doudei

hey buddy,
that is a great production! made me get up and dance around!
love the eastern vibes. very clean and energetic mix. i didn't hear the previous version, but the extra effort was definitely worth it based on how good it is now.

i wasn't kidding when i said i had to get up and move to the beat. i've been to hundreds of trance and minimal parties in my 20s and 30s. every weekend we would head out, usually to the woods, mountains, or a lake - wherever a party was happening. and this track took me right back there. it's fully ingrained in me - when that slightly pump-y, bouncy beat hits, my monkey brain just can't resist bouncing along with it. that's a feat not easily done. chapeau, expertly done

a lovely piece that feels warm, cozy and bright. nicely jammed! :)

something was weird with the waveform and player, it said the track was like half an hour long but then suddenly it reached the end... never seen this before!

Ed,
already knew from that lovely intro this was gonna be good.
you nailed that old school vibe again, this is butter!
great vocal work by skimidi as well. you made it fit the vibe perfectly.
hats off and cheers!

hey Ed,

so great to see you're still at it, old friend. how's everything? hope you're doing well.

first off, love the guitar - really solid playing. i also picked up on some of the cool counterpoint between the guitar and sax, that was a nice touch.
i always enjoy that smooth, laid-back old school r&b vibe.
well done, and thanks for sharing the music! :)

cheers,
savino

such a relaxing and beautiful track

MrTadeus' vocals are amazing, i can see why you jumped on that.
and you totally did it justice, what a lovely beat. this is right up my alley!
such a wonderful track, really well done!

hello Danke
enjoyed that thoroughly. part at 2:02 was my favourite. you played the bass and guitar? if so - great playing, man!
i like the sparse use of effects. on the last solo guitar part inserting a tiny bit of reverb could be nice to give the sound a small tail - if that makes sense.
also drums are tight. it's a job well done, Danke.
greetings and hope you're well, my friend

you have a flair for the vibes, love your beats

hey Aaron,

you're very welcome.

just played it full blast on the stereo - still can't fault a thing. it sounds fantastic! solid, balanced, and so close to perfection. i see why this one felt right. the frequency spectrum seems spot on - looks like you've nailed it.

i struggle with that too. sometimes everything clicks on the first try, other times it's endless tweaking that only makes things worse. honestly, i don't have a set workflow, which is part of the problem. i know the theory, but the execution often falls short.

i should use reference tracks, but i'm usually too lazy - not exactly a role model for improvement. if it doesnt work, it goes to the wip folder, never to be touched again, and then i half-ass the next thing. typical millennial - got the perseverance of a cigarette at an AA meeting.
used to be way easier to do on amphetamines, but as it turns out that's no long-term solution either (:

all the best,
savino

another brilliant piano track, this brings joy to my heart. lovely chords going on and played so nicely. the progression starting at 2:20 killed it, genius level in my opinion

woohoo! that's so darn nice - amazing piano work, wow. this is what it's all about. brilliant how well it all comes together. hats off to both of you!

woah, that is so yummy. utterly inspiring oldschool vibe, couldn't help but sing along. i know it's quite simple, but still got goosebumps. allowed to jam along and maybe record some stuff?

hello Richard, nice to meet you and your music.
so catchy and uplifting, this is good work my friend.
love that synth sound you bring in at 0:52 and also the one at 1:10. subtle but very effective.
the mix really speaks to me, i can tell every element is well considered and fits beautifully.
your vocals are very well recorded and mixed as well, it's a joy to listen to everything coming together.
you are an excellent singer, musician and engineer, my friend.
take care and all the best to you,
savino

that is so good Patricia, absolutely not what i expected. didn't notice the genre at first and then it blew me away :D
i don't drive but if i did then this would definitely be handy to have in the car to play in certain situations, haha.
your vocals are so powerful, love it. bear did an amazing job, expected nothing less. that was FUN!!!

