DaMann

Great track-love the flow. Keep it up!

Nice track, You used Reason 4 to make this didn't you. You have greatly improved since I 1st heard one of your tracks.

good stuff. reminds me of the days when trance was golden. really good clear work. that arp is well sweet. nice one.
Hunta

nice mastering ans soundzz))) good work!

Love it DaMann. Btw what does synergy mean lol

very crispy sounds, yes really nice one :D

cheers Frank :)

some real madness going on in this joint, great work bro.

-B-

Haha, yer soundin all secretarial there mate. Here's a file extension you'll need for the proper update request form. Initial here, here, and here. Sign here and stamp here and here. I'll go ahead and send this off and in about 2 weeks you'll get additional confirmation forms to do in order to get the offical form.

Hahahaha, gaaw!

So what part of the storm would this be from? The momentary lull between downpours? I like the mellowness of it and that one synth line ya used mixed with the spaced out drum treatment gives it a nice spacy (like a huge field) sorta feel to it. The minimal treatment allows it to either stand on its own perfectly or gives other artists the chance to go crazy with it in mix sessions. Later on!

A remix of who with the what whats?
Haha.
Can't say I've ever heard of the guy. Course, I've kinda fallen behind on my CD store surfin ventures lately. I don't blame the economy I just blame a mix of financial scrutiny mixed with that previously mentioned laziness thing.

Anyways, I'm lovin the synth's interaction with the cymbal rides on that one part. This is the kinda stuff that I'd love to hear the lyricist of DJ Scooter screamin to (haha, you like that lil 'rave newbie' stab I threw in just there).
Okies, since this is just a snippet I'm on play 2 now and am thinkin that ya might wanna work on the levels of the female voc-sam ya got on this (sounds a bit too crisp currently I'm thinkin). And is the dood sayin... On the beach, beach, beach. Or is it beats, beats, beats? Just thought that was somethin ya might think to be funny. Decent mix mate. Later on!

I like it - i like the minimal approach - a lot less obvious than a lot of 'trance' that gets put on here - good work!

Very good intro....in fact I'll just hang on that for a while...a lot of people completely miss the importance of a good intro..it's like a running race..it's imperative to have a clean start.
I'll say this Curtis,your tracks are really gathering momentum and scope,their getting better and better and that's not a bad reflection on your past work...there's nothing better than experiencing an Artist hone his craft..this is a great production from all angles..with excellent drumming,pads and synth lines....it's the full package..professional work! cheers Dave :)

:) your music keeps me listening to the next song. Great stuff.

This one is deep. This is a good shroom song.

I wont get through reviewing all your tracks tonight but you have really great stuff. You do trance well.

Cool track bro. Nice synths.

Yeah, I'm gonna shamelessly promote my own track while I listen to yours...
Pfft!

Anyways, nice in-and-out of the drums on that one part. And I'd actually like to hear a version of this track with just the bass synths. Not that I'm knockin the drums, it's just that I could see that stuff being used in another way. Kinda like give it a more Electro vibe, ya know?
And what in the world with the squirrels was that lady sayin in the voc-sam ya got on this, haha? Interesting mix mate. Later on!

So which came first the chicken or the egg?
Or the Guitar work or the other aspects of the track?

Anyways, pretty interesting treatment mate. I'm thinkin if it were in my hands I'd add some quick rolling Pans (on key with the snare or everyother kick). And some primary lead/guitar isolation. Possibly some slightly Distorted Phase to 'em. Oh, and some cross fades between some of the sections. Though where it stands now is pretty bangin. Later on!

Haha, no I don't wanna wear headphones, phewy...
Anyways, I'll do that for play 2, okay?

As for ideas, hmm, gonna let this play for a min before I start shootin 'em off to ya.
Okies, I suppose it's played enough to form some schtuff. Alright mate, this does have some very mellow qualities about it, but I'm gonna haveta gig ya on the 'relaxation' elements ya touted above in the desc- it's too upbeat and engergized to be truly relaxing.
So there what I'm gonna recommend is that ya do a track like this, but kill all of the hyped up dancy elements (the drums... /play 2/ the pulsating bass {or just tone 'em down alot}, the hyperactive synth leads).
Just leave it at the pads, the beach effects, and some super silent bass and somewhat slowed down leads.
Now I hate to reference my own songs, but check out PSR3 (Mountain Wind) if ya want a perfect example of a 'chilled out' song.

Course, I just noticed that this isn't 'chill out' it's trance. And there you get a golden star. This is a very awesome trance track. And for the bits I suggested dropping- I love the double clap part of the drums (prolly the most) and the hyper synth leads too. The fade out, isolated one is nice too. /play 3- for closing statements/
The length is perfect and I could see a remix of this going well into 8 or 9 minutes (perfect session length quality). And I dunno if you've ever messed around with making super long mix sessions, but a track like this would be a perfect starter I'm thinkin. Since you've got all of the elements you can iso, extend, tweek with FX, warp the time sig, you name it. And with the way some of your other tracks are you could have a pretty cool mix session with an adequate time to land you radio spots, DJ gigs, etc.
Anyways, I'm rambling now. Great track mate. Later on!

