THIS IS VERY MOVING.......... &mdash 05/10/07 - 09:29:54 PM
Beautiful sounds.......very touching, and sad emotionally.......because.....I know how all of your Discription words relate, and why........hence the airplane is the last to be heard. Oh, this song serves as a warning......and I hope that we can change things so that we can always hear the birds sing, and think strait again........................................wouldn't that be wonderful :)* [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 05/17/07 - 08:51:21 PM
hi - i haven't replied to your comment until now because i was unsure how i felt about this song myself...
i really like your interpretation, it resonates with many of my thoughts/fears about the world as it it today. but, it accidentally seems to have tapped into some ideas i hold that i didn't intend to express in this song! funny how that can happen.
i was mostly trying to capture my feelings about the fear of getting old. all the rest of the details just crept in as ways of trying to express that. maybe humanity itself is getting old as well, and maybe that's exactly the way to view what you described. i understand your words. i remember "The Last Whale"...
thank you [ Reply to This ]
really exquisite vibe &mdash 05/10/07 - 09:44:19 PM
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Beautiful &mdash 05/10/07 - 10:04:49 PM
Quite melancholy, but touching, and dramatic. Some remarkable sounds. I love the cello (sound?) and its mournful theme. I was reminded of Erik Satie in parts, and a friend's mother in another and a dozen twilights...Truly demonstrative of the power of music. Downloaded, and much appreciated. Peace. [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 05/17/07 - 09:42:58 PM
the cello is the Fitch Cello - you can get that from MacJams on the Media Center link I think...
i'm encouraged to hear that this song evoked some images and emotions for you - that's something i believe music should do - so, for me, it means i succeeded here.
thank you [ Reply to This ]
this &mdash 05/11/07 - 12:46:13 AM
is probably my fave smokeyvw song yet. i love when the piano and cello start to dissolve into the reverb. beautiful melody. really nice one smokey. [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 05/17/07 - 09:48:17 PM
i was happy to find that the dissolve into reverb effect was just the thing i needed for this song... during reviews of the mix, i started hearing other string accompaniment emerging out of the reverb - that is not really there - it was a sort of audio hallucination i guess...
thanks! [ Reply to This ]
Ambience &mdash 05/11/07 - 02:18:15 PM
Beautiful combination of instruments and live sounds. I have birds and planes and cars outside my open window, not sure where your music ends and the sounds from outside begin. [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 05/17/07 - 09:52:56 PM
LOL - i know exactly what you mean about that blurry edge between recording and reality. many sounds i record are literally right outside my window - like this song. so when i play them back on the speakers it gets confusing at times. maybe that is part of the point here? i dunno.
thank you [ Reply to This ]
so beautiful &mdash 05/11/07 - 03:16:58 PM
and easy to accept, but then it begins to scare me as a place I could end up someday against my will. [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 05/17/07 - 09:56:42 PM
depending on how you interpret the meaning of this song, it could definitely refer to a place many of us will eventually get to indeed. let's all enjoy the day today - who knows what tomorrow will be.
thanks for listening [ Reply to This ]
RE your... &mdash 05/11/07 - 04:37:45 PM
...Song Description: all the usual stuff I see...
Melancholy...sullen...but not dark by any means...a paean to the paradoxes of being?
Very lovely Smokey.
The Goodwillys are in town:
http://www.macjams.com/song/31605
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. &mdash 05/17/07 - 10:00:37 PM
yup. same old same old...
there's always light to be seen, even if it might someday fade away.
just the knowledge it's fading throws a sort of light of its own.
thank you Amagi [ Reply to This ]
as nature fades away &mdash 05/11/07 - 07:30:07 PM
real nice. a good day in the back yard pulling weeds. quite ominus at the end. subtle yet dramatic. [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 05/17/07 - 10:03:11 PM
Another interesting piece &mdash 05/11/07 - 08:13:08 PM
I always find your stuff interesting and evocotive.
I'm not sure that PCD is more bad than good.
The real pain is that man(kind) knows his fate. [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 05/17/07 - 10:05:04 PM
Lovely &mdash 05/11/07 - 10:53:56 PM
resigned to the way things go. Comfort in the cello, angst in the vehicle noise. Smokey is my audio poet. [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 05/17/07 - 10:06:39 PM
A really beautiful piece here &mdash 05/12/07 - 12:58:16 AM
The gradual dissolution is very emotional. You never cease to intrigue and open new territories of musical exploration. Nicely done. [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 05/17/07 - 10:10:41 PM
yes, the dissolve effect really works. it's really intense on headphones!