woah, that was sick! massive track, very well produced. drums are spot on, really like those.

listening on my headphones at 4 am - this sounds incredible. can't find anything i didn't like. the mix is massive, full of energy, yet so clean. flawless to my ears. i'll check it on my stereo tomorrow.
the middle section was clever - a perfect breather between the high-energy parts, and alan watts too! bit of a fan myself :)
outstanding work, mate. thoroughly enjoying this!

after listening to it many times, i now have a strong sense of the track and its melancholy. the sounds are beautifully emotive, with a clean recording and exceptional overall production. the fact that it was all improvised and played in one take is impressive on its own. i'll keep listening and thinking about how to play along with it - there's plenty of space, making it perfect for practicing soft, ancillary playing. wonderful acoustic track, thanks a lot for sharing!
all the best,
savino

beautiful melodies and sounds, this is so relaxing. quite minimal beat but very enjoyable. for some reason it reminded me of being in a cozy hut in the woods while it's snowy outside

Tema fantastico, lo disfrute! Buen arreglo y me gusta mucho el piano. Me recordo un poco a la musica de los videojuegos.
He visto a gente ofenderse (aunque rara vez) cuando se equipara su musica con "musica de videojuegos", pero en realidad es un cumplido... filisteos! Hay musica maravillosa que solo existe gracias a los compositores de videojuegos. Excelente trabajo, amigo.
Ademas, de hecho no se ni de lejos el espanol suficiente para escribir esto y confio completamente en la tecnologia para poder transmitir mi mensaje con alta fidelidad.

by the way i think 1000 chars is a bit low max size for comments. just wanted to say i had to shorten the comment below a bit to make it fit.
plus it says at the bottom of the textbox "Min 5, max 3000 characters. Plain text only." which doesn't match the actual limit. i will try reporting it.

i just listened on stereo first, then with headphones, and it sounds great on both.
what chilled vibes. simple yet awesome music, my friend.
i like how open and wide it feels with the reverbs and delays on the instruments and vocals, while the dry, close percs and that clean guitar give a nice contrast to the reverberant parts. this is a good mix in my ears.
i get what you mean about struggling with mixes. i feel like my ears adjust and get used to the sounds quickly, and then it's tough to make the right decisions without using some other reference to gauge where i'm at.
one small thing i noticed while listening on headphones that i missed on stereo - and having the benefit of listening to the tune for the first time, which also helps immensely - were the high frequencies, which felt slightly distracting
i quickly played around with eq a bit, cutting quite wide and shallow around 6k did the trick for my headphones, resulting in a tiny loss of clarity on low volume over speakers though

thank you very much for answering all my questions! very interesting to learn you also use the mouse i lot. i often do the same for bass, strings and drums.
it did sound awesome on my stereo as well by the way, cheers!

sorry for disturbing again. just wanted to let you know that i found an invite link and i was able to join. thanks! :)

part 1:
just listened to this on headphones while having my hedonistic coffee & jazz cigarette 'breakfast'. still haven't slept sadly but there's no going back at this time now.
holy moly, that was an intense trip indeed. clean and well-balanced yet energetic sound. outstanding mix which i think made it even more engaging.
i enjoy slow build-ups, so i never wished it would progress quicker. through the headphones i noticed how every sound has its own space and similar frequencies of different sounds don't get in the way of each other.
man, the low-end sounds nuts on my headphones. did you use a high-pass on the instrument buses besides bass and drums, i presume?
the bass felt mighty and went straight into my skull and bones. impressive energy when it takes off shortly before the 3 min mark.

part 2:
when you layer those distorted instruments that have been recorded, do you have to pay attention to the phase and manually nudge waveforms depending on their phase offset or is that obsolete these days in FL?
listen, i am by no means a connoisseur when it comes to this kind of mixing and mastering plus i haven't slept in a while. still, to me that sounds ready to go.
that was a blast! going to listen on speakers next to compare.