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How Ah Ya by SmokeyVW [Email]
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Last Played: Nov 23, 2008 - 02:13:24 PM
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Uploaded: Sep 28, 2007 - 10:25:03 PM
Last Updated: Sep 13, 2008 - 02:13:11 PM
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Description:
album: After
track 1: 4:02 Feedback
track 2: 5:12 Breathing
track 3: 7:12 Marching Through The Visible Man
track 4: 3:52 Cleft Synaptic
track 5: 5:08 Sippin' From The Big Dipper
track 6: 5:08 Ula Hemla
track 7: 2:54 Yaa Yaya Yeya Yeyeah!
track 8: 3:03 Rolling Down
track 9: 5:29 Piano
track 10: 4:07 Lucky
track 11: 7:34 How Ah Ya
track 12: 5:07 Smokey's Embers
...more albums...

Song Description

Some theta waves, just for you.

wikipedia Theta wave



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sound effects used in this song:
Daintree Rainforrest Birds 1.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=38559)
Daintree Rainforrest Birds 3.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=38561)
Daintree Rainforrest Birds 4.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=38562)
By digifishmusic (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=29541)
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I like the feel &mdash 09/29/07 - 12:02:09 AM
I really like the sense of the recording space you have created here especially on headphones. It sounds like you used stereo micing on all the instruments and that I am in the middle of the performers and the performers are in the middle of a small hut in the middle of the forest. Your beautifully simple theme compliments the overall feel extremely well. I can tell that you thought a lot about the overall effect that the acoustics of a recording have on the listener. Well done!

I'd write more but I'm too relaxed now to continue.

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. &mdash 10/12/07 - 07:38:40 PM
except for the birds, all the rest is GarageBand instruments. the birdsong samples are binaural recordings. that certainly helps with the "space" - especially on headphones. i used the Matrix Reverb on the master track to attempt to get a feeling of being in a "room" (an extension of what i learned doing Tigre Blanco a while back). i also spread apart each track using the pan controls. so, yes, i did spend some time on the sound...

thanks!

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`how am i`? &mdash 09/29/07 - 01:59:55 AM
I'm fine, now.
Nature is where we sound be, isn't it.
Tree good, concrete and steel bad.

This works for me Bill, esp. the choir.

steve


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. &mdash 10/12/07 - 07:42:11 PM
although the various acoustic guitars aren't really natural, they sound like they ought to be. (actually, i slipped in an electric guitar too.)

thank you

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This is &mdash 09/29/07 - 05:25:09 AM
really beautiful to listen to. I loved when the bass came in then the other instruments and it was like a blossom opening. Like wandering through a beautiful wooded garden. Lovely tune, thanks, M

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. &mdash 10/12/07 - 07:47:52 PM
i created this by improvising each part one at a time, pretty much in the order you hear them come in. i remember thinking it needed a bass part to hold it all together. i guess until the bass comes in, the chords aren't solidly established?

thanks for listening

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very nice &mdash 09/29/07 - 07:36:58 AM
Woke up this morning, got my coffee, sat down at the computer and here I am. Listening to your nice piece of really relaxing, soothing, comforting music. Nice way to wake up and welcome the day. Beautiful job! Thanks for sharing this.

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. &mdash 10/12/07 - 07:52:03 PM
as i type this, i'm listening to this song for the first time since i finished it. i do feel relaxed. i guess it works. it's a nice way to end the day too.

thank you for commenting

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We Have Great Sounds HERE ! &mdash 09/29/07 - 12:55:17 PM
A Real relaxing music from the nature !
A Very Wonderful Job here !
Enjoyed this piece so much, KUDOS !


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. &mdash 10/12/07 - 07:53:30 PM
thank you

i'm glad you enjoyed this

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WOW :D)* &mdash 09/29/07 - 08:11:24 PM
You must tell me about theta waves......i am very interested in the various ranges of sound.......maybe i can listen to this to get me out of REM......it is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL :D)!!!!

