Waking up on a Sunday Morning

Henke

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Description

To me this song is waking up on a Sunday morning with the sun sifting through orange(!) curtains in my boyhood room. As you may understand that must have been in the 70's... The artwork is a somewhat aged (thanks to iPhoto effects!) photo of the view from a point below the window in quiestion. The ruin in the background is the first cathedral of Sweden - but that was almost 1000 years ago...

The song seems to be in the 5/4-tempo which forced me to play all the instruments myself - no loops could be used!

Warning! There is quite a bit of "blipping" in this piece. The background textures are quite nice though :-)

This is supposed to be the intro to my "album" Dreams in Cerulean Blue.

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Song Stats

Hits: 850
Comments: 12
Fans: 0
Plays: 146
Downloads: 33
Votes: 3
Uploaded: Sep 24, 2006 - 09:16:30 AM
Last Updated: Sep 24, 2006 - 09:16:30 AM Last Played: Nov 10, 2009 - 10:32:16 AM

Song License

Creative Commons License:
Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial

Song Actions

Keywords:

Henke (28), Dreams in Cerulean Blue (12), morning (46), church bells (2)

Hardware:

iMac G4 800 15", Casio CTK-611

Software:

Garageband 1

Comments

apb

apb said 1158 days ago (September 24th, 2006)

Super ..
.. Mario .. lol .. couldn't resist. Very good Henke och V�lkommen till MJs ..
nice little melody - I like this soundscape reminiscing .. have you
considered using 'sound effects' .. to help things along ..
some birdies tweeting, a 'yawn' perhaps .. curtains being drawn ..
alarm clock ringing etc ..

I'd like the bleeping melody but wanted it to be mixed away into
another more 'grown up' sound around the half way point ..

5/4 eh? Blimey ..

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Henke	Henke said 1158 days ago (September 24th, 2006)
	Eller hur... (Isn't it?!) Thanks for nice comments! Actually I do like fx sounds in my songs. This was one of my first songs in GB and I am so used to hearing it this way that I suppose I hear all that anyway. But I think I will try another instrument half-way in as you suggest. Just to see what happens... Check out my latest song called Heading for Alpha Centauri (mj space race 2009)

Henke	Henke said 1158 days ago (September 24th, 2006)
	Hehee I tried to remix it according to Alans suggestions. It was quite fun! A little bird, a development in the blipping instrument suggesting a more and more wakeful state of mind, some children playing in the "next room", a few big yawns. You get the picture... Maybe I will post it later.. Check out my latest song called Heading for Alpha Centauri (mj space race 2009)

apb	apb said 1157 days ago (September 25th, 2006)
	oh ... .. no - someones gone and taken my suggestions.. well that's a first! What have I done .. lol .. Seriously though, love to hear that .. you can e-mail it to me first if you like: apb@glocalnet.net --- "In Swedish, there is a subtle difference between being ugly or drunk" Check out my latest song called Misplaced

drakonis

drakonis said 1157 days ago (September 24th, 2006)

8 bit orange world
Oh my, you had orange curtains, and I had orange shag rug. I thought
the horrible "dark green and orange" 70s phase was just contained in
the USA... I'm sorry to hear it infected Sweden too! This was "cute",
and it did remind me a lot of childhood Atari computer games, and
days at the arcades. The 5/4 beat was unusual, and gave it a "hiccup"
quality that was playful and light-hearted. Overall, it was a little too
"computer-beepy" for me, I like more richness and morphing textures
in my synthesizers. Oh, and that ruined cathedral? I know what you're
thinking, but I swear, this dragon had absolutely nothing to do with
it... I was down in South America at the time, just ask the Toltecs!
ttfn,
Drakonis

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Henke	Henke said 1157 days ago (September 25th, 2006)
	I really can't remember why on earth I chose 5/4 tempo. Probably just to change the presets in some way, or even just hitting the 5 instead of 4 by mistake when entering a possible value. Well, done is done, even if well done is better :-) (Tired? Me? No...!!) Check out my latest song called Heading for Alpha Centauri (mj space race 2009)

recycledair	recycledair said 1126 days ago (October 26th, 2006)
	sweet stuff I love that main riff. Its so catchy but also so chill. And i can just see myself waking up while this playing in the background...haha. this is really good. and i love how you have 5/4 timing. it makes it a lot better thanks for the adivce on my songs too!...i shall take them into consideration bye Check out my latest song called QPWOEIRUTY

Henke	Henke said 1125 days ago (October 27th, 2006)
	Thanks for listening and commenting. Glad you liked it. I have a remixed version round the corner, but I'am resting it for a while to see if it still works. I'll probably post it then... Got any more time for your own music? You have some nice things going, I think. Check out my latest song called Heading for Alpha Centauri (mj space race 2009)

craft	craft said 1125 days ago (October 27th, 2006)
	chilling Put some cool beat on the song please... Forgot that... the music is great like this... Diggin' it.. Great job Check out my latest song called Blue Lights (feat. Spleenveil)

Henke	Henke said 1125 days ago (October 27th, 2006)
	Hehe yeah I see what you mean, it is a kind of light-weighty thing, even if the bass-line helps a bit and maybe those bells as well. Thanks for listening and commenting! I'll go check out your stuff... Check out my latest song called Heading for Alpha Centauri (mj space race 2009)

Heightened	Heightened said 731 days ago (November 24th, 2007)
	Waking up... This would put anyone in a good mood any day of the week! Check out my latest song called A Journey Through Starburst Galaxy M82

Henke

Henke said 730 days ago (November 26th, 2007)

Thanks H!
That was a kind thing to say!

Actually I have a later version of this one. Not the best version though - I must have deleted that by mistake (at least the original, I think I've got an mp3 left). But there are some sound fxs on it and a development in the main instrument that suggests a wakening state of mind. It is noticeably less Super Mario too. The yawnings are made in the evening, however, and it turns out that actually sounds different than morning yawns! Could you believe that?! I guess that's why I haven't posted it...

I appreciate your comments a lot. Thanks again!

/Henke

Check out my latest song called Heading for Alpha Centauri (mj space race 2009)

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Artist Info

Name: Henrik Dunér

I went to music class at a fairly early age but I guess I was never really that interested. I played the recorder for starters and then the flute and then for some reason the trombone! I also played in a renaissance ensamble, in long brown ve... [see more]

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Genre Info

Electropop (also called Technopop) is a subgenre of synth pop music which flourished during the early 1980s, although the first recordings were made in the late 1970s. Numerous bands have carried on the electropop tradition into the 1990s and 2000s.

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