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MiMi

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My first Garageband/Logic Express song. I used my brothers computer since i don't have a mac,yet. Thanks to some of my brothers band members for the real intstrument samples. Thanks to Silver for inspiration.

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Lyrics

I'd like to take you to a Place,
Happy place
Happy people, yes
yeah,yeah,yeah,
I\\\'d like to,
Just come with me.

Song Stats

Hits: 5869
Comments: 59
Fans: 30
Plays: 1631
Downloads: 247
Votes: 56
Uploaded: Feb 07, 2005 - 04:01:21 PM
Last Updated: Feb 07, 2005 - 07:51:30 AM Last Played: Nov 17, 2009 - 06:02:14 PM

Song License

Creative Commons License:
Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial

Song Actions

Hardware:

Mac G4, Roland midi keyboard.

Software:

Garageband, Logic Express

Comments

Peter Greenstone	Peter Greenstone said 1750 days ago (February 7th, 2005)
	pretty slick Sounds great. Everything really grooves well together. Great arrangement of melody, textures, and rhythm. It's not clear from your description how much samples and loops play their part in it. Check out my latest song called From Nothing

MiMi	MiMi said 1750 days ago (February 7th, 2005)
	Samples The loops are the drums,The samples are some of my brothers bandmates ,who played to the loops and melody. Check out my latest song called You

MiMi	MiMi said 1750 days ago (February 7th, 2005)
	Samples The loops are the drums, and the bass of the faster section. The samples are some of my brothers bandmates ,who played to the loops and melody. Check out my latest song called You

Peter Greenstone	Peter Greenstone said 1750 days ago (February 7th, 2005)
	Samples Sounds like some fine playing. Nice to have some people like that around. Check out my latest song called From Nothing

K.I.S.KISMET	K.I.S.KISMET said 1750 days ago (February 7th, 2005)
	Wish Granted Impressive production! Nice style..laid back and funky, morphing into a harder driving tune after the spine tingling trumpet wrapping up w/ a nice snappy ending. Great vocals as well. Hey, I'm happy! Check out my latest song called Your's

MiMi	MiMi said 1749 days ago (February 8th, 2005)
	Wish Granted Your compliment makes me feel good, as I absolutely love your music.Thanks! Check out my latest song called You

hacked_to_pieces	hacked_to_pieces said 1750 days ago (February 7th, 2005)
	Wow this is really nice the production is fantastic. You put your music minor to good use. 9 9 9 9 Check out my latest song called blues shuffle

Jim Bouchard	Jim Bouchard said 1750 days ago (February 7th, 2005)
	Groovin' very cool. I could stand to listen to more of this. ;) Check out my latest song called Weather or Not w/awigze

MiMi	MiMi said 1749 days ago (February 8th, 2005)
	Groovin' LoL!! Thank you Hacked and Jim! Check out my latest song called You

Anonymous said 1750 days ago (February 7th, 2005)

Professional Recording?????
Wow quite incredible production to have for your first
project. I wish that one one of my pieces could compare.
It sounds as if you were in a professional music studio. I
can't even imagine my mac turning anything this good
out, everything on down to the pristine sounding
compression on the drum tracks!!!! What kind of G4 do
you use? Wow!!! My G4, Dual 867 mhz would be on fire if
I tried to turn out a track this hot!!!! Must be quite a
processor that your brother has in that one.

Are you sure that you did this with a G4 and Garage Band?
I am certainly jealous. I also look forward to more to
come from you MiMi.

Sincerely,
MidiMacMan.

MiMi

MiMi said 1749 days ago (February 8th, 2005)

Professional Recording?????
Thank you MMM. The computer is a G4 1.25 with over 1 gig of memory.My brother is a very good musician,and not just cause he is my brother. I used Garageband tol l;oop the drums and the second bassline.I wanted tempo changes but garrageband does not allow this. I imported to Logicexpress and used a tempo map. Credit should also go to the trumpet palyer for help in mastering using the program Peak with some great plugins.

Check out my latest song called You

Anonymous said 1749 days ago (February 8th, 2005)

Professional Recording?????
Please also tell me what you did to the drum tracks. They sound great. I am
sure that you used compression on them, but was it outboard on through
Garage Band? I also would love to know what microphones you used on this
recording. The pickup is great!! Was it a condenser mic? One more
thing.......if you wouldn't mind sharing. What instrumentations were involved.
I am guessing alto sax and trumpet, but did you overdub the harmonies, or
was it more than one person playing each instrument? Also did you record
each instrument separetely and then mixdown and proceed your work with
Logic?

