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SmokeyVW

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album: Rising From The Ashes
track 1: 9:08 My Song
track 2: 3:05 MacPherson Strut
track 3: 5:55 They're Nocturnal
track 4: 4:25 I Know You're Here
track 5: 5:59 5 of 12
track 6: 3:40 Lighter Than Air
track 7: 5:07 Stairway
track 8: 5:50 I Want
track 9: 5:04 Voices
track 10: 5:15 Move To Trash
track 11: 4:21 Good To The Next Drop
track 12: 5:48 We'll Get To Phoenix Someday Soon
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ask not

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Hits: 1133
Comments: 24
Fans: 6
Plays: 84
Downloads: 56
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Uploaded: Feb 02, 2007 - 06:52:50 PM
Last Updated: Sep 19, 2008 - 11:34:17 AM Last Played: Oct 28, 2009 - 07:54:29 AM

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	said 1022 days ago (February 2nd, 2007)
	THIS IS NOT the kind of song you listen to once. I think I might need to study this I like the strings or cello in the background is this all midi instruments . very cool production I like the seriouseness and the playfullness. the way you have that far away bell then you have the up front chimes. A realy good song smokey all thumbs up on this one

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 1022 days ago (February 3rd, 2007)
	. it's all MIDI instruments with the exception of the percussion track which is a rehashed TUMI audio loop. i put the tolling bell on its own matrix reverb set to some huge space. the other tracks share a smaller reverb via the master track... Check out my latest song called One For Me

Macaudion	Macaudion said 1022 days ago (February 3rd, 2007)
	'Still' movement... Beautiful - This is quite a ambient piece you've put together! Meditative... Peaceful... It was like the moments that I've experienced that were immediately after years/months/days/minutes/seconds after an intense journey... This is a stunning piece of music, SVW - Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks! Macca Check out my latest song called 123 iGetU

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 1022 days ago (February 3rd, 2007)
	. ...the music and the thoughts behind it evolved together. there are multiple layers of ideas. it started from several ideas about the number twelve: a time of day, a movie, a year, things that come in dozens. the first working title was "Twelve of Twelve," as in page numbers... Check out my latest song called One For Me

Reinholt56	Reinholt56 said 1022 days ago (February 3rd, 2007)
	A fantasic Ambient soundscape... I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this piece and letting the evocative sounds populate my mind with images of various kinds. Wonderful. R. Check out my latest song called Space Soundscape #1

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 1022 days ago (February 3rd, 2007)
	. ...then someone mentioned an event recently on the news that involves the number five in the context of being near twelve. although i really liked the implication of the first title, this other reference won out, so i changed it to "Five of Twelve..." Check out my latest song called One For Me

Reinholt56	Reinholt56 said 1021 days ago (February 4th, 2007)
	Buckyball or dodecahedron?? Carbon-12 has a structure similar to your image. Nothing musical to add except 5 digits (normally) per hand and 12 notes in an octave (with no repeats). I'm going now...... R. --- Remember that joy is contagious, so infect someone..... Check out my latest song called Space Soundscape #1

peacepiano	peacepiano said 1022 days ago (February 3rd, 2007)
	Bells Bells are hypnotizing. Nice work on the dynamics. You do a lot with the little things. Thanks for sharing. Check out my latest song called I Should Have Known

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 1022 days ago (February 3rd, 2007)
	. ...that new title drove me to acoustically split out the tolling bell from the rest of the piece, to make it ring twelve times at the end, and to fade everything else out so that the focus is on that bell at the end... Check out my latest song called One For Me

Roxylee	Roxylee said 1022 days ago (February 3rd, 2007)
	Intriguing... Like is starts out all innocent and peaceful, then as it gets down to the last few minurtes, the tension is building, and we are left not knowing what happened. Are you a mystery writer or something? I have to listen to this a dozen more times and see what else I get out of it. Very simple, yet replete with secret meaning... Wow. Check out my latest song called Sweet Grace

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 1022 days ago (February 3rd, 2007)
	. ...finally, i started to explore a brief and obscure way to hint at the thoughts behind this. eventually, i discovered "ask not," which turns out to point at several main themes. then for brevity's sake, i also changed the numbers to digits in the title to settle on "5 of 12." Check out my latest song called One For Me

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 1022 days ago (February 3rd, 2007)
	wow thanks all for your comments! i threaded my responses through my replies to each of you. Check out my latest song called One For Me

	said 1022 days ago (February 3rd, 2007)
	Yes, I do like bells Thanks for the note, Bill. I like the tolling as the strings add melody and tension over the rhythm bed.

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 1022 days ago (February 3rd, 2007)
	. i thought you might like this. thanks! Check out my latest song called One For Me

Roxylee	Roxylee said 1022 days ago (February 3rd, 2007)
	By jove, I think I've got it! The doomsday clock, right? (Yeah, I know- ask not) Check out my latest song called Sweet Grace

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 1022 days ago (February 3rd, 2007)
	. nice. yup. that's one idea. Check out my latest song called One For Me

bud	bud said 1021 days ago (February 4th, 2007)
	Spy versus spy with tolling bells and jabbing strings - expectant atmosphere - and absolutely gorgeous space and production. A real winner here Smokey. Faved and Dl'd. Check out my latest song called eye for you (w/particledots and michael2)

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 1020 days ago (February 5th, 2007)
	. my favorite thing here is the tolling bell. love that matrix reverb! thank you for your nice comments. Check out my latest song called One For Me

said 1021 days ago (February 4th, 2007)

Smokey:)
THank you for coming by to check me out earlier.. I had to come by and return the favor and man oh man so glad I did. Great headspace in this.... spooky ass strings and feeling the subtle upswells building long off in the distance... gives me mind of a line from Tori AMos "cant stop whats coming .. cant stop what is on its way"... that covers the feeling of the song for me.

Easily faved :)

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 1020 days ago (February 5th, 2007)
	. "can't stop what's coming" ... yes! that captures it nicely. it's very satisfying to hear a comment like this - i wasn't able to verbalize it myself until you wrote that comment. it's exactly what i was circling around. thanks! Check out my latest song called One For Me

j2morrow	j2morrow said 1020 days ago (February 4th, 2007)
	This is some astonishing music. Peaceful but with an eerie edge to it. Haunting, is perhaps the word I'm looking for. Had to download this one. Thanks. Check out my latest song called CAPTURE THE RAPTURE

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 1020 days ago (February 5th, 2007)
	. thank you very much. another angle i had on this song is what's like to be outside at midnight - people instinctively fear the darkness - perhaps that's what you meant by peaceful but eerie? Check out my latest song called One For Me

craft	craft said 1015 days ago (February 10th, 2007)
	what a great song the strings on the background are full of power!!! This song is deep and hot!! Love it!!! Check out my latest song called Blue Lights (feat. Spleenveil)

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 1015 days ago (February 10th, 2007)
	. thanks for the encouraging comment! Check out my latest song called One For Me

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Name: Bill

Eclectic, at best. I learned some music theory at school, and read a ton about it since. I've listened to lots of music over the years. I once played guitar in an actual garage band and actually got paid to play! Once. Although live performance is an... [see more]

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Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, rock and roll, modern classical music, reggae, traditional, world and even noise.

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