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. &mdash 10/12/07 - 08:02:12 PM
well, theta waves aren't really sound waves... they're brain waves... they are very low frequency, like sub-sub bass. if you played theta waves through a loudspeaker i suppose you might *feel* it, but you wouldn't hear it.

there's a bunch of info here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theta_wave

this is the main thing about theta waves that i was referring to:

"Theta rhythms are normally absent in healthy awake adults but are physiological and natural in awake children under the age of 13 years. Nonetheless, theta activity can be observed in adults during some sleep states, and in states of quiet focus, for example meditation..."

thanks for your interest

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Smokey - you're such a nice guy &mdash 09/29/07 - 08:29:31 PM
This is a beautiful gift - carefully crafted and patiently developed - just to chill our mac addicted minds and bring some peace to the ether. Thanks buddy.

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. &mdash 10/12/07 - 08:08:14 PM
LOL - it's funny how i can give away the same little gift to several people - and it's just as personal for each person - giving flowers doesn't work that way! - i love the information age.

i must admit i was surprised at the response to this song. i actually only made it for myself, for the love of creating it itself, nothing more.

thanks Bud

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Mike Olefield &mdash 09/29/07 - 09:10:58 PM
Laying on the layers of well conceived sound kind of like Mike. This one is quiet and relaxing.

Thanks
Bill

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. &mdash 10/12/07 - 08:20:24 PM
MO is one of my idols! thank you kind sir.

funny thing is, there was absolutely no plan for this song. not even a ague concept. it just happened one evening. i chose several guitar synths, and played them on the keyboard (except the choir of course).

it's all improvised, with a few fixed notes here and there. i was very tempted to "snap to grid" the timing, but i opted to leave the timing alone (except a few really messed up places that i shifted with snap turned off). the idea was to give it a natural feel.

i spent several days afterwards figuring out the acoustics of it (see my first comment reply).

and i fooled around with the order of entry for each part for a long while until i finally used mostly the order i had initially recorded them. somehow there is a natural build up that way: it captures how i made it up to begin with, i suppose.

thanks for listening

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what &mdash 09/30/07 - 12:39:57 AM
can i say that hasn't been said? i love this. it will recieve much play from me, thanks for the beautiful song.

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. &mdash 10/12/07 - 08:22:34 PM
thanks for commenting

and i hope you continue to enjoy it, even after over-playing it... B^)

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sonic contemplation &mdash 09/30/07 - 12:30:54 PM
Beautiful combination of music with nature sounds Bill. I really enjoyed this.

Be well!


Homeless For The Holidays: http://www.macjams.com/song/35622

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. &mdash 10/12/07 - 08:24:37 PM
sometimes 95 BPM is the only way to go

thank you for listening

peace,
Bill

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Wonderful... &mdash 10/01/07 - 04:19:31 PM
Bill, this is amazing pretty music. I feel like I'm sipping coconut juice in an island paradise, with the angels singing.

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. &mdash 10/12/07 - 08:27:57 PM
i once had "island fever" real bad.

although mostly recovered, i still endure flashbacks... it's tough. B^)

i find creating music helps.

thanks!

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I love da kine Maui &mdash 10/02/07 - 11:53:55 AM
this song took me right back there, too, VERY NICE!

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. &mdash 10/12/07 - 08:29:52 PM
ah yes... see previous comment.

some parts of Maui are perfect. i really hope it doesn't all vanish to "progress" one day...

thanks

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;-) &mdash 10/10/07 - 02:01:10 PM
You know i love DEPARTURE, but this tune is = for fantastic atmosh.




Im not musician
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Schello

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. &mdash 10/12/07 - 08:32:45 PM
thank you Schello

you know, "Departure" is similar in some ways... i hadn't realized that until your observation.


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Can't help &mdash 10/31/07 - 03:05:44 PM
but liking this, can you?! Very sweet in many ways. Thanks a lot for sharing!

/Henke (who seems to have forgotten to fav you as an artist until now = no email alerts for new songs, so I have a few songs to catch up with... - you ARE very productive too :-) )

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. &mdash 11/16/07 - 07:11:00 PM
thanks for dropping by to listen!

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