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  • Kintsugi (Broken Yet Remade)
2018/03/20 22:37:34
cwestmont
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Kintsugi is an art form where broken pottery is reassembled with gold paste or other material emphasizing the cracks.  This is a seriously cracked song, but i couldn't find any gold paste so I used Elmer's glue.  It is a typically overwrought prog rock song with trap trappings and bouncy reggae bits.  Listen at your own risk.
 
Thank you for the encouragement -- I've tried to polish the vocals better versus the first mix and it is improved somewhat.  
You can hear the "improved" version here:
https://soundcloud.com/hummingbirdcinema/kintsugi
 
As fellow Sonar users, I think you will appreciate the complexity.  Whether the song itself is any good is another question entirely.
 
Anyhow, thanks for listening!
2018/03/21 16:38:35
Wayfarer
Wow, that's really good. Very cinemaesque. Must have taken a long time to do that. Kudos!
2018/03/21 17:55:15
Lynn
I think I've said this before about your music: you're in the big leagues of creativity.  This takes me to the same place I go to when I listen to Peter Gabriel.  This song is supremely artistic.  I love the way you treated your vocals, so don't stray too far.  I hope a little of your polish rubs off on me.
2018/03/21 18:22:28
Wookiee
I enjoyed that, I liked that it went in different directions but then came back to a cohesive end.  Mix worked well as well, thanks for sharing.
2018/03/22 01:36:33
Leadfoot
This is really good! Very professional sounding. I would have liked to hear the vocals a bit more in the first part. I love how this song keeps evolving. You almost had a little Pink Floyd thing happening around 2:34, and then back in with the beat. This was very well done!
2018/03/23 16:14:38
cwestmont
Thank you all for the feedback and encouragement.  Lynn, thanks for the Peter G comparison -- he is one of my musical heroes.  Leadfoot, I've revisited the vocal parts and hopefully made some improvements. Vocals are always my Achilles heel.   Thank you for the Pink Floyd comparison as well -- Have their music in my bones, for better or worse.  
2018/03/25 13:59:58
dcumpian
Wow...
 
Very cool stuff here... I think the vocals on this are some of the best I've ever heard from you. Very interesting song that kept me listening all the way through. Lots of nice ear candy sprinkled throughout. Congrats on this!
 
Regards,
Dan
2018/03/27 05:35:44
emeraldsoul
I was not expecting that reggae beat. Nor was I expecting the Spanish Inquisition. Just keep doing what you are doing, it's  friggin excellent and creative as hell.
Modern only better. Compositionally unique. Love it.
 
Stellar ear candy. This must have taken you a while to get together. Super enjoyable to listen to.
 
Modernity may be served with just a skosh less autotune effect, but I could be wrong about that. Have you tried it without it? I bet that would sound great as well.
 
Cheers,
-Tom 
2018/03/27 21:54:01
Jesse Screed
masterful
 
like going to church
 
twist and turn
 
never lost interest
 
a story!
2018/03/28 20:10:09
eph221
I found it a little too segmented, but overall it hung together.  A good way to work on this is to write (and/or listen to) variations.  Listen to Paganini's variations, they kind of lead to one another in a logical way, yet are segmented at the same time.  Loved the ideas in this though.
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