Hey Mark what's up buddy? Yes I'm still alive and kickin', just been doing other ventures but will get back to doing some new tracks soon. Thanks for checking up on me, hope all is well with you.

DC

Hey bringer, I hope that means you like the track? Lol! Thanks for listening...

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Hi Manuela,

Thanks for reviewing my track and for the kind words. As per the break at 1:18 yes there was a slight time gap. But what I had intended (now that I think back on it), there was supposed to be a more prominent tom tom fill to better bring in the next measure but for whatever reason I didn't go back to correct it. Thanks again for listening,

Dennel

Hey T, Thanks for checking out my track and for the great review. Yeah I'm kinda surprised that we hadn't ran into each other also. I have been on the loop maybe since 2005. But like you said we'll run into each other again for sure.

Peace

Dennel

What's Crack-O-Lackin' Mark? So you say a "ambient rider on a funk thoroughbred?" Well I can dig it Player! Lol, thanks for taking a listen and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Peace,

Dennel

Hey dimestop nice to meet you likewise, thanks for reviewing my track and for the kind words. Yeah as you can tell I've been away for awhile lol, with all the welcoming comments guess I'll have to come out of retirement lol.

Dennel

Hey Jynxz, Thanks for checking out my track, glad you enjoyed it. Lol yeah 2016, I haven't been on here for a bit but checking out the lay of the land so to speak. liking what I'm hearing which will encourage me to start creating again.

Dennel

Hey BaoBou, thanks for the love yes, I'm considering working on some new music as well as redoing some of these older tracks. I'm enjoying all the new music I'm hearing from this new generation of artist. And it's certainly motivating me to start creating again. Hope all is well with you and thanks once again for the re-welcoming.

Dennel

Lol! I just got finish reviewing your track "Down On Me" (Which I really liked).
Thanks for taking a listen and glad you dug it.

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Hey Kirkoid, thank you for stopping by and listening to my track. Glad that you enjoyed it.

Peace,

Dennel

Hi Angelus, it is wonderful to make your acquaintance likewise. Thanks you for your kind words in reviewing my track and I'm so glad that you enjoyed it. I tried to leave a review for your track "Amazing" but it seems that feature is disabled. No worries, now I can give you your flowers and praise directly. I was totally blown away by your singing and writing for that song, WOW! Such a beautiful voice and beautiful song. And it really resonates because the listener can tell that you're truly in love. Have to make it one of my favs, great job and keep doing what you. I'll have to check out some of your other tracks.

"Amazing!" Lol!

Dennel

Hey ripzore9191 sorry for the very late reply, as you can tell I haven't been on here for awhile. Thanks for taking the time to listen and glad you liked it.

Peace,

Dennel

Hi StarTravels, so sorry for the late reply as you can tell I haven't been on the site for a while. Thank you for you kind review of my track and for the "interplanetary funksmanship" compliment.
So glad you enjoyed it.

Peace

Dennel

Hey MPOProduction sorry for the extremely late reply, thanks for listening and glad you enjoyed it.

Peace,

Dennel

nln1, I very much dig your visuals for
this track. Thanks so much for taking the time to listen and I'm glad that you enjoyed song.

All the best,

D

Hey Amptile, as you can see it's been awhile since I visited this site. But wanted to thank you for listening to the track and I'm glad that you enjoyed it.

Thanks,

D

Hey MG, sorry it took a bit to get back to you. Thanks for taking a listen and glad you liked it.

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Hey EK78 thanks for stopping by and taking a listen, glad you enjoyed the track.

Peace

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Hey TV thanks for stopping by and taking a listen, thanks for the review and glad you enjoyed the track.

Peace

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Hey MTC thanks for checking out the tune, glad you liked the funky bass synth I played
on the track. Had a lot fun creating it,
Thanx again

Peace

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Hey Sheen thanks so much for stopping by and taking a listen, and also for your indepth review of this track. Glad you notice the slightly off beat hits (from time to time) due to the placement of where the percussion
Shakers would hit. You're correct in that I wanted a human feel along with the electronic/ funky sound. This is one of those rare tracks in which I actually wanted
It to be as short in duration as possible, yet have a great repetitive melody with a hard hitting drum track and a funky groove.

As per the guitar solo it isn't a sample, it's actually a guitar part played by my buddy Art Miller. For the way I arranged the tune since the main synth melody is encompassing the tune in such a manner whereas I had to do a "get in / get out" approach with the guitar in order to keep the continuity.

The sudden "in your face" start of the guitar was purposely done that way for two reasons; 1. We actually did try it with a sort of "pre-intro" but it didn't work. 2. With the "just come in loud and sudden approach" it worked better because there was
very little time to come in, do something semi creative and get out in time for the turnaround.