MidiMacMan.

MiMi

MiMi said 1749 days ago (February 8th, 2005)

Professional Recording?????
Thanks for you interest.Drums were not processed, the loops were already
processed and I left them alone ,as adding more processing would muddy
things up. I used various mikes laying around brothers house, an
AKG,Rode,and Neumann, and overdubbed my vocals to various tracks. I
played all the synth parts, some from the Roland and some from Logic. The
second faster section I added acoustic bass loops and new drum loops. My
brothers motto is to use compression sparingly and when called for.

Check out my latest song called You

	Anonymous said 1749 days ago (February 8th, 2005)
	Professional Recording????? Great selection of mics you had indeed!!!! And about the instrumentations did you have a trumpet or two in there?

MiMi	MiMi said 1747 days ago (February 10th, 2005)
	Professional Recording????? One trumpet and one alto sax are the only live instruments., well my synth playing counts for live I guess. Check out my latest song called You

DeputyDoofy	DeputyDoofy said 1750 days ago (February 7th, 2005)
	Yeah... ...effin' right. Love it!! Check out my latest song called Sweet Smell Of Success

MiMi	MiMi said 1749 days ago (February 8th, 2005)
	Yeah... Thanks Doofy, I'll be listening to your Music! Check out my latest song called You

_nderscore	_nderscore said 1750 days ago (February 7th, 2005)
	fresh excellent batch of sounds! very nice to hear something other than songs with guitars & electronica (yuck!) for a change. very lively, superb arrangement. especially enjoyed the percussion & horns.. if only i could salsa Check out my latest song called glyd

MiMi	MiMi said 1749 days ago (February 8th, 2005)
	fresh Salsa! I'll teach you.LoL!! Thanks ! Check out my latest song called You

Joanna	Joanna said 1750 days ago (February 7th, 2005)
	Talented musicians Your brother and his friends are very talented! That's some very hot sax and trumpet. I hope your next song includes more vocals. You have a great voice -- showcase it! Check out my latest song called Nellie G.

MiMi	MiMi said 1749 days ago (February 8th, 2005)
	Talented musicians I like your voice also. Thanks ! I have some songs with vocals that I'm working on, I hope I can do them justice. Check out my latest song called You

	said 1749 days ago (February 8th, 2005)
	Well Done Excellent production and vocals.

TobinMueller

TobinMueller said 1749 days ago (February 8th, 2005)

Drenched in great horn work
A totally hip drenched performance. Love the combo of
electronic and great acoustic performances, sax and
trumpet absolutely pro, sound like pro samples. The
change of tempo after the trumpet seemed unnecessary
and a little unintegrated, yet after it got going I dug it too,
especially after the horns came back in. Yes, I'd love to
hear more lyrics, or more scatting that matched the great
horns. But a really slick track that is radio ready (on soft
jazz stations). CD ready. (I'd put this in the jazz category?
Well, when keywords get instituted, you can cross-
reference it. But the jazz horn work is so good, I'd hate to
have jazz fans miss it.)

Check out my latest song called Forge A New Life (MJRF)

MiMi	MiMi said 1749 days ago (February 8th, 2005)
	Drenched in great horn work Thank you TobinMueller! Its good to know you like my music. I will listen to your work! Check out my latest song called You

mandolinquent	mandolinquent said 1749 days ago (February 8th, 2005)
	Drenched in great horn work Straight nines. I love the way you mess with the beats after the trumpet. I think it's incredibly confident and works well. Check out my latest song called Had We But World Enough

	said 1749 days ago (February 8th, 2005)
	My first... listen to your music. I'm very impressed. Etheral, yet a dash of funk balanced perfectly. Love the brass. Really awesome song. Thanks for sharing. 4 x 9

Mystified	Mystified said 1749 days ago (February 8th, 2005)
	Great ...first post here! Fantastic instrumentals, groovin' composition. I agree, though--showcase that voice of yours! ;) Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

MiMi	MiMi said 1749 days ago (February 8th, 2005)
	Great Thanks for the compliment! I'm working on more vocal,lyrical tracks. Check out my latest song called You

aclarke	aclarke said 1749 days ago (February 8th, 2005)
	Way to go! Lyrics don't sound like they were written by a cereal killer (Dude- you hear what happened to Raisin Bran?). This was a very intoxicating groove that was very enjoyable. Excellent singing and musicianship! Keep 'em coming! Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

