She Follows The Light

I think I'm on a long term celtic kick...I can't really call it irish or scottish music but it uses some of the same techniques, so I'm calling it celtic. This is the closest I can come up with.
The foundation is simply an acoustic guitar tuned in D and an irish bouzouki tuned GDAD. From there I added the other parts. Made in Sonar Platinum but I also use Scheps 73 waves plug in  as the channel plug in most tracks with different adjustments depending on the instrument. Tracked with stereo miking to separate mono channels panned at around 25%. In 6/8 time. key of F at 65 bpm. Mastering with Ozone 6 stripped version...not much more than some EQ and a little multi band compression.
 
https://soundcloud.com/st..e/she-follows-the-light

Top tune Tim... Celtic works for me 
 
I can listen to your acoustic stuff all day 

Hi Tim nice recording and tones. 
 
Rik

Oh yea, that's a sweet one Tim, loved it.

The first word that came to mind while listening was "rich".  The acoustic and bouzouki sound really good together and the other parts add a nice touch. Great depth and width, and the performance and arrangement were just right.
 
Edit:  What was the initial sound at the beginning?

Starise,
  Wow simply beautiful, composition and playing.  The strings are so pristine and played so well.  I love the style and it really took me away listening to it.  The mix sounded great on my system.  It sounded great as an instrumental but I could also get into this with vocals as well.  Nice stuff for sure!

Hi Tim, the Celtic stuff of your is really compelling - check here for a link in my blog a while back - and this one continues your impressive run!
 
I can only offer one little crit - I think there are a few spots where your elements are not in rhythm. I know in the slower songs, I find keeping on that beat challenging, and if you are going for the re-creation of a real group of musicians playing this, then their timing would not be spot on either.
 
You might give :38 - :40 a listen, for an example, acou guitar and the bell-like thing hit differently. There might be four spots like that in your  piece. Everyone else mentions the incredible atmosphere (yes!) and the clarity of your mix (again, yes!) and I agree.
 
whatever the Gaelic is for "muy bueno" . . .
 
cheers,
-Tom

Thank you for the comments guys. I always feel as if I can get an honest evaluation and hear some good music when I come here.
 
JulienRay- Thanks!
 
synkrotron- Thank you ! I appreciate your comments !
 
Mike- Much appreciated! I feel a goal has been met when people actually like the music :) Thank you!
 
Rik- Good to see you back! Thank you!
 
Warren- Thanks man! Anything new in the works?
 
ohgrant- Thank you!
 
Wouter- I am thinking about vocals on this. I'm talking to someone else who can really sing...pro trained Mezzo soprano...I have my fingers crossed. The main thing is writing a good rich lyric.Thanks for that link and your comments!
 
SteveC- Good to hear from you. Everytime I go into walmart I think I might bump into you lol...Thanks for those comments. I worked fairly hard to get it panned and find a reverb I liked...so I'm very happy to hear your comments :)
 
9thaspect- Thank you!
 
Tony- Thank you! I hope to find a more regular vocalist soon. I also thought it could use an airy female vocal.
 
Wookie- Thank you for those comments my friend. Which ship did you listen in? I know you like some decent background music when your dismembering...err...feeding ;)
 
Tom- Thank you! That link doesn't seem to be working for some  reason. I hear those things you mentioned. I might go back and see if I can make the attacks a little closer. I knew someone was bound to hear it...not bad but it could use a little tweaking for sure. It does have more of a live sound as the result of that I think. I don't know if you would agree or not, but sometimes different types of attacks don't seem to fit together as well as others....
 
Rimshot- Thank you Rimshot!
 
 
 
 
 

Tim, I have to agree with Tom on the timing issues, there are a few, but the overall song and concept for what you are trying to achieve are spot on. I'd work on this one so it can be a great keeper.
 
Peace and Blessings, John