theHumps

Wayne,
TY man. Always a pleasure.
Mark.

Many thanks for your comment.!
Paulo

Hi Wayne

Thanks for your comments - much appreciated. New material soon - it's been busy moving back to UK and sorting out a house. Studio finished and ready to go.

Good to hear from you.

Richie

I just can't stay away from those percussion loops they call to me lol

Thnx a lot for taking the time to listen and the feedback of course, this means a lot to me.
Funny you mention the space in the track. I did this on purpose. I'll tell you why.
Just imagine a huuge sumo wrestler waking up and preparing himself for his match.When the claps starting he's warming up and when the ''dance-part'' comes in, the match has started and finishes when the slower part starts again. Btw, he won the match..lol. At the end he's tired and falss asleep again. The life of a sumo wrestler here in Japan.
Thnx again for the feedback!

Thanks Wayne

Many thanks for your comment. Yes, I am desesperate looking for vocals :). If you know someone that want collaborate please tell me. Regards
Paulo

I'll have to share the story of the Dub Guild resurrection sometime - pure cosmic convergence episode. Simmerdown even popped up out of the woodwork feeling the pull one afternoon - so weird, that. We're trying to do what jahknow originally planned, which is a collective of like minded artists sharing resources and making available each other's work for remixing purposes. Some really awesome remixes have come out of this in the last few weeks. I'm still using Live 8 with my APC-40 and Axiom-25 keyboard, and can't imagine really working with any other DAW at this stage. My radio show tends to be Dub themed on most weeks, but I'm also doing "peregrinations" where I spend 2 hours just playing music from Africa or inspired by African musical traditions, as well as Asian peregrinations. I've played your "Lost Caravan" on one such peregrination show all ready (fit great for my stop in North Africa)! I'm on Tuesdays at 2PM EST should you find yourself able to swing by sometime. So glad to see you're still around and making awesome music, Wayne. Still look forward to sitting down with you sometime over dungeness crab and comparing life notes!

Truly Appreciated!! Thanks for listening, I'm glad you liked it!

Cognac

i always find its easier to express through song. Thanks for the listen and taking the time to leave a comment

immense art the grattitude for the time taken of listen and smooth review..also many thanx for the audio pointer, as please try another listen if you will to see how this updated version flows. indeed many thanx again, as in the day many realms of thought will venture one into many trials to pitt against stress, pains, agitations and insanity as in my book of views a note of music can truly calm the soul and turn a day of mental combat into one of joyous peace ...may peace be at your beckon .....chill!!!!!

Hi Wayne,

Thank you, I really appreciate your time in listening and commenting, pleased you liked it.

Best wishes,

Mark/Larry!

Thanks so much Wayne! It's always good to get a review from you! I respect the fact that you are open to just about any sort of music, it's important especially being a musician yourself. I'm trying to become much more spontaneous with my song creation and my vocals, and the vocals on this were a bit of a transition I guess. I'm glad they sounded okay anyway. Thanks again!

Thanks allot, Wayne. I'm glad you find the sound quality ok. I finished writing my description, but you pretty much nailed what was going on in my head. When I do these retro tracks, I also like to use that aggressive panning like they did back in the day.

Cheers,
Scott

Hello, hello.

"For an older recording, it sounds pretty good"

As I've written elsewhere, this sounds way better than other stuff I was doing back in 2001. Not necessarily better ideas or playing - just a cleaner, more powerful sound that still sounds good on crap laptop speakers with no bass. I'm actually still trying to figure out quite why it all sounds so good.

But one definite criticism I have is of that main drum loop (the first one you hear, out of which I could make 10,000 tracks). It's a bit too bright and loud in the mix. But I guess that's OK - not everything has to be perfect (whatever that exactly is) and this gives the track a bit of crunch and a bit of an edge.

Because of the slightly odd, eclectic and lazy way I work with my instruments and parts, my stuff always retains some rough edges and character rather than all being too clean and smooth. That's probably a good thing though I do work hard to get everything as neat as I can. But some of the roughness is in the playing, layering and effecting. I do like some little rough edges and a bit of grit. But no too much - I'm certainly no lo-fi kind of guy.

"The Middle Eastern sounding parts fit well with the rest of the song"

Yes - it's a hardly a full-on Middle Eastern track but I never do that as I don't know how. It's just one of the many flavours I add to my stuff when it manages to come out as I'm fiddling about on instruments and with synth sounds.

Thanks for checking it out. As already said - it may well be my best ever track though I'm more than happy for other people to have alternate favourites (I have a lot of stuff).

Many thanks for your comment!
I am glad you like it
Paulo

I wanted to add some more vocals I just couldn't find any loops in my collection that would fit, I may have to do a little internet searching.

thanks sir,im really loving the DAW

Thanks for listening!
I definitely agree that sometimes less is more.
This is one of my favorite tracks that I've made.

Glad you liked it! It took forever to decide on the monks, I tried several other vocal loops but that one seemed to fit the most with the eery feel I was going for