EricMilligan

Hi Eric
I have this evening listened to your fantastic 80's creation and would absolutely love to collaborate (vocals) with you. I have taken the liberty of downloading the track and added a rough vocal but feel it would be much easier to work on it without your vocals being pre-laid. (They are awesome but it's very difficult for me to find my timings to match yours, if that makes any sense?) Do you have a copy of the track WITHOUT vocals and if so, how can I get it (I don't wish to leave my email address on here)?
Regards
Aiden (soundcloud.com/epm3)

This is really cool. I feel like you nailed that retro feeling with the melodies, the synths you used, as well as the way vocals are sang with the effects on top of them too.
This is merely a preference, but if you want to make it more refined, I would add just a tad of sidechain compression to make the kick drum pop out some more. Awesome work!

-[ Sheen ]-

this track is really really cool! like the eighties feeling in it! and your voice is not so bad! nice result! hope you will find people for your collab!

will have a look soon for the final version!
great work :)

Bleep

This is really good.
So you used technology to hide the realit of your voice.
It worked a treat.
I use technology to help with every moment of a production with no shame!

this is a very cool track

your voice's gotta retro feeling on the good way and the whole song's groovy is frenetic...yeah, Bowie and those electro/pop groups from the 80's and it's more than exeptable :-)

congrats and handshake, Danke

Hello Eric,
Wow mate this is great track
It sailed me back to the land where I wish to be Mate.
Really grateful for that moment mate.
Absolutely fantastic track mate.
Big well done to you.
Fav’s
Jamid

Nice work.

Ha ha nice work here my friend, I think it sounds like a cross between super mario and I think someone mentioned Devo? Anyway if that was what you were aiming for you nailed it! I love the 80's, Where I did most of my growing up! I have a massive collection on my ipod, the 80s was really diverse with everything from 2tone to new wave/ nu romantics and indie 80s hair metal and later on rave and dance culture! Love them all!!!!

Very funky track my friend, for sure it's 80's. nice work! Larry

I usually avoid older tracks on users' profiles, but I just had to leave my thoughts on this one.

This is a brilliant masterpiece. It's so expressive with so much emotion all the way through. And as the track continues to evolve it never loses its touch, with each section never feeling out of place. I disagree with @ sqrtofneg1 when he mentioned the trumpet sounds out of place. It gives of a feeling of confidence which I mention later.

I love how it transitions from this beautiful orchestral piece to the drum and guitar part (which feels intense and yet somehow calm at the same time. I almost can’t put it into words), then goes on to this electronic feeling break.

As I listen through the song, it becomes extremely easy to conjure up vivid images and stories in my head. It’s the mark of a great listening experience.

I think you’ve achieved what you’ve set out to do in capturing the blooming stage of a relationship, then seeing it decline in part 2. The first part gives off an air of mystery, curiosity, and shyness, and when the trumpets come in, it sounds like the person has become more confident to approach. Then the harps come in and it feels like the start of something beautiful. I can imagine two happy faces smiling in each other’s wake.

Then in part two, the mix of beauty from the guitar and intensity from the drums feels like two people who care about each other (or maybe once did) start to fall apart. I could go on forever so I think I’ll stop here Haha

The perfect mixing is only a bonus. I can only imagine the amount of time you spent on this track. I really wish that someday the third part will come to light, even though it has been a long time since you uploaded this. It feels like a story has been left unfinished.

There are some really good tracks here on Looperman, but in my opinion, this one tops it all. I really hope you continue to make music like this.

-Sheen

man, u r awsome. i could give a finger to workwith u.

Very '80s! A great boppy little tune, enjoyed by me on a rainy Sunday morning. I do think you need a better vocalist - you still sound better than me, but this needs some real '80s flavor and pizzazz in the vocals that only a real pro could pull off. The vocals will be key. I think once you have that, you'll know what else needs to be done, if anything. You're well on your way to a really top-notch song.

