its a mind game ? or a dream vision ..all I know
its fantastic and genuine ...thnx for sharing !!

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this was a loop-fest

and some silly games based on the word "orb"...

thank you

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Or is that even you doing the speaking? This is great. The New Age/ Ambient genre fascinates me, and this is a great example - it blends and rolls, but holds the attention completely. Great sounds, and excellent arrangement, full of dynamism while maintaining the flow. This put me in a good mood. Thanks! Love the pic, too btw. Nice work. Your fun is ours. Peace.

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this is a whole bunch of GB loops - modified in various ways to fit together and blend as needed. the over all form of the song is A-B-A. (it really does mostly repeat the A part twice)

i added the voice at the very end of the composing process - because i thought the song lacked a "hook" - by coincidence, the duration of the voice speaking the text matched very closely to the song duration, only a few minor tweaks were needed to make it all line up nicely.

thanks

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This is wonderful - I dunno what was played live and what wasn't but I tend not to care.This is positively a tapestry of colour.Exploding with life.Theres a big hiss with one of the tracks in the middle and - I LIKE that!.I'd like to know what the voice is saying and what language its in - the new songs coming up to 2008 here are certainly very world influenced me included - its great - like a golden voyage into the future! the drumming here is really in my face even though I have a pair of gaffertaped headphones on to my ears.Whats that accordian? is it an accordian? it sounds like a dinky one I still have secret regrets about selling - it could fit in a backpack

rg

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are those the mysterious orbs in your photo? i only ever captured them at night

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yep - those are the orbs!

i was googling for a picture with orbs and came across this. the black circles over the faces are a hoot!

this pic combined the idea of fun and orbs nicely...

i processed the picture to make them really stand out.

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thanks for your detailed comment - (you really listened carefully to this!)

everything here came out of GB software synths - even that swishing noise thing - except for the voice which is a processed Vicki (the Mac speech Vicki)

that accordian is Polka Accordian from JamPack World Music - the loop is Bavarian Accordian 10, modified quite a bit.


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i had Vicky speak the words, and used the Vocal Transformer to shift them to a male voice. it is intentionally EQ'd to make the words just beyond intelligibility.

but - the song description is the key that unlocks all.

once you know where to look, you can actually read along...

i was looking for a "World Music" genre and it seems that there is none. New Age might work...



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There's a sense of fun running right through it and I love the subtle touches like the vocals on the edge of audibility.

Cheers

Dick

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i was goofing around a lot on this one.

the vocal thing was added very near the end of the process. i think it makes all the difference...

thanks!

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and smokey round the fire and everything that makes this orb sing. Music of the spheres. Excellent!

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i like that: music of the spheres

thanks Bud

no idea if this is relevant:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(mythology)

Once Pan had the audacity to compare his music with that of Apollo, and to challenge Apollo, the god of the lyre, to a trial of skill. Tmolus, the mountain-god, was chosen to umpire. Pan blew on his pipes, and with his rustic melody gave great satisfaction to himself and his faithful follower, Midas, who happened to be present. Then Apollo struck the strings of his lyre. Tmolus at once awarded the victory to Apollo, and all but Midas agreed with the judgment. He dissented, and questioned the justice of the award. Apollo would not suffer such a depraved pair of ears any longer, and turned Midas' ears into those of a donkey.

but it's fun

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world music instrumentation (from all over the world), this is a really fun piece of music. another piece that would be very evocative in the right film. great job man.

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thank you

once in a while i wonder if cinematography might be a fun thing to try out some time. i guess i would start from a song such as this one, and then pretty soon despair at how expensive it would be to fly to Malaysia or somewhere to get the perfect shot for the film.

how do they do that stuff without spending tons of $$$?


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...quite an outing...

Love this tune. Dancing orbs...happy li'l critters...then they get a bit ornery, jetting through my head like that...then back to their li'l hoppy selves, again.

Post the lyrics?

;)

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the song description is the key that unlocks all.

once you know where to look, you can actually read along...

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