crucethus

"I love that intro. It's so soft and sweet I could spread it on my toast"

Yes I just invented Dancetella...so much better than nutella. I'm glad u enjoyed this one!
thanks for your comments
Cru

Not since 2012 I'm afraid Mr Wolf. Started in 1996 and 12 albums later it ended.
Thanks for the props.
Ciao
Steve

Hey Danke.

It took me a long long time to get to the point that I could do a track like this. I would say 15 years of practice just to understand the minimalism concepts and correct balancing of sound. So I was as elated as you are in this wonderful comment after completing it. I just needed a Muse.
Steve

Thanks Orlando.
you know I am a good cook in real life as well. Tonight A marinated Bavette with duck fat potatoes and asparagus, served with a syrah.
Here is an Ambient version of this track for comparison.
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=13352634&;q=hi
Music has been very very good to me lately! ;-)
Ciao
Steve

Thanks D
I get bored easily so my songs have to have change in them to hopefully keep u interested but also to keep myself interested.
I'm glad U enjoyed it.
Cru

Hey digga, I'm glad you stopped bye and commented. This site can be awesome for learning.

I have a Drums and Bass only version of this song for comparison.
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=13352637&;q=hi
Thanks
Cru

Thanks you, balancing the frequencies and tone of the instruments is important to me in my mixes.
Cru

Ahh my dear Greg with his obtuse questions again.
Let me educate yah on my methodology of percussion.
First you need an anchor kick that you can build everything else up from in the center track. Using Mathematics, tone disbursement and spatial panning and mixing from a 3d perspective is the first steps I choose. Then I start bringing in the high hats the snares the congas the rims, the effects, the toms.
In the case of this track and the last track which I remixed alex (promenade2299), I could hear the sounds I wanted in my head before I did the remix (and I actually stated that to alex before) and then went through my loop collection to get them organized for the mix while incorporating his very ecelectic perc loops he gave me for the mix. Some drum loops have a cool percussion vibe but I don't need the kick, so I high pass filter it out. Some loops I add reverb for the spatial effect of hearing it more in the background. Making music for as long as I have allows me to also make instant judgements on what perc loop will work and what doesn't and again it all comes down to simple math sometimes. The Best house artists have this ability to drive a minimalist song forward with fantastic percussion changes throughout the track. I love when Danny Tenaglia does his deep house mixes for small crowds because you hear this element profoundly throughout his set.
I like the jazzy part as well.
I hope this answers your question.
Cru

Yeah I want to hear this one on a soundsystem!!!
Thanks
Cru

Thanks!

Hey Xylient.
Thanks for commenting.
I like the pluck with it's slowed down intentional distortion because it conveys just that feeling that I'm trying to describe when someones in a catatonic state. Though I did remix and remaster this and I added a slight delay on the pluck and fixed a few spots that were annoying me over the last month. I appreciate the offer though to remake the loop, that's awfully generous of you.
cheers
Steve

Thank you scary spider!

Thanks Man, I updated it again with a better Master.

Hey Sorry for the late reply.
Yes this one is a very personal and cathartic song that I made. The structure of What I wanted to do was in my head way before I even started to produce it. Mental illness is a serious, strange reality for so many people in this world. I wanted to express how the different states affect the people who love and care for people with brain injuries and issues. I want to spread awareness that mental illness is an illness of an organ called the brain, no different that someone having a lung issue (asthma) or Kidney (dialysis). The only difference is that the normal cognitive experience will change for a bit and that person needs your love, support, guidance, strength, trust, whilst the storm rages in there mind, and to know there is hope and help as the brain heals after these episodes. I saw a dear loved one deteriorate before my eyes. Luckily I had educated myself on the warning signs and was able to convince this person to get help voluntarily before it would become messy and difficult. During that first week this person experienced Catatonia for a few days and massive memory loss of that week. It was a combination of the Bi-Polar episode and the massive drugs that were given. For me my relief of stress and worry is in writing music. So you see that I have produced a lot of tracks very quickly just indicates I am reliving the stress of the situation. I am lucky that I have a great support team behind me and I reached out for professional advice early on and it has helped beyond belief. Also I am Highly educated on what can and will happen so we can survive this storm together, and I am happy to say patient is recovering very well now. I am aware many people here suffer from various mental illness and from time to time may or may not be in the most lucid state, but I just wanted to reach out part selfish cathartic release, but also part "you're all not alone" and there are some of us who understand what you are going through even if we don't feel the pain, or euphoria, or the depression, or the voices, we see the fallout. And people like myself are the safety net so someone doesn't cause too much damage to themselves and can get rest and help to allow the stormed brain to re-load. So musically this song has a shit-load of emotional baggage and yet an almost wondrous approach to what the subject might be experiencing. I thank you for listening and fav and downloading this was a very personal song for me.
Steve

Thanks Rhodesy, I love to arrange music. I introduce light dissonance and atonality every now and then just to get the casual listener used to it. One day I will release a full blown atonal tune.
Cru

Yah Yah sehr gut. Wunderbar.

Hi Billy, thanks for the nice words. 3.19 onwards is my fav as well. thanks
Steve

I wish I could have sat in on a few of those sessions. Feel free to expound on any of my sounds anytime!
Steve

Thanks, my fav has and always will be shining force for sega!

Hey Dave. A Fistful of Acid ehh? The person in question has heard the track but it's hard to have a meaningful discussion about it as the person doesn't remember the week of catatonic behaviour, and from my perspective of observing it first hand, that might not be a bad thing not being able to remember it. For me music has always been a sort of a stress therapy in a way. I always appreciated how Kate Bush could write so detailed and clear about subjects that really never affected her in her own daily life. (ie:This womans work, or Breathing) But in this case this affects myself as an observer with an emotional stake. I don't sing and usually write crap lyrics, But I can arrange music and play instruments and I can try to make those arrangements convey a musical journey or story that reflects an emotion or a feeling. Plants and ambient music, who knows? but I do know my cat Liam likes 17th century classical music and hates my avant garde music. And my other cat Wolfie likes to play the piano in a very atonal method that I wouldn't recommend to anybody.
" music is always better when the objective is an extrapolation and not just a construct"
I would wholeheartedly agree with that statement, We should be looking beyond in our work more often than not. The greatest works we treasure to this day musically have that special trait, with the exception of the chicken dance, though one could say the author knew it would be played at weddings all around the world some day.
Thanks for stopping bye
Cheers Steve

Thanks Danke. Yeah that drum sound is a rock drum sample that i compressed and lowered the EQ in the 200 range so it really snaps at you. It was a massive song that I loved making.
handshake
Steve