out for you guys to listen to.
I hope you enjoy it if you do then please leave me a comment.
Description : Glen Cloy is one of the glens of Antrim (Tumbleweed's county) in Northern Ireland. The little people, actualy fairies, populate all of them and they all have very old ghost stories that have been told for centuries (and still are)...This one is about Shaman of old and his journeys through the spiritual world...That sums up what Ed told me about the concept for our 7th (how convenient^^) collab work. The main core of the track is Ed's work and the original length was 5:18, but I wouldn't have been Orlando if I didn't tempt to compose my longest intro to date (3:10) to inject my own fantasies about little creatures of Glen Cloy (soft spot for spiritual world..hehe..). Other than that I also added some synths arrangements and vocal samples for the rest of the track and probably ruined it a bit..haha..but that's how collabs are sometimes..:)^^.....All my thanks to Ed...and Irish ghosts ofcourse...
Description : Guys, I've Just looked at my old music archives.
Ive stumbled upon this free Vst called Piano one.
I have never experienced sounds so true to a real piano, Ive paid a lot of money to a very well-known company for such vst which Ive never used because it did not sound like a piano.
The music of this track is replicated; However, the piano sounds are done with this vst.
I thought to share this little gem with you guys.
neovst.com/piano-one/
Very nice sound
First of all... wow. I really thought for a half second of naivety that you were really on a beach and so on and so forth. Great little story to go with this. Charming melody, great harmonies and effects. I hope you get the radio play you so greatly deserve. ^_^
You guys sound amazing!
Every track is fantastic.
I hope we will work togheter on a track one day!
Peace Bros
NFMaster
Such a unique piece! It's different to normal ambient tracks because you've made it interactive in a way where you can actually feel like you're by the ocean. Fun listen :)
Great vocals, great guitar, and a good atmosphere. Love it!
Well I just read the bottom of the description this time I listened. Thanks for the troll Epic! :P
Rico L.
you set the mood rite with your discription. I was reading it while listening and it was fantastic!!!! felt like i was there!
thanks for the smile on my face!
jules
Hey ER
Just came back to listen to the song again and again :)
You know what that means? Right, i got the job!!!!
So thanks again for this nice music and thanks for your good wishes
:) this is a fav for sure :)
stay tuned
joe
Wow this is incredible man. Your voice is spot on. Ive downloaded many of your loops; the guitar work is wonderful
-EYEDYE
Hey! This is great. The atmosphere, and the vocals are awesome. You have an amazing voice! (that is you yes??)
I read the description all the way though as I was listening ha, good stuff.
i think you did a good job puting this togethter, but can i ask what did you compare you sound with? When you started make this for me it hard to tell if this is a stadio or outside :)
It's been a while since I listened to one of your songs. This track makes me get upset with myself for that. I love all of your tracks as the vocals and lyrics are so well done. The lyrics on this particular track is just great and makes me want to go to the beach.
The background sounds of the seagulls and your friends, just makes this track so much better. Like all of the songs I hear from you, this track has left speechless and very impressed. All in all great work man, and just keep them coming!
Very beautifull :D
nice voice man!
~Eighteen
Greetings, ER.
I like the little trick you've played on many people here. It's almost a test of how much of a track description people can be bothered to read. This is almost the longest I've ever seen and mine tend to be reasonably long.
You've also fooled people because it does sound pretty accurate and realistic in terms of the recording scene you initially describe.
Congrats on a fun bit of soundtrack work.
Maybe you could do another one that's a bit more audacious.
So: I'm thinking you're supposedly out mountain climbing and you come across some guy and rescue him and then you both break into song.
Or, you get some guy hold you up in the street with a gun demanding you hand over your stuff. Then you break into a song he happens to like and then he joins in and lets you go because he likes you. Maybe you go to a bar for drinks.
Ideas to run with...
hahaha this was awesome, i was reading the description as a listened so you had me fooled for a little while there hahaha its funny because if you didnt mention this was all done in your studio i would have totally believed this was recorded by the sea XD
Amazing work man!
Tell your imaginary friend Mark i said hi :) lmao
respect,
xyilent
Really nice, ER! You tricked us a bit here. I had to go back and read more of your discription. Either way, I enjoyed it.
Cheers,
Scott
Epic recording. This is pure track well done.
What mic did you use.
Your voice and mark`s voice sounds unbelievable together.
I have some tracks if you and mark would be interested.
Its not dance music but some other genres like rock and pop .
You bring in it every time man, i enjoy listening to your music :)
Hi there ER.
I really enjoyed this live acoustic recording and the one take. And also the background effects of the ocean and all.
You don't get the same feeling from a daw, that warmness and closeness as from a bond you have and create with a real instrument.
But a great simple piece that I faved!
Blessings - B.
hey there epic
really groovy song like the ambiance that the beach recording lends the breeze works for me
put me in a good mood for the rest of the day
the nearest beach to me is miles away
sounds really do draw pictures in the mind
very organic n effortless sounding
another fav hit :)
Nice vocals. Nice sounding guitar. Nice feeling.
Sounds realy almost like live recorded on the beach.
I enjoyed the listen AND i enjoyed the description :)
I was a bit pissed of when i start listen to the track, cause i have some problems with work, or lets say better without work :) and i have to clear things and all went not the way i wanted ..... then i start the song and start feeling better ..... and at the end of the track my phone rings and a women told me that she wanna talk with me about a new job at there place ....... wow :) ...... if i get the job man, i will listen to this track again and again :)
stay tuned
joe
Reaaly nice recording. Makes me go to the beach right away. Great vocals and well.. just great overall! congrats
Natural played unique track here...truly one of the best in this site...amazing recording with the nature...I simply imagine myself beside you as walikng on the seaside, singing, playing and talking a lot about life...outstanding track!!!
Respect and handshake, Danke
It does sound like being by the ocean. Though from inside the room day dreaming about it (like in some videos). The voice covers up the background in some spots and in live takes you can still hear the background and whatever voice over it (example would be you hear the beach sounds then you hear the voice in a small room). Sweet setup though, sounds like a fun jam for real. I felt like I was watching a scene from a movie more than being at that ocean. I Still dig it ER. Very nice work! Peace.
You had me fooled 'til I read through the entire description! HAhaha good one ER! Looks like you fooled plenty ;) I told you these soundscapes are addicting! I've done quite a few horror themed ones :p You must live near the gulf of mexico? I grew up by the ocean but live like 50 miles inland now, mountains really but this area is plains, called Oxford plains. You may have heard of the race track Oxford Plains speedway, world famous short track, Grateful dead played there in the 80's. Keep up the good work! :D
GREAT JOB!
Really a beautiful idea!!
I can feel the emotions and power of nature!!
Good work mate!!
Out of the world idea is this!!
Good job!! :)
This is simply a beautiful track man! Being someone who loves the beach and all things tropical, I gotta say this is quite refreshing. The harmonies between you and your friend are quite beautiful as well. The guitar playing is also solid. Overall great track!
Rico L.
Hello my friend.
This is a fantastic track.
Your voice is pure and coherent very good mixed together.
Wonderful track
Well done
Jamid
What a lovely recording...simply incredible! In the 'fav' it goes!:)
Compliments to all involved
Orlando