The flute also dances

VicDiesel

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An attempt to make a really danc-y house track based on some flute samples. This uses my Keith Glowka high Bb flute, and a pre-columbian occarina from Costa Rica. Really, this must be the oldest instrument ever used on this site.

Other than that, this is another one of my patented DenseMixes. Eight or so different synth parts, all more or less playing nice with each other. The flute licks all have different processing (mostly delays and reverbs) to give them their own identity.

As is appropriate for a house-y track, there's lots of repetition and everything goes in fours....

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Song Stats

Hits: 859
Comments: 32
Fans: 22
Plays: 89
Downloads: 37
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Uploaded: Jul 04, 2009 - 03:10:13 AM
Last Updated: Jul 25, 2009 - 07:49:54 PM Last Played: Nov 24, 2009 - 07:25:26 PM

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Keywords:

flutecore (5), native american (22), flute (147), dance (609)

Hardware:

Keith Glowka flute in Bb, stone occarina

Software:

Logic, Ultrabeat, ES2; reverbs and delays: space designer, delay designer, EOS, Rayspace, Logic stereo delay, AD Discord2

Comments

caroline	caroline said 144 days ago (July 4th, 2009)
	glad i caught you in the middle of your nite... thanks for the listen - i think you achieved what you set out to do!! Check out my latest song called clink that link mjrf

thoddi	thoddi said 144 days ago (July 4th, 2009)
	cool flute Mixing different styles is something I can like. The dance groove in companionship with the flute sounds to be meant for each other. The repetitive samples with delays adds a surrealistic feeling. Check out my latest song called Don't tell me what I can't w/KTB and Ingve

kristyjo	kristyjo said 144 days ago (July 4th, 2009)
	As Always- a pairing of instruments and styles that I wouldn't expect could work. Yet they they do in a very appealing way. The effecting of the flutes is really well done- the true character comes through, yet it meshes well with the synth sounds. Check out my latest song called What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Rocha Malhada	Rocha Malhada said 144 days ago (July 4th, 2009)
	Native American? ? what constitutes that, anyway? Never would have thought it could be this - oh, wise one. Can't say I have ever heard such a fine dance track with wind, or otherwise. Only you.... . - Harold Check out my latest song called Kanun Oud Rock (LIOLI9)

VicDiesel	VicDiesel said 144 days ago (July 4th, 2009)
	I flipped a coin This song was either going to be classified as "house" or "native american". I figured the H-word would turn off some people, so I went native. Thanks for listening. Check out my latest song called Desert Stars

Moviz	Moviz said 144 days ago (July 4th, 2009)
	Good combination of sounds with the deep bass sounds and the effervescent sounding flutes.... very festive and exciting sounds. great percussion too.I like the ending... Very different, cheers M Check out my latest song called Come Back Billie

Boundless	Boundless said 144 days ago (July 4th, 2009)
	Oh, nice blend Great track, Victor. Love the blend. Native House music. . . Love the changes of patterns. I was wondering what you were working on lately - it was well worth the waiting ! Fantastic piece. Well done. Thanks ! Check out my latest song called Here to Hear - collab

drakonis

drakonis said 144 days ago (July 4th, 2009)

rep reP Rep REp ReP REP
repetition works well, in the hands of a master... excellent work here. This has a really goofy swagger, and those smirky low portamento-synths are awesome. But the flute playing layered over this really adds class, and for some reason it seems to work. Since Jazz and Funk seem to have taken strong root in America, calling this "Native American" doesn't bother me. Nice little coda too... though I might have done something other than smother the ending in echoes/reverb, instead letting the instruments be more clearly defined but bend some of the synth notes down or up to a final tremolo chord or something. Great stuff, as always from you!
ttfn,
Drakonis

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Feter

Feter said 144 days ago (July 4th, 2009)

The flute also dances
This is impressive ...how on earth you thought of that ? ...this amazing ...
I was waiting for the flute to get in and I was thinking ...what it can be ?
this is a true impressionist piece of music ...loved the flute expressions ...
along the synth ... just great production and arrangement ..thnx alot for
sharin !!!!

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VicDiesel

VicDiesel said 144 days ago (July 4th, 2009)

How did I think of that....
Well, if you listen to house music, there are lots of tracks where the "producer" steals some cool bit of world music and makes a dance track with it. Since I have both the synths for dance tracks and a bunch of native american flutes, I thought I might as well steal from myself. Actually, it's not even stealing because the flute parts were custom recorded.

But that's the idea, I wanted to sound like a dance track based on samples of world music.

It worked, right?

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Daugrin	Daugrin said 144 days ago (July 4th, 2009)
	Flute Dance My house doesn't sound like this. All funked up and blowing high, maybe my ears are tired but the shrill factor seems to be corrected very nicely. Thanks for sharing this track. Daug Check out my latest song called Daphne w/ Andy Wigzell

michael2

michael2 said 143 days ago (July 5th, 2009)

i always
like how you mix the contemporary with the indigenous/primitive sounding instruments. very cool and different. great use of effects on the flute. not a big house fan, but this doesn't really have that bludgeoning repetitive kick and regulation synth sound, so it's working for me. great track. nice for a soundtrack actually.