Yep even better now. Reminds me of RiK singing with Devo as his fronting band.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eglgj77T0rk
Steve

Man, this is pretty cool! I was swinging the whole song, I was immediatly in love with the first VST that kicked in at 0:12 and the vocals (including reverb!) fit very well with the 80's style and overall feel!
When the melody in 2:17 started I was like, wow! That's amazing. I, personally, think it is a shame that it wasn't incorporated in other parts of the song.
If you are going to continue working on this style/song, might I suggest that you look into the free magical8bit VST? (site: http://ymck.net/en/download/magical8bitplug/index.html) It is ideal for 8bit sounds if you experiment with it. I think it would fit perfectly with the style you are trying to achieve!

Hey Eric. Yes I would need the stems with no effects as I would add in my own. But I could also use the ones with effects. if you wish to send me all the stems I would love to remix the whole track, that would be fun indeed. In Acid I had to either render the isolated track, or just right click on the track properties to save the stem. Not sure about logic.
Steve

Thanks for the props Eric, but it´s only a minor in music, my true major is in Marketing. ;-). Great tune Eric, you took the Rik Ocaesek comment to heart as I see. SAW isd easy in hindsight, but I give great credit to them for innovating a unique sound that was not heard at the time of there Zeitgeist. This song you did, is so awesome. eighties sound, but I love your vocals. I would love to enhance the stem, so let me know if you want that, and I think it needs to be a little louder in the mix. but seriously great job.
Steve

Sega sounding bassline there xD awesome, spacefunk right here :D

I like it!

~Eighteen

The bass reminded me of the bass from the Dr. Mario Fever theme.

I think you've captured the 80s theme well.

The vocals were well mixed with a lot of reverb, but it fit very well in my opinion.

The fade out was a little long in my opinion.

Good piece, well done!

Woah.

This is astoundingly good.

It's extremely expressive, it captures the emotion of love.

Sounded a lot like the beatles at the beginning, but it morphed into something else later on.

The trumpet part in the first part sounded just a little bit out of place when it first came in.

Fantastic first part.

The second part had some expanding synths around 4:00 that were great.
Also, something like mallet percussion is prevalent throughout the second part, which added a little bit of sparkle.

The third part sounded promising as well.

It would be great if you did finish this project - I would like to hear it in it's entirety.

I think this is my favourite piece of yours.

The intro is probably the best throughout all of your pieces too.

The combination of the bass and the piano parts was amazing. They simply sound great together.

2:35 was the highlight for sure, the modulation was great.
The outro organ? sound was excellent as well.

The vocals aren't as bad as you might think. Of course, they can be better, but your voice still managed to capture what I thought was the essence of the piece.

Perhaps you should revisit this piece. It's way better than I think you give it credit.

Great sounds all over.

I'm especially fond of the synth that starts around 1:08, and the subtle strings that come in later on.

The melody lines sounded unique to me.

The bass ostinato fit way better than one would think.

Great dynamic contrast as well.

Nice job!

Great track!

I was not expecting the flute at the beginning as the principal melody line.
I was pleasantly surprised.

The section at 0:53 sounds great. Perhaps a little change in percussion could have emphasized that a bit more.

I like how you play with the panning in the melody line throughout later on - it really adds another layer of expression.

The snap? sound with reverb when all the other instruments dropped out around 2:25 ish was excellent. It added a bit of punch.

Well done!

I have no idea what "SAW" is referring to in your description or the comments, care to elaborate? I've listened to eighties music pretty obsessively, both pop and underground, but still can not find a reference. It also appears to be one of things things which is "un-googleable," since I keep getting results about band saws. This is a cool work though, so far, and it reminds me a bit of Gary Numan/Tubeway Army stuff. Possibly it is a bit much on the vocal reverb, but that is also a personal preference. I like the synth emulations you've chosen as well. Looking forward to hearing the finished work! Keep at it!

I like where you are going with this! It's a nice bouncy dance track... SAW is hard but I think you do it! I'm not a producer so I couldn't even attempt it.

good composition , welldone man .