crucethus
Its My Life
OTTAWA, Canada
Joined : 13th Oct 2012 - 13 years ago
Last Online : 3rd Apr 2026 - 17 minutes ago
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on All Hallows Funk by crucethus
I will go over to Wobbin's thread now and comment a little over there as well.
I have your email also and will respond to that. Have a thought which piece might be the fit.
Dan
Steve
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on Sensuality by crucethus
my email is my name at gmail
Cheers
MartinDeBourge
Cru:
Steve
on Catatonia by crucethus
I would say it's "processing music", where you can feel the worlds in it, chaotic then peaceful, the movements, the uncertainty of what is going to happen next. Mental illness is like that. It's amazing to hear it translated into track. Having read what you are going through, this makes perfect sense. I have a track I'll be uploading soon that deals with the feelings while having a panic attack and the aftermath. I'll send it your way. But this is AWESOME and is going on my regular playlists. Seriously. I love it. :)
I can really classify the genre of this song, just know it comes from the heart.
Thanks again.
Steven
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Cru
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This is a perfect awake up with a cup of coffee.
Thanks again,
EWD
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Cru
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
I'm surprised neither of us came up with that name for you before. Seems so obvious now.
Rustic Nutbath is also really good. Sounds like a little wash you might give your balls out in the Canadian wilderness, inbetween trapping animals and general rugged survivalism.
" the KorgMS2000 and it's lovely arpeggiator"
I think you may be the world's biggest fan of that synth. You'll probably be playing it till you die. Perhaps as you're on deathbed, knocking out a wah porn solo as you croak.
"I added no reverse cymbals or cymbal crashes directly to this piece. Not a one. It felt good."
Excellent. I like to think I have helped a little with your recovery from your reverse cymbal addiction. It's something that's ruined many people's lives.
"You have ears of steel superman, as I can barely hear that"
I certainly don't and I think those pops are really big and obvious.
Why have you got old man ears? I didn't think you were an old man. Do you have old man balls?
"restraint in the correct rhythmic places"
I couldn't agree more and I have lots to say about about getting good grooves working nicely. Quite often it's a case of adding too much stuff and then carefully sculpting and removing anything and everything that interferes with that groove. Then you realise that you can make great use of those "interfering additions" eg by using them as short, intense fills. You can screw the groove up a bit when you're adding emphasis and making things more intense.
"keep it changing (subtly)"
Yes, you just need to get a good load of elements working well together, as you've done here, and then keep varying how they're presented. So, squeezing as much as you can out of the material, which is something I try to do all the time.
"return to the beginning at the end"
I often feel like I want to do that with every track but have to resist so that albums of mine aren't too predictable. But, yes, the book-ending style of returning to where you started feels natural, like returning home. But it's also fun to add in other, crazy, unexpected twists.
Congrats again on one of your best dance and jazz tracks.
Erratic Donut.
" the KorgMS2000 and it's lovely arpeggiator"
I think you may be the world's biggest fan of that synth. You'll probably be playing it till you die. Perhaps as you're on deathbed, knocking out a wah porn solo as you croak. "
Maybe?, as I have made my will a few years ago. One of the stipulations I have is that if I go before my parents, my ashes are to be spread over my parent's living room. So my Mother could clean up after me one more time........
But the Korg MS2000 is the digital equivalent of the MS20, which is almost as important as the Minimoog. So yes, bury me with it, or burn me with it. I don't really care, when you're dead you don't actually have much a say in what happens to your cold dead torso.
"Why have you got old man ears? I didn't think you were an old man. Do you have old man balls? "
I have old man ears due to a transplant gone horribly awry trying to help poor Paul Stanleyof KISS and his microtia; , how ever I have shiny christmas like balls due to my close proximity to Santa! And my affinity of painting my balls in a shiny silver like colour every year just before St. Swithins day. ;-)
"Yes, you just need to get a good load of elements working well together, as you've done here, and then keep varying how they're presented. So, squeezing as much as you can out of the material, which is something I try to do all the time."
I was squeezing hard here mate, I was making diamonds from those squeezes.
The last few weeks I have been listening to a lot of Talk Talk which runs the gamut of awesome new wave to incredible experimental jazz and atonal. Some of the effects they used were way in your face and I realize that Mark Hollis and Tim-friese Greene were pioneering a sound unheard of at the time in popular music, but I still learn from those recordings.I mean they freaking created Post Rock. And the chord changes they made were a massive study in how to create an eighties pop tune and still hold credulity.
I still have a few tunes in the can that are over the top and use a bit of everything or have those wild solos, but my future is going to be more about creating an album of restraint and taste and to move away from the experimentation (anything goes) phase and buckle down and make something musically that will last and appeal to a wider audience and yet still keep an edge. That is my challenge, and it requires some discipline, something that has been lacking occasionally in my song structures. But I also know I needed to go way on the other side to find the right balance.
take care this evening my friend. you Spastic Cromag! ;-)
Cruesweek
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
Sounds great to me. I love what you did with those pads! It seems you added some extra depth and effects too which is also excellent. Jazzy middle section has very fine progressions, somehow much more complex that I could expect from any usual house tune. Some nice synths as well around 4.40 I like it a lot. Funky section towards the end is brilliant.
Thanks again for inspiring me to make some another attempt in the genre.
Alex
I did add a few effects to the pads to deepen them and make them prominent in the back of the mix. The Jazz sections are simple and add in complexity as the mix carries on, but for me this is an exercise in percussion with soft minimalism.
Im glad you enjoyed and I inspired.
cheers
Steve
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
Wonderful track as usual mate.
what one can say to the master of the industry???