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Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 143 days ago (July 5th, 2009)
	imaginative excellent composition. this is a real trip through the headphones. Excellent concept of using old and new sounds together. the delays & reverbs as you mentioned really do give a sense of individuality. Check out my latest song called November

VicDiesel	VicDiesel said 143 days ago (July 5th, 2009)
	headphones Yes, some parts are hardly audible but on headphones they come out very nicely. I consider it a sport to cram as much information in a piece as I possibly can. Thanks for the compliments. Check out my latest song called Desert Stars

kitkat10	kitkat10 said 141 days ago (July 7th, 2009)
	great rhythms and everything else works a treat. makes my simple loops (i am a beginner) sound a little lame. but i hope to get where some of you guys are - eventually - Check out my latest song called You There 3

VicDiesel

VicDiesel said 141 days ago (July 7th, 2009)

Thanks
Loops may work, but you have to be careful with them. In this track, the drums are a midi pattern that came with Ultrabeat, but I make small changes to it every 8 measures or so to prevent it from becoming static. The synths are all played by me, but they do loop in the sense that they just keep repeating. However, I build them up and have them drop out in places, again, to keep the arrangement dynamic.

Check out my latest song called Desert Stars

scaustrita	scaustrita said 141 days ago (July 7th, 2009)
	Native American? I never heard any music like this at the reservation, well perhaps in the Casino! Great loops of your flute playing! Very original playing . . . Check out my latest song called Sunset Pier

trasher1966	trasher1966 said 141 days ago (July 7th, 2009)
	dance too frikin cool trasher Check out my latest song called solid days

sonnyjim	sonnyjim said 139 days ago (July 9th, 2009)
	This SMOKES! So weird; such a fine tightrope walk; I grooved, I laughed out loud! Fantastic mix in phones. The synths are a gas! I enjoyed this immensely, Thank you. Check out my latest song called LIOLI 9 (Interlude)

chronologic	chronologic said 137 days ago (July 11th, 2009)
	Master Vic you are a master with no boundaries. Congratulations on pushing the envelope. I dig it. Check out my latest song called Walk with You

davajonah	davajonah said 124 days ago (July 24th, 2009)
	Very cool sounding How'd I miss this! Guess I must miss a lot. I really like this quirky, "undefinable" sort of music. This is just excellent and exactly the kind of stuff I love to listen to. I've taken a copy for my pod, so thanks for putting it up. Check out my latest song called Pavlov's Dog

kassia	kassia said 123 days ago (July 25th, 2009)
	the flute definitely dances This is a very fun dance track. Nice flute work and the effects you added really blend those flute tracks in well with the synths. This is exactly what you said it was - and very well done. Light and airy on top with a heavy, steady beat underneath. Cool stuff. Check out my latest song called Deep Majesty

sloparts	sloparts said 122 days ago (July 26th, 2009)
	Amazing sound in the flutes Vic This is a very rich mix, thats well controlled. Nothing gets to far out in the mix so as to become a distraction. And you're right about the synths playing nice with each other. Very cool listen Vic, thanks for posting it, ya done good work here my friend, Ed Check out my latest song called Just a little Something

composerclark	composerclark said 122 days ago (July 26th, 2009)
	Impressive This is excellent; really well crafted, combining familiar aspects (the basic groove) with unfamiliar ones (the various flute loops and the unusual quality of the flute sounds). I'm impressed! Check out my latest song called Scarlet Nightfall

Jarvoid

Jarvoid said 120 days ago (July 28th, 2009)

Oh brother
at the risk of being offensive without meaning to be ( not you,but politically incorrect sort of thing),and in the nicest possible way this is off the reservation and up in da house,I read some of your replies and see where you say that some house music 'borrows'from World music.This is kind of payback then....Good Jam....I'm going now before I get caught in a ride by arrow shooting..............(too much ?)

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fishboisfo	fishboisfo said 120 days ago (July 28th, 2009)
	man -- I LOVED this . . . good God -- you're good :) Check out my latest song called Lazarus

VicDiesel	VicDiesel said 120 days ago (July 28th, 2009)
	Thanks You're not so bad yourself. Check out my latest song called Desert Stars

Cameron	Cameron said 118 days ago (July 30th, 2009)
	well, it's been awhile since I've browsed anything on MJ, and listening to your latest track has been great. There is a nice variety of flute & drum tracks throughout. Your melding of the ancient and the modern is artful! Check out my latest song called EPONYM

tmcfate	tmcfate said 112 days ago (August 5th, 2009)
	nice wow great arrangment Check out my latest song called Shadow of the son

	iFn said 109 days ago (August 8th, 2009)
	awesome track... ...and awesome flute. Very joyful and uplifting, my mood is up two notches now! Check out my latest song called To live in madness

cormacbrenock

cormacbrenock said 105 days ago (August 12th, 2009)

Wow very unique !
As good as anything I would hear in a club.
Great production and mix of styles. That is groovy stuff . I wonder what the ancients would have made of that , I bet they are boppin in their graves. Again I have never heard the occarina used in this way before. Well done on this one , I would love to be able to put something like that together. Thanks for sharing.Downloaded straight away.

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HolleyHall	HolleyHall said 93 days ago (August 24th, 2009)
	The flute also dances Nice synth work & flute sound! Very Nice navajo/world/new age mix! Check out my latest song called Just Stop Not Living

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Name: Victor

In past lives, VicDiesel was a country fiddler, a shawm player at the Burgundy court, bellows pumper for JS Bach, Geoff Emerick's factotum, and a beggar playing drums in the streets of Calcutta for alms. Unusually, the memories of all that come... [see more]

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