MCi
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Stairway to Nowhere
Hi, this is a rock instrumental I wrote a few years back. As usual I can't seem to leave them alone and I continually remix them hoping to improve. I was trying to add a bit of meat in this mix this time. I would appreciate your feedback. Yes, I am guilty of using common chord progressions. Regards, MCi https://soundcloud.com/mceye/stairway-to-nowhere
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Re: Stairway to Nowhere
2016/07/15 09:46:43
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Decent mix and I like the way the key thing comes in. I think a more defined melody earlier would keep the listener's attention for longer.
On a technical note, is it my ears or is the arpeggio guitar slightly out of tune?
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Re: Stairway to Nowhere
2016/07/15 10:25:17
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Reminds me of Ten Years After "I'd Love To Change The World" - pretty cool.
Daryl is right though, that guitar needs to be tuned up a few strings are flat. But that's an easy fix ;)
- Daren
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MCi
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Re: Stairway to Nowhere
2016/07/17 05:27:41
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Re: Stairway to Nowhere
2016/07/21 12:32:28
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I didn't hear the original, but the guitar sounds fairly well tuned from here. The mix sounds decent, nothing particularly out of place, though I'd like to hear just a bit more definition on the bass. Then all it needs is some vocals. 
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Re: Stairway to Nowhere
2016/07/22 21:44:13
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Sounds a lot like House of the Rising Sun.
Pretty cool instrumental tune - I enjoyed it.
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Re: Stairway to Nowhere
2016/07/23 18:18:43
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I really enjoyed listening to your song. The music I listened to when I was really young was my dad's music which was mostly rock songs from the 60's and 70's. I know more about that music than I do about what most of my friends listen to. My all time favourite was House of The Rising Sun. Your song has that same feel to it at times (in a good way). My dad listened to Ten Years After a lot and in places it reminds me a bit of that group too. It sounded great to me. John
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MCi
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Re: Stairway to Nowhere
2016/07/23 22:15:53
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Hi, taking on board some of your comments I noticed after applying Melodyne to the guitars I over did it on the lead guitar parts at the end and the bends went way out of tune so I fixed that. I increased the volume on the bass and added compression with a faster attack and release. Hopefully the bass is more defined now. I cloned the guitar parts to give it more weight, as I felt it was losing strength at different parts of the song. The guitars are louder and cutting through stronger. I did write some vocals but they just don't fit, so they are there for another project. It has given me an idea of doing a concept EP all based around these chord progressions using this track and the vocal I have just written leading into a cover of the House of the Rising Sun. Finally, thank you of the comments about it sounding a bit like House of the Rising Sun. That is a huge compliment to me. It is inspired by that song and based on the same key and chord progression but without the E chord. Thank you all for your comments and taking to time to listen. https://soundcloud.com/mceye/stairway-to-nowhere
post edited by MCi - 2016/07/24 07:00:37
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Re: Stairway to Nowhere
2016/07/24 06:18:31
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Re: Stairway to Nowhere
2016/07/24 11:35:11
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second version is much much improved, nice job!
I dig the throwback to the '70's . . . "House of the Rising Stairway" would be a good title!
Do you know a band called "God is an Astronaut" ? If not you might check them out, really cool stuff like what you have made here.
cheers,
-Tom
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Re: Stairway to Nowhere
2016/07/24 15:31:39
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Nice one! The mix sounds good and I like the back to the sixties in this progression. Hey, there is nothing wrong with using "common chord progressions". They are a staple of so many genre of music. It is how they are used in conjunction with arrangements, instrumentation, melody, etc. that makes the difference.
Nice one.
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MCi
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Re: Stairway to Nowhere
2016/07/30 23:44:33
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I posted to the wrong song. The update was for The Hunter.
post edited by MCi - 2016/07/31 00:21:49
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Re: Stairway to Nowhere
2016/08/01 14:29:47
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I think it is an achievement to write an instrumental and keep the interest going throughout, and you've done that. Did you master it as such? Just wondering if it could do with a gentle lift throughout if that makes any sense? And perhaps a little stereo widening? Just a thought, I really enjoyed it and it was very well played.
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Re: Stairway to Nowhere
2016/08/02 08:55:32
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Definitely more House of the Rising Sun than Stairway to Heaven, but, in either case, it sounds pretty good.
Regards,
Dan
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Re: Stairway to Nowhere
2016/08/04 17:35:10
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Kinda Eric Burdon meets Robert Plant, if there were vocals. The distortion seems to be a bit heavy to me in parts. Well done though.
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