crucethus

Very optimistic intro. Slides into something akin to funk but also showing shades of prog as well. Enjoying the groovy bass. 1:37 starts a bass that P-Funk would be jealous of. 2:34 has a nice drum roll than an awesome slide bass. And then some slap bass (chorused) great bass work on this one. 3.25 has this weird vox synth that I like. 4:04 I feel a transition coming on. Subtle pads growing and broadening with some nice effects. Then you tripped my brain @ 4:51 with the aceed effects, was not expecting that. nice bass stutters as well and reverse effects. 5:42 transitions us into a new sound of reggae guitars and wild synth effects and reverse percussion snares. 6:31 nice bird synth effects and then the pads get cool as well. This part at 7:01 reminds me of Roxy Music's "SAme Old Scene"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXOgQN1a7bE&;html5=1
Specifically the string synths.
Some hard guitars at 7:29 with Double bass drums and a hard bass. The guitar effects are amazing in this part.
8:47 has a nice synth let down and the a guitar solo that has rhythmic qualities that stays true to the song.
Love the ending as well.

My Friend.
Best work I have heard from you.....
This was well thought out.
every minute made you think and yet enjoyable groove throughout.
mix was fantastic.
Up beat , yet I knew it was you but you were unpredictable in this tune and that was very cool. You totally through off my sense of what should come next based on my music theory experience, and what I know of your earlier works.

You deserve something....
72 virgins.....

albeit they are not young virgins.

for some reason we are running out of those.

;-P
Steve

StaticNomad replied 23rd Oct 2014 - 11 years ago

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).

P.S. My return present to you is a new exceptional synth supergroup album you will love and must get. Details here. http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may14/articles/node.htm

crucethus 18th Oct 2014 03:18 - 11 years ago

on Marraquexe by XmafaX

Classic Metal reminded me of the best of Priest. great work!
Cru

crucethus 17th Oct 2014 03:53 - 11 years ago

on The Last Post by Billydragon1

So Sorry for your loss. This is an Amazing tribute piece. You do an interesting mix of minor chords and the chords from "T.A.P.S."
Peace be with you my friend.
Steve

Billydragon1 replied 18th Oct 2014 - 11 years ago

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

crucethus 13th Oct 2014 05:31 - 11 years ago

on The forgotten symphony by johnnyproducing

Glad u Liked the remix, I created three distinct styles to give you a choice of what direction you might want to go in. The consensus so far seems to be the third movement in breakbeat style.
"though the strings you added in oddly faded in on the last notes of the piano"

Yeah I wanted to feature the strings on there own for a bit. As Eric also put it would be interesting to hear. I just did it before even reading that but I think he is right. The strings have value on there own as well.

In the future I will be working on a full length remix in the third style.
peace
Cru

crucethus 12th Oct 2014 18:14 - 11 years ago

on Everybody on the Dance Floor Feat-Patricia Edwards by ProgRockDan1

Seriously one of the most eclectic breakdowns of dance music I have ever heard. i'm still tripping from it.

crucethus 11th Oct 2014 21:47 - 11 years ago

on The forgotten symphony by johnnyproducing

Here is the first attempt at a remix.
https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/160844
Cru

johnnyproducing replied 12th Oct 2014 - 11 years ago

I really Like the last part, though the strings you added in oddly faded in on the last notes of the piano, I think expanding on the last part and trying to get it into that style would be really cool to hear, but maybe even more of the top with electric sounds all over the place.

But I must say these hardcore drums really add in a lot of energy, only thing I would change is the mixing there.

