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| SmokeyVW said 227 days ago (December 14th, 2009) | |
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. i think i get the RT ref, in the guitar parts, but the S&G ref eludes me... in any case, glad you like it! i too have had troubles with the player stopping suddenly - but not recently - it seems to happen when the server falls behind or my bandwidth takes a hit - not clear if it's MJ or my ISP. thanks Check out my latest song called Transformer Altar (Live Wire)
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| Found_Sounds said 228 days ago (December 14th, 2009) | |
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Very cool track Smokey trying to figure if it connects to the season or just has a festive air. I love all the uses of reverses and cuts. You've really made something quite unique. OK - now it's getting really strange. That's a good thing. Check out my latest song called Slog by DavisAmerica
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| SmokeyVW said 227 days ago (December 14th, 2009) | |
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. no intent to sync up to the season - i simply managed to finish this project - i started this in Sept 2008 i drove most of this by trying to emulate my original tape - backwards effects, multitracked guitars, etc. the original had no drums in it however - i borrowed a synth which appeared at the end of the tape (forgot the make/model) - i got my girlfriend to sing the long drone note (which i looped somehow) - the other voices i actually sang, but here it's all synths. maybe i should post the original tape thanks Check out my latest song called Transformer Altar (Live Wire)
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| Char said 228 days ago (December 14th, 2009) | |
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Love it. I get Celtic, except for the instruments. A little bagpipe could work in here. Lol! So happy, celebratory. This is now a favorite piece. Thanks. Check out my latest song called Bound
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| SmokeyVW said 227 days ago (December 14th, 2009) | |
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. back in '76 i was strongly influenced by an artist who did in fact use bagpipes in some of his songs. glad to hear you liked this! thanks Check out my latest song called Transformer Altar (Live Wire)
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| SmokeyVW said 227 days ago (December 14th, 2009) | |
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. the song pic is a vague clue about my then musical hero Check out my latest song called Transformer Altar (Live Wire)
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| drakonis said 227 days ago (December 15th, 2009) | |
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I wondered about that picture... looks like a refurbished tubular tailpipe that you found in an "old field" then? :-) Check out my latest song called Death of the Phoenix (orchestral interlude)
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| drakonis said 228 days ago (December 14th, 2009) | |
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A Pict is worth 1024 words... I also hear Char's Celtic Bagpipe hints in the early guitar line, but this has a bit of an '80s rock feel, but mostly this has a SmokeyVW feel. Nice bit of interlocked choir writing. Love the unwound ending. ttfn, Drakonis Check out my latest song called Death of the Phoenix (orchestral interlude)
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| SmokeyVW said 227 days ago (December 14th, 2009) | |
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. but... it was supposed to be a mid-70's tape remake... the choir is mostly what i made up back in '76 that ending happened because i never finished the original tape - so i let it deconstruct itself to end it... thanks Check out my latest song called Transformer Altar (Live Wire)
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| drakonis said 227 days ago (December 14th, 2009) | |
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70's... 80's... even back then, you were a decade ahead of your time! :-) Check out my latest song called Death of the Phoenix (orchestral interlude)
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| Fioretti said 228 days ago (December 14th, 2009) | |
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instruments Great melody...I think a Rhodes piano would be AWESOME on this track. It would give it that proggy feel for sure and just make it super happy! Love the synths at the end...very nice change up. Nice work! Check out my latest song called Dawn
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| SmokeyVW said 227 days ago (December 14th, 2009) | |
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. you are right! that would really set the genre. hmmm... maybe another version will need to be done. perhaps a collab? that synth ending happened in the original tape because i had borrowed a synth (i had none at the time) during the middle of working on this song way back when. i mostly copied the instrumentation in this remake thank you for listening and commenting Check out my latest song called Transformer Altar (Live Wire)
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| ThroughRivers said 227 days ago (December 14th, 2009) | |
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cool track very nicely put together, nice arrangment. luv it when the drums kick in heavy cool thanks!!! Check out my latest song called Guiding Star
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| SmokeyVW said 227 days ago (December 14th, 2009) | |
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. my original tape had no percussion at all - i went a bit crazy adding it in this version - i treated the snare separately from the rest of the kit glad you liked thanks! Check out my latest song called Transformer Altar (Live Wire)
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| scofugate said 227 days ago (December 14th, 2009) | |
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Nice Worldly electro classic groove You packed a lot into a short time. Every note is just perfect! Mood swings as well. I am having a hard time finding the time sig. I say 4/4, then I lose it, but the groove never goes away, You are good about making that transparent! Love the bounce at about 2:50, very cool! ---Faved-- Check out my latest song called Early June Open COLLAB
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| SmokeyVW said 227 days ago (December 14th, 2009) | |
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. it is a meandering exploration of variations on a theme i guess it is mostly 4/4 at 125 bpm - there are only one or two fractional measures - the tempo changes around 3:50, but it returns to 125 bpm for the synth ending thanks Check out my latest song called Transformer Altar (Live Wire)
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| Trillian said 227 days ago (December 14th, 2009) | |
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It's Snowing!!!! : ) ....on your homepage!!!!! : ) I miss snow - not the shoveling, just the "Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost part. : ) Ahh,.... like this song very much, Big Brother Bill!!! : ) 1976 - a year filled with the promise of the world awaiting us. : ) I agree w/ Ms. Roxylee - think I can hear a touch of Simon & Garfunkel - might have been a slight influence of the times when you were composing the music, like a vineyard where the grapes take on some of the influences in their immediate environment, and the resulting wine takes on hints of the many other tastes and smells around that specific vineyard where it was produced when you swirl a bit in the bottom of a good properly shaped wine glass and inhale the wine's character. Worked for a wine company a while back - learned some useful and interesting info. : ) My Fav song of S&G was always their rendition of "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme" I always think of a simpler innocent time, and you and Leigh B. when I hear that song. : ) I like the way your song changes near the end - filled itself with a feeling of "come along with me for the best is yet to be." Although, that's what the Pied Piper said to the children of Hamlin. :~P I've been missing you, Big Brother, and MJs as well. I'll be back after the holidays on a more regular basis. Big doins 'round here this Christmas - I'll write and tell you!!! : ) Re: artwork - (?) - car part or phallic symbol? If 'tis the latter, needs an arrow at the end and should be pointing up. : ) [[giggle]] Just teasing Big Bro! : ) |
| SmokeyVW said 227 days ago (December 15th, 2009) | |
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bent nice to hear from you! the old days are long gone, yet they influence us even today artwork that pic is an O Pipe (Single Exhaust) - it provides 100% back pressure feedback on ALL engines - i thought it was similar to Mike Oldfield's bent Tubular Bell album cover - but bent in a different way see http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3 - they feature lots of cool auto parts such as the 710 Cap, or A Round Tuit thank you dear Check out my latest song called Transformer Altar (Live Wire)
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| Moviz said 227 days ago (December 15th, 2009) | |
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I keep hearing a sort of electronic 'Highland Fling' in this..... has fresh 'ringing in the new' feel too, so maybe I'm right with the Scottish thing..... ringing in the New Year.... always an enjoyable listen, M Check out my latest song called Love, Love.