Also at the end of Art's solo, he had sustained the last note for much longer than what you hear. So I edited the guitar note down and did a "quick cut edit" and played a "phantom note" on my keyboard and increased
the reverb to give it that abrupt quarky effect. I actually like it personally, since
it was meant to be more of a "filler" rather than a full fledged guitar solo (for which I
get the biggest criticism of the teack for not making the solo longer).

Overall I'm pleased with the end result. Thanks again for taking the time
to listening / review this track.

Best Regards

D

Hey Amaranthion thanks for stopping by and taking a listen. Though it wasn't perhaps a gerne you're into, I'm glad at least you enjoyed it just the same.

Thanks

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Hey Miles I don't know about being the synth king (lol), but thank you for the compliment. So glad you enjoyed the track and I'll be checking you out soon. Thanks again

Best Regards

D

Hey Elaine, thanks so much for stopping by.
I'm so glad that you enjoyed the track and
for your big seal of approval lol.
Thanks again take care,

D

Hey Dan thanks so much for the wonderful compliment. I had always wanted to create a
tune befitting the title and it looks ltke I
I finally have lol. I read your bio, conservatory trained? I'm impressed. So glad you enjoyed the track and thanks again.

Best Regards

D

Hey tekreck thanx for checking out the track so glad you enjoyed it

Peace

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Hey Dave so good to hear from you, yes I do use the E-MU Proteus on alot of my stuff as well as VST Plug in's through my recording
software. Per your situation with the "Proteusx2" software; I was thinking
maybe it's just a issue of finding the drivers? Though I would have thought that would've came on a cd or something when you purchased the software.

I know when I went back to their site (it's been awhile back), that couldn't find any updates for my unit. But there may be for your software, now that's the bad thing (for me) since they long ago stop manking the Proteus 2000 model, you can't find anything for it. My guitar player has a Protues Mo Phat module that I've been trying to get my hands on for years (lol). But overall I have always loved the sounds I could get from Proteus so it has been a main stay in my rack set-up.

So glad you enjoyed the track and I certainly enjoyed your track as well. And it's been so nice to conversate with you after have being away from the site for so long.

Wishing you all the best.

D

Hey Cru thanks so much for your wonderful and in depth review. That was a great story
about your having being a DJ in college and
how you got turned on to "Roger Troutman."
So happy to hear you validate what I've been
saying for years, Roger was a very talented
cat! Bootsy Collins & Gorge Clinton may have gave Roger & Zapp their big break, but Roger
Was definitely a superstar all his own!

It's funny you say the first album you were
exposed to was "the many faces of Roger Troutman," (which was his first solo album)
He did a cover of Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" that was off the hook! Turned it into a funky dance track and pulled it off Lol!

There is a series on BET called "unsung" where they do stories on great soul & r&b artist. They did an episode on the life of Roger Troutman & Zapp, I'm sure you can find it online or youtube if interested.

As for the track, glad you enjoyed it. Yeah the guitar solo may have been a tad short, lol...but as I have stated many times before
It was meant more as a filler rather than a all out solo. And that has been the biggest
criticism of the track, lol and that's cool. Yes I guess we do have the same attitude and approach towards making music.

I say there's nothing like getting what you really feel inside across to the listener better than what flows through what you're playing through your instrument. It is an extension of you. Thanks again for your great review and I'll be stopping by to check out some of your tracks as well.

Best Regards

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Hey TeeGee thanks for checking out the track; no that wasn't me playing guitar, that was my buddy Art Miller helping out.
I play just about everything on the track except guitar. Thanks for the complement and
I'm glad that you enjoyed the tune.

Peace

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Hey JJ thanks so much for stopping by and checking out the track and for your kind review. Yeah...I've gotten comments on the beat ranging from "G-Funk" to "Aicd Jazz?"
(lol) But it's all good, thanks again and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Peace

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Hey Format (Your "Rap" was impeccable, and I believe you just increased your inter-planetary-funksmanship to a whole new level.) Lol, though this isn't a rap track, I did use a "old school Hip Hop drum track" as my basis and beefed it up for dat helluva kick! Since the tune is a little sparse, (meaning although I'm using some big soundscapes in the back drop, it's still not that much going on other than the repetitive melody), Which is why I needed a phat drum sound and a big phat funky synth bass to plug up the holes.

