Tumbleweed

Thanks you! Yeah idk why the clap/snare sounds like that, will fix that.

Thanks man. I wanted to do something a little different. Glad that you enjoyed it :)

TA

Hello Dear legend Ed,
How you doing, I hope You had a great holiday mate.
Thank you very much for your kind and wonderful feedback mate.
Yes, unfortunately I do know how it is not having the time to do what we want.
I am looking forward for your new track.
Thanks again.
Jamid

Hola my friend...I can only imagine what you're going through lately, so the most important at the moment is that you fix your health problems and everything else can wait.
Therefore going slow is the way to go at the moment...the acceleration comes when you get better..:)
I'm glad you noticed little changes on the mix which I think are for the better. I'm also very close to what Steve says and what you also find to be your feeling about the song. I know it's a bit old fashioned in style, but hey, what's wrong with being old fashioned sometimes or even all of the time? To me it has some nice moments and that's what counts. Afteral it's December, and aren't we all more or less old fashioned in our habits during that time of the year...haha...wine in the title is there with a reason..:)
Thank you again so much for great musical company and friendship during this year and I'm sure there is more to come in 2017...looking forward with excitement!:)

With much appreciation and gratitude_____Orlando

Thanks Tumbleweed for the helpful feedback! For some reason I find it hard to tell if the bass is too loud or not but I'm working on it.

Hey Ed thanks buddy!...went along to a Marley concert only because a friend of my sister's offered me free tickets..they were second row dead centre, a totally awesome experience for me...while I had always liked calypso and early Jamaican styles I'd never been exposed to full blown live reggae before, became an instant convert (along with most of western youth at that time) and still am, though Dubstep doesn't appeal to me..I wonder why. haha....thanks for your kind review mate much appreciated! cheers Dave :)

Thank you Ed!

I also love guitar and guitar tone and I could probably spend days just recreating diferent amp tones. An amazing instrument!

There are definitely some cool tricks one can do with compressors especially if each is used for a specific purpose. Compressors are really hated on cause a lot of people missunderstood the concept behind the loudness wars and have since thought of compressors as something that's a no no when it comes to mixing. Compressing even overcompressing can yield interesting results and sonic characters. It comes down to experimentation really.

Thank you once again for the great review!

Hiya Ed!

Thanks so much for your comments and offer! If needed I will definitely reach out when the the time comes. Thanks again!

LovePeace&Light,

Mykael

Ambient music is great in how it allows us to create that mind picture as you put it Ed. Yeah as a guitarist its always fascinating as to what can be done with the instrument, and in particular just with notes. Used drop C tuning here and just 3 chords - D flat minor, Sus 2 on the A string and an A caged major, and just basically picked on the roots. The last section was done by coil tapping the rear pickup with one hand while one finger sliding out the notes on the fret board. All the keys were done in FL Studio using the Sytrus VST. Synth bass track also created with FL Studios' GMS (Groove Machine Synth) with some heavy boosted frequency modulation FX.

Its always great to hear your views Ed, thanks for listen and comments my friend.

Thank you so much my friend for stopping by and for your very generous words of support and encouragment....and if it's true that this track survived only because of my involvement then I'm happy as one can be, and can one get a bigger compliment than this? Or if I say it more on a joke side...should I become a founder of "Trash Bin Recovery Agency"? I would certainly be very much in favour of that idea, especially when a very particular trash bin over there in Canada is in question..:)

With much gratitude & looking forward for the next one..

Orlando

Thanks Ed, Iḿ glad this one caught your ear in a good way. I think bass is such an anchor to a tune and can create the mood for the listener. This one is a moody one and I love making tunes like this .
Thanks
Steve

Hey Ed

Firstly sorry for taking so long to get back to you with response, suppose better late then never. wrapped you enjoyed this one was a bit of fun doing it, glad it turned out okies...Peace n much respect my friend...mosaic...

thank you, sorry took so long to respond. actually think it is my top 3 piece, funny becuase not my style. may do more like this. thank you so much.

Thanks, Ed. I am embarrassed to admit that I've let my guitar chops, which were never that great frankly, totally evaporate. I've got two acoustics hanging on the wall in my home studio/office and I basically never pick them up. I really should get back on that trail. I use an Access Virus outboard synth as my controller keyboard and it does sound great, but other than that, all of my instruments are virtual. I guess I compose around progressions too, but I need to learn more of them so I can get greater variety and interest in my stuff. I'm keeping a list of progressions to try out. The mix on that track was difficult and I'm still not sure if I got it right. The synth chords have a pretty good bass floor to them if you listen to them on headphones or a decent set of studio monitors, so I originally did the track without a separate bass track. Didn't sound like it needed it. Then I bounced it to MP3 and played it in my car. Sounded awful. No bass and really annoying high frequencies dominating. There's a lot of noise in the synth chord part. That's programmed into the patch on purpose I think so that it cuts through. I added 3 bass tracks and it sounded better, but I still find the high frequency content a bit much and I have tinnitus, so have some measure of hearing loss for high frequencies. So, I always worry that, for others, my mixes actually don't sound like I hear them.

tyvvm much Ed. much respect.

Hello, Mr TWeed.

What I have been up to for the last 8 months or so is mostly cello playing and making tracks out of that cello playing as I try to learn a new and difficult instrument. I've played very little guitar (or other instruments) all year.

"no deep observations from me tonight (is there ever)"

No, there probably aren't often many but that's up to you. People only give what they want to give and are capable of giving.

I am morally/ethically compelled to give comprehensive reviews as that's what I hope for from others so it would be hypocritical to expect/hope for that but not do the same myself. Do as you would be done by.

Good to hear you liked it and enjoyed the flowing river of cello.

Thanks, Ed. Always nice to get some good feedback and support. Greatly appreciated,

tv

hey ed
im glad u liked the track and thanx for the feedback.
im working on the vocals part nd i hope ill be up with the track shortly.
Have a great day.