Well done.
Jamid
Thanks for stopping by.
Master of the industry!!!
That's like saying Kool Aid should have a vintage selection for your palate. (I'll have the red which has subtle tastes on the tongue of strawberry, cherry, black currant and failure)
but it was a nice thought..;-)
Cru
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
This is some nice shit, right from the off with those extensively mentioned pads.
0:31 kick drum + shimmering, clangy, delayed parts that I really like. That's probably Promenade's loop.
0:54 nice slow pads and then some fatter bass arrives. Real warm low end and there's some bass g too. Nice to hear the sound of its strings rumbling away.
1:17 blippy, liquid, bubbly synth sound that I never use in my music. I'd like to.
1:41 killer jazzy ride drum groove. Busy snares real cool too. Nice layering of drums. Bass is also awesome.
Then some fun, slightly triumphant brass parts.
Then piano sounding a bit discordant so not quite my kind of thing but certainly very jazzy.
3:37 back to dance fatness, with a new, insistent, scrapey, snarey element banging away. Maybe like a snare drum with a slow attack effect on it played with brushes.
4:22 funky, blippy synth is good on the top end.
4:39 cool, psychedelic lead synth with lots of movement merging nicely with everything else. Bass hasn't got boring yet. I'm not sure it ever does.
6:56 onwards there is a problem with an audio pop on the slow attack bassline at the end of each measure till the end. Maybe crossfade between the samples to get rid of that?
This is actually very 'FutureSoundOfJazz'. I've heard lots of that sort of stuff and it fits nicely in and is very well produced (apart from the audio pops at the end) so could easily be on a commercial release like that. Deeply chilled and uptempo and really quite sophisticated.
Congrats.
Static JazzMad
Welcome to the deeep House.
"0:31 kick drum + shimmering, clangy, delayed parts that I really like. That's probably Promenade's loop."
Nope, his loop is a soft subtle sound that underbellies the whole track. That jangly guitar pad was a royalty
free pad from a Future Music Mag disk back in 2000.
"0:54 nice slow pads and then some fatter bass arrives. Real warm low end and there's some bass g too. Nice to hear the sound of its strings rumbling away." I love that bass detuned down to G to sound even gruffer.
"1:17 blippy, liquid, bubbly synth sound that I never use in my music. I'd like to. "
"You'll be happy to know that it was me and the KorgMS2000 and it's lovely arpeggiator.
"3:37 back to dance fatness, with a new, insistent, scrapey, snarey element banging away. Maybe like a snare drum with a slow attack effect on it played with brushes.
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I had a tremendous amount of fun planning out the percussion for this piece. Fun Fact, I added no reverse cymbals or cymbal crashes directly to this piece. Not a one. It felt good.
"4:39 cool, psychedelic lead synth with lots of movement merging nicely with everything else. Bass hasn't got boring yet. I'm not sure it ever does."
That solo was played by myself on the Korg Microkorg with some knob twiddling as I made it. Originally made for another song ,looped and added as an afterthought as it worked.
"6:56 onwards there is a problem with an audio pop on the slow attack bassline at the end of each measure till the end. Maybe crossfade between the samples to get rid of that? "
You have ears of steel superman, as I can barely hear that (and only when you pointed it out) on my car speakers and studio speakers with my old man ears, but you are right it is ever so slightly there.
"Deeply chilled and uptempo and really quite sophisticated. "
People don't realize how hard it can be to do a minimalist piece. And I think what I have learned about doing that is restraint in the correct rhythmic places. Complex percussion that unfolds as a natural progression and doesn't overwhelm the mix. Simple piano lines and arpeggios that hint at melody. Try not to get to far off track (as I love to do) with the essence of the song. keep it changing (subtly) but true to it's core and return to the beginning at the end.
It was a fun track to make.
PS, Cruella de vil (thats a clever one)
Well Thanks for listening and commenting Rustic Nutbath. Always a pleasure.
Crutopia
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
Whenever I read something from you about, the way as thou doing music, then i see how uneducated i am.
Your answer to Greg is really totally wild. I really love that :)
Same i can say over this track - i love it.
The bass is fantastic! It sounds so good on speakers and headphone. Very nice mastering.
This track is a kind of easy listening without getting bored at all for me (and that is very rare in my case at easy listening)
What else can i say?
You done all like always :) just great.
Nice sounds, nice mixing, nice mastering, cool groove stuff with a cool dynamic and gentle little melodies.
Very enjoyable.
And the best is really that you done all with knowing what you do :)
stay tuned
joe
I'm glad you liked the track, and the detailed explanation to Greg. And sometimes I do know what I'm doing, and sometimes not so much.
uneducated..you ...no, your education is different though, and I appreciate that..and learning from you my friend.
Servus!
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
A good tune to just sit down and relax to on a Friday afternoon after a hard weeks work, and of course with your favourite glass of lubrication! :)
Blessings Cru - B.
How about a "Singapore Sling" as the lubrication.
on You Are Never Forgotten by crucethus
This is a great deep house track you have here. I love the beginning with those lovely pads, then how you brought the drums and those toms in. That was definitely enjoyable. I would say this track gives off a trance/hypnotic vibe as well as a whole load of feelings. The bass, kind of gave me a circus feeling, but I loved it. The piano, gave off an emotional vibe and the drums had a dance vibe. It's always great when a track can give you so many different feelings at once.
All in all, great work. Faving this one!
Peace
Cru
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TA
Yes I just invented Dancetella...so much better than nutella. I'm glad u enjoyed this one!
thanks for your comments
Cru