crucethus

Evan..ohh what have you done. @1:15 it gets very interesting. You have elevated yourself as a composer. very nice ideas presented here all based on a common theme. You build tension in very inventive ways using synths and your bass. And you cut it off at 2:54 to add some nice filtered piano's and weird vox sounds. but your command of percussion is really good on this one. It's an exercise in scales but just amazing arrangement of percussion and instruments. great job I loved this one.
Cru

Love this acoustica style beatz, but what will you do more with this? That's what I want to know.
Cru

I love this sound. and the beat is such a modern twist to such traditional folk music. good work.
Cru!

Yeah you nailed the disco sound of 1976-77 perfectly.

OK yes there it is. Nice panning , nice spatial sounds, better control on the Piano re-verbs. Vocals sound nice, bass is better and the percussion fits well. Minimalist perfection. Only thing I would do different is at $;$7 drop the piano and let the vox go accapella and only at the very end do that nice synth thing to end it with the final vocal (sting) Great job though very nice
Steve

Beautiful work between you and your daughter you must be so proud. both your voices are amazing. In this one your voice reminds me of Tobias Sammet of Edguy,Avantasia. I am linking a clip of his avantasia work which is progressive metal meets opera.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lof3r-R_i-M

It reminds me slightly of the duet style you are creating.
Great job.
Cru

Hey, So I listened and I think you actually remind me more of Geoff Tate than Axl Rose, and I think those vocals need to be more in the forefront of this mix as the synergy of the two would make this song sound amazing. Great Work
Cru

Hey SJ
What I like: 1. The intro is very eclectic and what I like in a song that I personally like to listen too.
2. You have started to develop a better sense for arranging in a tasteful way. To explain that I still hear your distinctive piano sound with the slap delay but it sits much better in the mix now and it adds to the composition and doesn't overwhelm it as in some of your earlier creations, bravo, you kept a distinctive trait and made it a strength in your work now.
3. You fit the vocals in perfectly timing wise and in the mix.
What I would like to see different:
1. There is a lot of dynamic compression which hurts the delicate musical sounds you have placed in the piece. like that sweet oboe sounds a bit choppy with the delay of the piano and such.
2. Though getting better I would like to hear more distinctive bass-lines throughout the piece. I heard some sub bass and hints of bass here and there.
3. Your choice of vocals is not very inspiring to me, but that's just my personal taste I guess. I think for your style of composing I want to hear a vocalist who can belt it out of the park, but I realize that we won't find that easily on the pella pages. (no offense to Virginia slimm)

Over all it's a great job you did on this one and just a pleasure to hear your sounds and choices getting better and better. Good Work.
Cru

Oh What have you done! The elephant in the room is smiling. Because he/she knows you have made a brilliant minimalist tune with awesome melody and percussion and arrangement and just the slightest touch of cinematic drama. The clarinets are brilliant at 2:13. it's at this point I realize I am the Elephant. And I should just enjoy the brilliance of the piece. Marimbas at 3:04 with a distant flute morphing into an oboe. Then a freaking Piano....
Awesome job. I loved this one Orlando...
Cruvation...standing cruvation

Hauntingly Teutonic in a terrifyingly beautiful way. Thinking of Bowie (low, lodger)
all the best
Cru

I must say my favourite work so far. Great mastery of Midi as it sounds amazing. But what I really love is the percussion work you did. Amazing!. Keep it up my Quebecoise Amigo!
Cru

Don't change a thing, it's a really nice piece of work. I like the layers of guitar and all works very well together plus there are many directions this tune takes which makes it fun to listen too.
Cru

Beautiful Version. You know this is not a love song per say, but a cheeky (Machismo) song bout sex and the coercion young men (Foppy faux metal hair band singer-gutarists from the eighties) do to young women to "get some" as we say.
The more we know.
Cru

What you have done makes me want to remix this. a good mix of the organic and the electronic. nothing short of brilliant Alex.
Steve

Totally agree with you, this is a mix of hip hop and cinematic. needs some sort of vocals and a cleansing of the midi strings but a nice work overall.
Cru

I believe the Day after Halloween is All Saints Day in the Catholic Mythology. This is a creepy jazz like tune that incorporates some D&B which works wonderfully together. our usage of dissonance is fantastic as well. Great job on this one.

Cru

Very spooky, but I agree with the compression advice. This has the makings of a cool avant garde like tune.
Cru

This is more like what Dubstep was when it came out in 2001. very creative and expressive and nice work in not following the trends of bro-step.
Cru.

I love the emotion of this. I love the spoken word, but the musical arrangement is so good in this one. Perfect use of minimal bass and guitars. Bluesy and yet progressive. Awesome work my friend. Though Billy's Vox of utopia(paradise) lost is unrealistic to reality, (we are actually improving the Human condition not regressing) it's still a great listen.
Cru

Just plain awesome my friend. loved this one. fav'd
steve

Melodic and inspiring.

Nice filtered intro, :48 sort of a reggae like bass line. so that's where the money went? Into that gorgeous piano lick. 1:30 serious strings. I like this new approach. 1:53 is all serious up in da face! 2:24 nice synths, I like this section. Then you faded it out. no this needs to continue on in like a S.Nomad length song. Waaaayyyy tooo shorrrtt! This is a really cool song that you need to keep at my friend, such potential.
Crumotivational

Experimental yes. The second half brilliant and interesting indeed. Nice work.
Cru

Very nice work. really cool effects and clarity in the mix. Cutting edge (Dirty) Electronic sound you have created. PS love the vocoders.
Cru

Way to go Steve, That intro is mysterious and compelling. I wasn't expecting vocals then and that particular type of vocals over a chill beat and chord structure. But it works well. One hand hitting the other in a repetitive motion is the sound your deserve for this work.
Cru