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I toiled over just what genre this track should be placed under and deccided to go with gothic rock......although it doesn't really classify as 'rock' per se, it does however have a kind of moody, gothic feel to it. So, since MacJams doesn't have a plain gothic catagory, I put it here. Anyway, I used GarageBand 3 and the Octopus Au from LinPlug. It gave some nice haunty textures to this track. (I love new software : ) ) Hope you all enjoy. This is a bit of a departure from my usual techno/dance tracks that I tend to post. Let me know what you all think of this and what catagory might fit it better. Peace!
I also wanted to note, that this track is 100% mine. Meaning, that there are NO loops of any kind in this track. Just thought I'd better put that in there for good measure. : )
-Boris Luxx
I also wanted to note, that this track is 100% mine. Meaning, that there are NO loops of any kind in this track. Just thought I'd better put that in there for good measure. : )
-Boris Luxx
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drakonis
Overall, I like the moody feel of this song, and your pacing... at the 1/2
mark I was thinking "OK, now its time for a change-up" and you did it,
perfect. Ack, you faded out at the end! I always prefer a nice strong
lush build-up to an ending chord, in this case with a couple of church-
bell hits that echo into the night, maybe? Your orchestration choice of
synths is good, but it still needs some work. I think the types of
sounds are good, but the timbres on some are a little grating after a
bit. The opening phased-vibraphoney thing that is doing the 3-note
descending arpeggio starts out sounding really unique and interesting,
but after a couple of measures, I wanted it to morph into something
less astringent... the phaser and tinniness of it began to bore into my
brain quickly. And after the 1/2 mark, you introduce a shimmery high-
pitched synth that has a lot of high-pitched harmonics that got to me,
for some reason. The tempo seemed slightly fast, you may want to see
what happens if you slow it down slightly, give her more time and
breathing room. I liked the percussion, the breathy chorus, and the
great leading chords throughout, this is a wonderful piece that needs
some synthy tweaking!
Those are my thoughts on this intriguing piece...
ttfn,
Drakonis