pencilartist
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Wet Keys - new instrumental
It took months to come to this, It was only a few bars that I couldn't finish, but then I got this Godin with TriplePlay built into it, and... well... you can decide. Home-made baritone; Squier Jazz V Deluxe bass; Godin Session Custom TriplePlay (I used the midi control to play the SI64); Ivory II; Addictive Drums 2; Dimension Pro and SI64 synths. All done in Cakewalk Sonar Platinum. https://soundcloud.com/mister-6-1/wet-keys
post edited by pencilartist - 2015/03/01 20:53:21
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dcumpian
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Re: Wet Keys - new instrumental
2015/03/02 19:02:05
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Sounds very clean and all of the instruments can be heard quite well. I think what is missing is an overarching melody to pull everything together. Also, the drums should probably be brushes instead of sticks, but that's just my opinion.
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pencilartist
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Re: Wet Keys - new instrumental
2015/03/02 20:04:00
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Thank you, Dan.
I would agree it needs a melody. It's only instrumental because I can't come up with lyrics, and I think this one begs to be sung. I've been mixing and remixing since I posted this version. Now it has an electric piano in places to match the strings. I pushed them both almost solidly left and right. It also needed a more interesting ending, and I've worked on that, too.
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Re: Wet Keys - new instrumental
2015/03/03 01:00:39
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OK, this has got a future I think! It's a nice blend of instruments, and I'd agree, it needs a singer's melody.
I got tired of that quirky little drum pattern in the first part, but I really dug that excellent swing? pattern in part two. The jazzy ride cymbal gave it twice the groove, very cool.
Looking forward to see where this goes.
cheers,
-Tom
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pencilartist
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Re: Wet Keys - new instrumental
2015/03/03 06:36:51
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Thank you, Tom. I may be uploading a second mix today.
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Re: Wet Keys - new instrumental
2015/03/03 12:06:00
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The mix does sound quite nice here though as noted above it needs something to add a little more of that something.
Thanks for sharing.
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