SUPAREELS

Many thanks old friend .. means a lot (.. Adams eh ! little name dropper lol ) Have gr8 XMAS Steve

Thanks 4 listening mate, I am a humbled man . ?.. however I'm done with this one LOL Best regards Steve

Lovely melody, my pennyworth would be to widen the strings and allow the flute to have some room. Try to play the flute sample just as you would a real flute, remember the breathing pattern allowing a believable rendition. Have a listen to counter melodies .. might help to really bring this one to life. Steve

Many thanks for the comment .. and your dead right it is an old cakewalk project already mixed down to stereo, ie no stems to play with, hence spectralayers. Great bit of kit as I get so many old stereo recordings made on tape that need a remix. Thanks again for listening ATB Steve

Remixed to bring out the vocal track a little more using spectralayers with Jack & Bjorn's comments in mind

Really enjoyed this, unmistakably you style and nice work on the vid. ATB Steve

Still a bloody good song though ? got an EAGLES vibe to it !

Great song mate ... Really good a lot of work here ...mix needs a bit of help without emotion ... use your skill to make it great ... ?? Ending .. well ,,,, not so great ... funny ..but not so great ATB Steve

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You are dead right .. seemingly an ignored but fantastic DAW ..and now for Nicks ! Although I'm shown as joining this in 2020, I joined much earlier then that, ( I had the Atari version and a DX7 for my midi !) it was due to the lag involved between Sonar's disbandment, and then Bandlab taking over the helm after the lag. Sadly I ditched the 'supareels music' tag and crossed over to Cubase Pro. I wrote to SOS regarding their narrow vision for this DAW, having read their monthly mag since they called themselves MAPLIN then 'Electronics & Music Maker' inquiring why they never really gave it the respect it deserved, after all there were so many professionals using this DAW with great success, yet still it didn't reach the dizzy heights of, say, Pro Tools. I had paid full price for my Cakewalk DAW right up to the Boston version and I thought that was great value at the time, ... but my message was, obviously, completely ignored as you might expect, I never bought another Mag after that. I could go on but my message is that Bandlab saved a lot of Musoes and this is a very warm place to be with helpful reviews, seemingly using any DAW. Personally I use Bandlab, Cubase Pro 11 and pro tools. BUT I ALWAYS use Bandlab for new songs because it's still an easy tool to use ....so keep posting JKOseattle

That was great ... listened to it three! times .. for me it's the best song you've written so far and the mix is faultless ...ACE Steve

I absolutely love the musical tapestry in this work .. for me you have achieved a feel of despair but somehow an escape from how this world is and could be, it moved me as much as the Beatles 'Let it be' , in that it's a simple message but as the music changes one's mood changes. For what it's worth this is a great piece. Tech wise maybe hold back a little on the reverb throughout the work just to give more variation. Thankyou for the post ATB Steve

Great stuff David Stay safe Steve

Many thanks and I thought the same ... as said it's totally NI's 25 plug, so maybe ... who knows Thanks very much for the listen and your comment. ATB Steve

I have to agree, hence the title .. and as Xmas is nearly upon us why not ?, have to say it's NI's plug-in called 25 (celebrating their 25 years in the business) and it's free at the moment so worth a head over. Thanks for the listen and comment ? ATB Steve

Love this song .. I can see Mick Jagger doing this .. But the melody reminds me of another song but I can't place it ? Great work ALB Steve

Very playful great little song with a serious message .. Thanks for the post.

Strings pad only to 1.19 with a build up of snare to it from 1.18. then a bass drum with reverb on a 4/4 measure around 1.19 then the piano coming in at this point to give a different feel to the whole song. Your vocal is strong and emotional and I feel you shouldn't hide it under the string and piano ... If it were me and I wanted to find the feeling wanted I would cut everything back and then build/mix the track to the vocal. Something has a bit of rumble at 4.35. I agree with the observations made here, notably Andy's and the last chorus. BUT it's a great track played well sung well and has that live feeling which I love ... so AAms does it for me. Stay well mate Steve

Bit heavy though .. Thanks squire

Great stuff ATB Supareels

Agreed, there are a lot of synth sounds and it seems 'Am' is the note of choice .. I am not a great fan of instrumentals for that reason, although they are a necessary tool in all genres and I do use them an awful lot ( the BBC string section wouldn't fit in my toy room ). Your comments mean a great deal to me so many thanks. ATB Steve

Thankyou for listening and the compliment ? ATB Steve

That is the best compliment I have ever had .. she is old now and although I'm seventy I'd forgotten her input synth wise. Many thanks for listening and the informed comment ... I'm off to write a film score now ⏱️? ATB Steve

You know what mate, although that IS a great idea I was just doing this to try out their 25 years thingy. I kinda don't get instrumentals with synths , kinda easy'ish to achieve, feeling what you do is much harder that, and takes soo much more effort to mix and create. I love lyrics mixed with different sounds .. each to his own I suppose. But I did my best with this and I think I got the Xmas feeling I wanted ... so thankyou for your blessing and your ears. Stay well my friend and ATB Steve

Love the vocal work, as Bjorn has written "The vocalist steals the show".