Larry T.

Clean, precise and smooth. Enjoyed the listen????

Nice use of the first minute as intro. Enjoyed it. Well done. Great tones and balances on the mix. Like the TriBal Tronic idea of electronic sound and percussion????

Hi Dean. Very nice work. The performances and vox are great. Very powerful in the right moments. Just my 2 cents as every one of us would mix any song a different way, the mix sounds a bit compressed and not a lot of wideness is the audio spectrum. Maybe the Soundcloud processing???? The ending was too fast????

Pretty hot. Cooks from start to finish. Mix is fine. Nice transition around 2:30????

Thanks jack! Appreciate the listen. Sounds like a nice place to be that time of year ????

Thanks mark. I didn't think an acoustic guitar would work with a arpegg loop but thought to give it a try and wound up liking it. The bass guitar groove....I was just moving meter levels around in the arpegg window for awhile and settled on that one as the most accessible, had the nicest groove and seemed to hold my attention throughout the piece ????

Thanks treesha. I checked the projects time ruler m:b:t positions around 13 sec thinking I was off a beat or three when I copied it there but it is placed correctly and the time between the other loops matches up exactly and, also, I quantized the notes in SI Bass, then dragged it over to the arpeggiator track and then made the loop, all with snap enabled so as to keep it all in time. There are a few timing changes in the song, which is the exact opposite feel that an arpeggiated loop is supposed to have, but that's just me, lol! Really, the loop came first and I wrote everything around/centered on it. I was curious to see how many variations could sit with the loop and still make sense, so the whole thing was a bit of an experiment/learning experience. I haven't tried melodyne yet but thanks for the info, I thought it was strictly for vocals????

Thanks Lynn. Appreciate the listen. I don't know if I'll expand this. The arpeggiator riff was done first and everything else just kind of fell into place. ????

Thanks! Appreciate the listen????

Hey Hi. Latest composition...this is the first song I've used the CbB arpeggiator on, created and looped an SI Bass riff through it.... kind of Chris Isaak meets Pink Floyd and ends with my tribute to the great Wayne Shorter ( i don't do him justice but here it is) may he rest in peace ???? link to Chez Café: https://larryterrano.bandcamp.com/track/chez-caf DAW: Cakewalk by Bandlab pc: windows 10, i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz, 8GB ram, acoustic and electric guitars, focusrite scarlett solo, arturia minilab mkII, arturia analog lab 5 lite, CbB effects reference speakers: M-Audio BX3

Really good stuff there. Mix is like nothing I've heard before (I say that as a compliment) with the possible exception of some of Tom Waits compositions. Very clear, clean and well balanced. The music is quirky, intelligent, humoresque and melodic. The reggae influence is clear but the horns bring a subtle New Orleans feel. Main vox is intriguing. It stands alone fine as its appeal is personality and honesty, not technical show boating. Bjorn does have a point I would agree with. Doubling certain parts would bring some variation. The background vox are great, nicely placed and delivered. Great composition treesha ????

Nice work. Vox are really good. The whole production creates and maintains mysterious yet alluring qualities. Enjoyed very much! ????

Video: interesting, well done journey Music: Really shines, slowly unraveling, you made excellent choices introducing new elements as the music moves forward. I might bring the vox down a bit as it enters the picture. Production and mix sound great ????

Nice homage to The Thrill is Gone ????

Interesting piece with a lot going on. Nice intro, doesn't really hint at what's coming next. The bass playing really stands out in a good way. The build up where the synth is playing the slow, melodic motif while everything else goes pretty much in the red is amazing. Well done ????

Yeah, really good Steve. Great production and mix. Beginning vocals, piano, bass and organ, moves the song right along so drums aren't needed. Gradual build as strings enter is perfect ????

Thanks Bjorn. Appreciate the listen and observations. The bending notes are actually midi's from my Arturia minilab mk2 running one of their Analog Lab V synth VST's and using the finger triggered pitch bend pad to create bends in the song. Wow! Thanks for such a kind compliment about listening to my compositions, that's one of the main reasons I do them. This song does have an interesting note (pun intended, lol!) to it. Out of a clear blue sky I decided to tune my acoustic guitar to an Am chord (E, A, E, A, C, E from 6th to 1st) and explore. After finding and deciding on which chords might sound good I approached it like a puzzle. Cheers! ????

Thanks Kevin. Appreciate the listen and kind words. Haven't updated the tune yet, working on finishing the latest one. Cheers! ????

Thanks Dean. Yeah, I was trying to keep the tempo/momentum going as most of my stuff is a lot slower. Trying to do some faster/upbeat things now. In reference to what you said about hearing, I've come to realize that I have to consciously alter the way I listen to music when I'm mixing. I don't listen to be entertained but to get the sounds across as clear, balanced for maximum effect and precise as I can. Also, to understand that the listener doesn't have my preconceived audio picture of what they are supposed to hear. Cheers! ????

Thanks Rik. That's a good idea. I wanted to insert the harp again but couldn't find a spot and then totally forgot about it. Maybe I can make a fit for it after the 2:30 point ????

Thanks Makke ????

Yes, I thought the velocity/volume went up, like, exponentially, once I maxed it at 127. When I'm in "that" place in the mix where I'm trying to find the right volume for an instrument at a certain moment I've found that in SI Drums I can increase the volume of a midi note by simply creating an exact copy of the note and selecting/move it on top of the existing midi note. Quite amazing, really. Shows how much thought went into giving us the ability to make some really minute adjustments.

Outstanding composing, recording, engineering and mixing. Best of luck in the Music Festival ??????

Very nice work on that. Enjoyed very much ????

Well done. Starts strong and doesn't let up ????