crucethus

Lol, Thanks crucethus! :)

Hi Steve!
Yes, it's the bass missing and also the overall state of the mix and mastering.
It's too long also...a lot of flaws really!
I need to look in to that bass groove thing more closely, I still have a lot to learn about that.

Good answer and you are right, without ever having met me, that I make the music I make largely to please myself.

Actually, it's not even that. It's more like an explorer (not so many about these days as most of the world has been 'discovered') who goes looking for new places just to see what's there, not in order to necessarily have a good time or gain renown as an intrepid traveller.

So, I'm just constantly exploring the musical and sonic soundscape and every track your hear of mine is just that. There's no specific 'here's me doing this genre' track though obviously I have to explore some recognisable genres. I'm hardly good even to invent completely unheard of music. It's all based on stuff that's already been done but I like to think I combine things in unique ways.

I've heard so much music over the years and there's so much that bores me so I have to make something I haven't really heard. Not make a half decent version of a genre just so I can say "Hey, here I am doing ___".

I'm oddly inspired by boring unadventurous music as well as
stuff that is good but could have been so much better. I analyse the ways I would have done it differently and then eventually introduce those improvements and innovations into what I do.

I believe I have good taste in music (ie appreciation of other people's stuff). If I like one of my tracks, I feel confident at leas some others will. So, please myself as much as I can and then I'll probably end up with something good and different. Always room for improvement and I'm my own harshest critic.

I'm always curious to hear what people make of my stuff and that's why I value your intelligent and interesting feedback. Far too little of that on this site - real disappointment for me.

I had a good track on Mixposure a couple of years ago that about 5-10 people really loved. Not one word of criticism! But I've since found so many errors and corrected most of them and produced such a better end product. But if I'd just sat around thinking "Oh yeah, this is so great and everyone else is telling me just that. I rule!" I would never have made those crucial improvements.

The main reason I like my stuff to be liked is so that I can eventually somehow attract decent collaborators (in person, not online) and bandmembers and take what I do to the next few levels.

Take care.

Great comment and a nice compliment, thanks for listening and positive comments.
Mark/Larry!

Thank you Steve I am so glad you liked it :)

Steve

This was actually made specifically for madeira drinkers currently residing in Canada.

Thanks for your very kind words and I'd be interested to hear how you think my music has made you a better musician. I feel it's sufficiently interesting, diverse, unusual and creative stuff to inspire quite a few people. If only they get the chance to hear it! It's predominantly Loopermen/ladies/hermaphrodites who currently do that though I hope that will change when I get round to releasing some actual proper albums.

Yes, guitar had better be cool as there's a lot of it here. The playing's fine but there are some problems with the sound (the effects were recorded with the parts so can't be altered later) which has resulted in a slightly muddy mix. I agree but there's maybe not much I can do to fix that. But I bet a better 'mix-rescue' type of engineer could.

Guess it does move from minor to major though hadn't consciously thought about it before but I think I know where you mean (roughly as the drums change from acoustic to electronic).

Background dissonance adds a real weird vibe to this that I like. Strange sort of evolving synth sound there that's not easy to control. Also used in jazz to d'n'b track you have heard called Think Big, Feel Small (bass too as one track came out of the other). Non-grooving bass sits nicely in this. Must use more legato, grooveless bass!

The pads are sampled slide guitar stuff with slow attack and loads of delay. Heavenly sound I have used in many tracks.

Not sure what you mean about my evolving composing ability. I made this in 2007, just tarted it up this year. I agree that I have improved a lot in the last few years (getting Superior/EZ Drummer, faster computer, using EQ etc) though not necessarily in terms of ideas - just in how to get them out better and present them in a tidyish format. Also not improved instrument playing.

Maybe there are birdlike echoes in this - possibly from the spectral delay plugin used on some guitar parts (which also muddies up the mix). You know I have used actual birdsong (from my garden) in about 5 tracks?

I would like to do more tracks like this - fewer instruments, shorter length, not such big changes. But I also like the crazy journeys.

Thanks again, see you for the next one.

Thanks Steve.
I love the distorted sounds too. The kind where 'Truckies' are talking to each other on the road.

:) Peace man.

You won't believe it, but I was just telling Tumbleweed today that I'm considering to add some more oboe in the arrangement...funny indeed:) And I love Roxy and Eno, so mentioning them alongside my song is jut "too much" of a compliment for me. But thx alot Steve...you're always welcome!:)

Orlando

The horn was a success and I agree on the distorted synth. Thanks for listening and commenting.

Cheers, Anders.

cheers man!

All i know is i try to produce some type of trip.!

So if you enjoyed this then what more can i ask for.!

Enjoyment for me is 100% everything.!

I care not for fame, fortune, or even reconition,but i do care if the time it takes to listen to any of my tracks has been worth it for enjoyment!

Cheers man! ;)

Hey Steve Thank you so much and I appreciate you letting me spin your track keep the tunes coming

T :)

yeah i see, but i had a purpose doing that...Kinda Transitions stuffs...Thanks for passing by bro

Kelvin Cruise

Thankyou cruce,you know your stuff. The Korg synths have been good to me. I'm also a big fan of Hypersonic2,A great variety of instruments and sounds.Thanks again for the listen and kind comments. PEACE. THE MACK MAN OUT.

Hey Steve always appreciate your visits, get well soon my friend.

K;)

Hi Steve and thanks for your comment.. yea it must be your cold and the nyquill you took.. But maybe it sounds just a little bit like his style.. If you don't know me by now tra la la la laaa... That song, same tempo and groove almost.

Rock on Steve...

Peter

Thx alot Steve! I hope you will have a chance to hear some more of it when (if) it's finalised.

Orlando

Thanks crucethus for the comments. I will hopefully finish it soon. :)