Thanx so much for showing a brother sum luv and for the kind words, it was much appreciated.
Glad you enjoyed the track

Peace

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Hey Fila what's up Man? For some reason I thought you had already heard this track when you posted comments on "The Soul Music Radio Track". Yeah, you know I had to go there with it, that old school electronic funk. (lol) You say you can hear some of that (Ohih Players Funky Worm) in there eh? (lol) Thanks for the woderful compliment. On the funk side of it I was trying to pay tribute to my boy the late, great "Roger Troutman" who is by the way very underrated as not only a great guitarist, but also as a muti-instrumentalist. He was like Prince, he could play everything.

And I also was paying tribute to "Bernie Worrel" of Parliament / Funkadelic fame. To listen to that brothers legendary funky synth bass riffs sends chills up my spine. Flash Light, A Toast to the Boogie, Atomic Dog, etc. I truly, truly miss and love those days of "The Real Deal Funk" and "Classic Soul Music." Thanks for stopping by and
listening and making it your fav.

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Hi Alex thanks so much for the kind words and for your review of this track. I do agree with you, there is a difference. Not that there isn't some good patches in software produced programs; but there is a difference in feel and sound with "stand alone rack gear modules". I incorporate both in my music; I also appreciate the fact since you are a musician yourself the difference in musicianship produce music as opposed to "just utilizing loops".

And trust me I'm not knocking that because I do use loops sometimes in my music, usually drum loops. But you can tell the difference in a produced composition totally comprised of music from a musician there's just no substitute. As for the EM-U Proteus 2000 sound module, I have seen them on ebay from time to time or some variation of. EM-U also had this one great sound module called "The Mo Phat", which was a unit comprised solely of every conceivable great sounding organ, keyboards and phat bass synths. Can't find that unit anymore.

I've been trying to talk my guitar player out his for years with no success I might add (lol). once again thanks so
for your time in listening and for your great review, it was much appreciated.

All The Best

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Hey Orlando thanx so much for stopping by and taking a listen;
and thanks for the kind words. So glad you enjoyed it.

All The Best

D

Hey Zac, thanks for stopping by and checking out the track.
so glad you enjoyed it.

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Hey KingBeatz187, thamks for stoping by and checking out the track. Lol yes funky stuff
Indeed! So glad you liked it, thanks again.

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Hey Silverman thanks so much for stopping by and giving your most thoughtful insights on the track. I guess the biggest complaint I get of the track is... you guessed it, "The Short Guitar Solo." I have addressed this issue many times stating,
it was meant more as a "quick filler" to break up monotony, since the track is basically a " Melody & Groove" driven song.

Originally a "synth solo" was to take the place of the guitar solo, but I couldn't come up with a tasteful one at the time, hence the guitar solo. I'm glad you noticed the atmosphere aspect of the tune, for which you are correct. I was trying to set a mood. You are also correct in noticing a slight tinge of "sadness" meshed along with the "euphoric" feel of the track. From my prospective, it is quintessential
truth that man is but a very small part of a much larger universe. And that there are vast civilizations amongts the
stars for which he hasn't encountered.

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Hi Wayne, thanks so much for stopping by and
checking out the track. So glad you enjoyed it; so you think a little spoken word would
work with this eh? Lol...

Thanks again

D

LMAO! You know you've been paid a hell of a compliment when the reviewer starts the sentience out with, this is some funky shit! Thank you for the compliment< you're too kind.
Everyone who has reviewed the track has made reference to the
G- Funk sound. Though I guess I can see the connection, however that wasn't what I had in mind when I created it.

In my own way I was really paying homage to funk legends Bernie Worrell of Parliament / Funkadelic fame, and to the late - great Roger Troutman of Zapp. At least on the funk end of it.

I wanted a ambient sort of soundscape wit a phat funky bottom. I agree the guitar solo was a bit short, but it was meant more as a filler than anything.. Since the track is only 3 minutes 5 seconds, I pretty much took the approach of
get in say what you have to say, get out, the end lol.

After listening to it a few times of course other idea's come to me where I could have done more. But overall I'm pretty pleased with the end result. Again thanks so much for your wonderful review and I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

Best Regards

D

Hey Anonymouzze, thanks for checking out the
track, glad you enjoyed it.

All the best

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Hey danke thanks so much for your review and feedback of this track. And thanks for making it one of your fav's.

All the best

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Wow,let's see a show of hands if I should reclassify this as a funk track? Lol, what I
was trying to achieve was a ambient sound-scape with a phat funky bottom. So when I started composing the synth bass riff, it became just as dominant as the main synths.

As for the guitar I had Art do a short solo to break up the repetition simce it is a short track. Thank you so much for your review of this track and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks

D

So you thought it was more funk than ambient eh? Lol, yes I do tend to use retro synth sounds in my music sometimes because I love the era and feel. Thank you for reviewing and listening to the track. And I'm glad you enjoyed it,

peace

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