Larry T.

Thanks so much John. I agree with you. I will work on that. I reached a point with it where I just thought I'd set it aside and didn't even post it here till now as I stopped work on it a few months ago. Looks like I have more work to do ???? Thanks treesha, appreciate the kind words. I put this song aside kind of knowing it wasn't quite finished and you and JohnB both noticed that too. Gonna have to work on creating the missing piece to give the song the elements it needs ????

Hi Rex. As I've said before your voice is great. You should do your best to get on The Voice or American Idol, a show like those. This song is really good but you lift it higher with your voice than most other vocalists could do imo. As said already it doesn't need much more, maybe a little tambourine for some character/depth. Great work????

Hi Nigel. Great production, mix, performances, arrangement as usual. Good song????

Hi again. Don't usually put up another song so soon but, what the heck, here goes. Here's one I wrote and recorded a few months ago. Have at it, let me know your impressions of it, hope you enjoy it??️☀️? link to Moonrise: https://larryterrano.bandcamp.com/track/moonrise DAW: Cakewalk by Bandlab pc: windows 10, i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz, 8GB ram, acoustic and electric guitars, 4 string electric bass, focusrite scarlett solo, arturia minilab mkII, arturia analog lab 5 lite, CbB effects reference speakers: M-Audio BX3

Good song ?. my 2 cents.... you are correct, intro is a bit long intro from 00:00 to 00:09 has two noticeable drum edits, seems like the song really begins at 0:10 introduce the guitar riff you play around 2:47 to the intro, or maybe after the first verse....it's a good riff, i'd use it more bass needs to be louder/clearer you have a good handle on writing horn parts, maybe that 4 note horn riff at the intro can be played a little less often and write another horn part for some variation cheers!! ????

Hi mark. Here's my work flow: 1. Create an Audio track. 2. Record via Scarlett audio interface my 4 string bass part. 3. Go to Console View. 4. On the Audio bass track Left click the + on Sends. Left click on Aux Track. 5. Rename the aux track "aux 1 bass1" or whatever. At this point I can use both tracks Pro Channel EQ for adjustments and/or create another aux track from the original (or the first aux track) to further manipulate the bass audio. Here's a screenshot of my current project Velocity:

Interesting post Jimbo. Well, vox AI has arrived along with AI music....I need to think about this stuff for awhile. At first they sounded like human vox to me, adequate, but not much more, which is pretty much the standard for most musicals. I think at the 3:00 mark when you have them harmonize it's a bit of reveal that they're AI. I can say that none of the voices stood out as being, say, an "incredible talent" like a Little Richard, Paul McCartney, Elton John, John Fogerty, Joni Mitchell, Peter Gabriel, Sting, etcetera. But, knowing how fast technology develops it's pretty much inevitable that at some point a break through AI voice or two or more will become created. Will people still be inspired knowing that the vox isn't a human vox but formed from a different type of creation, that is non-biological? to be continued....????

Great work all around. I agree the bass could be coming through a bit cleaner/clearer. I've found that SI Bass is very clear and running aux tracks in Console View is a great way to adjust/correct although I don't use SI Bass too often as I usually play the bass with my Yamaha 4 string through a Focusrite Scarlett Solo interface and use multiple aux tracks to beef up/adjust the sound. Also, I do tend to record some of the instruments/VST's section by section (i.e. intro/verse1/verse2/chorus1/etcetera) which really gives me the freedom to adjust the sounds of each instrument in each section so as to get the best audio for that individual section. Very time consuming and takes more effort but I enjoy hearing the results????

Thanks Nigel. Yes, with only 8GB of ram I have to be careful what instruments/VST's I can comfortably utilize. Some of the VST's I have use way too much. Hopefully be upgrading the pc soon????

Thanks John. Wayne's phrasing, choice of notes and melody lines will always be inspiring????

Thanks daryl. Appreciate the listen and kind words????

Great work. This video should be a required watch at all high schools. The music score you did fits like a glove????

Well done, as usual. I like it but would have trimmed around a minute. The song builds and builds so i was hoping for an explosive lead guitar, synth, violin, whatever explosion/release around, say 2:08, but that's just me. You sort of do what i mean around 3:10. Nice production with a strong vision????

Great mix, production, tones, balances. Just my 2 cents....for me the song really kicked in around 2:40 and then pretty much held my interest. I'd trim about a minute between the intro and 2:40 to get to that point in the composition where some variation really kicks in. The melody lines are really nice but, again, imho needs a bit of trim to get to the best parts. Cheers!!????

Well put together all around. Arrangement, playing, mix????

Nice groove and chilly atmosphere. The vox are good, cool delivery????

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????