crucethus

Totally agreed gaining knowledge takes time and effort, plus the experience of hands on...first hand knowledge trumps all....there's no magic button you press and suddenly it's there...I have less than a
Year of recording...and have owned my first mic less than that. I appreciate and need feedback, but it offers me nothing if it's not gear to my learning curve...

hi, thanks for your comments.
I just made another remix (the last one) and updated again this track! - it's quite nice too, a bit in a breakbeat manner. I started again from scratch.
You may like this one also. Greetings, Alex

thanks a lot, I just made another remix - it's really different now. You may check out this new version if you like, I think it is much better from the first one. thanks again, Alex

Yeah deffo! Always glad when you come by and leave comments.
It really is appreciated.
Thanks.
FR

Thanks Cru - I appreciate the listen and the kind comments. I take your point on the percussion but I tried to keep it dancey - I'll try some variances and see if I can add better percussion.
-clindsay

nice double post:) - thanks again! maybe I will develop or edit this song soon. I wanted to make some sweet and liquid electronic drum and bass but finally this is an instrumental fusion (as always) - probably my second attempt on dnb ever.
really glad you liked my work, alex

ha! it is super nice to hear you like it! thanks a lot! alex

Hello Steve , thanks for the spoiler (was a joke)to be serious I would thanks you a lot for these words "A great artist spreading his wings a bit is always welcome." one of the best thing a person tell me !

Haha thanks for the kind words crucethus :) And dont worry, ive left the sam drums in, just mastered them better. I thought they fit as well

Thanks for your detailed comments. Lacey indeed has great vocals, and she can do harmony on the fly. Badhuman cemented the original guitar work, and did some stellar work with it.

thank you for you mindful and humble thoughts on this composition Crucethus. I can tell your wisdom is the zeitgeist of your heart :) -EazyBeatz- :)

Thanx Crucethus. I grew up listening to dub B.sides and Sly & Robbie were often the rhythm section on those tracks so yup doubtless a bit has rubbed off on me. Thanx for the comment my friend. Maybe a bit of phase on a remix . . . .

Thanks Cru. Yello were a huge influence in my electronic education. One of the first and best. They've both done interesting solo projects too. :)

Thanks a lot Steve. It's really nice to hear you enjoyed this track. I am happy you had a chance to hear developed version - the song was initially quite simple. After reading the MWRatridge comment I thought of reworking it again but didn't know how to make a progress - DanceDemagogue sent me today his remix - my new version is based on his work.
I really like minimal-music. Probably the 'Variations for winds, Strings and Keyboards' by Steve Reich http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb6vtl_variations-for-winds-strings-and-ke_music will be my favourite ever - I can't remember how many times I was listening to this.

There's a lot of things happening along the track now so I do not know if it's 'minimal' anymore, but of course it still can be, if needed...
Thanks for your time and nice comments on this track - it's always appreciated. Alex

Hey Steve, thank you very much for your comment on this track! I really can't claim to know much about old school dubstep, I just took a ride on the wave (2012-2013) for a little while and then nearly lost myself in the undertow. Acid though I've been enjoying for quite a long time. I like the acid from the early 90's and the early zero's especially, but I can't help but listen to new stuff when it comes up. Coming from someone who knows their classic electronic music well, your comment pleases me! Appreciate it!

wow, merci Crucethus ! thanks for this positive comment imlooking forward to hear some more of your tracks since I hear your Ottawa.

Glad you liked it Cru :)

Thanks for listening!

WKS

Sorry for slow reply to your fine and touching review. I'm sure I've got at least 20 tracks I prefer to this but it has grown on me since uploading. You're welcome to it as your favourite of mine. Probably 303 stuff that really sets it apart for you.

Guitar intro is optimistic (good adjective).

"1:37 starts a bass that P-Funk would be jealous of"

Maybe. I think it's the bass slides that really makes that bassline cool. Played many years ago probably to a different drum groove. The track is a combination of old setup sounds (eg Korg Z1, shit Yamaha drum machine, Rebirth 303 loops) and my newer sounds and software.

"2:34 has a nice drum roll"

I like that. Must do it a bit more.

Slap bass is something I used to play quite a bit in teenage years but no longer as I ain't in practice so it batters fingers and thumb. I started out as a bass player so used to be much better at it. But it's cool here and a nice little, brief surprise.

3:25 killer Korg Z1 lead sound. Simple notes but good movement with left hand on its X-Y pad. Some scratchy glitch FX added afterwards eg 3:53, 5:33.

The main drum kits I use in the track are hard rock/metal kits, which I find surprising as it's not a heavy track till the last few mins.

"4:51 with the aceed effects, was not expecting that"

No one ever expects the aceed. Aceed's chief weapon is surprise. Surprise and modulation. And squelch. Aceed's chief weapons are surprise, modulation and squelch.

5:42 reggae guitar. Had to add drum hits to mask the cutup nature of that guitar part. Otherwise would have sounded choppy. Couldn't manage to replay the part as I did it years ago.

6:31 good point about bird synth. It sounds just like that. 6:41 I just add distortion+reverb to make same part bigger and better.

6:51 Korg Z1 string pad. Very rich and bassy.

7:29 no guitar! Just the earlier (eg the previous bar) cool slidey bass guitar part with added plugin distortion. Saved me bothering to play a new part.

Then no guitar until pumping riffs at 8:26. The lead work is all Z1 synth soloing + massive delay n distortion starting 7:47 . Hard synth rock! 8:21 very cool.

8:45 transition OK, not great. Guitar solo to lead us into chill ending. New chill guitar 9:43. Very happy with jazzy drums behind it.

Glad I could be unpredictable for you in this one. 'Tis my aim with every track.

I look forward to taking delivery of your 72 virgins (old will do). Will look out for a large truck delivery from Canada. Damn, better go out and buy 72 beds now. Or maybe only 36 (they can share).

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Thanks Crucethus. I had to look up T.A.P.S and it sounds similar to the last post solo that I sampled, I noticed a subtle difference. Stay strong brother. - B