Early Winter Mix

This time around I've got a short classical piece for piano and strings.   I haven't done anything like this in, well, probably a few years.   So I'm curious to see how the strings in particular translate (GPO + KH Solo Strings 1). 
 
https://soundcloud.com/steve-cocchi/early-winter-mix
 
 
Hi all,
Thanks to everyone's comments I've just uploaded version two: https://soundcloud.com/st...hi/early-winter-mix-v2
It's still not exactly as I hear it in my head, but I think that it should be somewhat an improvement.
 

Thanks, Monty!  I know what you mean about the fast runs - that's a technique I'll have to work on.  I think I also need to work on getting the high violin parts to sit within the mix better, though that's a harder one for me to tell for sure. 
 
But regarding the pedal steel, you didn't catch those parts?  They're all over the place!  No, really.   
 
FWIW, the piano is AK and Eighty Eight layered together.   That combination just seems to work for me.
 

Thanks, Gus!    Yeah, I think I've got some homework to do for getting the violin parts to gel more like the real thing.  I may even swap out GPO in those instances since I think it may be more "metallic" in the higher registers than KH strings.     Onward.   

Interesting piece and composition I sure you know what it needs.
 
Thanks for sharing.

stevec
Thanks, Chas!
 
Thanks, Wookie.  I have some ideas, but I suppose I'll have to see at what level they pan out...    (bad DAW humour)
 

Well I chuckled :)
 

I smiled to, trouble with all this fur and Wookiee smiling is you just cant tell if I am grinning or growling

@Wookie - It looks like a smile to me.    My, what large teeth you have...
 
@Robbie - sure, classical jazz works.  Huh, now there's a genre to explore.
 

Thanks, Tim!   I am still working on this one, so perhaps I'll try a little more reverb just for those violin parts as well - I hadn't really thought about that.
 

Steve,
 
As a composition and performance I really like this piece.  I agree with the comments regarding the realism of the string, but they still work fine.   Unless you have LA Scoring Strings, Symphobia, Hollywood Strings, etc.. you really have to work on tweaking the sounds to get there.   GPO isn't bad, just requires a bit more work.  
 
Anyway, cool composition and really well done.
 
Regards 

Well, I'm on tenterhooks waiting for Early Winter mkII

@Gus - thanks, me too.    It's been slow going recently due to other commitments (aka, life) but I hope to get back to it soon.
 
@Jimmy - thanks!  It was nice doing something more orchestrated.  Now all I need to do is finish it...
 

Nice piece, Steve, and well played too.  I enjoyed it.

pleasant music .. I liked the beautiful tune and arrangement

hey steve
listening to ver 2.  really nice composition, great playing
 
love the dynamics in this!
 
I might back off of the reverb just a tad on the piano
 
this is really good stuff!  love it!

@Reece - Thanks!  I appreciate the feedback.  I'm glad that the dynamics came across as I did want to have some ebb & flow throughout.  I was also messing with the piano in bits and pieces so may have left it a little too distant.
 
@Dan - and again...  thanks!  Your comment about the piano does seem to line up with Reece's so it probably could be a little more "close mic'd".   And yeah... the faster runs were tough to get articulated the way I wanted so at the end of the day I settled for what I had.  At some point I should probably learn a little more about these libraries.