Larry T.

Hi Tom....Thanks for giving it a listen....and, Yes to "repetition" being a common occurance in ambient music....i love three minute rockers (the Duo Brothers stuff is really well done)....but i do enjoy listening to and trying to write other styles....i do ambient now because my recording capabilities are just getting started and feel it's a good way to learn the basics before going all "Bohemian Rhapsody"/mega production creations....cheers!!!! ????

Thank You very much David, glad you like the song....do you mean the overall top end needs an increase or just the last minute (which is where i've been debating whether or not to bring it up a decibal or two)?? ????

Thanks again for the honesty...here is the latest mix ???? 100% correct...hear's (pun intended) the latest ???? hi mark....Thanks again for the nice words....it sounds like a dropped d but it's not, it's standard tuning with two acoustic guitars with one playing the notes on the 6, 4 and 3 strings and the second overdubbed acoustic i retuned and played the same notes with a capo now using the 4, 2 and 1 strings....here's the latest ???? hi Nigel....Thanks again for the comments....here is the new mix ????

Thanks Bjorn....i really have no explanation for how bad that first mix is....here is the new mix, if you have time please let me know how this one sounds ????

so....like....you can make a fortune from this one by licensing it to stores with self check out like CVS, Amazon Whole Foods (or whatever they're calling themselves today)....nice work jack, the mix is pretty awesome sounding....made me smile ????

Very well put together....i might add some high end to the strummed guitar, maybe bring up the vocalise....just minor things....overall you nailed the arrangement, choice of instruments and playing of all of them ????

Thank You Nigel....the opinions of you and a lot of the other musicians/audio engineers/all around renaissance folks here at the Songs forum is truly helping me get a good handle in a lot of this DAW business ????

Thank You mark....i've only been doing this DAW thing about 9 months so all the mistakes and experiments a lot of you guys did years ago i still have to go through....i'm redoing the entire mix and adding more of the flanged bass (kind of sounds fretless bit it isn't) and redoing the entire end....cheers!!!! ????

yes, i went crazy with the reverb....had it almost every track just to see what it would sound like....and the answer is....sounds terrible....Thanks for the compliment on the song itself!!!! ????

yes, i wasn't sure if my ears were missing it or what, but I wasn’t sure if this was the best possible mix....Thanks!!!! ????

Here is the remix.... ....now named "La Ballerina",....observations are welcome (i'll leave the old mix up for awhile): https://larryterrano.bandcamp.com/track/la-ballerina-ambient-pop-music *********************************************************************************************** Original post: here's the latest....if you have time have a listen and post your observations....cheers!!!! Ballerina (ambient pop music): https://larryterrano.bandcamp.com/track/ballerina-ambient-pop-music DAW: Cakewalk by Bandlab pc: windows 10, i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz, 8GB ram, acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar, focusrite scarlett solo, arturia minilab mkII, arturia analog lab 4 lite, arturia augmented strings, CbB effects reference speakers: M-Audio BX3 website: https://larryterrano.bandcamp.com/ Special Thanks to Mike at #creativesauce on You Tube whose incredible videos on how to use CbB made this possible

compositionally this song is great....Donald Fagen would be proud to call this his own imho....excellent song writing jack ????

nice job....you guys have great taste in the songs you choose to cover....the vocals, as always, are great ??️??

great work....compositionally your music always intrigues me as the way you smoothly sonically move from bar to bar with so many instruments is the direction i would like to move towards ????

nice, steady tune....isn't it amazing what can sometimes be done with an improvised or, y'know, one-off performance?? ????

yes, the whole tone scale creates an ominous mood, very Art Zoyd-ish....you realized the piece extremely well after the 7 bar intro....question for you, these last few songs you have done using specific scale structures, is there anything you can say about the differences in composing when comparing the scales to each other?? ????

interesting piece a la Walter/Wendy Carlos' "Switched on Bach" from 1968....i also use modalities, or specific scales, as a jumping off point when writing music....it's amazing when taking a look at all the different chords available in a scale how many are duplicates of others....good job, as usual ????

i've never heard the original but from that point of view i can say that the song is catchy and i liked it right off the bat....you guys did a very good job....(note: ends too abruptly....).... ????

at around 1:28 i'd take the cello volume down a decibel or two as its entrance is slightly abrubt....other than that really well crafted piece ????

flows along smoothly....rhythmically sound....Vangelis is smiling for sure ????

one of the 10 best songs I've ever heard here on the Songs forum....extremely well done ????

agree with Tom....excellent music as always ????

The Music: I think it sounds plenty spacey if that's what you wanted....though it fits fine with the rain motif as well....well crafted, recorded, mixed....great work as usual ???? The Video: works fine for me....compliments and has good synergy with the music

very nicely put together...agree the sounds are reminiscent of Wind and Wuthering but that's a true compliment....I would add some tambourine, flute (i know, more Genesis ?) and backing vox to add a bit more depth and feel....enjoyed listening ????

well done ????