Stun Nutz	Stun Nutz said 1749 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	hey... I just wrote that nuvolino's tune was energetic and sophisticated... and now I want to write it again... I am becoming a cliche! I love the addition of the sax and the fast drum rhythm that kicks in. Very well done! Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected

JimmyMac

JimmyMac said 1749 days ago (February 9th, 2005)

Excellent Production
Fantastic job on the production. Vocals were great too -
would really like to hear more of them. The horns are pro
work, for sure - what kind of band does your brother
have? They must be pretty darn good. Like Tobin, I
thought the tempo change unnecessary - I think just a
change in the percussion would keep it from getting
repetitive. Anyway, great job. One of the best first
offerings I've heard.

Check out my latest song called Take Me There

SlimGirlFat	SlimGirlFat said 1748 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	Brilliant Straight up funky groove.. excellent trumpet. well arranged and produced. and Mimi, great vocals... SlimGirlFat Check out my latest song called Not Enough

Pie	Pie said 1748 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	cool really liked the effect on the vocal... i guess that bushel has gone :-) Check out my latest song called Kaleidoscope (Single)

MiMi	MiMi said 1747 days ago (February 10th, 2005)
	cool Thank You Slimmie and Pie! Check out my latest song called You

Warren Smith	Warren Smith said 1748 days ago (February 9th, 2005)
	happy place I'll add my voice to the chorus of listeners here who would like to hear more from your warm and wonderful voice. Great opening entry into Macjams. This (your song) is a place I'd be happy to return to again and again. Check out my latest song called Pushing and Pulling

packosmokes

packosmokes said 1748 days ago (February 9th, 2005)

Congratulations!
I can't stand the sound of saxophone... I don't know why,
just a little glitch in my system, but they sound GREAT in
this track! Perhaps because they're used sparingly or
maybe it's the rhythm that steers them into a tasty
direction.

Definitely pro production on this piece: clean and
dynamic. Agree with a couple other comments about more
vocals although, they're not necessary for this track, but
look forward to more!

Downloaded

Check out my latest song called With You

penguinsocks	penguinsocks said 1748 days ago (February 10th, 2005)
	this is awesome sounds great! well done, all of you. reminds me of esthero... Check out my latest song called reel me softly in the shade

MiMi	MiMi said 1747 days ago (February 10th, 2005)
	this is awesome I love Esthero. Thanks for your comments! I will listen to your music! Check out my latest song called You

TennesseeVic	TennesseeVic said 1748 days ago (February 10th, 2005)
	Thanks for writing out the lyrics. I wouldn't have understood the first syllable without that. Let alone the second. Great groove. Masterful use of loops and of effects. Some pretty extreme reverb somewhere, but it works fine. Check out my latest song called Tecmo Superbowl 2009 w/ Dead End (MJRF 2004)

Wifty	Wifty said 1747 days ago (February 10th, 2005)
	The production is terrific! Although the style of music isn't really my thing, this is one of the best produced tracks I've heard on here. The final sound is so professional, the moment the first beat kicks in at the start, it sounds like a pro CD. The playing is wonderful. That trumpet is brilliant. Wonderful job. Check out my latest song called Leave Me Gently

	said 1747 days ago (February 10th, 2005)
	most excellent nine nine nine nine Among the best I've heard at MacJams. I am schooled.

MiMi	MiMi said 1746 days ago (February 11th, 2005)
	most excellent Wow! I am flattered beyond words. Thank you so much for appreciating the music! Check out my latest song called You

drakonis

drakonis said 1747 days ago (February 10th, 2005)

mix of hot and cool
I guess that makes me warm to this genre! Very fun
bouncy but smooth jazz... not sure how you accomplished
bouncy and smooth together, but that's what it felt like to
me. I thought it was well mixed, nice melodies and
excellent playing. Packo mentioned not liking the sound
of the sax, and I sort of agree, the EQ on it made it sound
almost like a Fisher Price Sax (do they make those?) It had
a slightly flangy plasticy quality, can't really explain it. But
it didn't grate on me too much. Anyway, wow! Very nice
first piece!
ttfn,
Drakonis

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MiMi	MiMi said 1746 days ago (February 11th, 2005)
	mix of hot and cool Toy sax. The acoustic jazz sound normally doesn't have delay effects applied but since this is a crosspollination, effects of the electronica world would natuarlly be applied. But I am happy you enjoyed the music. Check out my latest song called You

thetiler	thetiler said 1747 days ago (February 11th, 2005)
	Nice Very contagious. Lots of interesting stuff in there! Thanks for sharing Check out my latest song called The Bluebird Cafe (with two other guest)

SpasmodicMan

SpasmodicMan said 1746 days ago (February 11th, 2005)

cats
More sax and horns. They can really play. I like it when
different genre players jam together, when different
sounds overlay and work. Yeah, this should be in jazz
because the best thing is the sax and horn playing and
thats jazz, but I like the stuff you play underneath. Since
its so long, I'd have liked more lyrics, something more
meaty to hold it together; but as a ramble, this is the cats.

