Larry T.

Update: I went for the Sonar $79 license. Pleased to report my 8GB of RAM pc is running all that it was running OK 👍🏻 👌🏻 🙆‍♂️ 🙂 In fact, it loads quicker than before. Thanks so much!!!!

Greetings! Here's one in double dropped D tuning called Smokey's Lark. All observations welcomed 🎵 🎶 link: https://larryterrano.bandcamp.com/track/smokeys-lark DAW: Cakewalk by Bandlab pc: windows 10, i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz, 8GB ram, DI Bass, DI electric guitars, Mic'ed acoustic guitars and harmonica. SI drums, arturia minilab mkII, arturia analog lab 5 lite reference speakers: M-Audio BX3 EDIT: This is the last song using Cakewalk by Bandlab as I've updated to Sonar with a one year license about 4 hours ago. Still using 8GB of RAM and Sonar is working fine so far 🎶 🎵

Nice jam. Great work 🎶 🎵

Agree with all the good observations above. Maybe some tighter EQ'ing for clearer individual instrument sounds 🎶 🎵

Sounds pretty biblical! Great work, man 🎶 🎵

Great writing, playing, production. You'll get the hang of getting the instrument levels set better as you do more mixing. Keep it simple. If the keyboards volume is too low at certain parts, well, raise them up and lower the problem instrument(s) volume(s). There are no short cuts. It takes a lot of listening to get all the levels set as optimal as possible and that's done on a note by note or section by section, basis 🎶 🎵

So, you think my current PC with the I7-4770 CPU at 3.40GHz with only 8GB ram will run a full Sonar install ok?? Thanks again 👍

Thanks so much Noel. My plan is to download the Free Tier, get a new PC with 64GB ram and a Graphics card in a few months and then upgrade to Sonar. Appreciate all the free years!

Question: CWBB has worked great for me the last three years. I have an I7-4770 CPU at 3.40GHz with only 8GB ram. If I download and install the Free Tier can my PC run it? TIA.

Thanks Steve. Appreciate your observations and kind review of the tune 🎵 🎶

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Thanks treesha. Appreciate the listen and kind comments 🎵 🎶

Important to a lot of us question: Will the new free tier Sonar run ok on Windows 10 with 8GB of RAM? It's what I'm now using until I can get a new Windows 11 pc with at least 64GB of RAM. TIA.

Thanks Nigel. I noticed that too but left it as is hoping it would be an uplifting feeling, not jarring. Thank You for listening and comments! 🎶 🎵

Hello all. Hope you are all well. Here's The Long Hello, just a short little instrumental. Observations welcomed 🎶 🎵 link: https://larryterrano.bandcamp.com/track/the-long-hello DAW: Cakewalk by Bandlab pc: windows 10, i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz, 8GB ram, DI Bass, DI electric guitars, Mic'ed acoustic guitars. SI drums, arturia minilab mkII, arturia analog lab 5 lite, arturia augmented mallets reference speakers: M-Audio BX3

Agree with above observations. Great groove, guitar, mix. The arrangement works well also. 🎶 🎵

Great version. Vox is really good. Enjoyed very much 🎵 🎶

Sorry I missed this. A true musical piece of art. It sounds like you poured over every second to create a strong, beautiful and memorable work. We all are born. We all will die. After that, who knows? 🎶 🎵

The piece is uplifting, humorous and pretty sophisticated musically, kind of a cabaret feel 🎶 🎵 The video is pretty cool too 👍

Interesting work. Atmospheric, the juxtapositions of the voices with the etherealness of the music is at certain times wonderfully twisted, at other times potently observant 🎶 🎵

Great work. Your vox, guitar work, arrangement, flourishes...all excellent 🎶 🎵

Great work there. Great vox, production and mix. Your vox delivery works well with the wonderfully conceived music which I sense has a small touch of the musical modus operandi of Tom Waits 🎵 🎶

This comment is for the 4:30 version: That's some serious composing, recording, production and mixing. Love the girl's voicings. Overall I think this is fairly ahead of its time although I have a sense of Dead Can Dance and Steven Wilson in there. Keep it going. It's pretty coherent and the parts fit well enough at this point with maybe a bit more work to get the cohesiveness more realized and accessible 🎶 🎵

Great work. The percussion/bass groove is perfect. The other instrumentation is complementing it with some great, well thought out chords that enhance it all into one coherent piece 🎶 🎵

Very nice track. Great lyrical guitar solo at ~1:20. Great vox, production and mix 🎶 🎵