srbrown7

Hello. More good work. Got much better on 0:37 when that pad came in.

Some suggestions (that's what I prefer to do rather than just gushing praise, especially when something is already good):

1:06 that little guitar fill is good but slightly odd and then continues maybe slightly too long to interfere with her vocal.

First beat and bass that comes in sits well though maybe that hat is a bit too loud/prominent. May also be slightly too harsh a sound.

Ah, 2:54 we get to hear much more of that guitar. Like that bit.

Very deep throbby bass (which locks with the kick). Like it when it goes higher on 3:57.

Good, dreamy pad movements. Effective piano punctuating the vocal from time to time.

I know it's hardly a short track but I sort of wish that the vocal could have gone somewhere else - maybe got more insistent and intense so built up to something. But if JJ didn't do that, fair enough and I guess you're just working with what you've got.

Don't let my minor criticisms and desires put the idea in your head that I didn't like this. Lots to like here and my stuff has quite a bit in common with it. Lots of good taste and skill and beauty in here. As I always say, I just want things that are good to be even better. Most of the time, I believe that is possible!

Well done.

Everything about this track captivated me the elements was well thought out i have nothing but love for this track its def going in my ipod. if it can bring a emotion out of me when im listening to it (which is hard) wins me over! i have nothing but positive to say this is definitely a winner. much respect.

Hypnotic track...JJ's voc is flowing and waving and your pro music and mix is a good base for it...like that you write SONG, in the meaning of that not too many production here...
Thanx for the upload, congrats for both of you...

Danke

Hello ....

Undoubtedly, you are also an absolute master in what you produce. And I sincerely believe ....
I have already expressed in other pages, this that I thought, of the good work here.....

I wish you a great end of the year .... Cheerful and friendly.

Dan

Sorry if I'm perhaps being pedantic but I wasn't suggesting changing the drum tempo (though you could ) but, instead, the drum groove as well as the drum kit used. So, you could have the same tempo but swing the drums on an acoustic kit that would make it jazzier rather than housier. This could fit well with the piano too.

You're good at doing melodic electronic music and there's lots to like in your tracks. Yet sometimes I feel they're a little too genre-based ie do things that I've heard too often in the particular genre. Trying to get some other flavours in there might help and would probably make the tracks stand out more.

As I said, I'm really making suggestions based on what I might do. But I only have my ears and ideas and do try to think differently. It's all just music anyway and you really can make pretty much anything fit any other sound if you work at it. Sometimes it's a lot easier than you might think!

Good luck.

Beautiful progressive start.!

love that gentle pan effect.!

Real nice kick off with sweet synths n real nice feel good vibs.!

Love the rich keys in this too.!

This is a real nice track to just let it do its thing!

Very nice work!

Got me rocking.!

***bb***

the bottom end in that track is so fat ... great tune

Yes, I certainly did hear the crackle intro as record scratch rather than rain. I thought it suited it really well.

Maybe you could also add some rain or small amounts of other atmospheric FX - perhaps almost as fills at the end of the bar.

That piano is cool too.

I like the drumless drop on 1:32 and how the delayed note fades out.

I find the rest is pleasant though I'm generally not such a house fan. I think I would have preferred the main style to be something else groove-wise - funk grooves, d'n'b, whatever. Or swing jazz would be cool.

Actually I'd really like it if you had swing jazz acoustic drums and kept the same other instruments as it would be the kind of genre crossover I'm into. And would be unusual.

Just an idea based on my preferences. You go with yours...

Hello Steve ....

The rhythmic "beaches" used here, once again demonstrates your mastery of the subject muiscal. High quality hearing also.
This production is very good, and very catchy. As it brings a pleasant feeling of well being, even though the vinyl is a bit scratched .... Hahaha! I like it.

Dan

FAVED..... this is such an awesome track, I am well impressed with how you did this track :)
Steve

Love the intro, classic house! Awesome

Cool dance music with lot of energy inside, good job!

WOW Steve. This is awesome man. Beautiful, blissed out vibe. I'd love to "house" this up a bit. Up the BPM a touch and it would be sunshine sounds central. Creeping into winter here but this lil beauty warmed me up a treat. No issues with levels etc through my speakers. Big respect mate.
Peace, Love, Justice & Respect.
Vis . . . .

This is beautiful work :)
Steve

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Thanks for the reply. By fake guitar, maybe you mean some sort of guitar VST? I've never used one but I have used guitar samples. I don't mean samples of people's actual playing but samples of individual guitar notes laid out across the keyboard as a playable instrument.

