'Airborne' (and interest in collabs)

Hi,

It's been a long (long) time since I posted anything due to personal issues, family issues, life priorities, etc .. I had to take some serious time off and put the music making on the backburner for a while. Things are better now and I have been able to spend a little more time making tunes so here is a recent piece that could use some critique. It is called 'Airborne' and it is way long (13:35), definitely a mood piece. You can find it on my Mixposure songs page:

http://www2.mixposure.com/Bill_Davies/music.php

Here is a direct link to the player:

http://www2.mixposure.com/index.php?t=mixposure_song_player&song_id=19166&band_id=603

I think it might be overcompressed but can't tell any more . Comments warmly welcomed.

P.S. I am interested and available for a few collabs. Let me know.

Welcome back my friend...

Well, I've missed that sound. Gorgeous piece Bill, as good as ever. Maybe better. Enjoyed every minute.

James

Very nice!!!

Welcome back


Ron

Bill, when I first joined this forum, your work was the stuff that made me sit back and think, "jeez, these guys are good around here!". You haven't lost a thing in your time away. This sets a real nice mood with good instrumentation and compostion. Great to hear you back.

Randy

Bill this is excellent! Your pieces always seem to have a such a natural flow and development. The mix sounds great. It's a little short though .

Summers are crazy for me but here in a month or so I'd love to do another collab with you.

Nice to have you back!!

great mix and playing. Perfect chill-out music. mixing the percussion with the other drums worked well. welcome back!

Welcome back, Bill!

This is a beautiful piece...extremely pristine and lovely mix.   I put it on my faves list here at work...(even though i'm not allowed to listen to music at all.)  

Hi Dave, yeah, too short, I know. Thanks for the listen and let me know any time you are ready for a collab.

Thanks James, glad it was pleasant for you. I take it as a great complement that something makes good background music. I hardly ever do any focused listening to music any more but almost always have something playing in the background that I can drift into and out of as attention is taken by other things. Thanks again.

Hi mgh, that was fun doing the cymbal hits and things over the percussion bed. It turned out better than I imagined it would and have done that sort of thing in a couple of pieces in progress since this one. Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks Tap, the cymbals are my playing (well, playing samples anyway) but the drums are actually a set of loops since I am not even close to a decent percussionist. 9 loops in all, cycled through a different loop every bar so there is no obvious 8 bar repetition.  I wish I didn't have to use loops (it sort of feels like cheating) but things are what they are and they were an inspirational starting point, so there they are.

Thanks No How, glad you enjoyed it .. we can't listen to music at work either by the way.

Thank you Scotty, much appreciated!

Beautiful and sweet, this is some excellent chill music with an intimate touch. Awesome!

Agree with all the positve comments here.  My only negative comment is that I was hoping for more harmonic variety, i.e., a B section in the middle with a different chord structure.  Also - perhaps two lead instuments playing off each other would add some variety in a piece this long. Oboe, sax, violin?

Articulation, etc. all sounds very real.  Very enjoyable.  Nice chromatic touches in the melody.  Really nice music.

Hey, Bill, really great piece here.  I'm glad to hear you are back inn the game.  You were instrumental (no pun intended )in making a couple of our songs sound a notch above normal!  We'll be talking to you soon I hope!  This song is wonderful!!!

Classic ToneCarver!!! In spite of all the trouble in this world and within ourselves, your music always seems to reflect on having a safe haven, an inner sanctum, Bill... this is very 'other-worldly' sounding and to my ears, the flute gives it that native american vibe. Wonderful, exotic, percussion. Your musicianship and the sources you draw on never cease to amaze me. I enjoyed this very much!

Larry

Hi CTek, thanks for the listen and the comments. I can see your point about the B part since this is such a long piece. Most of my stuff takes form more like a jam than a composition so I keep the structures simple so I can have a better chance of remembering what I did in the foundation tracks I also went back and forth on whether to add additional instruments or not, then got busy on other pieces so I just called this one done. Thanks again.

Hay Mark (W), good to hear from you. I was working on a track today that could use some guitar stylings. I'll give it a fresh listen tomorrow and send it off if it still holds up.

Thanks Warren, glad to be back for sure. Thanks for the listen and the howdy.

Thanks geeare1, glad you enjoyed it!

Hiya Larry, great to hear from you. Thanks for the very encouraging words. I was just dealing with that 'all my stuff sounds the same to me' kind of pity party and your comments really gave me quite a lift. Thanks much.

Hi Mark (C), thanks a bunch. I got your tune and am listening now. Nice, very nice. Count me in.

This music is so nicely crafted and pleasant. Airborne is a perfect title since the elements in this song seem to liesurely swirl and glide along.
 
regards John

very clean recording...
nice vibe you created here.