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This piece started with the intension of adding a short intro to another track titled "What we dream". As things progressed, I was having trouble making the transition, and every attempt I made to get the two tracks to blend together resulted in the intro becoming longer and longer, until I finally gave up and gave it its own title. I don't do many soundscapes, but I really had fun putting this together. Hope you enjoy it. “Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” – Carl Jung

Thanks so much, Larry!

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.

Well done, Larry. Very nice.

Cool. However the drums (and the vocals) are getting buried underneath the guitar.

Well done! The lyrics tell a story and the music backed it up appropriately. Very enjoyable.

Strange stuff. Truly out of the box.

Much better. Now I think you should perhaps work on levels a bit more. Let certain elements dominate occasionally rather than compete. The vocals are always priority. So when they are in play the other stuff should back off or move out of the way. As it is, it sounds like everything is coming at me all at once. Give everything their own space (pan), and consider their presence and width.

Sounds good.

My head went right to the Pulp Fiction dance scene. Defiantly this is as good as a $5 milk shake.

Awe, that was nice.

Its a very nice song, but this needs better management as many here have already suggested.

Thanks Tom! Glad you enjoyed the listen. I'm also happy to hear your critic. I took a look at the E guitar to see what was being rolled off. Looks like its your ears today, as both the E rhythm and E lead guitars are rolling off heavy @ 5k. @ 5k I'm barely pushing -12 and its hardly visible at 6-7k on the scale of 0 to -18 db. Most of the energy is sitting between 500 and 5K for the lead and 300 to 5k for the rhythm. The rhythm is panned wide and the lead is 20% to the right. I try to let the snare, kick and bass take center, and push the lead guitar slightly to the right of all that energy coming down the middle. While I understand that there seems to be some length rules concerning a song, I never quite understood why? Like you, I grew up in a time when we didn't give much consideration to the length of a song (Suppers Ready by Genesis). While this rule may have some value in the commercial end of things today, I'm not really striving to fit into the modern commercial side of things. I just want to go where the song takes me in my own head and leave it at that. I think perhaps Nigel felt that the acoustic guitar intro was unnecessary and should be cut. That's fair enough. However, I prefer to keep the length intact and not worry about trends. I just listened to some electronics tunes that are 8 min. Pink Floyd shine on you crazy diamond is 13 min +. Lyrics don't kick in until 5 or 6 min in. Would anyone want to suggest its too long? I don't think so. As far as the kick, you may have a good point. I generally don't push it that hard, but I was told that these new smart phone listeners need that extra energy in the low end, so I go there now. Seems these new devices and their ear buds are very popular. I feel a bit torn about it myself and I don't know how to accommodate everyone. Sorry if I hurt your ear drums, Tom. Not intentional. Anyway, thank you so much Tom. I really do appreciate hearing the way it comes across on your end, and much of the critic here has indeed helped. Dean

Arrangement and concept wise, it all sounds pretty good. I think there are certain elements that could be louder, like the Steve Hackett style guitar in Forge Of Gravitation. Nevertheless, get it out there and "express yourself". Dean

Very cool. I like the way you panned the drum kick and bass and opened the center for the other instruments. A least that's how it sounded to me. Nice work. Clean and clear. Dean

Its a good song. Interesting inspiration. Seeking attention is the nature of the beast when it comes to communication. Can it be blown out of proportion? Absolutely (the brunette ). Ignoring people is also a problem that can get out of hand (the blond). 2 sides of the same coin-communication. Regarding the break issue you mentioned, relax and think about for awhile. The music is telling you where it wants to go. Don't ignore it.

What's not to like here. I completely enjoyed the walk down memory lane and your take on our current state of affairs. I think from a sound quality approach there is nothing that jumped out at me to mention. I have a friend that has a basement full of vintage stuff, but as hard as I tried I couldn't encourage him to use it. He is more of a collector and it appears he has lost all interest in creating music. The word purpose comes to mind every time I think about it, and perhaps the word would also apply to the theme of this project you posted. Seems there is a different purpose behind todays music that I'm not quite able to adjust to. Dean

I listened to this the other day, but I was feeling so under the weather I didn't comment. The art work looks like Norman Rockwell. The tune is rather simple. Nothing too complex. A bit too long. 0:20 something went briefly out of time. There are 2 things I envy in this. The acoustic guitar tone and that snare tone. Both of which I have been recently battling with. Which AD drum snare did you use for this? Dean

Thank you Nigel!

Out of all I think the master is the winner. Good song!

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Wonderful low end chug. Killer tone!

Oh hell yeah! What a trip! That's the $hit right there. I went right down the rabbit hole and lost all my tarts. Dean

I think you have a lot of interesting material in this that can go in any direction. I like the pallet of elements used. 2nd listen is telling me, Yeah. I would cut the intro and ride with this horse to the end. No beating necessary. Nice gentle and soft beginning that builds and intensifies to a full gallop. Lean into it. Dean

The clarity is impeccable. There's nothing in this that I can point out. Really good work here. Loved it! Dean