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Description:
The next movement in my Arizona Suite. The first movement (probably to be renamed "rain in the canyon") can be found here.
Hardware:
My new Butch Hall padouk flute in F# minor
Software:
Logic, using 9 instances of U-he Zebra and a bucketful of effects.
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YOOOOOOOOOOOOO &mdash 12/22/07 - 05:45:30 PM
goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood. Expansive. [ Reply to This ]
Vermillion cliffs &mdash 12/22/07 - 06:08:04 PM
this is so dreamy and ye ...these lil native flutes
give the impression of a flyin eagle ..impressive ! [ Reply to This ]
I've never been &mdash 12/22/07 - 07:10:17 PM
to Arizona but this paints a picture of the desert in my head.Beautiful atmospheric music [ Reply to This ]
Thanks &mdash 12/22/07 - 07:15:26 PM
Actually, I'm sort of supplying the picture with the art work. The vermillion cliffs are a gorgeous cliff face that you encounter on your way to the north rim of the grand canyon. With the flat landscape it feels like you're driving towards and along them forever. It's quite a sight.
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repitition is cool &mdash 12/22/07 - 08:45:35 PM
I like the electronified twangy shamisen-sound that is the twangy backdrop for this, and the Tangerine Dream washes across the landscape... as usual, your flute work is great. I liked the surprising/unexpected dissonant chord you temporarily hit at about the 3/4 mark... but this needs some final synth crescendo and a few sustained twangs at the end, not a fade-out! :-)
I was at the North Rim when I was 9, camping... I gotta go back soon!
ttfn,
Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
Let's disagree &mdash 12/22/07 - 08:53:16 PM
You've chided me before about my fade-outs and you were exactly right. That was just laziness. But in this case I wanted the tune to end as gently as it began. It's not a fade out, it's a winding down. Everyone converges on the tonic, and there is nothing more to say.
Dissonant chord: yeah, I was getting bored with playing pentatonic, so I threw in some chromatic fingerings :-) [ Reply to This ]
soft endings are good... &mdash 12/22/07 - 09:42:10 PM
and given what you wished to do here, it worked (so I'm not chiding too hard)... but it did feel like perhaps it was ready to glide into the next segment. Maybe you'll pick up there and build mementum into the next part of your suite? [ Reply to This ]
fadeout &mdash 12/28/07 - 09:35:39 AM
I gotta agree with you Vic, the fadeout is perfect here. I can just see in my mind's eye the sun setting and a chill "glow" coming off the cliffs. Works wonders in my opinion. [ Reply to This ]
This is great &mdash 12/22/07 - 10:58:10 PM
I love the patience of it - a build-up and almost a tension. Rich washing chords...the flute sounds terrific - lovely tone and nice playing. Very cool. I was taken away. Made me think very much of a bird in flight (with me being the bird...). Nice work. Peace. [ Reply to This ]
dreamy &mdash 12/23/07 - 02:17:46 AM
It is &mdash 12/23/07 - 08:09:01 AM
remarkable the space you built in here, and "Expansive" certainly puts it perspective. I love the work you've done with the flute and built -out- from. Chilling. comes to mind, and a sense of original American heritage
Really nice.
. - Harold [ Reply to This ]
Cinematic &mdash 12/23/07 - 09:42:00 AM
Nice Cover image.
Native to where? Some Asian percussion insistence at the open.
Swirling colors and counterpoint.
The Sun god will, no doubt, be pleased.
Big change for you, no?
very best regards to You,
Cooper
Merry Christmas, too. [ Reply to This ]
Siliconised Sand Art &mdash 12/23/07 - 11:37:13 AM
I'll second the comment about patience. That's a pretty rich-sounding backdrop there; and that chromatic shift that Drakonis likes is definitely the heads-up that the next movement's on it's way...
This is beautiful!
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cliffs of beauty &mdash 12/23/07 - 07:07:26 PM
nice composite of natural instruments and some very cool fx. It sounded like it'd be right at home in the planatarium for the priemeire of cliff gliding from the Vermillion Heights. Delicate and mesmerizing. [ Reply to This ]
Impressive &mdash 12/24/07 - 04:12:37 AM
I lived in Tucson... &mdash 12/24/07 - 12:45:06 PM
...for about 6 years, way back when...
Great, great picture of sound, Vic...and love the artwork. It's an incredibly beautiful, mysterious, and powerful area of the world.
I love this... [ Reply to This ]
Great mood .. &mdash 12/24/07 - 02:15:47 PM
.. and vibe. The almost chanting rhythmic synths give this mesmerising feel. Glorious soundscape .. full but
with so much space .. which is very fitting for the
subject at hand. Kudos. [ Reply to This ]
Native american? &mdash 12/24/07 - 07:59:13 PM
Never knew they had a genre of music.
