MStokes

MStokes

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Joined : 2nd Jan 2007 - 19 years ago
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MStokes
MStokes 30th Jul 2010 16:50 - 16 years ago

on SongOfDepths by danbo
very pastoral and intriguing - voices and basses work really well with a nice melting quality - only the harmonica is jarring - i think the juxtaposition is right on but could use some cutting or other technique/z to enhance the flow
a comment from the peanut gallery - i always respect your musicality
danbo
danbo replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks for the review. I love the voices. I'm working on a subject today.
Yes, I've to look at the harmonica, but at it's level. I'll look and listen many times to adjust the tempo. Concerning the jarring sound, I think it's right, but if I substract the bass, it's correct. In fact, it's rather the bass level I have to modify, certainly 1/4 tone up or down.
Hey, you've a good listening !
Thanks for this !
MStokes
MStokes 30th Jul 2010 16:38 - 16 years ago

on Fat Ninja by mrnigels
fun and high in calories - pretty nimble for a roly-poly
MStokes
MStokes 29th Jul 2010 17:14 - 16 years ago

on Always Wondered by Gordw
Hello Gord - it is always so good to see you, man. I always find some thing strong and centered in your music even when feeling the most forlorn. And i'm always subliminally singing along with the lyrics - you got strange zen kareoke powers, i feel lucky to sing along - thanks, friend
Gordw
Gordw replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks Michael, I appreciate your kind review. I am glad you take the time to read/sing my lyrics with the music. I hope to have the vocals done on all my tracks in time. Take Care my friend.
Gord
MStokes
MStokes 28th Jul 2010 17:16 - 16 years ago

on Sunday Morning by theHumps
sometimes a piece of music just resets all the dials = thanks, Wayne
theHumps
theHumps replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks Michael!
MStokes
MStokes 28th Jul 2010 17:06 - 16 years ago

on Tashi Delek by danbo
many doorways - many welcomes - reflects an open and peaceful mind - this is a gift
danbo
danbo replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
thanks for replying.
I mixed loops I had wit hloops I created. But even if I found the way to build this music, I have now to make a more fluent composition....one day !
thanks much for listening!

Now, You can donwload it, if you wish !
MStokes
MStokes 27th Jul 2010 20:30 - 16 years ago

on Wasted by Blem
keep on overdoing it and see where that gets you - blem.
(i'm digging it!)
MStokes
MStokes 27th Jul 2010 20:14 - 16 years ago

on Superstar Ft MrPayne by benski
makes me jumpy - that's a good thing - many thanks for this music!
benski
benski replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks for the comment mate. Glad you like it!
MStokes
MStokes 26th Jul 2010 17:18 - 16 years ago

on LookingAtYou by danbo
can't help it - another fav! don't know how intentional it is but some of these transitions just trigger the happy part of my very nervous system.
for this listener a very engaging dialectic between the selector and the selected.
danbo
danbo replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
I agree with you. What is important for me in music holds in 2 points:
1) Pacling the pauses or silences at the right moment
2) To be able to break the music and to drive an other piece with a minimum of bad effects.
Thank you for replying and listening.
MStokes
MStokes 26th Jul 2010 16:49 - 16 years ago

on Unfinished business by jjy
it's so strange that when you feel about as beat as a person can possibly be you find a groove that matches that sadness but lifts you up and makes you keep going at the same time - this is a much appreciated track
MStokes
MStokes 25th Jul 2010 16:45 - 16 years ago

on Marshmallow eater ft Wayne by FrenchKid18
StÃÂphane - great gtr/beat music providing contrast to the deadpan vocal delivery - i do think a faster tempo and/or stickier drums would really work with this
FrenchKid18
FrenchKid18 replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks for the review and opinion,Michael.
Gonna try it with faster tempo
Cheers
StÃÂphane
MStokes
MStokes 25th Jul 2010 15:48 - 16 years ago

on No Matter What by LindaLooman
hello linda - strength + the will to love that survives crushing experiences = a very moving & powerful track
MStokes
MStokes 22nd Jul 2010 18:12 - 16 years ago

on Ally Sally Wang by danbo
this is warm and comedic / almost slapstick to these ears. it is a contrast to a track of yours i recently characterized as 'cold' and probably the better term to have used then would be konstructivist. i think the contrast is that here there is a 'character' to follow (the clav) that provides comment and counterpoint. This would have worked for me even without the the wonderful description, but dreaming of the unattainable girl amps it up.
i really appreciate the many musical facets your tracks offer!
danbo
danbo replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks a lot Michael_Strokes or listeneing
Not obvious to place an atmosphere (it takes a time), and to place a suggestion by the lead guitar and the wind instruments.
Yes, I recognize that it's different from my other productions.
But, here, I am not really satisfaid by the result, 1) because the sound rendering is not really beautiful, I have difficulties to ste the tones, 2) because I wanted to compose a line with with Yamaha keyboard, but I have connection problem with my computer. It 'll be for a next moment.
Thanks much
MStokes
MStokes 22nd Jul 2010 17:46 - 16 years ago

