Stairway

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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Song Description

Mauna Loa

low - surf
climbing - footsteps
high - rainbow clouds

milliseconds - now
decades - ahead
millennia - children promise

nothing - was
anything - is
everything - will be

stairway - see
tread - oh
softly - too

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Hits: 1154
Comments: 24
Fans: 7
Plays: 115
Downloads: 83
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Uploaded: Mar 09, 2007 - 10:04:40 PM
Last Updated: Sep 19, 2008 - 11:35:13 AM Last Played: Aug 01, 2009 - 03:27:24 AM

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falzaabi	falzaabi said 974 days ago (March 10th, 2007)
	what happy mood, Check out my latest song called HOW NICE

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 974 days ago (March 10th, 2007)
	. yes, i guess it is a merry little march we are on... thanks! Check out my latest song called Settle

peacepiano

peacepiano said 974 days ago (March 10th, 2007)

Light March
Some interesting applications of instruments here. Marching build up is fun. Most of the instruments are applied with restraint which I like. The "wood block" loop stands out because it sounds like it always plays and always at the same volume, this maybe your intention but to my ears it could have been suppressed in the middle of the piece.

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SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 974 days ago (March 10th, 2007)
	. you know, maybe that wood block does go on a bit too loud. not sure... i tried to balance lots of different World styles in a way that is somewhere between harmonious and dissonant simultaneously. thanks Check out my latest song called Settle

bud	bud said 974 days ago (March 10th, 2007)
	Playing the black keys - I like this a lot - nice patient build through Hawaai to Calypso - Raga Rock - Ravel all with a steady martial beat that never gets boring. End a great ending to boot. Check out my latest song called Expanding Toys (Halloween Remix)

SmokeyVW

SmokeyVW said 974 days ago (March 10th, 2007)

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i woke up one morning thinking of this song. i guess i created it while asleep. the shape of the graph drove the composition.

i wanted an escalating build up, i wanted to imply the whole world is involved.

that Ravel thing just sort of happened. it pleased the heck out of me when it emerged. the song came out rather happy, but i had a serious theme in mind. that dichotomy makes it a bit scary: we're happily marching into oblivion i guess.

thanks for listening

Check out my latest song called Settle

	said 974 days ago (March 10th, 2007)
	Very nice Great sounds all fits well together. Thanks for this trip.

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 974 days ago (March 10th, 2007)
	. i had fun piecing together the various instruments, it took some doing to get the order right, so that softer sounds didn't get buried under louder ones. i'm happy you noticed this. thanks! Check out my latest song called Settle

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 974 days ago (March 10th, 2007)
	no end... to the top of the stairs. that was a nice steady climb. and the view is wonderful from up here. Check out my latest song called One Step Over The Line

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 974 days ago (March 10th, 2007)
	. the Mauna Loa angle to this interested me. i love Hawaii. climbing the mountain lets us see the big picture... this is not relevation number 9 (but perhaps in a way it is?), but it is just a little Beatles-esque. "A Day in the Life" suits me fine as another angle on that stairway graph... thank you Check out my latest song called Settle

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 974 days ago (March 10th, 2007)
	it's not all fun and games http://www.grida.no/climate/vital/06.htm Check out my latest song called Settle

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 374 days ago (October 29th, 2008)
	update they moved the page to here: http://www.grida.no/publications/vg/climate/page/3061.aspx Check out my latest song called Settle

announcer

announcer said 973 days ago (March 10th, 2007)

Really nice smoke
As I listen to this I am evisioning a great migration up to the top of the mountian for only one purpose ... to reach the summit, and enjoy the view. There are many times that I think I spend too much time making music on my mac for the sole purpose of "reaching the summit and enjoying the view" so to speak, but the journey and the view are so much fun that I can't help myself. You captured that well here and I would not change a thing. On my studio JBLs the mix is flawless and the persistant wood block is perfectly mixed throughout.

Check out my latest song called It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

announcer	announcer said 973 days ago (March 11th, 2007)
	A couple of corrections The first sentence of my previous post should read "envision" . And the more I thought about it the more I think I used the wrong version of the word "sole". I should have used the word "soul", because it ... well, just because. Check out my latest song called It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

	said 973 days ago (March 11th, 2007)
	Stairway to Smokey! Hey! This is very cool. Kind of an aural vacation...Yes, wood block is a tad loud in places, but it still works. Like a hidden track on a Beatle album....I really enjoyed our climb together Smokey, let's do it again sometime! Be well!

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 969 days ago (March 14th, 2007)
	. i really like build up songs - i guess - the "climbing a mountain" metaphor fits that nicely. it is like the vacation i think i need about now... it's not the longest crescendo in history - but i'm working on that. thanks Check out my latest song called Settle

kristyjo	kristyjo said 972 days ago (March 11th, 2007)
	Neat combination of instruments The addition of melodic instrument that modulate upward really heightens the sense of a long climb! Check out my latest song called What a Friend We Have in Jesus

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 969 days ago (March 14th, 2007)
	. the layering of instruments was to hint at the involvement of all the world's cultures, and the modulating upwards was to go with climbing CO2 levels... as such, it is a long climb, humankind's been at it for 50+ years now. Check out my latest song called Settle

	said 970 days ago (March 14th, 2007)
	ahhhh Relaxing and child like. I dig it!

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 969 days ago (March 14th, 2007)
	. ... i can see that ... yet, i don't feel relaxed ... but perhaps i do feel like we are all children at heart ... Check out my latest song called Settle

	said 969 days ago (March 15th, 2007)
	I thought I left a comment on this one. Well mabye not. Like this I feel I am in a harem in an asian mountian. Waiting for my concubine. Great visuals . the build up toward the middle is very nice I like how it almost pans from the left slowly to the right. then fills my speakers as the drums (to me) get louder. The ending is very soothing after the build up. Excellent song

SmokeyVW

SmokeyVW said 967 days ago (March 16th, 2007)

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i had noticed that you fav'd it, but maybe the comment got lost. that seems to happen now and then to me too.

i didn't intentionally pan it, but the cross fades may have caused that effect accidentally. the drums definitely do build up. a Scottish drums thing builds up in the middle and an orchestral kit does the final build up at the crescendo.

thanks for listening

Check out my latest song called Settle

elektronix	elektronix said 419 days ago (September 14th, 2008)
	nice has some "bolero" style which I often think about... Very well done! Greetings, Bernd Check out my latest song called autumn in my mind

Char	Char said 374 days ago (October 29th, 2008)
	I like what you do. I want to dance with wild abandon. Has a kind of promitive vibe. Thanks, Smokey! Check out my latest song called Do Any Thing

tokai	tokai said 372 days ago (November 1st, 2008)
	we are all going to heaven interesting forum image to coincide with this piece, i like the transcendence in the music notation. Intriguing, conceptual piece. Check out my latest song called farriage/Gaylen75

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