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| SmokeyVW said 227 days ago (December 15th, 2009) | |
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. yeah, there is a bit of a Scottish thing going on, isn't there? glad you enjoyed thanks Check out my latest song called Transformer Altar (Live Wire)
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| Ed Hannifin said 227 days ago (December 15th, 2009) | |
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I can hear a hint.... ...of S&G, and I definitely hear that keyboard-sounding-like-Richard-Thompson-making-his-guitar-sound-like-a-modal-bagpipe thing, and there's a dash of Tull in there, too... All mashed up by having the lines not carried by the sounds you'd necessarily expect... And a bit of Eighties synth-ness... And the lines themselves, I think, are the best part.... Neat melodic lines, Bill... One of your ones that could conceivably take a vocal.... Ed Check out my latest song called Uno/I Like The Way... (with Macaudion, SISTERS, ktb, and ziti)
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| SmokeyVW said 227 days ago (December 15th, 2009) | |
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. since this is a remake of an old tape, i guess it's working sort of like a time capsule... thank you Check out my latest song called Transformer Altar (Live Wire)
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| Gaylen75 said 227 days ago (December 15th, 2009) | |
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Very cool This is a big song and well layed out. It takes me back to my nintendo and zelda. The guitars are fun too. Thanks for sharing. Check out my latest song called More Than Faith w/ Alackbass & KTB
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| davisamerica said 227 days ago (December 15th, 2009) | |
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...mother natures son ...gone on a ride in a VW. Peace and blessings Bill. Check out my latest song called Texas Jam (sloparts band mix)
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| davisamerica said 227 days ago (December 15th, 2009) | |
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i could play along on this u know....very cool Check out my latest song called Texas Jam (sloparts band mix)
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| davisamerica said 227 days ago (December 15th, 2009) | |
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God bess ya VW Check out my latest song called Texas Jam (sloparts band mix)
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| jibes said 226 days ago (December 15th, 2009) | |
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Very good! I heard your 76 tape and am glad to hear this too. Excellent job! Check out my latest song called Midnight Special
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| SmokeyVW said 226 days ago (December 15th, 2009) | |
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. hey thanks i tried to stay fairly true to the original - but... i did change and add a few things Check out my latest song called Transformer Altar (Live Wire)
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| michael2 said 226 days ago (December 15th, 2009) | |
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awesome this is the weirdest song Bill (i mean that as a compliment). it is progressive, ambient, and kind of glam sounding (roxy music/eno). transfixing really; love those moog lines after the acoustic breakdown. nice track. Check out my latest song called I Fell Behind
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| SmokeyVW said 226 days ago (December 15th, 2009) | |
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. yes, i guess it is weird, and yet, 30+ years later, it's still the kind of thing i like to do - go figure... thanks Check out my latest song called Transformer Altar (Live Wire)
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| DarkPlanet said 226 days ago (December 15th, 2009) | |
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I really like... ...how you updated this, the digital version. This juxtaposition you have presented with these two versions can carry over into many aspects of our lives at this point in our history. I also enjoyed how alike the two versions are-- wood and titanium Check out my latest song called Summer Glaze (With cchaplin)
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| blaky smith said 226 days ago (December 16th, 2009) | |
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Excellent Magistral piece Bill, I like very much what you have made here. Very nice work with GB, enjoyable listen. Thanks... Marc Check out my latest song called la Cour de mon Ecole
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| tonestones said 226 days ago (December 16th, 2009) | |
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No guitars harmed in production. I like the structure, the chord changes. It vaguely reminds me of some Steve Morse celtic guitar tracks... I'd love to hear this with real guitars. No offense to you, but synth guitars just don't do it for me. Again, very nice song structure. Check out my latest song called Buried [w/ Gaylen75]
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Roxylee
This is a cool, fun piece of music. It's like Simon & Garfunkel go Trans-Siberian, the Richard Thompson takes over. (Or I could be just weird. I really dig this!
(Every tim I hit the download button an any song, the song stops playing. Same thing when the download ends. I'm going to listen to this in iTunes...