Nice tune,for sure ......
All the best.
Olivier.

Very nice Steve and obviously a labour of love.
 

dcumpian
Nice job on this Steve! At first, I thought you were channeling Journey, but then Steve showed up.
 

Thanks, Dan!  I can deal with Journey, even if only for a short while. 

Wookiee
Nicely done Steve mix works well this end.

Thanks, Sir Wooks.    Mix stuff is important!

BobF
I was thinking Dune soundtrack (Toto) - outstanding, Steve.  I love it.  I bet Renee does too.

Thanks, Bob!  I like the Dune + Toto reference...    And yes, I think she does like it.  

emeraldsoul
Hard not to like this! The bass in particular is very tasteful, and guitar leads appropriately soar. A little Cirque du Soleil in here, mixing the strings and the elec guitars to great effect.

You have some cymbal rolls happening, how'd you get those done so nicely? Real drums, or ?

thanks for sharing it!

Thanks, Tom!  The bass was added right after the piano, before layering everything else on, so good to know it's still "there"!  And yes, a little Cirque du Soleil/TSO rock-orchestral thing is sorta what I was going for.  As for the cymbal rolls, that's just AD2 with velocity ramps.   Fairly precise velocity ramps.
 

philz
Exceptional piece, Steve.  The wife must have been thrilled.

Thanks, Phil!  Yes, the wife was very happy with it.  On her 50th.

Wow Steve, this was really good! I tried to listen to this like 5 times and could not get SC to work on a few of my devices. I got it now though...finally!
 
Man, I need to start checking more people out. I never knew you played guitar this well. Mix works for me too.
 
If I had one small crit, I'd probably cut a little mid range out of the piano as it sort of filled things out a bit too much....which may have been what you wanted. The cut of mids at around 640 would have allowed some of the other instruments to shine through a little more along with the piano. It's not a bad thing...again, just me giving you a subjective view if I were mixing this. :) Well done brother!

Rikkie
Hi Steve, very nice tune and tones, nice bit of shredding in the middle and a nice change of pace at the 3 minute mark.

Thanks, Rikkie!  The "shredding" comment isn't something I would normally associate with my playing, but I appreciate it.

Vilovilo
Nice tune,for sure ......
All the best.

Thank you, Olivier!

daryl1968
Very nice Steve and obviously a labour of love.

Thanks, Daryl!  And yes, it was...

Danny Danzi
Wow Steve, this was really good! I tried to listen to this like 5 times and could not get SC to work on a few of my devices. I got it now though...finally!

Man, I need to start checking more people out. I never knew you played guitar this well. Mix works for me too.

If I had one small crit, I'd probably cut a little mid range out of the piano as it sort of filled things out a bit too much....which may have been what you wanted. The cut of mids at around 640 would have allowed some of the other instruments to shine through a little more along with the piano. It's not a bad thing...again, just me giving you a subjective view if I were mixing this. :) Well done brother!

Thanks, Danny!   I appreciate that.  I actually did emphasize the mids a bit in the acoustic piano so that the other elements could sit "outside" it, but will have another listen (particularly those low mids) just to be sure.   Good catch.  
But more important, yes, you definitely need to check out the work that floats around this forum - there's plenty of quality tunes available in so many styles.
 

Very nice production, Steve!

Paul G
Very nice production, Steve!

Thanks, Paul!
 

 
That was cool Steve. Melodious ballad beginning, nice piano sound, kinda different from the Grand Piano. 
Cool transition to rock guitar and nice repetitive phrases which kept me hooked on to the track till the end...

Beautiful instrumental tune ... nice arrangement.. Well played and recorded.. sounds good

always a pleasure to hear a new one from you
the tune itself is top-notch although for some reason it reminds me of 80s US TV show theme...
i'm getting terrible thump from the bass/piano on my system,which as nobody else has highlighted i'm assuming is my room!
edit- is better on phones but still the (open E?) bass note from aroudn 0'58 is a little overpowering
once the solo kicks in opens up in a great way
mix is a little mid-heavy overall but nothing major. cool stuff