Sounds good. Would go great in a documentry on natives. [ Reply to This ]
Mesmerizing &mdash 12/24/07 - 08:25:34 PM
This is a beautiful sound painting. Love the flute, it blends in so beautifully with the sound textures. That Zebra synth is pretty cool, great textures. Nice job on this.
--Grhaam [ Reply to This ]
most intriguing &mdash 12/24/07 - 10:44:51 PM
i listened to this late last night and was pretty well blown away.
listened again this morning, still blown away. i liked how it would build then unwind, so to speak.
what really has me scratching my head though was how did you get that gated synth? [ Reply to This ]
not gated, arpeggiated &mdash 12/25/07 - 06:21:48 PM
Ok, all of the synths in that piece are Zebra from u-he.com. That particular sound is a preset that's using the built-in arpeggiator. I guess that sound can be reproduced with almost any virtual analog synth, but the arpeggiator pattern is more pleasing than normal.
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Fantastic post Vic! &mdash 12/25/07 - 12:59:58 AM
Soundtrack quality piece of work - very impressed with the relentless nature of this and the great sounds you've used.
Just got an iPod, so this will be among my first songs to go on (once I get a new OS that is!).
Classy music!
Neil [ Reply to This ]
Wow &mdash 12/25/07 - 11:43:23 AM
flawless soundstage and production &mdash 12/25/07 - 08:25:09 PM
No big ending needed. This is a perfect ending for this. the cliffs will always be there. The song will always be there. We turn away from the sight but we still know it is there. A big ending would be totally wrong. [ Reply to This ]
native american... &mdash 12/27/07 - 12:53:15 PM
...I really didn't know what to expect from this genre... Great bed of rich sounds, absolutely enchanting. So nice to dream away in those cold winter months...
-Walt [ Reply to This ]
Well...... &mdash 12/27/07 - 01:55:03 PM
this is not normally what you expect from "native american" music.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Victor. [ Reply to This ]
Vermillion cliffs &mdash 12/28/07 - 02:37:20 AM
oh man! &mdash 12/28/07 - 09:33:03 AM
I love the interesting percussion, not sure what it is, but the sonic quality is amazing and I really dig the rhythms...
Really cool soundscape that you've created here. You can actually visualize the cliffs as you listen to the song... the sun rising, seeing them basking in the mid-day heat, and the eventual cooling as the sun sets. Kinda circle of life stuff.
I love these kind of musical metaphors.
Mason
(on a side note, I would love to throw some crazy, crushingly heavy guitar over some similar type of percussion). [ Reply to This ]
awesome sonic &mdash 12/28/07 - 10:17:36 AM
tapestry u have going on here.......the mesmerizing rhythmic current and the spiritual indian melody just creates some magic.....bravo!!!1 [ Reply to This ]
I can feel the heat and the tranquility &mdash 12/29/07 - 10:34:49 AM
of the desert here with this tune. At least in my mind. A great way to capture the feeling, and the pic helps too.
Way go, lots of interesting sounds. Like how you morph the flute a bit to make a more distant fee. LIke the almost bend-saw sound to give a parched-drench seeking sound. When I read the description, like the what could be rain drops sound in a kind of avant garde way.
Having a picture is great isn't it? It really provides a great landscape for your terrific tune. Like that subtle bass as the end, that da,da, dadada. Cool.
Way to go! [ Reply to This ]
makes me proud to have some native blood in my veins.... &mdash 12/29/07 - 12:36:22 PM
i liked the way it just starts out and sets you on the path, looking for the flute. i can only imagine how much of a task it is to get the recording just right on a woodwind... this is a great performance, and a stellar recording. so glad i stopped by
Allen [ Reply to This ]
you nailed this... &mdash 12/29/07 - 04:55:40 PM
it is mysterious and atmospheric... You've taken me to the painted desert at sunrise... a drive I will never forget... a wonderful seamless mix of the organic and the synthetic... [ Reply to This ]
Very cool- &mdash 12/30/07 - 03:24:24 PM
The effects are great. I just got a set of 2 Butch Hall flutes for Christmas from my husband. (In G and A) I'm hoping to improve some of my pieces I posted before (played on PVC pipe flute.) I like how you have a modern, new-agey, ambient vibe, yet the flute has its really characteristic sound. This spins out really nicely. [ Reply to This ]
Moody &mdash 01/10/08 - 06:04:01 PM
Sets a nice mood, A lot going on on here. Clean. Good mixing and production.
Sounds like an intro to a song. I could hear big drums come into it as it transform into a rock song.
LL
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6 minute intro? &mdash 01/10/08 - 09:21:02 PM
I don't see this as an intro. It has a full narrative arc to it. Nothing is needed after this track.
And I think I'll pass on the drums.
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Sorry Vic &mdash 01/11/08 - 07:44:05 AM
I didn't mean your song sucked at all. I really enjoyed it, actually. I didn't want a 6 min intro. Just thought it would blend nicely with another.
