Ross Smithe

I will definitely listen to your new piece when it's posted! Thanks so much for listening and commenting on this! Yes it is Bach, but just barely, lol! Seriously though, Bach translates so well to more modern music, as his composition style tends to be very rhythmic and melodic. I did another Bach thing a while back, just for fun I put a 4/4 hip hop beat behind Invention 8, which is in 3/4. Was a nice little experiment, and really worked well (that may be open to opinion)!

Sincere thanks Nigel for the listen and the comment!

Sincere thanks Larry for the listen and comment. Really liked your current piece as well!

Nicely done Larry, very cool synth textures. Love the interplay!

Sincere thanks for the listen and comment Bjorn. Really enjoyed your new piece as well!

What do you mean you are locked out? Do you mean you getting no sound when you play back the MIDI track? If you want to trigger the CP33 and hear the internal sounds, you need to run a return MIDI cable from the computer out to the keyboard in (set that as the output on your midi track). Then you also need to run audio cables from the keyboard L/R main outs. I don't believe the CP 33 is multi-tambral, so all the MIDI data will transmit on channel 1 only

Very cool stuff Bjorn! Well crafted, love the moody and mysterious textures. I just bought Falcon BTW, really really loving it so far.

Thanks so much Gary, appreciate the listen and comment!

Funny story, lol! I'm sure you did fine, they were just being picky. Better than I would have done! I started on a traditional track with piano when I was a kid and was a terrible sight reader, or any music note reader for that matter! I could play by ear, so when I got older I just started playing and arranging based around chords

Thanks so much for the listen and comment! Bach was seriously a trailblazer in all aspects, but really a very melodic and rhythmic composer

Thanks so much Treesha, appreciate the listen and comment!

Back in the 1990's, I played and recorded with a popular Christian artist Las Vegas, NV, by the name of Annie Meadows. She had a wonderful Christmas album she released at the time called Memories. This modern arrangement of the well known and beloved piece by J.S. Bach was the prelude for the album (arranged and performed on the album by an fellow musician from the area, Brian Hicks). I remember those days fondly, and wanted to re-record this piece for Christmas this year! All done in CbB as always, and I was really happy with the quality and realism of the piano samples (combination of Keyscape and my Korg Kronos). "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" is the popular English title of this piece from an Advent chorale Bach composed in 1723. This enduring work is often heard at weddings, as well as during Advent, Christmas, and Easter.

Wow Steve, just a fabulous job on this! Seriously, you're like the "Fab One"! Really great production all the way around, but the vocal harmonies are especially impressive.

Hey Wookie, thanks for the listen and kind word here and on SC!

Hey Nigel, thanks so much for the listen and kind comment! The deep throating vocs are one of the Tuvan voices from Omnisphere. That is truly horrifying about the Rhino poaching! Kudos to you and your wife for the good work for that cause.