the memory of stars

Mystified

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This song came about as I was experimenting with synths and sounds in Logic.
It reminded me of evenings stargazing through a Celestron telescope as a child...ah the possibilities in imagination!!

Music and mystery...and the sky's the limit in combining musical and sonic elements...

Photograph "Eagle Nebula: Pillars of Creation" courtesy of ESA and NASA

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Hits: 931
Comments: 39
Fans: 27
Plays: 130
Downloads: 52
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Uploaded: Jan 11, 2009 - 11:29:15 PM
Last Updated: Jan 11, 2009 - 11:29:15 PM Last Played: Nov 19, 2009 - 02:56:22 PM

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Mystified (163), sbc (68), stars (47), ambience (16), experimental (400), imagination (27), creation (11), possibilities (1)

Hardware:

MacBook, MacMini, MAudio 61es Keystation, Behringer B-1 microphone

Software:

Logic Pro

Comments

Feter	Feter said 318 days ago (January 11th, 2009)
	the memory of stars Interestin ..I would go and look further for the keys your added before your choir ...still its very much si fi filmscores like .. nice job ...thnx alot for sharin !!!! Check out my latest song called A Night With Feter feat'(Roxylee sloparts crissew johnwhitehead and Yamin AL Yamani )

Mystified	Mystified said 317 days ago (January 12th, 2009)
	thank you Feter :) I've always loved soundtracks, and there always seems to be one playing in the back of my mind, so I suppose it's apt that this sounds like a filmscore :) Thanks for your comments here. Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

particledots	particledots said 318 days ago (January 11th, 2009)
	Absolutely Brilliant Perfect soundscape from a perfect universe Check out my latest song called Mt St Helen - (Cadence Corrected Mix)

Mystified	Mystified said 317 days ago (January 12th, 2009)
	thank you, B That's such a lovely comment...thank you very much :) sbc Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

LunaTrick	LunaTrick said 318 days ago (January 12th, 2009)
	Super ambience... Love the minimal use of your voice.... nice! Check out my latest song called Luna Gypsy Heart II (Eternal Firelight)

Mystified	Mystified said 317 days ago (January 12th, 2009)
	Thank you Daniel I wanted to let the intervals add to that ambience--glad you liked the minimalist approach :) And thanks for listening. Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

dirigent	dirigent said 318 days ago (January 12th, 2009)
	The Memory of Stars What a great, effective track. Spacy sounds, wonderful deep mix, love the low frequency range iuxtaposed against the high synths and your voice. An amazingly captivating sparse vocal setting. Fantastic science-fiction-audioplay. Excellent!!! Check out my latest song called Autumn

Mystified	Mystified said 317 days ago (January 12th, 2009)
	Thank you, Andreas I never know if my experimental works are going to 'connect' with many, so I appreciate knowing that you enjoyed listening to this one :) Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

Komrade K	Komrade K said 317 days ago (January 12th, 2009)
	Truly cosmic! A sonic feast and a very assured production. KK Check out my latest song called Ye Mariners All

Mystified	Mystified said 317 days ago (January 12th, 2009)
	Thank you! It's nice to see your comment here, KK! Thank you for listening, and for the kind words :) Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

Outtaorbit	Outtaorbit said 317 days ago (January 12th, 2009)
	Very nice Drifting with a purpose through the cosmos Check out my latest song called Sea Shell Blues and Alannah

Mystified	Mystified said 317 days ago (January 12th, 2009)
	Billions and billions of stars.... Something very intriguing about that, isn't there...? Thanks so much for dropping by to listen and leave a comment :) Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

magnatone	magnatone said 317 days ago (January 12th, 2009)
	The Memory of Stars oh man - this is SO COOL! Love your speaking voice in here, and ooh, those bells! Check out my latest song called Symphonic Smackdown

Mystified	Mystified said 317 days ago (January 12th, 2009)
	bells, bells, bells, bells! Aww...thanks Karen :) I appreciate the listen and the very nice comments. Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

lengold	lengold said 317 days ago (January 12th, 2009)
	Wonderful sci-fi - could easily be part of a cinematic soundtrack. The thing that is a real standout is your amazingly creative vocal and harmonies. Cheers Len Check out my latest song called Dodgy Doughnut

Mystified	Mystified said 311 days ago (January 18th, 2009)
	Thanks Len :) I appreciate you dropping by and sharing your thoughts on this one! Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

drakonis

drakonis said 317 days ago (January 12th, 2009)

earth-ereal
I like it... strange spacey sounds, interspersed with your crisp voice and great harmonies... funny, some of your harrmony chords sounded like, or at least reminded me of the far-off 3 AM train whistle, as it floats out across a sleeping town... I've heard that mournful sound all my life, and loved its eerie call. And I'm a nut for Eagle Nebula... you had a Celestron as a kid? Lucky you! I only had a 3" reflector from Edmund Scientific, and had to build it myself! :-)

Parts of the chorus remind me a bit of Richard Strauss ("Also Sprach Zarathustra")... you been listening to that lately?

ttfn,
Drakonis

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Mystified

Mystified said 311 days ago (January 18th, 2009)

Spacey...
...that's me!! ;)

There IS something about a train whistle...and I think I do tend towards those intervals when I want a sound that is more ethereal and otherwordly.
Funny, that you heard Richard Strauss in the chorus...I must confess, however, that it was Gustav Holst's The Planets ('Neptune--The Mystic') that was in the back of my mind as I approached the idea of a repetitive, fading chorus.