I'm wondering if you've ever gone back and tried cutting down those 6-8 min tracks that bored you. My view is you do one of two things: after very careful analysis, you work out which section/s is/are dragging and not really adding much. Then you either completely or partially remove it (partially would be keeping some of the parts and using them elsewhere in the track or turning them into a new one) or you find a way to make it less boring - generally by adding more to it. But, if you remove a whole section, you still have to join the other parts back together so might have to add another little transitional section to make that work, though sometimes they join almost perfectly.

I do all sorts of close analysis to try to ensure that no section, not even one bar, is boring or unnecessary (don't always get it right). My tracks are really only the generally extreme length they are because that's how much I 'had to say' and how much interesting stuff I felt just had to be included. Many tracks turn into other tracks and the truth is I only about once a year start a new track/project completely from scratch - everything else is turning leftover/excised parts into their own tracks.

Zero Per Cent Proof is all my guitar playing and was, 2 years ago, a 17 min track. I thought I'd finished it but have improved my production and listening a great deal since then and got much better drum software, for starters. A couple of people pointed out that one 6 min section a few minutes in was particularly good so would work well as its own track. So, I removed it, greatly improved it and it's not too far off being its own extremely intense and powerful 8-9 min track. Zero Per Cent Proof was me mostly just joining the remaining sections back together.

I could turn all of my long ones into separate tracks but I like deep, trippy journeys and am just about to upload an 18.5 min one that I don't think is boring at any point, though some may disagree.

Great work again on this track and I hope you haven't discarded your 6-8 min ones that bored you. Finally, I've heard 10 min tracks that are way too short and 5 min ones that are way too long. I seem to remember The Beatles' She's So Heavy was too long, as was Hey Jude.

This is very pleasing to listen to! It's really nice to hear some out of the ordinary time signature! This feels like what I use to listen to like 15 years ago or something, but you've made it timeless, instead of something you find on 12" at garage sales and thrift shops. Really good journey! Faved!

Really loved the whole dynamic build up of the song. It's a wonderful track, loved all your instrument choices and the quality of the mix. Sweet piece of music, thanks for sharing!

Wayne

Very good and relaxing music, I like listening to. :)

More good work from you, prompting almost every listener so far to say just that. Pretty good plays-comments ratio so far, eh?

Does actually sound like a love song.

Good use of 6/8 though I'm sure this would work well with whichever time signature of drums you chose to put to it.

Nice drum fills at the end of the bar that really drive it forward into the next.

My favourite section was when it really takes off on 2:27. Sound like a guitar comes in there though I guess it's not.

Good as this is I thought it could have been a bit longer, maybe gone into something else a bit more powerful and epic after 4 mins. Though, as I make such long tracks, it's not surprising I say that.

Good choices of synth sounds and this has a real depth to it. Well done.

im not sure if this would apply to the parts your talking about but i would automate a lot of my parts to control that from happening i small trick i learned i would automate some parts of the compression to keep certain parts from drowning and same with the levels.its alot of work but worth it. im sorry if i didnt explain it correctly its more of a show someone type of thing.

Deep powerful pads at the beginning with those bells, perfect intro. Beautifully done this piece, love the 6/8 beat. Fav'd and dowloaded.

Mr. Brown!

You are one of the biggest chill out master right here...your works have got full professionalism, heart and melodies...be careful about 6/8? hahh...at least someone, who forgot that 4/4...:-)best moment for me from 2.25 when the female vocs and the hareder drum steps in...
Standing ovation...
Best, Danke

SPEECHLESS......the intro was so beautiful i'm a big fan of progression in my own music and i love the progression this has from start to finish this is definitely going in my ipod its definitely one of those make you zone out type of tracks and when that voice creeps in aww man that was a nice surprise i really enjoyed listening to that. WONDERFUL TRACK.

Hello Steve ....

Why "enter" in the technicality details who sometimes of have no common sense .... At least that's my humble opinion.
Without controversy, and without polemical, when I hear a good track, the nice sounds, the melodic parts, I'm therefore to make a comment, because I enjoyed listening .... and encourage the creator to persevere in this direction.
In summary, I appreciate your track here, and the work you've done.
And for to conclude:
For remain logic, nothing is perfect, and if it was .... Many of us would not be here.
I like this track.

Dan