Mesh
I briefly glanced at that post, and thought it's better to save that for my vacation.  

Good idea that... Take it on holiday with you LOL 

Hi Dan,
 
Thank you so much for listening to M81. It appears that I have done a good job with this. The only problem I am left with now is, what do I do next... I'm going to struggle to top this one, for sure.
 
cheers
 
andy

Hi Anders,
 
Thanks for listening to M81 and I hope you managed to get through to the end haha... Quite a long one that 
 
cheers
 
andy

Ha!
 
Hiya Steve,
 
Thanks so much for listening to M81 
 
It's only down hill from here..............
 
Currently working on a "guitar" project, so that should be a laugh 
 
 
cheers
 
andy

philz
Not easy to hold folks' ears for 8 minutes, Andy, but you managed to do it with this fine piece.  Very nicely done.

LOL! Cheers Phil, yeah... especially for an electronic composition hahaha 
 
I'd like to see Bapu in here too... tell him to get his backside in here 
 
cheers Phil, and thanks again
 
andy

There is an vintage synth vibe going on here that if implemented wrong could have been unpleasant. That is not the case with your song. This is great. Its a wonderful evolving flow with just the right amount of mounting intensity.

 
...that was a very pleasent 8 minute listening experience. Enjoyed  it immensely!
 
cheers,
Daniel

Noisy Neighbour
Enjoyed  it immensely!

Hey! Daniel 
 
Thanks for listening to my rather long toon... I'm glad you liked it 
 

god-z
The song is terrific.

Hi Chad,
 
And thanks to you too 
 
I'm going to have to save all the lovely comments here for when I eventually get some grand kids LOL!
 

god-z
It's quite a read.

Wow dood... Did you actually read all of that? Did any of it makes sense?
 
cheers again dood 
 
 
andy

HTH did I miss this juan?
 
Oh yeah...... I've been working on 5 songs almost simultaneously.
 
Not my genre but I will say the mix captured me.

SquareSpiral
Really enjoyed this track.

Thanks Chris 
 

SquareSpiral
(I'm totally guilty of that all the time!!)

Well... Same here really...
 
I cut and paste stuff around and then go back and change bits here and there. Add/delete notes... Change velocities... And I'm always adding automation in order to keep things moving nowadays... It's the only way that I can keep my electronic stuff even slightly interesting 
 

SquareSpiral
Would be interested to know how you keep that kind of movement and change going through the drum tracks as that was one of the things that struck me when I listened.

Ah... Yeah, I'm glad you noticed that Chris.
 
I spent a lot of time on the drums... They kick in quite early, for one of my longer pieces, and carry on almost to the end, and although there is a general pattern for the kick and snare, it does change ever so slightly, to get a little busier in each part.
 
I think the addition of the cymbals certainly helped and I'm glad I added them. As we said above, we cut and paste, but I always try to make it sound as though part have been "improvised," even though much of my work is programmed. I do play the odd lead part and record as MIDI, so that I can "fix" things, as I did for my Nessus tune.
 
Thanks again for listening Chris 
 
cheers
 
andy

The Kiosk Project
Hi Andy, well, i'm going to join the lovers of this track too.

Hi Garry,
 
I'm so glad you happened across my new tune and that you enjoyed listening to it. I've always been a fan of JMJ and I remember getting Equinoxe when it first came out in 1978. So, although I usually quote Tangerine Dream as my main influence, JMJ is up there too, along with early Kraftwerk.
 
Mucho thanks on your comment regarding my mix... It has taken me a while to get there... I can only thank all the peeps here on this forum that have helped on a couple of tracks I uploaded earlier. If it wasn't for that, M81 would be up to its third revision by now LOL. As it is, I do appear to have nailed this one haha! Pretty much everyone here has said good stuff about the mix, although it might be still ever so slightly leaning towards the bass end 
 
cheers Garry, and thanks again for listening
 
andy
 

It is really beautiful but, alas, for me, too long without a video reference or lead vocal or instrument.  I will say it has a captivating sound.  I am this way on all electronica.  I love the instruments and the sound but as the Pogue said a while ago, my ADD kicks in.  Since I am an old guy with roots deep in the blues and rock genres,  I get a bit lost in some of the newer stuff because I need things to be in there to go the whole 8 minutes, though I did.
 
NOW, buddy, about your intro post.  STOP IT! You are a great musician and need not apologize or qualify yourself.  You can lose listeners just because you told them to leave.  They will know whether or not to "turn around and leave" or stay and listen.  I haven't been familiar with your stuff cause I've been in and out for months.  Your post seems negative and that isn't necessary.  Of course, this is only my opinion, buddy.  You have ventured out a bit with that other song you did and need to experiment on that too.  You have talent, so, no more "warnings" on your posts!  Of course, that is up to you. Keep crankin 'em, Andy!!  (BTW, I can't say I haven't done the negative thing in the past and a very talented guy told me what I'm telling you.  That was 7 years ago, gheeeees)

Hi Andy,
You offer us a very nice galactic journey ,I'm not Kate Bush but I can tell you:" Don't give up".. Because maybe you are the only one. Who knows.
Thanks for sharing,
Cheers,
Olivier
( I hear the track once again while typing and it really sounds plain and full of great pictures...)

Vilovilo
( I hear the track once again while typing and it really sounds plain and full of great pictures...)

Hi Olivier 
 
Thanks for listening... Twice 
 

CreatingNoise
Enjoyed the heck out of this one.

Hi Tony 
 
Thanks so much for listening and enjoying M81.
 
The video isn't up to much... I used my Go-Pro to take some time lapse photography of the sky and used Windows Movie Maker to put it together and add some basic effects. It was just another "vessel" to contain M81 and "get it out there," so to speak.
 
 
cheers
 
andy

Hi John,
 
I know it's a bit long, so thanks for sticking with it
 
cheers
 
andy