The intro on this (before the drums kick in) has an almost cinematic quality about it. Kinda like the end credit music they play on some films (you know, the time you usually walk out of the theatre). Okies, let's rewind this puppy a little...

Okies mate, I'm back to the drum intro part and I'm thinkin that maybe you could try easing 'em in with a slight fade (not drawn out, just long enough to kinda capture the leads you got on this). And maybe add some kinda whiney, siren-like pre-build on them (like a wind-up) so when they do drop it'd be like them bouncing at people like off of a diving board.

Sux that ya had to delete the orignal, but the quality comes through on this version.
Oh, and have you got a name for this one yet? If ya don't and want some suggestions I could throw some at ya.

Whirlpool
Jet Stream
Storm Front
A Leaf on the Wind
Balcony
And they Leave
Exit 1a
Cloverleaf
Traffic Patterns
Syncopated Flow
Organized Chaos
Okies, I'll stop now. Haha, you know me- once my mind starts goin it's hard to shut off. Ooh, wait... F*** all the rest. I just had an awesome idea for a name (and it's a nod to graphic technology)- Marching Ants! Yeah, that's it. What do ya think? Anyways, cool track mate. Just let my name suggestions fill in the blanks on what this caused me to think of. Later on!

So how'd that go mate? How many tracks did ya end up makin for the RPM challenge??

Anyways, this started kinda sudden on the first go 'round (will see if it does it again on the second play, ay).

As for the track, you've done it again little bruv. In fact, I'm thinkin if ya uploaded the synth parts as loops on here they'd get a buttload of downloads.
I'm also thinkin that this'd be super cool to use on my upcoming Looperman podcast (that I should start workin on tomorrow). Lemme know if yer cool with it being used, okay? In close, how long did it take you to come up with this puppy? Later on!

Opps, I almost forgot the 2nd play and it did start rather suddenly. Lates for real this time, haha.

good workk , great sound , really good trance , I like it.. very cool track ;)

Ok, I went and listened to most if not all of your tracks and the progression is amazing. You are making some SICK Trance tracks now compared to talking about Buritos. "Counter Reality" is off da HOOK!!! Great growth in a very short period of time. Now I see why you are DaMann.

Play 1= H-phones
Play 2= reg...

Hey mate, just to letcha know- there's a silent gap at the end. I think the track ends @ 3:09 and it continues to run until 3:33. Dunno if this was intentional, but I thought that I'd mention it.
Now let's move into play 2 shall we?..

Okies, so Esh did the vox on this, right? Decent effects ya added to 'em mate. That one main synth you got is nice too and I love the way it builds into everything else once you reintroduce Esh's vocals.
Ooh, ooh. I'm pickin up on that second set of synths you got on this that're kind of subdued in the background. Maybe you could do a switch-up type of thing to where they become the main synth line and you could totally transition into a completely new song from it. And I'm spent. Thanks for sharing. Later on!

Alright, I'm gonna do this one in rev order. Headfones 1st and reg 2nd.

On my fones it sounds pretty evenly slated. Nice FX ya placed on the kicks during the part ya had 'em isolated. Hmm, maybe you could add some kinda Phase effect (or something) to the Piano loops yer using on this to have 'em better fit the songs mood. Ooh, and possibly fade 'em out a bit more when you introduce the second set of synth Leads. Nice reintroduction of the other stuff BTW. And was that bit at the exact end (where it fades out and then a part of it picks up again briefly) intentional? Just curious. Now onto play 2...

Okies, for some odd reason the Bass kinda sounds muted (or muffled). Enough so that it stands out next to the Pianos. Course, I'm thinkin that you effected this entire song didn't you? Hmm, maybe the Reverb on the Piano's needs to be scaled back just a hair (so it'd match the rest of the song better).
Unless ofcourse, you were going for that effect and in that case disregard what I just said. Oh, and you know, as I sit here I think it'd be kinda interesting to hear what this would sound like without the Pianos. Maybe not as complete, but I'm bankin that it'd still be pretty cool, ya know? Man, I dunno if I'd be brave enough to jack my speakers all the way up on this one. Eh, nice one bro. Later on!

Kinda short, but I take it this is still a work in progress?

As for mastering stuff, I'm gonna haveta replay this with headphones coz right now I can't hear anything too outta place with it. Color me nuts, but the whole Glitch thing validates this bein fuzzed up, ya know?

Okies on play 2 now. And now I see what they're sayin. The Bass is a tad too high (or the drums are too low, {shrugs}). Hey, I've got an idea, why not shoot this over to UltraBasic or JahKnow (one with drums, and one without) to see if they couldn't mash it up. I betcha the result'd be pretty awesome. Later on!