Thanks for listening and leaving a comment :)

Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 317 days ago (January 12th, 2009)
	star synths very cosmic and sci-fi. great use of the synths. logic sure gives you a ton of options to choose from. Check out my latest song called November

Mystified

Mystified said 311 days ago (January 18th, 2009)

Cosmic Logic...
It's true--Logic does give you a lot of options.
As someone who grew up really only using acoustic piano and voice as means of musical expression until my discovery of GarageBand in 2005, it's been a world of discovery for me to work with sound in an entirely different way.
There's no going back!

Thanks for your comments, Vic :)

Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

EZamor	EZamor said 316 days ago (January 13th, 2009)
	the memory of stars the title made me think this was going to be somewhat of an enya-type piece. but boy, was i wrong! ;) this is certainly very nice, and i love the ethereal quality of the synths and vocals. cheerz, -=ez Check out my latest song called Peace (One Drop in the Blue) (w/ LunaTrick)

Mystified	Mystified said 311 days ago (January 18th, 2009)
	Thanks EZ :) I think there was a song by Enya called "In Memory of Trees" or somesuch, but this was far and away different in concept and sound, yes--though I've been known to do my share of 'Enyaesque' music! ;) Thanks for dropping by to have a listen, and for leaving your comments. Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

Mcboy	Mcboy said 316 days ago (January 13th, 2009)
	bubbling bubbling...galactic musings..... Check out my latest song called Heros( aclarke/mcboy)

Mystified	Mystified said 311 days ago (January 18th, 2009)
	Hey Mcboy :) Lovely to see your comments here. Thanks so much...glad you enjoyed this one! Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

Alimar	Alimar said 315 days ago (January 14th, 2009)
	I had to come back... ... for a second listen. You have the ability to compose "thought-provoking" music, as well as lyrics. Interesting mystery you've created here. Alimar Check out my latest song called Wingiggle [The I Keep Losing My Place Mix] v3

Mystified	Mystified said 311 days ago (January 18th, 2009)
	Thanks Alimar :) I very much appreciate that comment--as a storyteller and as a musician. Nice to see you walking about the halls of MacJams again ;) Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

kassia	kassia said 315 days ago (January 14th, 2009)
	sorry... i'm late to this one. mysti this is thought provoking and mesmerizing. you totally created a mood with this of space and light. love the words spoken to open the piece. great choice of sounds for this one. i like it a lot! Check out my latest song called Deep Majesty

Mystified	Mystified said 311 days ago (January 18th, 2009)
	Thanks Shay :) Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment. I've always been a sucker for "Program Music" (remember your Music History?) and I find that that's the kind of music I'm apt to make from an instrumental standpoint. Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

apb

apb said 315 days ago (January 15th, 2009)

Wow ...

.. love that Nebula .. one of my favorites :o) I kept thinking "monastery .. in space.. with a train waiting for departure" for some reason .. perhaps the various bells and chanting. Wonderfully mixed .. sweet how this experiment turned out... I was even taken aback by the vocal notes at 03:07 .. and how you had discovered the perfect pitch/harmony of an old train's whistle... quite remarkable. Lovely piece to wake up to, thanks for sharing.

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Mystified	Mystified said 309 days ago (January 20th, 2009)
	Monastery in Space..... I love the imagery in your comment--thanks so much for taking time to share that here :) Life is a journey, and I find many of my songs...hmmm....are in one way or another reflecting that very notion.... Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

kristyjo	kristyjo said 314 days ago (January 15th, 2009)
	Excellent weaving of synths and effects with your vocals. The narration at the beginning adds a nice anchor to the piece. Check out my latest song called What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Mystified	Mystified said 309 days ago (January 20th, 2009)
	thank you kristyjo :) I'm glad you liked this! Thanks for dropping by to leave a comment. Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

edpdx	edpdx said 313 days ago (January 16th, 2009)
	Right on! This is magnificent! Great pacing of sounds that create a nice feeling of space. There is nothing that you can add on or take away, it is just perfect. Awesome edpdx Check out my latest song called Constellation V.2

Mystified	Mystified said 309 days ago (January 20th, 2009)
	Space.... Thank you very much for the nice words and taking the time to share them :) I'm glad that you enjoyed this. Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

jiguma	jiguma said 310 days ago (January 19th, 2009)
	Wow! LOve this - love the song art! Neil Check out my latest song called Lost In Translation (w Mike Watkins)

Mystified	Mystified said 309 days ago (January 20th, 2009)
	Thank you Neil :) I'm glad you like this. Isn't the song art photograph spectacular? The images from the Hubble Telescope are simply amazing and inspiring. Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

egobandit	egobandit said 308 days ago (January 21st, 2009)
	Music and an education, also a very nice voice to boot! I like towards the end when you start to twist the bell sounds. With my headphones on I get a real sense of atmosphere. Excellent! Check out my latest song called when its love

Kicbal	Kicbal said 300 days ago (January 29th, 2009)
	Wow This is great stuff. Love all the ear candy swirling around. Check out my latest song called Falling Stars Forgotten

Doug Somers

Doug Somers said 286 days ago (February 12th, 2009)

Very Cool
Those opening synth sounds are right out of my early Tomita records. You create a wonderful spacious quality that would make a great planetarium laster show. Very cool piece Cat. Inventive and storytelling as it draws me along and through the stars and nebulae. I too was moved by the mysteries of the universe as a child and now do own a Celestron, although it gets much less use than my keyboard and Garageband.

Many thanks,
Doug

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