Slow Marching Band
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SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
Hi all, here's a new one for you; MaryEllen is Only Sleeping Larry - acoustic guitar, bass, percussion, synths James - electric guitar, synths, mixing As always, hope you enjoy! 
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/20 16:13:12
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Sweet, thanks my ears needed that as did my thingy, cheers.
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/20 16:42:55
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listening on even worse speakers than the laptop...but sounds very pretty even so! Larry is always my fave acoustic player, some nice major key runs there sir! this is less in the folk genre and more...what? some Queen in James' playing, but it's just SMB, really! maybe a little Marillion in there? great!
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/20 17:40:48
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Awesome guys, wonderful playing, nice timbres on the synths, great sounding production.
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/20 17:41:33
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Hi guys, this is a very interesting piece and the playing and production is excellent. Guitars sound great as is the playing. Reminded me of Yes in their prime, really nicely done.
Greetings, Rik
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/20 17:46:46
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James, Larry Beautiful piece of music fellows, and the mix sounds awesome  You guys just seem to get better and better. Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping
 I don't remember that particular episode of The Waltons though 
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/20 19:53:29
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I totally agree w/the Yes comment...this is a wonderful piece! Love the 2:40ish change and the "sprighty" key work @ 3:01ish
Your tunes ALWAYS travel so well...and I'm always happy to take the ride...
great stuff...
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/20 21:14:21
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Nice arrangement. I really like the mix. I can hear everything very clearly. When I saw the title, I was afraid it was going to make me cry :-( I'm glad it's an instrumental. Only thing I did not care for was that synth at 3:01. I just didn't like the color of it, the high pitched sounds. It didn't seem to fit with everything else, and everything else fit together so perfectly?
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Slow Marching Band
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/21 03:45:59
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Thanks John! Pleasing a Wookiees thingy...well, that's something I never thought we'd do.. Hi Mark -cheers! Queen..not sure..Marillion..probably! Thank you Grant, you sir, are a gent Hi Rik - many thanks. We've both listened to a fair amount of Yes, so maybe some of that rubbed off. James
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/21 04:34:26
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Hi James and Larry - Love this new piece. It reminds me of Pentangle and Magna Carta (my, that was some years ago!) - Modern melodic Folk with a mystic undertone. Your musicianship always excels but never more so as in this piece. It could last an hour and I would still want more.
Best Regards
Malcolm
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/21 06:26:20
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This one took me on another great journey. Beautiful stuff.
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/21 11:48:17
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Excellent feel good music... Love what you're doing as always...
Great work...
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/21 12:41:38
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Guys i curtsy to you all. This was spellbinding.
I've loved listening to your music over the years and I have such huge admiration for the work that you all do. This is the level i aspire to reach.
Enjoyed this very much.
Best
Mark.
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/21 14:03:56
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Great easy-listening track and well-played and mixed as always!
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/21 14:32:34
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Very smooth and relaxing. Love how you combine and alternate the different instruments to form an etheral feeling.
post edited by vechung - 2011/02/21 14:33:37
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Slow Marching Band
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/21 17:14:36
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Thanks very much Steve, that's kind of you mate Cheers brudda Tom! I like that key change too. Robby, thanks for the thumbs up Sorry about the synth, but I kinda like the way it pops out of the mix. Hi Malcolm - Magna Carta ! Wow, I'd forgotten all about them..! Thanks very much indeed for the kind comments. James
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/21 18:07:12
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James/Larry,
I definitely got a Yes vibe on that intro (very reminiscent of Turn of the Century). But then once the interaction between you two guys started I got a feel sort of like When Night Meets Light by the Dixie Dregs. Anyway, no matter, it is all pure SMB and the mix is pristine, the performances inspired. Loved it! Great title too.
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/22 04:10:21
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Hi, James and Larry,
This is hauntingly beautiful with it's rich melodies, textured fluidity and amazing production quality!
Wonderful playing, excellent tones and great songwriting. I agree with the Yes comparison, along with a bit of the band Flash and possibly Triumph thrown in for good measure.
Very nice work, boys!
Bob
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Slow Marching Band
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/22 08:23:01
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Thanks Scotty, we appreciate you coming along for the ride Frank, as always, many thanks for your support! Thank you very much Mark, that's really kind of you. Janet, thanks..wait a minute..' easy listening'?? What are we, Manhattan Transfer??  James
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/22 16:21:55
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Wonderful waltz! Awesome transition at 04:00. Progressive rock at its best and brings back memories of my favourite band from that period - Camel.
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/22 19:58:24
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Beautiful stuff. Your music always makes me want to travel. That's a good thing! Thanks.
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Slow Marching Band
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/23 03:52:18
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Thanks Vicente! Glad you noticed the 'conversational' instruments. Hi Tony, many thanks my friend. We can always use the encouragement Hey Bob - that's very kind of you sir! thanks a lot for those nice comments. Equality - Camel is a very nice comparison, thanks for that. very pleased you enjoyed it. Warren, many thanks, we're happy to have you along for the journey James
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/23 13:04:24
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In a word: Sweet. Lovely tune beautifully played and produced. SMB material is always music to my ears! Another great job, guys.
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/23 18:27:12
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UGGGGHHH!!!
I made a LONG reply to this song last night and now I see it was somehow lost. I hate it when that happens!!!
You guys are sounding great. This is a beautiful piece. But I'm too miffed withlosing it to type it all again. You guys know I'm a fan. I liked this a bunch. I had no crits or suggestions.
Daryl
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/23 23:07:45
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Hi James, Larry,
that was a pretty nice song
i enjoyed listening to it & it put me in an even better mood than the one i was in
it was well developed & told a good musical story as it played through the various melodic themes
imho ..the lead guitar can come up a DB or 2 in a few places
Greetings From The Planet Tele X.
Kenny
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/23 23:24:02
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Good stuff. Very nice textures and turns in the song. Nice to hear Larry finally practicing some guitar scales there in the beginning.
James, you had told me before, but tell me again what headphones you use to mix in? I'm in the market and you've proven how well yours work.
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Slow Marching Band
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/24 15:06:27
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Thank you kindly Phil! Daryl - I want to know what was in that post! Thanks a lot, glad you liked it. Long time no see Kenny! Hope you're on the mend. Thanks very much for checking this out, I'm pleased you enjoyed it. Thanks Mark, much appreciated. James
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/24 16:53:14
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No crits here - just enjoying the listen. Makes me think of a video travelogue type thing for some reason taking the viewer / listener on bit of a tour of the sights and sounds of some exotic location.
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/25 07:32:25
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You should sell this to Microsoft Movie Maker for their stock background music.
Loved that sine synth.
Awesome playing and recording, guys.
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Slow Marching Band
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Re:SMB - 'Mary-Ellen is Only Sleeping'
2011/02/25 13:19:05
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Thanks Paulo! Our music was used in just such a travelogue recently, which pleased us immensely. Hopefully there will be more of that to come.
Thank you Larry, that's greatly appreciated.
James (hang on, I'm letting my sigh of relief out..) thanks a lot!
James
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