I am not sure if you were planning on changing this further or keeping it like this, but you surely surprised me with the blending of these styles and I like it :)

crucethus 11th Oct 2014 21:23 - 11 years ago

on The forgotten symphony by johnnyproducing

Here is the first attempt at a remix.
https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/160844
Cru

crucethus 11th Oct 2014 21:18 - 11 years ago

on Proximal Vicinity Spivkurl Mix 13B Master B by Spivkurl

If this doesn't win the contest it's fixed...lol, just kidding. great mix, dynamics are awesome. Listening on old Bose 2.2 speakers with a Kenwood 40watt receiver and the bass just cuts through and sounds amazing.
You can take a bow my friend
Steve

Spivkurl replied 7th Nov 2014 - 11 years ago

Hey cruce, thanks friend! I'm happy to be amongst the two winners with this one, as I put a bunch of time into it. Helped me show myself that my right ear wasn't permanently damage by holding a cell phone set to speaker to my ear... man that hurt. Sounds like a cool little listening setup you've got there! I do love Bose. Thank you again for your very kind comment!

crucethus 11th Oct 2014 21:11 - 11 years ago

on Thanks for Comin Out by failingtimes

Awesome mix, and perfect Breakbeat. The Panning and width of this mix is spectacular. Takes me back. Thanks for sharing
Cru

failingtimes replied 12th Oct 2014 - 11 years ago

Thank you for the comment, I'm glad can make music people enjoy, thanks for listening. FT

crucethus 11th Oct 2014 04:18 - 11 years ago

on The Golden Princess by MisterBloodworth

Not Jazz as it's a melange of Celtic folk scale and modern minimalism (Philip Glass). But that's just the musical disection. as a listening piece it's just damn fun.
Cru

MisterBloodworth replied 11th Oct 2014 - 11 years ago

Thanks Cru. Actually I decided to go on with Fusion, since I've gotten different genre preferences. This was really abnormal for me to make in a sense that working with my partner in this track give a new sense of style. If you check out my other tracks, this one, at least to me, sounds the most different.

~Ookami

crucethus 11th Oct 2014 03:46 - 11 years ago

on -Aura- by TMDrums

Love the name Aura first off. Secondly nice intro as the Pads build into the sequenced synth. Then the Bass Synths glissando back and forth. Not Till 55 seconds in do we hear the Hardcore elements hit you. Interesting work. stabs are nice before 1:50. kind of a calm before the storm from 1:50 to 2:15, then the stabs come in to build to a climax @ 3:10 I would have liked to see a bigger build up though. The synth pan flutes are a nice bridge at 3:10 and then we get back to the stabs and synth wobbles. Overall has great potential. I think IMHO you need to extreme the diffences between the breaks and the build ups.
Keep at this one it has such great potential I loved the structure of it.
Cru

TMDrums replied 12th Oct 2014 - 11 years ago

I'm glad you like the name, I had finished the song and couldn't think of a fitting name for about two weeks
Bigger build ups definitely would have been great, that's something I need to work on

crucethus 11th Oct 2014 03:16 - 11 years ago

on Modnex - A Mouse Journey by Modnex

I feel the sentimet your family had through the piano. A playful fun song and i could see the little ones enjoying this tune.
good work. I think you acomplished what you felt!
Cru

Modnex replied 11th Oct 2014 - 11 years ago

Thanks crucethus! I'm pretty happy with this one and agree that I accomplished what I felt at that particular moment. Thanks for stopping by, take care :)!

crucethus 11th Oct 2014 01:37 - 11 years ago

on Trance Hard House And Techno by FreeRadical

Brilliant mesh of oldschool, but brilliantly done my friend. fav'd downloaded

FreeRadical replied 5th Nov 2014 - 11 years ago

Thanks mate, sorry for taking so long to get back to you. I've not been on the site much lately.
Thanks for dropping in and giving it a listen and a thumbs up!
FR

crucethus 10th Oct 2014 02:03 - 11 years ago

on The forgotten symphony by johnnyproducing

Ok So I have started to sort out some ideas. (140 or 70 bpm) here is a sample of a dark remix I recently have done for Prelude.
https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/152903
It was my melange of cinematic strings and vocals and I added all the rest. Love to know if this is a direction you would want to go in.
Cru

crucethus 7th Oct 2014 05:45 - 11 years ago

on MIDNIGHT RUNNER by RenzWilde

I feel some Moroder, some Vince Clarke, Some Martin Gore and some Kraftwerk with this one. I love this type of Work.
Check out VCMG.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xix3AT07OA&;html5=1
Cru

