Ross S

Here a cover of Eric Clapton's classic Tears In Heaven I'm reworking a bit. Among other things, I finally got around to downloading Ample Guitar Lite, and am giving it a test run on this. Put together a simple video to go with. 

Great job! Performance and production are excellent!

Hey Lynn, absolutely fantastic work you’ve done here! Very creative songwriting, and your (and Mark’s) performance are top notch. Production really fits too, well executed, as has been said sounds quite “Beatle-esque “.  Kind of reminds me of Cheap Trick’s Heaven Tonight also (and that one reminds me of the Beatles, lol!). The only comment I might make is the vocals struck me as sitting too forward in the mix. Could be you were trying to make them more in your face, it just struck me with the kind of trippy, psychedelic mix you have going on that the more stark vocal kind of stood out too much. You do have the cool delay effect going on, maybe a reverb effect to push it back and blend it in a bit? Just a thought. Again, great work!

21 hours ago, whoisp said:

Soundtracks are my favourite maybe because of my TV background  in production. This is very well done and hits the spot for certain sound scores on a variety of programs to add that emotional vibe, which i call proper music lol You could haev just filmed yourself walking across a field with different headshot pontificating and it would haev worked to this lol  well done Ross 

Hey, thanks for taking the time to listen and for the encouraging words. I have to keep that cool video idea in mind for the future, lol! ??

Hey @markno999, thank you for listening, and for your kind words. I didn’t really think about the Steve Stevens, but you’re right, lol! The musical arrangement of the song was connected to the video, strenuous at the beginning, and then lighthearted at the end.

20 hours ago, jack c. said:

wonderful.what are the vst plugins used for this?jack c

I normally do about 50% VST/50% hardware synths on my stuff. On this one though, was almost exclusively done on hardware, mainly my Korg Kronos. I did use Kontakt Factory Rock Guitar run thru TH3 (layered with another guitar from Kronos) for the middle guitar section.

Outstanding collab!! The music is cohesive and really works. Great production value as well. Congrats on this!

This is very cool! Great tune, well performed and produced. And showing the CW plug in stuff is the cherry on top!

Outstanding cover! This tune really takes me back, and you absolutely did it justice. Great work!!

Thanks for listening Wookie, and thanks for the kind words. They ended up going with something more orchestratal. Oh well, I still had a blast doing it! Soundtracks not normally my thing, so definitely stretched me a new directions. 

17 hours ago, Lynn Wilson said:

Very nice piece of music, Ross!  I don't know why they wouldn't use this, as it has highs and lows, drama, and all the elements that filmmakers like.  Thanks for sharing.

Hey Lynn, thanks so much for taking the time to listen, and for your encouraging words. They ended up opting for something more orchestrally based.

7 hours ago, Larry T. said:

Well crafted and produced. I can see and hear it working from a scoring perspective very well as the images and music work together to communicate a story. As a song I'd say to trim a couple minutes and tighten it all up????

Hey Larry, thanks so much for the kind words, and taking the time to listen! Scoring isn’t usually my thing, so I’m glad it came across that way

Great job Wookie! Great to hear some new sounds from you, and the vocal sounds were non-fatal, BTW! ??

Hey everyone, great to be a part of this wonderful forum with all you awesome Cakewalkers! I've been a CW user for 25 years, and am realizing through interacting with everyone on here how much I still have to learn! Anyway, I wanted to share this instrumental piece I composed for a short film scoring competition, called Work Before Play. The filmmakers ended up going a different direction genre wise, but I really enjoyed doing it. Hope you enjoy it as well!

Once again, outstanding work Nigel! Song is fantastic, performance spot on, and your production value is top notch! Love the really full sound. Congrats!

Truly outstanding job on these pieces! Beautifully played, and the raw recording catches the nuances. The NI piano sounds nice.

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Really nice cover, great work!!

Good stuff my friend! Rocking and rollicking country vibe for sure. Really great performance and production, guitars especially are smokin’! ????

Nice sounding tune, maybe push the vocals forward a bit in the mix though. Great work!

Blue Monday! Enjoyed, great work!

Cool vibe, love the twisting rhythmic stabs. Great work!

Fabulous work, great synth textures, fits together nicely. Love when you bring the drum groove in.

Love the tune! I didn’t grow up in UK, but I I can still  relate to your lyrics filling in my own blanks, lol! Very nice production and performance as well. Your piano and melodic guitar work are solid.

Great tune! Very nice performance and production.