RussjWhite
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The Longest Night
Another new piece from me. This one has a seasonal theme to it. I think it turned out quite well. All feedback most welcome. :) Merry xmas guys https://soundcloud.com/ru.-white/the-longest-night
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/02 13:20:16
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Great work! Lovely melodies. Only problem was I prefer to listen a bit more simpler stuff. There was like more than one melody at a time so for me it was occasionally a bit hard to concentrate on the main melody. I am sure though that others have no problem here. Mix sounded balanced on my headphones. Very good job! kakku
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/03 18:40:40
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Hey Gus, this is wonderful! I really like the harp and choral aspects. Well done! Regards, Dan
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/04 14:15:09
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Nice Gus very nice I like the soaring female vocal what did you use? The whole mix came across beautifully here the melodies and counter melodies hummm.
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/04 15:41:24
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Gus, The arrangement and mix is really well executed. Your samples sound very realistic as well. Enjoyed this very much. Regards
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/04 16:01:13
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Very nice indeed. Great arrangement and use and placement of instruments. I too particularly like the use of the female sounding voice. Also -- a very nice use of tempo changes to give the song a different (but not too different) mood to the song.
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/05 14:35:52
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kakku Great work! Lovely melodies. Only problem was I prefer to listen a bit more simpler stuff. There was like more than one melody at a time so for me it was occasionally a bit hard to concentrate on the main melody. I am sure though that others have no problem here. Mix sounded balanced on my headphones. Very good job! kakku
Yeah there is a lot going on. I just can't seem to do simple :) Thanks for the feedback
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RussjWhite
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/05 14:37:07
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dcumpian Hey Gus, this is wonderful! I really like the harp and choral aspects. Well done! Regards, Dan
Yes I think the harp and vox work well at giving this an xmas feel to it. Thanks you for checking it out Dan.
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RussjWhite
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/05 14:38:57
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Wookiee Nice Gus very nice I like the soaring female vocal what did you use? The whole mix came across beautifully here the melodies and counter melodies hummm.
Hey Wook, The vox are EW voices of passion. Was there too many layers for you? Thanks for taking the time to give your views. :)
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RussjWhite
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/05 14:40:37
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markno999 Gus, The arrangement and mix is really well executed. Your samples sound very realistic as well. Enjoyed this very much. Regards
Hi Mark, Thank you for enthusiasm. It's good to know that the mix works from other peoples point of view. :)
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/05 14:43:15
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Freddy J Very nice indeed. Great arrangement and use and placement of instruments. I too particularly like the use of the female sounding voice. Also -- a very nice use of tempo changes to give the song a different (but not too different) mood to the song.
Hello Freddy, I usually try to place the instruments where they would be in an orchestra. I feel that the female vox helps to add a bit of emotion to it. Thanks for stopping by. :)
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/07 18:25:53
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Nice work, Gus. I don't hear harp often, so that was a nice change. And good job on arranging the layers, they come across well, as do the VOP lines (always liked the demos for that!).
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/07 18:32:24
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"This one has a seasonal theme to it." Seasoned quite nicely. I like the arpeggios combined with some of the more melodic elements, and the wide use of the frequency spectrum. . . It's not easy to do. I like your mix. H-
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/07 20:44:48
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Gus, this is just beautiful - I really love this one.
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/07 21:14:00
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good job!...you're correct very seasonal!
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/08 09:01:54
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Well, I wrote this whole thing and it's not here. Short version. I love it. Seasonal sound of my favorite season and beautifully done. I have a question, though. Who is Russ White? is that you?
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/08 12:21:03
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Fabulous, Gus. The arrangement is lovely and so is your choice of sounds. You set the bar very high!
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/11 10:59:01
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stevec Nice work, Gus. I don't hear harp often, so that was a nice change. And good job on arranging the layers, they come across well, as do the VOP lines (always liked the demos for that!).
Cheers for stopping by Steve. Since I've brought a harp VST I thought I'd better use it. VOP was never on my agenda, A friend of mine stated how good it was, so I looked it up while EastWest were running their VIP deal, 4 products at 70% off. It would have been rude it I didn't take advantage of the deal. Glad I did cuz it really helped with the theme of this piece.
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/11 11:11:19
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Very pretty. Christmassy and peaceful. Lovely arrangement. John B.
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/11 11:18:54
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Jablowmi19 "This one has a seasonal theme to it." Seasoned quite nicely. I like the arpeggios combined with some of the more melodic elements, and the wide use of the frequency spectrum. . . It's not easy to do. I like your mix. H-
Thank you for taking the time to listen and leave a reply. Harp were designed for doing arps and glisses. So just gotta go for it and add them. Cheers, Gus
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/11 19:09:14
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/12 18:07:03
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MarkusClinus Gus, this is just beautiful - I really love this one.
Thank you ever so much for your words. I'm happy with it too. :)
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/12 18:08:36
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thepogue good job!...you're correct very seasonal!
Hey Tom. Thanks for listening.
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/12 18:10:39
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evadianepug Well, I wrote this whole thing and it's not here. Short version. I love it. Seasonal sound of my favorite season and beautifully done. I have a question, though. Who is Russ White? is that you?
Hi Warren, Thanks, I'm getting in the mood for xmas already. looking forward to a week and a half off work :) Yes that is I. Gus is a nickname that I've had for about 20 years.
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/13 00:02:25
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/15 04:37:36
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Lynn Fabulous, Gus. The arrangement is lovely and so is your choice of sounds. You set the bar very high!
You are very kind :) I hope I can keep climbing!
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/11/15 04:38:05
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Johnbee58 Very pretty. Christmassy and peaceful. Lovely arrangement. John B.
Many thanks for listening and commenting. :)
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/12/19 15:28:54
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RangerChad Marvelous.
Many thanks for listening :)
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Re: The Longest Night
2014/12/21 04:59:52
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This is my seasonal track for you guys. I like to wish you all a very merry xmas. And I'd also like to thank you guys for giving me such a warm welcome to the forum and for all the useful comments you guys have giving to move my music forward. Merry xmas guys. x
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