Dan! it sounds amazing! You are really gifted. Loved it and loved the concept.

Hi Dan,
Nice cool stuff,
Cool mood ,to my ears no over compression on this one.... Let the feel of the music touch the listener which I am
Brings me in some landscapes I really enjoyed ( Kate Bush,not to name her..)
Cheers .
Olivier
( sorry I did not even remember that I did post a comment on this tune ....)

DannyDee
nice - just like the movies

Thanks Danny!
 
Regards,
Dan

Exquisite, Dan. Really nicely balanced, evolves very organically and smoothly; and kicks into a more forceful arrangement at the exact right moment. 
 
If I were to offer up the slightest of quibbles about the arrangement, I might consider pulling the guitar solo back a wee bit around the 3:20 mark. It's a great part, but it overwhelmed the arrangement for a little bit, at that point, I think. Very minor issue, though. I really like this piece. Great work, as always.

sonarman1
Dan! it sounds amazing! You are really gifted. Loved it and loved the concept.

Thank you! I truly appreciate it!
 
Regards,
Dan

Vilovilo
Hi Dan,
Nice cool stuff,
Cool mood ,to my ears no over compression on this one.... Let the feel of the music touch the listener which I am
Brings me in some landscapes I really enjoyed ( Kate Bush,not to name her..)
Cheers .
Olivier
( sorry I did not even remember that I did post a comment on this tune ....)

Thanks again Olivier! I'm definitely getting the hang of using a compressor.
 
Regards,
Dan

Amicus717
Exquisite, Dan. Really nicely balanced, evolves very organically and smoothly; and kicks into a more forceful arrangement at the exact right moment. 
 
If I were to offer up the slightest of quibbles about the arrangement, I might consider pulling the guitar solo back a wee bit around the 3:20 mark. It's a great part, but it overwhelmed the arrangement for a little bit, at that point, I think. Very minor issue, though. I really like this piece. Great work, as always.

Thanks for listening and your comments Robert! If I'm not mistaken, you are referring to the guitar feedback? If so, yeah, it gets right in your face. I'm of two minds about it...
 
Regards,
Dan

dcumpian

Amicus717
Exquisite, Dan. Really nicely balanced, evolves very organically and smoothly; and kicks into a more forceful arrangement at the exact right moment. 
 
If I were to offer up the slightest of quibbles about the arrangement, I might consider pulling the guitar solo back a wee bit around the 3:20 mark. It's a great part, but it overwhelmed the arrangement for a little bit, at that point, I think. Very minor issue, though. I really like this piece. Great work, as always.

Thanks for listening and your comments Robert! If I'm not mistaken, you are referring to the guitar feedback? If so, yeah, it gets right in your face. I'm of two minds about it...
 
Regards,
Dan

Hey Dan, yeah the feedback at that short passage. For what it's worth, it was the one element that briefly pulled me out of the pure enjoyment of the song. It drew too much attention to itself, and sort of intruded on the listening experience. Just my own personal thoughts on the matter, and others may not have the same reaction. 
 
It was an instinctive reaction on my part, and I'd figured you'd want to know. Of the many things I like about your music, one of the elements that most stand to me are your really lovely arrangements and mixes. I like how you layer in details and textures in your songs -- subtle percussive bits there, a perfectly integrated bit of solo vocals there, etc -- and you have a real knack for knowing when to expand the arrangement, and step-up (or down) the intensity. Your stuff is always really polished, in that regard -- to my ears, anyway -- and Angel Rising has that same deft touch. So, the short bit I mentioned stood out to me, because it was just a wee bit out of step with the rest of the arrangement and mix, and that caught my attention right away. 
 
Hope you don't mind me going on about it :) I consider it a very minor issue in an otherwise really nice bit of work. 

Amicus717

dcumpian

Amicus717
Exquisite, Dan. Really nicely balanced, evolves very organically and smoothly; and kicks into a more forceful arrangement at the exact right moment. 
 
If I were to offer up the slightest of quibbles about the arrangement, I might consider pulling the guitar solo back a wee bit around the 3:20 mark. It's a great part, but it overwhelmed the arrangement for a little bit, at that point, I think. Very minor issue, though. I really like this piece. Great work, as always.

Thanks for listening and your comments Robert! If I'm not mistaken, you are referring to the guitar feedback? If so, yeah, it gets right in your face. I'm of two minds about it...
 
Regards,
Dan

Hey Dan, yeah the feedback at that short passage. For what it's worth, it was the one element that briefly pulled me out of the pure enjoyment of the song. It drew too much attention to itself, and sort of intruded on the listening experience. Just my own personal thoughts on the matter, and others may not have the same reaction. 
 
It was an instinctive reaction on my part, and I'd figured you'd want to know. Of the many things I like about your music, one of the elements that most stand to me are your really lovely arrangements and mixes. I like how you layer in details and textures in your songs -- subtle percussive bits there, a perfectly integrated bit of solo vocals there, etc -- and you have a real knack for knowing when to expand the arrangement, and step-up (or down) the intensity. Your stuff is always really polished, in that regard -- to my ears, anyway -- and Angel Rising has that same deft touch. So, the short bit I mentioned stood out to me, because it was just a wee bit out of step with the rest of the arrangement and mix, and that caught my attention right away. 
 
Hope you don't mind me going on about it :) I consider it a very minor issue in an otherwise really nice bit of work. 

I don't mind at all. My two minds is that, on the one hand, I do get excactly what you are saying. On the other hand, that's one angry angel...
 
Regards,
Dan
 

When I saw the title, and who it was from, of course I had high expectations.   And... I'd say you met them 100%.  
 
Seriously, for me that was a complete work - composition, arrangement and mix.  I liked how the guitars glided over top of the music, sort of like the backwards parts in Ripples (Genesis).   That simple but effective piano figure just locked it all together, and for a very cinematic instrumental it had great clarity.