noynekker Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 I had the great pleasure of working with my long time friend Daniel in a songwriting and recording studio a few years back. Well, I got the news of his passing this last week, so wanted to post one of my favourite pieces we worked on together. Daniel was quite the synthesizer wizard . . . right from getting out the soldering gun to creating the sounds. In this one I think he used E-mu Proteus/1 rack mount, Rhodes Chroma Polaris, MemoryMoog, and a DX7. Hope you enjoy, a bit long for a pop song (as a keyboardist, he did enjoy his Tony Banks and Genesis) I don't have individual tracks, so just trying to tweak and improve a stereo mix done back in those days, from a VHS tape ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark skinner Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Hello Bruce , I'm terribly sorry to hear about the loss of your friend. I lost my Best friend and playing partner 2 years ago this week. It's nice to still have his playing and voice on my pc. Seems like he's still here while listening. Fantastic job on the song . I've used VHS for recording long practice sessions. Listening , some of them were pretty entertaining after we'd had a few too many.. Enjoyed it .. mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noynekker Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 15 hours ago, mark skinner said: Hello Bruce , I'm terribly sorry to hear about the loss of your friend. I lost my Best friend and playing partner 2 years ago this week. It's nice to still have his playing and voice on my pc. Seems like he's still here while listening. Fantastic job on the song . I've used VHS for recording long practice sessions. Listening , some of them were pretty entertaining after we'd had a few too many.. Enjoyed it .. mark Hey Mark . . . glad to hear you enjoyed it, yes, friends gone but the music lives on. Kind of a melancholy week for me, listening to a lot of old recordings . . . but will need to write something new very soon to express it all ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajan Blue Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Hi Bruce Sorry to hear of your loss of your friend, but this sounds a really good track to remember him by - some very nice playing and mix sounds good to me. i know how you must be feeling as a very close friend of mine lost his wife just yesterday after a short battle with the Big C. She was a great vocalist as well, such a shame. Nigel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornpdx Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Very engaging song and Still sounds great. Kind of reassuring that creative efforts can live on after you're gone. (The older I get the more I think about these things.) -Bjorn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noynekker Posted February 15, 2023 Author Share Posted February 15, 2023 19 hours ago, Bajan Blue said: Hi Bruce Sorry to hear of your loss of your friend, but this sounds a really good track to remember him by - some very nice playing and mix sounds good to me. i know how you must be feeling as a very close friend of mine lost his wife just yesterday after a short battle with the Big C. She was a great vocalist as well, such a shame. Nigel Nigel . . . thanks, great to hear you liked it. Regards to you and your friends . . . I find there are not a lot of words for such things, but music heals. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noynekker Posted February 15, 2023 Author Share Posted February 15, 2023 1 hour ago, bjornpdx said: Very engaging song and Still sounds great. Kind of reassuring that creative efforts can live on after you're gone. (The older I get the more I think about these things.) -Bjorn Bjorn . . . thanks for your kind comments. Yes, all things must pass . . . so make some music while you're here. A wise friend once told me to never believe we are only dust in the wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSband Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Catchy song I like it. I lost my friend that I did a lot of recording with, it is nice to have his guitar playing still there, although makes me sad too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noynekker Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 On 2/15/2023 at 5:28 PM, KSband said: Catchy song I like it. I lost my friend that I did a lot of recording with, it is nice to have his guitar playing still there, although makes me sad too. @KSband thanks for having a listen ! Yes, there is a definite bond when you create music together with someone, finding out this week how that stays, even when they are gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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