October Original

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This is an older, fully acoustic/analog, recording of October Bliss. I brought the song into GB to "remaster" it a bit. I submit this version because I didn't like some of the digital feeling of some parts of October Bliss. Please note that this was recorded using a standard tape deck over 10 years ago, so production is not what I'm looking to emphasize here. The original recording is extremely hissy, but GB's hipassshelffilter did wonders for that. Also, the piano is slightly out of tune, and I do not have 'Socks wizardry for miking a piano, so please focus on performance/song writing in your comments. I may record this yet again acoustically, using GB to master everything, but not until I get around to tuning my piano first. ;)

If you hated this song, you'll probably equally dislike:

October Bliss
Saturday Play
Felice

but you might hate these slightly less:

Forgotten
Drive
Brownsville Moan (Gudkarma Collab)
The Journey
Riff Raff
Farrocchia

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Lyrics

Instrumental

Song Stats

Hits: 2219
Comments: 12
Fans: 3
Plays: 207
Downloads: 81
Votes: 21
Uploaded: Sep 06, 2004 - 05:24:48 PM
Last Updated: Nov 15, 2005 - 04:01:01 PM Last Played: Jun 15, 2009 - 07:12:43 PM

Song License

Creative Commons License:
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Song Actions

Hardware:

Wurlitzer Grand Piano, Technics cassette tape deck, AudioTechnica ATM 41a mic, TiBook 1 GHz

Software:

GB 1.1

Comments

Mcboy	Mcboy said 1904 days ago (September 7th, 2004)
	arpeggio heaven....... let me count the ways i love arpeggios......great feeling and mood .... Check out my latest song called Heros( aclarke/mcboy)

	said 1904 days ago (September 7th, 2004)
	Beautiful piano piece! I enjoyed this very much. Flowing and, yes, blissfull sounds. I can't wait for October :-) You are quite good on the piano. Kudos! Jack

	said 1904 days ago (September 7th, 2004)
	glissando paradise Your fingers traverse the ivories in hurreid and unhurried fashion, creating energic release and soulful repose. Did I say that right? Great composition and execution.

Cameron	Cameron said 1901 days ago (September 10th, 2004)
	dead link? When I "click here to play song", the words disappear and nothing happens. Awwww..... What's up with that, I wonder? Might want to check it out. I look forward to hearing this soon (I hope!) Check out my latest song called EPONYM

Cameron

Cameron said 1901 days ago (September 10th, 2004)

excellent piano
I think that this "slightly out of tune" piano is actually
pleasant to listen to in this piece, and the pitch variance in
fact creates a nice atmosphere. It brings to mind sitting in
someone's parlor on a Sunday afternoon, listening their
latest composition.

It's a GOOD composition -- a nice arpeggio study, almost
sounds like a melodic etude, somewhat reminiscent of
Chopin and Lizst. The latter composer especially comes to
mind during the faster passages. You play the piano very
well, with a lot of feeling.

There's nothing like a real acoustic piano, although some
people on this site make the synthed piano sounds come
close. But nothing QUITE like the real deal.

I enjoyed this piece very much.
8-6-7-7

Check out my latest song called EPONYM

girl-X	girl-X said 1900 days ago (September 10th, 2004)
	Not the best tuned piano. But the emotional content and playing surmounts this. I enjoyed the journey! Check out my latest song called Entrance

mcsweb	mcsweb said 1900 days ago (September 10th, 2004)
	Not the best tuned piano. I have to get an 88-key controller like the one you have, and then get YOU to play the song!! LOL. Thanks so much for such a kind comment from an artist I respect as much as you. Check out my latest song called Pearls of Perfection

packosmokes	packosmokes said 1899 days ago (September 11th, 2004)
	The slightly out of tune piano... I like as well. There's something vintage about it's sound and it adds a layer of character that a tuned piano wouldn't offer. Actually, it just hit me... sounds a bit like the sound of a piano that would accompany a silent movie, only a much more romantic/classical flavor. Well done! Check out my latest song called With You

Iseae	Iseae said 1888 days ago (September 23rd, 2004)
	Phenomenal Phenomenal piano skills. Made me wish I kept to lessons for longer. The arpeggios left me wanting a little more of a melody line in the song, but not enough that I tired of the piece. Check out my latest song called Vickys Song

thetiler	thetiler said 1769 days ago (January 20th, 2005)
	Nice There is a famous classical composer-pianist trying to get out! It starts to get real inspirational! You have some nice changes in softness to. i am glad I ran into your tune! Check out my latest song called The Bluebird Cafe (with two other guest)

Emerson L	Emerson L said 1212 days ago (July 31st, 2006)
	mmm much MUCH better acoustically! Check out my latest song called A Cut Finger

Feter	Feter said 852 days ago (July 26th, 2007)
	October Original its so nice how you use the arpeggios to give the feel of Oct . welldone ! Check out my latest song called A Night With Feter feat'(Roxylee sloparts crissew johnwhitehead and Yamin AL Yamani )