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Urban Winter
Hi Everyone, We just had our first snow that stayed on the ground for a few days (it melted today). It made me think of winter and how busy everyone seems to be these days - so I thought of sharing this piece. As always, any feedback, advice, tips and especially the time you might take to listen are greatly appreciated. https://soundcloud.com/user-336417081/urban-winter Thanks John
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Re: Urban Winter
2016/10/29 19:22:03
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Delightful in the best sense of the word, John. This kept my interest and the different layers and sounds were very evocative. At one point after 2m it sounded like electricity flashes that dissolved into a snowfall! Very creative piece -- you should be very proud of this. Oh, and beautifully recorded and mixed as well.  Allan ====
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Re: Urban Winter
2016/10/30 02:03:28
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Hello John  I first listened to this wonderful piece three weeks ago. I enjoyed it then and I am enjoying it again now. You have got some great stuff on your SoundCloud page and I particularly like your new piece, Shadowed Time. Excellent work  Cheers andy
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Re: Urban Winter
2016/10/30 12:03:05
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ABull
Delightful in the best sense of the word, John. This kept my interest and the different layers and sounds were very evocative. At one point after 2m it sounded like electricity flashes that dissolved into a snowfall! Very creative piece -- you should be very proud of this. Oh, and beautifully recorded and mixed as well.
Allan
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Thanks so much! I really appreciate your feedback and your time. I am really happy that you enjoyed it! John
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Re: Urban Winter
2016/10/30 12:16:24
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synkrotron
Hello John
I first listened to this wonderful piece three weeks ago. I enjoyed it then and I am enjoying it again now.
You have got some great stuff on your SoundCloud page and I particularly like your new piece, Shadowed Time.
Excellent work
Cheers
andy
Thanks Andy! I have been a bit shy about posting all of my songs. I am really glad you liked Urban Winter enough to listen to it again and thanks too for listening to Shadowed Time (my "Autumn /October song") and also for reposting! John
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Re: Urban Winter
2016/10/31 10:11:11
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Really nice track here John! That arp you've got going on is great. You could have built a whole song around that. For me, the only thing missing was an overall melody to hold everything together.
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Re: Urban Winter
2016/11/01 19:21:29
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dcumpian
Really nice track here John! That arp you've got going on is great. You could have built a whole song around that. For me, the only thing missing was an overall melody to hold everything together.
Regards,
Dan
Thanks a lot for listening and the feedback. I am glad you liked it. Maybe I was thinking of a scene so much that I didn't think about the melody as much as I should have. I will keep that in mind. Thanks again. John
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Re: Urban Winter
2016/11/02 14:56:02
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Cool tune... Nice blend of tones between the arp, chordal parts and lead lines. The section around 2:23 has a great "snow falling" feel without sounding like Christmas... that came later with the horn and harpsichord-y parts. Just a nice variety of sounds all around as the piece evolves. The only small mix change I would make would be to add some panning/delay to the arp in the beginning to envelope the mix.
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Re: Urban Winter
2016/11/02 20:06:35
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Thanks very much. I really appreciate your time and advice, I will try adjusting the panning and delay. I am glad that you found it cool.
John
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Re: Urban Winter
2016/11/03 08:19:18
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The only small mix change I would make would be to add some panning/delay to the arp in the beginning to envelope the mix.
When I was listening to it, I thought it would be cool to have the arp pan each note randomly, then use (something like) Channel Tools to make it expand and contract using automation. Regards, Dan
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Re: Urban Winter
2016/11/04 16:28:30
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I like the mixture of electronic and acoustic sounding instruments here. It works nicely. Lots of little themes keeping it interesting. It's a busy piece but not hectic or cluttered. It made me wanna listen to the end. Well done!
Regards,
Daniel
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Re: Urban Winter
2016/11/04 19:04:49
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Noisy Neighbour
I like the mixture of electronic and acoustic sounding instruments here. It works nicely. Lots of little themes keeping it interesting. It's a busy piece but not hectic or cluttered. It made me wanna listen to the end. Well done!
Regards,
Daniel
Thanks Daniel! - for taking the time to listen and also for the feedback! I really appreciate it. I am really happy that you liked it. Thanks again John
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Re: Urban Winter
2016/11/04 19:12:11
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stevec
The only small mix change I would make would be to add some panning/delay to the arp in the beginning to envelope the mix.
When I was listening to it, I thought it would be cool to have the arp pan each note randomly, then use (something like) Channel Tools to make it expand and contract using automation.
Regards,
Dan
That sounds like a cool idea - thanks! I think I can imagine how it might sound. I will give it a try - once I figure out how to do it. John
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Re: Urban Winter
2016/11/05 10:50:09
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Lovely piece, John, though I thought the percussion could have been mixed a bit more modestly.
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Re: Urban Winter
2016/11/05 10:56:52
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Nicely constructed piece with some interesting mix of voices, nice job John.
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Re: Urban Winter
2016/11/05 19:02:34
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philz
Lovely piece, John, though I thought the percussion could have been mixed a bit more modestly.
Thanks!. I don't know much about mixing, so I really appreciate the advice. Thanks for taking the time to listen. John
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Re: Urban Winter
2016/11/05 19:05:03
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Wookiee
Nicely constructed piece with some interesting mix of voices, nice job John.
Thanks Wookiee! I am really glad you liked it. I appreciate the time you took t listen and to comment. John
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