very spiritual and spheric ...indeed it brought
alot of old world heroic scenary ..your describtion
just so wonderful .definatly a great overture to the
HJP ..thank you and well done !!

** yoga ?

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for your always kind comments. The description is always fun to write - maybe some day I will take the time to more carefully put words together and create a story. Who knows?

And yoga - well, my jester side can't resist comparing this tune to the kind of music you hear on meditative CDs used for Tai Chi or Yoga exercises. It wasn't what I had in mind as I wrote it but it struck me that way when I was done.

Thanks again my friend!
Doug

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ambient in my book. like the way you took the time to develop the mood and introduce each instrument/element in its own way. Some of the vocal synth pads were astonishing. .that vibrato string at about the 5 minute mark? I'm not sure it fits the same mood as the rest of the piece. very small nit on my part sorry...it drew me away from my happy place. well done

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I have been playing with the new samples I bought recently and as I tried some out they seemed to be perfect for inspiring new composition on the spot. So this piece just grew out of playing around.

The vocal synth at the end is the solo soprano from EWQL Symphonic Choirs, which I adjusted to make it more pad like.

There are a few places where the notes do not come across just right, either due to sounding strident or with vibrato that might start too soon, so I'm curious about exactly where the tune got derailed from your happy place for you. If I do a clean-up I'd like to make sure I nail it. There's nothing worse than setting a pensive scene and then doing the equivalent of dropping a vase on a stone floor right in the middle of it!

In general, I hear a lot more noise in the compressed version of this tune than in the GB original, especially in the synths in part 3 of the piece. I don't know if I should be using full 24 bit processing in the mixing to avoid quantization noise or if it is inherent to the large amount of high frequency content of these synths and the MP3 compression algorithm. Any suggestions?

Thanks again for your well considered commentary and I look forward to hearing something from you in the near future!

Cheers,
Doug

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Doug, nothing so dramatic as dropping the vase :-). The melody synth that starts at 5:11 employs a heavy vibrato that that creates an element of detuning, casting a somewhat erie pallor. Please note that this is a small nit on my part. One mans detuning is another's magical moment! I thoroughly enjoyed this, and have a deep appreciation for the time that must have gone into it. Its shows in many ways

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more about what you found. I see what you mean and may come back to touch up this and a couple of other slightly strident parts. Thanks again for the appreciative and thoughtful comments and support!!

BTW, I have tried removing the normalising function in GB as davisamerica suggested and it seems to yield happier results as far as reducing what sounds like quantisation noise. Not sure why this would be so significant but the proof is in the listening. Will keep it off in future.

Thanks again!
Doug

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for the description, I enjoyed reading it. Mixed in with the music is a fine combination of musical ambient entertainment.

Spotted your post at the forum so I thought I would come in for a listen and was glad I did.

Thanks for sharing !

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Thanks for your comments on the music and the writing- they mean a lot given what I have just heard over on your site. The writing of a description is fun too, as is finding some art that rounds off the presentation of the piece.

Maybe you can bring some of your wonderful musical vitality to this little project and raise us all up a bit!

Thanks for listening!

Take care BIll,
Doug




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Nice soundscape you paint, subtle and restrained. Very evocative, especially with the story.

Cheers

Dick

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Thanks for the encouraging words. I was wondering if it was too bare bones at first but then I think the simple arrangement evokes the feeling of solitude in an expansive space I was trying to impart, so I left it alone. Glad you enjoyed it!

Cheers,
Doug

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wonderful ... as noted already i too love the way each instrument is introduced and developed. 2nd movement in song took me to a wide open sky scape .... very fittingly as described by you in into.. and it is hard to get a realistic play back when loaded at MJ from GB and alot of the time i need to mack sure my "Auto Normalize" is off in preferences when sharing to itunes to create mp3.... sometimes a mix just plays different when loaded up at MJ it seems to me, .... anyway ...beautiful work of art here Doug ...very cool and 2 hats off!!

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and besides all that other "stuff"... sounds from this end are fantastic!

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Great to have you stop by. I must say that the new sample packages I bought are so inspirational that the notes almost play themselves (but they're not loops this time :o) ). I'll try your suggestion to remove the auto normalise since it is yet another manipulation of the data.

Thanks again, and glad you liked the piece!

Doug

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...beautiful...very wide open...wonderful

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Great to have you stop by and offer your generous comments. I'm glad that the wide open feeling came across - the Journey, I think, is meant to take place on a vast stage.

Thanks again, and keep well,

Doug

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I wish I did yoga. It's actually on my to do list. Liked the story too.

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Yoga can open up the creative juices....or you can end up with a crick in the neck. I don't do it much anymore, but I did find it helpful. Thanks for having a listen and for the encouraging comments. BTW, since you are a past master at projects, if you have any suggestions for this one, or you feel inspired to musically chronicle something, I'm all ears.

Cheers,
Doug

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You description leads me to believe that your writing maybe better than your music. But, I think I could here this in a Peter Weir film. Well-done.
LL

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but there must be a common influence somewhere. Glad you liked it!

Keep well,
Doug

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Beautiful Pic :)

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Thanks for your supportive comments!
Take care,
Doug

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Wow. This piece is more sparse and ethereal than other things I've heard by a whole order of magnitude. This is seriously impressive to keep this atmosphere going for so long with so little material.



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I intentionally wanted most of this to be sparse and leave space to hopefully say a lot with very little - or at least using not too much instrumentation, even in the built-up bits. It was good practice for me to try a piece with nuance rather than the comparative hammer blows of some of my other more richly arranged compositions.

Glad you liked it Vic.

Thanks for the listen and the note.

Keep well,
Doug

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I like how you give plenty of space and time. A pleasure to listen to your music :-) Thanks for sharing!

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I intended to let this piece develop as it wanted to, which was slowly, but at times on re-listening I have the feeling that it was rushed in parts. I'm glad to hear that it worked for you!

Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment.

Keep well,

Doug

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This was simply brilliant! I must have missed to Fav you so I've not got email notifications (I will now..!). But I think this piece was stunning, so happy I found it! In parts I came to think of Vangelis' China-album. And that's pretty good in my book :-) Nice story and artwork too!

Thanks for sharing!

/Henke

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I thought this might be up your alley. I am flattered to have the Vangelis reference, although I don't know the album of which you speak. I will be checking it out though as I have been fond of his work - including some of the wilder stuff like Heaven and Hell.

Thanks again for your kind remarks and it sounds like you'll now be on the notice list for my next endeavour.

Cheers, and thanks again,
Doug

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