on singularity by kamilius
beautiful sounds + arrangement = the balance and contradiction between time and space
MStokes
MStokes 22nd Jul 2010 17:33 - 16 years ago

on DFI - After Life by SGN
i'm devotee to the whole sketch series - idiosyncratic inspirational musics - you got strange powers, brother
SGN
SGN replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thank you as always. Apologies for the exceedingly delayed reply. Haven;t logged on here for what seems like ages.
MStokes
MStokes 20th Jul 2010 15:53 - 16 years ago

on the lonliest place by theassociation
like a jail on the moon - effective, dusty, desolate - beauty
theassociation
theassociation replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
effective review! thanks, appreciated!
MStokes
MStokes 18th Jul 2010 19:56 - 16 years ago

on Ring of Fire Cover as inspired by Johnny Cash by EYEMGUN
really dig the perf of this deathless deadly song - respect
EYEMGUN
EYEMGUN replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
speechless.thanx for visiting.
MStokes
MStokes 17th Jul 2010 18:13 - 16 years ago

on Gonzo by jfw
a delight - every move that nudges you closer to playing 'live' - i think the 'clean' lead lead on this has some of yr best presence yet
jfw
jfw replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks for the listen Michael - this does indeed have a more live combo feel to it!

Cheers, Jamie.
MStokes
MStokes 17th Jul 2010 16:48 - 16 years ago

on Oriental Crying by danbo
i think your music is some of the best stuff going and really admire your work, so i will step out a little and say i find this is a disturbing piece - cold and architectural - a triumph of the will that separates the heart from the cerebrum. i love it.

EDIT: Far, far from mechanical - only a human could sound so strangely turmoiled.

Please do bear in mind that these comments are observations on one specific track - i find that your music (certainly including this track) provides many insights on the spectrum of the human condition.

So there.
danbo
danbo replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Hey!
How do you analyse this! I'm surprised, but it's really that ! I'm an orientalist in my way of life, and an european for the way of living in my daily life.
Yes, here is in such a way, a contrast of 2 ways I live together.
It's difficult to integrate emotion in music if this music id too much mechanical. I try to let some human presence, even if it's not obvious.
Thanks for your kind words.
MStokes
MStokes 16th Jul 2010 22:09 - 16 years ago

on Quazimodo by jfw
gotta echo Wayne, the 'spooky' riff is a great launchpad - to these ears, some of the free-est 'for fun' playing i've heard from you and it's a real pleasure
jfw
jfw replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks Michael - I love goofing at the edges of genre!

Cheers, Jamie.
MStokes
MStokes 16th Jul 2010 15:35 - 16 years ago

on Mel Call by SixFingeredMan
lethal passion of the max!
SixFingeredMan
SixFingeredMan replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
I guess the Signs show he really didn't know What Women Want. Sounds like this Maverick is out for Payback though. I should have named this track The passion of the fruit. Mel call works though. Funny how Mel sounds like a screemo singer.
MStokes
MStokes 12th Jul 2010 19:56 - 16 years ago

on PARADOXON by zappo
never followed the band as such, but you got that Percy J fretless going on for sure - time for re-appraisal - terrific playing, zappo!
zappo
zappo replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
i say thanks to you michael
it´s a nice feeling from old times
cheers
MStokes
MStokes 10th Jul 2010 16:08 - 16 years ago

on Kaia Collaboration with PlanetJazzBass by jfw
elevator = no - crossover = yes. i always find interesting tonal edges in your playing - attention pays rewards!
jfw
jfw replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks very much Michael.

Jamie.
MStokes
MStokes 10th Jul 2010 15:53 - 16 years ago

on AStarCallsMe by danbo
lovely humorous humane - i seriously appreciate your music, D. lots of things to say, just listening now is enough
danbo
danbo replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks for replying.
You have to know that I like creating variations all along my pieces. The most difficult is not to had the music in my head, but to realise it. If I have not the files, I produce them with my Yamaha keybord (MIDI channel). But the job is never finished. I listen to my music around 20 or 30 times making modifications in tempo or in the choice of instrument.
But finally, even if many efforts are given, the result is also difficult to obtain.
For me, the job is NEVER finished, and perfection is impossible.
Thanks much
MStokes
MStokes 9th Jul 2010 14:58 - 16 years ago

on my heart by cdm
really dig this track - the vocal doubling is terrific and so understated it makes me listen twice - the aco production is a total inspiration, man - gtr, harp, kora in these ears.
beautiful music - respect
MStokes
MStokes 8th Jul 2010 14:19 - 16 years ago

on medical grade froots by arkeyetexture
haven't heard the source track but based on this set of dubs i need to track that down - i dig each of these fruit dubs almost equally but gotta land on this one - i like yr 'live' stylins so much it's really cool to hear you in the lab too. these tracks work for these old ears
arkeyetexture
arkeyetexture replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
greetings micheal! thank you for reviewing. i myself am leaning tword this one. my freind i very much appreciate the time you put in listening and reveiwing my sonic ramblings. if ever you want a 320kps of any tracks of mine, hit me up on my profile contact. i will ship it off directly.
bless!
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