Check out my latest song called The Androgyne

Nolan	Nolan said 1746 days ago (February 11th, 2005)
	Well done. And welcome aboard. One of the better "debuts", I must say. Like they've all said: brilliant production. But I'm looking forward to hearing some more of that voice... Check out my latest song called Fine

BlackLily	BlackLily said 1745 days ago (February 13th, 2005)
	sheesh this is great... the samples are great. You are great.. wow wow wow Check out my latest song called Barbie's Letter

Emily Rohm	Emily Rohm said 1744 days ago (February 13th, 2005)
	Sing it! Definitely want to hear more of that singing voice! Check out my latest song called Monica's Waltz

Cameron

Cameron said 1743 days ago (February 14th, 2005)

well done!
This track has so many interesting aspects to it; the
sounds are combined, mixed and produced very well. It's
amazing that this is your first GB/Logic effort.

The live instruments add a lot of sparkle to this track, and
you've blended the software instruments in with them
seamlessly.

My only minor observation is that the first material has no
real relation to the next (faster), much longer section.
Both are very interesting sections, but it's almost like
there are "two songs in one". It might have tied together
more effectively had you re-introduced the first material
again at the end.

But then this piece would have been even longer than it
already is.

The material presented here is excellent; you are an
accomplished musician with a great ear. Anyone who can
combine sounds this well and present them convincingly
is a good musician in my book.

Check out my latest song called EPONYM

MiMi

MiMi said 1743 days ago (February 14th, 2005)

well done!
Thank you Cameron. My music recording has always been on the PC logic
version and Protools. I have started using garageband and logic express while
hanging out with brother a mac fanatic. I must say I am hooked on
Gagrageband, as I can sketch and compose my ideas quickly, and then
transfer over to Logic, and Peak for the finishing touches. It is truly fun and
quick to work with. Thanks for your kind words!

Check out my latest song called You

Scorpjammer	Scorpjammer said 1741 days ago (February 16th, 2005)
	WOW!!! Talk about comprehensive number! I love the musical changes, the sultriness of your singing, the funky tempos and musicianship of you brother's bandmates. You blur the line between loops and real instruments...now that's creativity. This one's a keeper. Big marks, MiMi. You made an instant fan here.:) Check out my latest song called Seaside Samba

EMP	EMP said 1734 days ago (February 23rd, 2005)
	Great Love the track, well put together and arranged. Check out my latest song called FP Tour

Leebo	Leebo said 1722 days ago (March 7th, 2005)
	8978 Great stuff...funkyl!cious Check out my latest song called Bang Bang

Drew Kopr	Drew Kopr said 1607 days ago (July 1st, 2005)
	Hell yes! I totally did this and all of your music! Frigging wonderful!!! Check out my latest song called WinterSong

	sonjeffers5 said 1594 days ago (July 13th, 2005)
	Love it! Well done, I'd like to here more of your work.

cypress	cypress said 1524 days ago (September 21st, 2005)
	Damn Fine Always on the lookout for music that makes me feel good. Yes you took me to that happy place. Looking forward to hearing more from you. Check out my latest song called Father Time

stratcat51	stratcat51 said 1421 days ago (January 2nd, 2006)
	Your stuff keeps getting better. Once again this isn't music I normally listen too, but this is fantastik! Your music is seemless. The loops and real instruments just blend together and the whole thing just grooves. Your vocals are great also. Check out my latest song called Hope

j2morrow	j2morrow said 1144 days ago (October 6th, 2006)
	Wow I noticed on your homepage, as I'm writing this, that you haven't posted in a while. Hope you do. This is grand from beginning to end. Really refreshing song. You certainly took me to a happy place. Check out my latest song called CAPTURE THE RAPTURE

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Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, rock and roll, modern classical music, reggae, traditional, world and even noise.

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