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Love the intro... &mdash 03/30/07 - 11:19:12 PM
...and the keyboard playing throughout, and the hooks. The arrangement and mix is very professional. An addictive, clever number that works its way in and sets up shop. I've been humming it ever since I first listened. Sweet. [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 03/31/07 - 07:20:40 PM
the intro ended up being inevitable - and it happened nearly last in the process of writing this. the intro choir was next to last, and the ocean sound effects were the very last element i added.
it started from keyboard improvs plus a LOT of pencil tool editing. thanks for noticing the mix - i spent some effort on that too.
thanks for dropping by [ Reply to This ]
Yeah! &mdash 03/31/07 - 03:54:57 AM
. &mdash 03/31/07 - 07:07:03 PM
Love this... &mdash 03/31/07 - 07:18:20 AM
great choir! Very complete arranged.The melody is now in my ears and I think, I will not loose it for the next hours...
Great! Downloaded and fav!
Thanks for sharing!
elektronix [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 03/31/07 - 07:13:28 PM
i did spend a while on the choir - it's not perfect, but i made do with the chords i wanted to use. glad to hear that that hook actually hooked you.
thanks [ Reply to This ]
If I could only play this well - &mdash 03/31/07 - 10:36:01 AM
I wouldn't have to compose "conceptually", as it were. The fact that you have the chops and the bent towards "concept" just raises the bar that much higher and makes everything you do a treat for the ears. This is pretty amazing Bill - beautiful melody, orchestration and production. Thanks for posting. [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 03/31/07 - 06:47:40 PM
i should send you the original piano take. (it's embarrassing actually.) it appears that in this case i figured out how to make a silk purse from a sow's ear.
i can't think fast enough to make my fingers do my will. they just pound away as my reptilian brain wants them to.
after the fact, GB lets me change all the notes and nuances into something my cerebral cortex enjoys hearing.
thanks for listening! [ Reply to This ]
Man!... &mdash 03/31/07 - 01:54:42 PM
I got the 'feel good' chills... Very nice SV
What a beautiful space to hang out in this morning.
And already, I needed that...
Thanks! Macca [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 03/31/07 - 07:09:01 PM
and atlantis shall rise &mdash 03/31/07 - 02:06:07 PM
a nice piece for the brain waves. a good reminder not to buy beachfront property :-) [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 03/31/07 - 07:05:55 PM
but... Alantis may yet rise again.
the mythos is inspiring.
thanks for listening [ Reply to This ]
Wow! GREAT! &mdash 03/31/07 - 02:27:20 PM
I've long been a reader and devotee of Plato. I disagree with Aristotle. I believe Plato's account of Atlantis to be an attempt to pass on the story of an ACTUAL civilization and catastrophic event (however garbled over time). So I listened to this with eager anticipation. Very lovely. I really enjoy your keyboard work in this work of simple and reverent beauty. Abundant kudos friend!
Be well! [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 03/31/07 - 06:39:13 PM
i struggled with finding a pic for this song. i usually try to come up with a good one. but i settled for a generic ocean.
try googling atlantis - a huge, rich, deep vein of history that is clearly in our cultural roots implicitly. no one obvious pic would fit the bill.
thanks for listening! [ Reply to This ]
a work of art &mdash 03/31/07 - 04:09:18 PM
Free form feeling. a ride on a boat at midday nothing but wind and a bottle of wine. Realy good!!! [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 03/31/07 - 07:00:36 PM
i always find that water, and the ocean in particular, has a certain magic to it. perhaps that's part of the whole Altantis mystique?
thanks [ Reply to This ]
Im drowning &mdash 03/31/07 - 08:19:59 PM
in this melody. Very beautiful and intoxicating at the same time. Almost a beyond what we know kind of feel to it. Well made jam. [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 03/31/07 - 09:19:22 PM
H2O - it gives life & it can take it away. a deep symmetry there.
the "beyond what we know" is all around us all the time. mostly we can't see it. i wish i could tap into it more often!
thanks
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Hi &mdash 04/01/07 - 12:05:00 AM
Thanks for this one. Diddo what every body else is saying...
I downloaded this cause i love to make playlists with cool soothing tunes...and this fits the bill
cool
soothing
creative
well done
and
best of all
free ...on so many levels
thank you my friend
peace
tim
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. &mdash 04/01/07 - 08:23:41 PM
Soothing &mdash 04/01/07 - 02:08:58 AM
Bill, that choir is fabulous!
This is tremendously pleasant to listen to and I'm always intrigued by the combinations you think of. The instrument mix here isn't the most traditional, but it works completely and is better because it's unexpected.
If I were on my own computer right now, I'd download this. I'm going to do it later, for sure. [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 04/01/07 - 08:50:58 PM
i really like that choir sound myself: my last few songs have been experiments including that particular synth. honestly, it sounds so nice to me that just almost randomly hitting keys on the keyboard seems to sound wonderful. (i get that way about new instruments a lot.) it does take some fiddling with the controls to get it just so, but it's a lovely sounding synth.
i'm also in the same mindset about that Erhu - it's new (to me) and wonderful. that one is really hard to control. i feel i only did an adequate job here with it.
for an outstanding use of the Ehru, check out Heroes by Parichayaka http://www.macjams.com/song/29032 - that song made me run right out to the Apple store and buy the World Music jampack for the Erhu.
thank you for listening
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nice &mdash 04/01/07 - 12:59:31 PM
. &mdash 04/01/07 - 08:35:37 PM
the picture i found (it's a tiny detail from a NASA photo) had green water.
the water in the Altantic Ocean usually varies from green to brown - so it looks normal to me. but i guess the ocean can be crystal clear, or blue, or even black in some places. probably other colors i haven't heard of.
i'm curious why you asked: what color do you usually associate with the ocean?
thanks for listening! [ Reply to This ]
Funny... &mdash 04/01/07 - 09:39:01 PM
I just spent my afternoon reading about Atlantis, and Minoan Crete and that whole civilization...
It's nice to find this here at the end of that reading...
A very pleasant listen, Bill...
Ed [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 04/01/07 - 09:54:20 PM
thanks Ed
i spent the afternoon ripping out old linoleum off the kitchen floor. and fighting with cabinets, kickplates, a refrigerator, and old gas range, etc., etc. and placating our cats who both thought we had lost our minds. and there were some band-aids involved as well. uggh.
a quiet afternoon reading about Atlantis sounds nice.
thanks for listening! [ Reply to This ]
like the rising part &mdash 04/25/07 - 01:42:53 PM
very jazzy... smart tune :) excellent production. maybe some percussions would make good addition, not sure about that. take care. [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 04/25/07 - 05:51:12 PM
uggh... details...
i agree, you are right. the drums just got left behind here. i just don't seem to have the bandwidth to listen to a mix from all the perspectives that ought to be considered. percussion is a blind spot for me i suppose, i've done this before, again and again.
thank you for listening and commenting.
(i hope i eventually learn to pay more attention to the percussion tracks!) [ Reply to This ]
I love this One! &mdash 04/29/07 - 07:37:00 PM
The constancy of waves caressing the shore sends a rush of the connectedness of all through me. The certainty of the pull of the moon and the lull of the tides at one with the music of the universe. At first the music seems to have the feeling of old wooden ships setting sail on a fresh start at a new life in a new world, then it changes to a decidedly Aztec or Andean theme reaching for the shore, and ending with the sound of the constant waves, of certain nirvana. But the picture looks like the Atlantic. :-) [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 04/29/07 - 08:36:28 PM
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