Larry T.

Another brilliant creation....your compositional prowess is amazing....attention to detail and perfection of timings is super human ????

Thanks jack....i considered string synths but decided to go full John Wesley Harding/Get Back mode on this one....congrats on Selim and Sivad, those are two of the best songs i've ever heard ???? cheers!!!! ????

Thank You, appreciate your listening and comments....the chords in this song lend themselves very well to the natural harmonics that an acoustic guitar can produce....those audio textures make for a little different sound and atmosphere that seems to work well for the song....cheers!!!! ????

greetings all....hope everyone is doing OK....here's my latest creation....Dani (ambient pop music)....all observations, critiques, suggestions and questions appreciated....let's go!!!! https://larryterrano.bandcamp.com/track/dani-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, CbB effects reference speakers: M-Audio BX3 Special Thanks to Mike at #creativesauce on You Tube whose incredible videos on how to use CbB made this possible

hi Paul....your stuff always has emotion, power, conviction, honesty....all the great things about rock and roll in particular and music in general....whatever you are not satisfied with in the technical part of your music think about how to do it simpler and work up from there....personally, i need to work on the drums in DAW production as my stuff as a lot of subtle and labor intensive elements that i just don't have the time to get the way i want so i do my ambient pop music stuff as a way of keeping my DAW journey active and growing so as time moves ahead i feel i'll get the hang of what it is i need....keep on keepin' on!!!! ????

what a great song for your daughter!!!! and the rest of the world as well....enjoy the song very much ????

great job David...very precise, well thought out and played piece....when you have time can you advise what VST you used?? SI Strings, Kontakt, Spitfire BBC Orchestra?? ????

excellent work....ready for market ????

hi gary, i'm at work so listening on ear buds, so my audio perspective is severly limited, but a lot of folks will be hearing this on earbuds as well so, perhaps there is some value in this post....lol!!....anyway, the mix works excellently....all vox and instruments are clear and balanced quite well, the audio is loud enough, no distortion/clipping present, no production mitpicking from me, so, on to my take on the song itself....i like it very much....the singers are great, the breakdowns are cool....i'd consider some banjo, fiddle and harmonica added to give it some more flavor....great work ????

Thanks antler, appeciate you listening to the song and glad you like it ????

really nice job on vox and playing, enjoy it very much....the wood is all there, now it all depends on how you want to use the mix to build it into a creation of your taste ????

ThankYou Steve ??that song is a favorite of mine too....it was the first song i ever heard that made me aware of how beautiful the guitars natural harmonics can be, if the song i'm writing allows it i try to incorporate them wherever they fit....the panning was something that seemed like a good idea to isolate and showcase the arpeggios....cheers!!!! ????

Hi Philip....nope, but i will check Twisted Nerve out....anyway, i always like to reciprocate when someone gives me some new artists to hear so here's a few that are doing stuff somewhat like Ionia only quite better ????.... North Sea Radio Orchestra (from England): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSPn0R2OFuY Aranis (from Belgium): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDC0rcWz38s Orange Tulip Conspiracy (from America): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksP9_DNczeA Calomito (from Italy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc-Hfnpltys

Another brilliant one jack.... Mix: imho....metal percussion at beginning mixed too high, bring down about 2 dB's maybe change drum snare to brushes during piano solo (what scale are playing in????) Bring trumpet down 1 dB Song: great song and melodies from trumpet, what scale are you playing in??? ????

very nicely done!!....piano roll is amazing ????

great collaboration, as usual....this piece reminded me of something that could have been on Aja ????

my brain just couldn't process/accept that part of Kashmir in 6/4, lol!!....i did like the dual bass/guitar riff you inserted in that section, though....it added a dimension that wasn't there before

i'll chime in first, but, i've only been doing this for about six months so i'll keep it short and concise.... #1 thing in a mix is to trust your ears. #2 is balance/volume of all instruments/vox, this is where magic can suddenly appear when it wasn't before #3 for me is the Pro Channel EQ module. finding the right settings can take awhile or sometimes i just go with experience....the Gloss button can do amazing things for vocals as for what works in your mix, imho, the crunchy guitars, the slow piano/vox breakdown around the 5:00 mark, the overall arrangement is quite good as it adds good things that the original doesn't have. what i personally am not a fan of is the 6/4 experiment towards the end although if played with a different arrangement with all instruments on the same page it might work....and, y'know, in music the possibilities are sometimes almost endless cheers!!!! ????

very well done....slow simmer/build up to the 2:00 mark when the party gets going....great song in the New Orleans style of Dr. John and Marcia Ball to name but a few....i can't comment on the mix at this time as i'm at work and listening on ear buds....but, did want to give a big thumb's up for what i'm hearing so far!! ????

excellent work....especially the first piece....the clarity of thinking and understanding of how each note in both of these pieces contributes to the overall realized end result is amazing ????

well done Makke....i think you created a new genre called "jazz surf"!!!!....the jazz chords arrangement is great and the lead lines you play compliment them to create a unified piece of music that is very enjoyable to listen to ????

outstanding jack ??....i thought you were covering Miles Davis' "Selim" from 1971....i think this great song, along with "My Special Place" are my two favorite compositions of yours so far....no disrespect at all to Mr. Davis intended here but you have the better melody lines in your Selim piece....great work, sir!!!! ????

hi Peter....very respectable cover of a piece of music that really has no equal ????

yes, this genre of music (smooth jazz) is what an FM station here in Los Angeles called The Wave 94.7 would play from 1987 to 2010....you guys do your collaborations extremely well....and while this isn't the best material you guys have created it's very chill sounding and works as that type of music....cheers!!!! ????

hi Tom....i just posted the new mix and i did eliminate the hi hat/metronome and think your suggestion is a huge improvement....thanks again very much!!!! ????