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Description:
I wrote this in the morning after coming back from a very early flight. This sounds corny, but my mood from the flight inspired this song, as with many of my songs. The album art is a photo I took out of my cockpit over the ocean at sunrise. I love the shadows on the clouds. Some of you ask me where I keep getting beautiful melodies, and my answer is flying & looking down at nature. They change my mood for the day. It does something to me.
Lyrics:
N/A (Sorry CJ and others, I know you are waiting for lyrics someday... or some year. :) )
Hardware:
Korg Triton LE, iMac G5
Software:
Logic Pro, iTunes, iDrum, Soundtrack 2 (converting sound file octaves)
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Its like a snowy mountain &mdash 09/24/05 - 07:03:52 AM
The view above the clouds is very similar to the view you get when standing on snowcovered mountain. It's beautiful and breathtaking - as this image and the mood you must have felt this day...
I think your melody is very describing of such a mood, and could easily be used in a documentary or as a movietrack.
Good work on those keys walkingstick:)
Thoddi
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Its like a snowy mountain &mdash 09/24/05 - 03:56:39 PM
Thanks Thoddi, yep, you've got that exactly right. I guess thats why there is
hiking. Thanks for your comments.
Ben [ Reply to This ]
I can wait :) &mdash 09/24/05 - 07:17:33 AM
if you keep making music like this (why do you have to keep blowing
my mind away?!?! I'll never listen to any other songs if you keep doing
this).
Feels alive, alight ... take me with you? [ Reply to This ]
Gee, a flying composer &mdash 09/24/05 - 07:32:05 AM
"from your cockpit". Okay, that sounds like you are a pilot.
Take me up there, man ;) With that song you already succeeded.
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Gee, a flying composer &mdash 09/25/05 - 02:06:54 AM
Heh. I can't quite fly to Germany, nor have the funds too, (remember I am just a
poor college student :) ) but ask me in a few years and my answer may be
different.
Thanks for your comments.
Ben [ Reply to This ]
Mind blowing! &mdash 09/24/05 - 07:48:27 AM
wow - i am so jealous - how lovely &mdash 09/24/05 - 08:25:21 AM
to fly like that, take great photos and have such inspiration - i'm flapping my wings and bouncing my bear - thank you for sharing - x [ Reply to This ]
i really like this &mdash 09/24/05 - 09:40:19 AM
song is fluid..nicely arranged..definitely good work i enjoy this piece..wee done [ Reply to This ]
the picture and the music . ... &mdash 09/24/05 - 09:45:44 AM
Nice setting with that picture.
Fun tune to listen to
One thing that inspired when I was a 14 year old, which to me was some
of my most impressionable musical years wree tunes like Telestar and
there is a kinship to that effect here. Love that jet sound as well.
Gorgeous melody thieme going. [ Reply to This ]
After 40 listens... &mdash 09/24/05 - 01:39:45 PM
why didn't I rate this 10s?
Perfect feeling.
Can't breathe.
You're too d*** good! [ Reply to This ]
you sure know how to do it! &mdash 09/24/05 - 03:56:53 PM
dancing on the clouds &mdash 09/24/05 - 06:02:18 PM
Very nice melody, great choice of synths (sounds sort of MissChaotic)...
my only teeny suggestion would be to possibly put some kind of break/
modulation in the middle, so it doesn't get too repetitive. In the middle,
you drop the synths out for a bit, and that helps, but something
substantially different might sound good too. And, finally, that is a
stunning photo, I can see how a natural view like that would be mood-
altering! Spectacular!
ttfn,
Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
dancing on the clouds &mdash 09/25/05 - 02:10:05 AM
That is one thing I still have issues with, creating continuity while also changing
up the melody. It seems as if I can keep good continuity, or change up the
melody, but not both at the same time which I hope I will be able to improve on.
Thanks for your suggestion.
Ben [ Reply to This ]
Nice Trip &mdash 09/25/05 - 07:35:54 AM
Thanks for the trip. I like the synth textures, and although a bit repetitve
throughout the song, the melody is very enjoyable.
I wouldn't mind hearing more low end on this (I had a similar comment on
the previous song I just listened to ... it may just be my ears today). [ Reply to This ]
With a view like that for inspiration... &mdash 09/25/05 - 10:19:24 AM
...of course the music that results is soaring and beautiful :)
(and not corny at all! I've had the same exhilaration standing on a
mountaintop.)
What is wonderful is your sharing it with us.
Thank you for this. Beautiful.
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along for the ride.. &mdash 09/25/05 - 12:29:47 PM
it's funny, but your music actually gives that picture motion. i feel like i'm
totally 'there'. awesome sound, DL'd [ Reply to This ]
OOOH &mdash 09/25/05 - 01:43:23 PM
A real pleasure to listen to this.
I love the pulsing synths against the piano.
Beautiful melody and very inspiring.. Are you going to have vocals over
this?
As an instrumental it really is great. Great production and arrangement.
D/L
SlimGirlFat [ Reply to This ]
Great Stuff &mdash 09/25/05 - 05:23:29 PM
Keep up the good work Ben, I always look forward to hearing what you come up with next!
C.J. [ Reply to This ]
Great Stuff &mdash 09/25/05 - 05:40:04 PM
Thanks CJ. Cool that you found me here.
Fyi fi you are confused, this my buddy CJ, from NC State, not to be confused
with CJ Hoose.
Ben [ Reply to This ]
nice &mdash 09/25/05 - 07:11:09 PM
nice &mdash 09/25/05 - 11:13:26 PM
I never heard of alphaville so I went to their site. Cool stuff. Thanks.
Ben [ Reply to This ]
Lovely depth &mdash 09/25/05 - 11:27:40 PM
Lovely depth to this one Ben. Certainly evokes the feeling of being
miles up there! I agree with drakonis that you could liven it up by
putting in a section which deviates in some way - even a key change
helps to break the repetition sometimes. Having said that though, this
is as good a piece of big picture dance music as I can recall. [ Reply to This ]
I LOVE IT! &mdash 09/26/05 - 08:33:12 PM
well composed &mdash 09/27/05 - 03:54:48 PM
Refreshing mood &mdash 09/28/05 - 04:19:32 AM
I like when the tempo picks up. Very good layering of elements. I think
you should go scuba diving, Mayeb you'll inspired in a whole new
direction [ Reply to This ]
Ethereal gliding &mdash 09/30/05 - 08:13:36 AM
Wonderful. Did I say wonderful? As good as any ambient trance music
I've heard. DL'd. I'd like to hear some accented drum kit crashes and
fills every once in a while. [ Reply to This ]
Very well done &mdash 09/30/05 - 03:35:39 PM
This is a nice composition, Ws. it is helping me get work done today,
but I'd rather, be out dancing to this. This is very well put togher. Nice
synth work. I am way IMPRESSED with your skills.
Cydniko [ Reply to This ]
the next level &mdash 10/14/05 - 06:56:57 AM
youve got the right idea with this song. i really like it, and i'm impressed by how expressive it is. its glimering yet simple. i'd be real proud of this one if i were you.
z [ Reply to This ]
fantastic &mdash 10/15/05 - 04:35:26 PM
I can just imagine... &mdash 10/15/05 - 04:51:51 PM
...soaring above the clouds listening to this. Very lovely. The feelings that
inspired you to create this shine through. [ Reply to This ]
{......,..} &mdash 11/03/05 - 06:21:02 PM
Don't Change a Thing! &mdash 11/06/05 - 10:45:36 PM
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I think your melody is very describing of such a mood, and could easily be used in a documentary or as a movietrack.
Good work on those keys walkingstick:)
Thoddi
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