Tumbleweed

hey how are you Ed ?
:)
yes I'm glad about his offer .

nice to see you here and thank you very much for the kind words .

Cindy

That is a really nice comment Ed
Always good to read some positive stuff about my vocal work, cause deep inside i am more a singer than a musician.
Good to hear that you could enjoy the song.

stay tuned
joe

Thanks man, yeah I did the vocals, I´ll upload the finished song when it´s done

Hi Ed, thanks for your comments. Danke is always good company, agreed. Both of you make some really cool loops. There were 2 off your loops if you listen carefully. keep up your great work. Thanks for taking the time.

Thank you Ed!

I actually blended many percussive 'tracks'. The main loop is http://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/76448/jazz-brushes-drum-loop-120-d-by-saintkuz-free-120bpm-jazz-drum-loop (I pasted wrong link yesterday) and it is a quality one. Everything else is simply myself playing directly on the keyboard (my favorite way of composing:) and this time I used only the Casio keyboard. I was never a huge fan of the sound bank of this particular one as for the main part it is just a digital piano with weighted keys that I am using for practising but now I see it has fine patches as well. So the bass drum and snare drum is just a Casio drumset, many other percussive 'ghosts' drum sounds in the background as well. I used different delays and manipulated the stereo spactrum of the track (all software effects as I do not have any real ones so far). I recorded some parts already wet effects (it is inspiring and positively affecting the character of actual playing sometimes) - some other tracks were moved and manipulated/effected afterwards. It is really hard to explain as I didn't use any strict recipe. As for the mid side processing I think the drum loop and the acapella http://www.looperman.com/acapellas/detail/8431/whisper-3-by-soleilxlune-1bpm-spoken-word-acapella were already somehow processed and very nicely effected: around the middle section of the song I only multitracked the vox and panned one track hard left, the second somewhere to the right side of the stereo 'edge'. Those 2 tracks are placed in different time areas on the composition timeline. That was my way to create even more 'space'. The actual 'wind' quality is only on the acapella but I used also one of the sax sounds of Casio - this one has fine 'breathing' qualities too.

A quickly improvised music this time than a concrete, solid composition. I am glad you liked what I did! Thanks a lot for very nice words and your support! It is much appreciated.
Alex

Hey Ed, yeah thats what i was thinking the sidechain gives some flow, some momentum but its my first time using it in this type of song so ill learn from this and progress in the next :)

"sounds good over my way"

Good, Good!
Thanks for the feedback Ed.
Always Appreciated bud :)

I have well learned that getting a fav from maestro Tumbleweed is not an easy achievement, so I can be sure and calm that I did ok this time ! It's my huge pleasure knowing that I was able to satisfy your high standards. It's very hard to repeat such level again and again, but at least I always try... However I'm sharing this fav with you cause what i did it could not have been done without you and your friendly support....Thank you so much my friend !:)

Apppreciation and respect____Orlando

hey i really appreciate that !! i actually do have it marked as featured.. not sure how to get more views . where can i send you the vocal for your song wonderland?

Hey man thanks for stopping by and taking a listen. Good to see some of the originals still in the fold. This was a on and off 9 month project go get me back in the groove again. Got a couple more in the can so stay tuned. Again thanks for stopping by. Appreciated. FIlãofsoul

Thankfully this contest is not vote-based so there is no bias to more popular artists :) It's fair game for all at this point :)

Brado

Thanks for guides ;)

Western Canada !!!! Ohk , yep that's need a limiting , I think ozone is good for limiting it , whats your idea ?

Thanks Ed! I will be making changes to the song to try to improve the flow. I might just give your ending chord with long fade cymbal a shot. Again, thanks for listening and commenting.

Ronabo

Great to have comments like those coming from the man with the golden touch!I really dug deep on this one Ed but was not overly confident upon posting it - I am glad i did now as people seem to be enjoying this one. Rhodesy

Thank you much!

I need to learn how to use M/S processing as I am still very basic in my knowledge of effects and compression. If you know of any particularly good videos that can help me improve in this area, feel free to send me a message!

Brado

The greatest gift of any songwriter/lyricist is to touch someone with the way they see things, and you have confirmed for me that I have...

TD

Thanks man, appreciate your comments. As you said, there is something about real instruments that I like too. And I am crap at programming synth or drums :D :D :D

hi. Thx.

My Dear Legend Ed.
Such nice feedback about my guitar sound from a Legend and a master of guitar, it should be cherished ever.
Thanks mate for your kind support.
Jamid

Hey, hey Ed...seems like you've been away for ages...
Welcome back !:) Well yeah, I did some obvious ambient/cinematic stuff again to bore my listeners even more...haha...However, as always my thanks and appreciation for your supportive words, my friend ! I'm a bit on a tight schedules lately so my next projects (including your material) will have to wait a bit. Cya around soon!

Cheers_____Orlando

Hey oh masterful one..i had a suspicion you would appreciate this little doodling my friend.Amazing generous comments from you.You inspire us all,not just with your playing.:)Take care dude.

Rhodesy