thanks for the vote of confidence - i truly think music has no bounds, except our imaginations
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Emotions &mdash 05/12/07 - 04:14:10 PM
Out right statements From the cradle to the grave or the change of years. Time will not stand still the scene of this world is changing. Just a few things that popped into my mind Thanks [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 05/17/07 - 10:12:52 PM
thanks for the dip into your stream of consciousness. i hear you: that's what i was thinking too. [ Reply to This ]
Awakening &mdash 05/13/07 - 01:22:25 AM
In the spring, having left the windows open to the night, the new day fades into my consciousness first with birdsong; they need no alarm clock to greet their world. "I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself..." (D.H.Lawrence?) And in the half light, I lie there listening, warm, muscles relaxed, content in the moment. Then the hushed slow beginning of the commuters exodus. The sun brings back colours to the world, and I hear the first small plane out from the airport near my safe little haven rushing headlong, straining toward the technology of the new day...just five more minutes I tell myself...then ten before I have to join the race of the new day caffine in hand to soften the onslaught. [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 05/17/07 - 10:18:32 PM
you are absolutely right! this is certainly another way to understand this song. you nailed it. it's certainly more upbeat than my viewpoint.
as i wrote to Paddler recently on an earlier song, i'm only the composer - what do i know about what this song really means?
this is exactly why music is so fascinating. there is no right answer to "what does it mean?"
thanks Carole [ Reply to This ]
peaceful song &mdash 05/13/07 - 08:22:40 AM
. &mdash 05/17/07 - 10:20:00 PM
Beautifully cyclical... &mdash 05/13/07 - 02:20:51 PM
I'd change one word and describe this as a "progressive dissolution", a merging of the particular into the universal...
Lovely performance and lovely recording...
Ed [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 05/17/07 - 10:22:51 PM
thanks Ed
i like that: "a merging of the particular into the universal" - that nicely describes the effect of fading from a totally dry track to a completely wet reverbed one... [ Reply to This ]
Our environment &mdash 05/13/07 - 10:17:46 PM
and the nature of life act as a collage. Your music could as well been a running stream, seeking paths to unknown places though unfamiliar landscapes to the sea.
Nicely done.
Doug [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 05/17/07 - 10:26:22 PM
OK, i could hear a running stream... but it would need to evolve into something - perhaps a powerboat ripping past...
but, seriously, i like your metaphor of the stream seeking its path to the ocean. a theme i appreciate. (see my Plankton album.)
thank you [ Reply to This ]
Moody &mdash 05/16/07 - 02:06:23 AM
A tremendous piece of work. I can only give you my interpretation of this, which may not be as you intended ... the lively, joyful sounds of nature, eventually overlayed with a feeling of sadness, music representing the output of humans, and then the dull roar of engines.... man vs nature, nature loses.
steve [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 05/17/07 - 10:31:06 PM
yeah, i can see that the 'nature loses' concept did sneak in here somehow. it's perfectly OK by me to interpret this song this way. my intent is secondary in reality. what each listener experiences is what counts.
thanks Steve [ Reply to This ]
wow &mdash 05/17/07 - 08:46:21 PM
this may be one of my all time favorites here on macjams.
the funny thing is, on the side, where it says "related products," is a listing for birdsong ringtones. Hilarious but somehow appropo to your song.
Like I said in chat, I love what Morning Light says. Perceptive. Each melody emerging like each of our inventions. These are the things that frighten and still me. [ Reply to This ]
. &mdash 05/17/07 - 10:36:21 PM
those product things make me laugh too. they're especially off-the-mark on sarcastic threads. LOL
you know, i hadn't really thought of each melodic component as being one specific word in the description - but you're right, it's pretty close to that, isn't it? i tend to work instinctively and sometimes these obvious things escape my notice...
thank you!
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flip &mdash 05/19/07 - 03:26:37 PM
kids, at least when i was a kid, seem to be much more attuned to nature than older folk. i think this exposes the true nature of the human mind - still very much programmed by evolution to be aware and in resonance with the natural world.
as our children grow up, we inundate them with layer upon layer of human abstractions until ultimately their innate programming gets overrun by our modern view of life. then they are deemed "grownups". but something important gets lost in the process.
perhaps i have changed my mind about this song. maybe what i just described is what "Fade" might actually be all about?
[ "art". man, it drives me crazy. what in the heck does it mean, anyway? ] [ Reply to This ]
True ambient &mdash 07/04/07 - 02:52:47 PM
This is a beautiful piece of true ambient, where there is no beat, just relaxing soundscapes that can produce images and feelings. Very nice, well done. [ Reply to This ]
flip &mdash 07/05/07 - 07:36:59 PM
kids, at least when i was a kid, seem to be much more attuned to nature than older folk. i think this exposes the true nature of the human mind - still very much programmed by evolution to be aware and in resonance with the natural world.
as our children grow up, we inundate them with layer upon layer of human abstractions until ultimately their innate programming gets overrun by our modern view of life. then they are deemed "grownups". but something important gets lost in the process.
perhaps i have changed my mind about this song. maybe what i just described is what "Fade" might actually be all about?
[ "art". man, it drives me crazy. what in the heck does it mean, anyway? ]
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Thought provoking, &mdash 09/20/08 - 08:25:41 PM
Mind bending. Soothing and the jarring. Tiny birds sing but big metal birds drone. Do we sacrifice quaint prettiness to stark necessity? Do we lose sight of the natural when the shadow of the man made falls upon us?
Yes. We do.
Very very unique. Thanks for being one of a kind. [ Reply to This ]
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