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Hi all. Hope everyone is well. Been awol for a long time from the forum due to personal circumstancies. I think last january was the last time i was here for a very brief period and that was after another longish, previous break. Had a very bad year, as my mother, who i was caring for and who i was very close to became very ill and eventually passed away a few weeks later. She had a series of strokes that affected her mind very badly and it was the worst period of my life seeing her become a helpless shadow of herself and then eventually dieing. It's scarred me for life, emotionally, and i still struggle to come to terms with it. Also, one of my best friends of over thiry years commited suicide and it's left an emptyness and feeling of total confusion that's difficult to explain. Needless to say, i hav'nt done much in the way of making music. I hav'nt made a new track for over a year. Just hav'nt had the motivation after what's happened. Would'nt know were to start to be honest. To keep me occupied in music, over the past few weeks, i've been trying to remix and remaster some of the tracks i made last year to maybe put together an album. I posted a load of new tracks last year due to a prolific period i had, but they were hastily put together and sounded more like demos than finished articles, so hopefully they will sound much improved now. Here's a couple of them if anyone would like to check them out. I've done extensive remixing, reworking and remastering on these and i think i've reached the limit of my ability in those areas. Ooji-flip: http://www.soundclick.com...onginfo&songID=9714102 Falling: http://www.soundclick.com...onginfo&songID=9611405 I'd be really greatfull for your views on the mixing and mastering as those are the two things i've struggled with the most in the past. Thanks in advance for checking them out.Hope you enjoy. John.

Sorry to hear about your personal issues blipp.

This piece is well put together IMO.

glad to see you back blipp. Sorry about the bad side of life for you.
I like your mixes. very clean and clear.

So sorry to hear about your troubles John. Always enjoyed your work, I hope you find your way back to making new music one day.

I'm not into this style. Everything sounds good and there's a lot going on. As a collage, it's really cool.

Sorry to hear about the sad times. Hope everything is better.

Well done!

Cheers for checking it out Guitarprima. Pleased it's sounding good your end. Many thanks.

Hi Julianna. Many thanks for the kind words. Thanks for the encouraging words about the tracks too. Appreciate it. I really enjoyed workinhg with you last year and i'd love to work with you again some time in the future as your voice is special and you're so versatile with your many different styles. I love your musical sensibilities too. Thanks again Juli.

Hi John

Really sorry to hear that mate... My mum died 5 years ago with similar circumstances so I can empathise. At the moment as well, my Dad who is 82 has the early stages of dementia and just discovered he's got bowel cancer to boot.... so in some respects you are not alone.

I find music helps me relax and forget the stresses of everything else that's around me. It's almost time for lyrics to 'Music' by John Miles there....!! Hope you get in the groove again soon....

Martin

Blipp, 

Life is what it is ..... sometimes good and sometimes not so much.  

I can relate to your sorrow. My brothers wife committed suicide, and I lost my dad at 16 yrs of age. My mom is likely next since she just celebrated her 96th birthday  Dec 10th.  Life goes on, and as long as the sun rises for us, we have to live it. We'll never forget them. 

Music is the thing that tends to clear the log jams from our lives. As musicians we are blessed to have this as an outlet for the emotions in our souls.

Remixing old stuff is a good way to ease back into writing. You have some really good stuff. Working on the older stuff, I'm sure, will trigger the muse to write new music.

I listened to Falling. I really like how the acoustic guitar & acoustic slide was woven into the electronic stuff as it came in. Nice. 

The mix sounded good on this computer with it's speakers. 

Thanks Martin. Very sorry to hear about your father. Yep music can be a help against stress and it's one of the reasons ifirst got into doing this.

Hi John. First let me say I love this music - I think I've really loved everything I've ever heard from you - this is just so creative, so entertaining.

I'm so sorry for the loss of your mother - the loss of your dear friend. Life can be so difficult ot times - I think we can all empatisize to some degree with the year you've experienced - I know I can. But, life goes on my friend and we tend to grow stronger from these type of experiences.

My thoughts are prayers are with you.

Take care..

Hey Blipp whoops I forgot to listen to your music you posted , hey this is really cool !
Your music & mixes always amaze me , are you still using Project 5 or did you change over to something else ?

Love the sound ! Radio

Hi blipp,

I'm very sorry to hear about your mother and friend. Lost my mom 13 years ago. Never seems to really go away but you get number after a while, at least I did.

I really like Falling. The first song was good too ... but I really liked the mixture of acoustic guitar synth with heavy synth sounds on Falling.

Take care.

Bub

 
John, I'm so sorry to hear about these sad events in your life.
 
Your remixes sound absolutely superb.
 
Take care.
 
Steve.

Many thanks Herb, Rick, Mark, James, Mike, Bub, Jon, Steve and Scotty for the kind words. I'm really touched by all the replies. I'm really fortunate to have many nice friends here. Thanks again.