Next time I'll write "nice" song. I thought this was about exchanging ideas and thoughts. Just spit-balling, did actually want you to DO it.
No offense.
Dave [ Reply to This ]
I hope you understand &mdash 01/11/08 - 09:15:25 AM
different &mdash 01/14/08 - 03:38:00 PM
Artful combination of synth sounds and flute.
There's a fine line between hypnotic and relentless. Most of the time this piece was the former, but occasionally shifted to the latter. Perhaps more variation in the texture would help avoid this.
The nicest moments occurred when you backed down the synth volume while bringing up the flute's. This created an effective shift of sound, a welcomed break for the ears.
In general I would have liked to hear the flute more prominently featured in this piece, but the overall effect you created here works well.
I'm sorry not to have gotten to this page sooner, but the holidaze and then an extended power outage prevented me from doing so.
HAPPY 2008! [ Reply to This ]
Happy new year &mdash 01/14/08 - 10:06:18 PM
Interesting way of phrasing it, hypnotic vs relentless. I admit that ocassionally I stretch the material a bit far.
Nine different synth parts and you want more variety? Hm. Maybe sometimes less is more.
Thanks for listening and thanks for your insightful comments as always.
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you got it &mdash 01/15/08 - 10:40:30 PM
when I wrote "more variation in texture" meaning THINNER texture.
I apologize for not being more specific, but you understood it any case, a definite "plus" for all. Thanks [ Reply to This ]
Stargate &mdash 01/22/08 - 07:41:02 PM
Sounds like an episode of Stargate SG-1, where the team transports to an Arizona-like world, and later finds out they were in Arizona the whole time!
Seriously, it does sound like a Sci-Fi soundtrack for a Native-American-themed movie. Your flute is very soulful, and is a great centerpiece for this track.
So many layers here, hard to know what to comment on. I love the synth parts, and the swirling filters and pan effects. The percussive synth is weird in a very good way.
Emotional and robotic at the same time. Cool. [ Reply to This ]
A rarity... &mdash 01/26/08 - 06:41:53 PM
The first I can recall hearing on MJ of this nature. Very charismatic piece of music. Hypnotic and soothing. I would have liked to see the flute featured more- I was really blown away by it! Liked much- thanks! [ Reply to This ]
Impressive! &mdash 01/30/08 - 11:02:36 PM
quite professional IMHO. Hypnotic, trance inducing, fascinating....I consider Arizona my 3rd home and pictures like yours evoke good memories. [ Reply to This ]
very artistic &mdash 02/05/08 - 11:56:38 PM
.. and clever. I'm really enjoying the vast movement that happens. My brain and ears were pretty taxed from being in the studio all day, and this totally hit the spot. I'm certainly no authority on this type of music at all, but I can sincerely say that it took me on a journey and left me in a much improved mood. Wonderful composition! [ Reply to This ]
gorgeous &mdash 02/07/08 - 07:17:57 PM
the sustained notes of the flute against the excellent backing rain of varied sounds set a holy mood - spiritual, spacious, special.
bravo!
anne
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I like it so much!!!CDC &mdash 02/09/08 - 11:15:55 AM
Vermillion Cliffs &mdash 02/09/08 - 11:24:07 AM
I'm really taken by the trance-like nature of this piece. You really know what you're doing with the flute. For what it's worth, (not knowing any history about fade-out feedback), I thought the ending allowed the piece to "let go" just perfectly. [ Reply to This ]
Lovely narrative &mdash 02/10/08 - 12:46:47 AM
in a scintillating soundscape. So many images are generated from this piece. A wonderful composition and performance.
Be well,
Doug [ Reply to This ]
! &mdash 02/10/08 - 02:09:39 PM
Loved it from the first note... so different and interesting... nice complimenting textures from the many instruments over an intriguing bed. [ Reply to This ]
Brilliant!!! &mdash 02/21/08 - 07:37:58 PM
Great! &mdash 04/25/08 - 09:04:00 AM
Simply magnificent. I enjoyed it a lot. This has a great Native spirit! KUDOS!
Take Care
- Yeman A. Al-Rawi [ Reply to This ]
Just as the picture &mdash 05/10/08 - 02:50:29 PM
I agree with the first comment
Expansive
I love the way it builds
:-) [ Reply to This ]
For the eyes also &mdash 07/23/08 - 10:20:43 AM
Very well done , music for looking inside or somewhere .
Contemporary dancers would be interesting over this . [ Reply to This ]
I enjoy listening to &mdash 09/05/08 - 11:06:49 AM
music that was created by masterful hands and which is so unique to just one person. Without you, we wouldn't have this. I can sit back, close my eyes and envision a landscape, a climate and a people. Thank you. [ Reply to This ]
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