RenzWilde replied 7th Oct 2014 - 11 years ago

Thx for the kind words Cru! I'm a big Depeche Mode fan and I like some of Vince Clark's work after DM. Mainly Yazoo. But I never heard of this project. Thx so much for the link. Luv that track. Going to have to check out the rest of VCMG's work for sure! :)

crucethus 5th Oct 2014 20:24 - 11 years ago

on Soooo Nasty by ScottB55

That Guitar and that Sax this tune is sooo Saxxy! ;-)
great work. love the acoustic guitar chord structures as well. but that blues guitar is downright killer.
so cool!
Steve

ScottB55 replied 7th Oct 2014 - 11 years ago

Many thanks, Steve. Always a great compliment getting kind words from a fine musician as yourself. Much appreciated.

Cheers,
Scott

crucethus 5th Oct 2014 20:21 - 11 years ago

on Fusion2 by promenade2239

Very Cool. Nice use of Re-verb, Love the solo work. But the subtle bass line and the glissando effects of that synth about 2 3rds in do it for me.
Good job Alex
Steve

promenade2239 replied 5th Oct 2014 - 11 years ago

hi Steve really glad you enjoyed this one Thanks so much for such a nice comment! Alex

crucethus 5th Oct 2014 20:00 - 11 years ago

on Organon ft McJonny by RealProblemShuckers

Nice Intro, good percussion and pan spacing. Classic House sounds. Very Retro but well received over in this part of the world. The mixing is spot on and it builds really well. then a stiff piano and stiff strings. Bass line is good. The organ parts are phenomenal though. You just need a singer for this one. enjoyed on my end!
Cru

crucethus 4th Oct 2014 04:26 - 11 years ago

on Here I Shall Lay by beerling1970

Love that bass line. it's restrained and yet effective. Al the nice synths are great ecoutrements. but the bass line grounds this tune. Sort of ethereal oboe like synth sounds nice and gives this such a otherworldly feel. Great work Steve!
Steve

beerling1970 replied 9th Dec 2014 - 11 years ago

Cheers Steve :)

crucethus 4th Oct 2014 03:03 - 11 years ago

on Noi doi - Behnam Zandi featuring Corina Ruxandra by deciBel

So I am back to listen again to this exceptional piece of work. So Have you been able to convince her to continue. I understand breaks in composing as I have done so over the years as well. I wish you well my friend and peace and love in your life and hope that Corina still continues to grace us with her voice. Romanian is a branch of the Romance language that traces back to Latin and Corina is from Cornu or horn or a musical instrument that produces sound. She needs to Produce sound as it is her namesake. ;-) Maybe you can remind her of this.
Your friend
Steve

crucethus 3rd Oct 2014 01:20 - 11 years ago

on fusion1 ft ferryterry by promenade2239

Nice and jazzy!. Perfect for a cool evening to light a fire and drink some nice beverage too. Chilled and refined

promenade2239 replied 3rd Oct 2014 - 11 years ago

hi, really glad you enjoyed this song. I am fascinated by a fusion genre where everything is possible. especially the 80's fusion style like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCCjuNDOERs
hope you like it too. Many thanks for your time, listening and nice comments - always appreciated!. Alex

crucethus 2nd Oct 2014 02:36 - 11 years ago

on Dont Keep Your Love Away Parts 1 and 2 by EricMilligan

Hey Eric.

"BTW, if you are ever downtown in the Market area and want to get together for a coffee sometime, send me a PM and we can set something up. I don't think its a major breach of online etiquette to actually meet a fellow Looperman member in person?"

Indeed I just may do that. Still exploring the city and upper gatineau myself and have yet to make it to the market.
Steve

EricMilligan replied 8th Oct 2014 - 11 years ago

OK. Let me know when you are ready to venture downtown!

crucethus 1st Oct 2014 05:11 - 11 years ago

on My Life Today ft Behnam Zandi by srbrown7

Ahh that's good. there's so much good going on in this track. I cannot critique on this listen I just will enjoy it as a fan cos it's so freaking brilliant!
Fav'd fur shur.!

srbrown7 replied 1st Oct 2014 - 11 years ago

Hi, thanks for the great feedback..yea less words more listening..I agree :)

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