mark skinner

I Loved the tone of the kick drum at the intro build up. If I had it , I would use it on nearly everything. Also a huge fan of tabla and they sounded Great here. Very nice composition all the way thru. Excellent production .. mark

Old school never gets too old for people like me who were around when it wasn't old school. Great instrumentation in this , especially the fiddle. You painted a nice clear picture of this story. It could be polished up a little , It's hard to get a nice fade out using Soundcloud they'll boost back up then cut it off. Anyway , good job ! I am an Americana fan and really liked this one . mark

I heard it 3x, I got it , I felt it. finally .. mark

Nice light fun sounding song. Kind of a David Byrne talking heads vibe. Loved it ... No crits ..mark

Adam, that was very smooth and relaxing . I loved the emotion of the intro , I got a somewhat sad but very relaxed feeling there. The outro tied it all together. I don't think I could tell the difference between this , and a composition by a paid professional. Very impressive .. mark

Great song ! You've got a U2 feel to it , especially near the end. I I can't wait to hear what else you come up with If this was your first CbB song. If you ask for suggestions or help with a mix when you post it , the people here are great about pointing out issues you song has , that you may not notice. Lots of people here remix a few times using suggestions , then add a video. Good job and hope to hear more ..

This is a giant "Thank You" to everyone who has listened to and for all the Fantastic feedback you've given me. I've gone in a lot of different directions musically , but this is a genre I'm sure I'll revisit. I really like and Need the constructive criticism and suggestions when I post a song , but it was real nice to get one right (or close to right) the first time . Thanks again , you Cakewalkers are great .. mark

I Loved "Your" vocals , and Hers except for the out of key Oh Oh. That was the only part too edgy for me. I really did like the song and the laid back but energetic way you sang it. Good song , Good job ... mark

That was a very nice dance between the major and minor chords and very interesting directions this song traveled. I thought you played it "Very well". If it was midi I think I would soften the note attack a little (if possible). Great job . mark

You brought back some good memories for me from Long ago , hitting the dance club with my friends after a long hectic week. I used to love that voodoo like trance you could get into where there was nothing in the world happening except the music. Enjoyed it .. mark P.S. Some of the best musicians I've ever known , ones with Perfect timing , were also the worst dancers I've ever known..

Brilliant ! I loved the clean and airy sound of this and the wonderful build up to the ending choruses. The vocals were very polished and top notch. The female backing vox was Perfect. I think you've done a tremendous job on this and I think it would do good on contemporary Christian radio just as it sits now. I Really loved this , Fantastic job .. mark

Here's the last song in my "hold" file to finish up. It's time to turn my pc off and my pa on and start writing . Pretty laid back jazz blues style song . I like working in Maj 7. I'm not really sure about a lot of it though, any suggestions would be great. Thanks .. mark https://soundcloud.com/user-810058643/the-blues

I thought the sax was too good to be true... I really couldn't understand how someone could achieve that using midi. I was just hoping it was possible. I have a sax but it tickles too much to learn it .. Great job mark

That was quite a production! Sounds like you did a massive amount of work on the sax alone. I absolutely loved the drums (what did you use for these) Sounded like a live drummer from someone like Al Dimeola or Jean-Luc Ponty . Very impressed. mark

Very nice Gary , It sounds Much more polished now. The added harmony was a nice boost. I do think a low octave vocal should be used to reinforce and thicken a lead vocal and not stand out so much on its own , unless you're specifically going for an Oak Ridge Boys type of gospel group song. Just my personal preference... I still loved it. mark

Killer ! That was some Awesome guitar work . You've got a funkier than Steely Dan thing going on. I was wanting to hear a high screaming resolve everything note at the fade and hear more. Fantastic job everywhere. mark

The same thing happened to a friend of mine. He was using 32bit Sonar 7 and 32bit Sonar LE 8.5 and lost SI drums. We couldn't get it resolved. Uninstalled CbB, reinstalled the Sonar versions then reinstalled CbB. Everything is fine now . Never got to the root of the problem.

All I use is Windows 7 64 and have no intention of going to win 10 until I absolutely have to. Never had a problem with OS or with updates. mark

Pretty smooth Gary. I'm not going to "rip it to bits" but I am having a little problem with the far left guitar. There are a couple of rough sliding squeaks around the 40 sec mark that could be tamed. They may also show up downstream but not as noticeable. The guitar also seems to be a little forward in the mix keeping my attention to the left side. I think it may interfere a little when the vocals are brought back in. The acoustic sounds real good but could be brought up some. mark

John, sorry for not responding back. I lost track of this post but Nigel covered it. mark

David , That was Great ! It sounded like it could be put on an old flickering cartoon. I couldn't help but laugh out loud at the ending. That was Very creative. Thanks for the mood boost .. mark

Thanks @Lynn , that was quite a compliment and always my intention when composing. This one just happened to easily work out . @Mesh There was absolutely Nothing special done. All tracks used Sonitus eq and reverb and sent directly to master. Hot spots were tamed using cut and fade. Everything except the cello was direct in. No other effects , even no pro channel. Exported and used basic ozone on it. This isn't the way I normally work , but this was the "different" thing I tried for this one .. moving on , "Thank You" to everyone ... mark

@Mesh The nylon is a Godin LaPatrie Hybrid with a piezo and built in mic , plugged direct in . The neck on this one is Fantastic and not your usual fat wide classical style. Lots of different tones with the eq and mic blender. This was a $175. craigslist find in perfect condition with a thermally protected case. I was lucky to grab this one before it was gone. mark

There is a good Brush Kit in Cakewalk TTS drums section. (channel 10) 2 brush taps and a slap would be good for the train sound.

Thank You all for listening and responding to this post . I did a mild remix and tried to smooth out the fade better. I didn't have much material to work with at the ending , so I started the fade earlier. My final mix faded slowly and smoothly to silence , but sounds like Sound Cloud boosted and cut it short , but it still sounds better to me. Thanks for the advice.. mark