emeraldsoul
First off, neat idea! +1 for complexity increase, just like life. Sorry, kids!
 
And as it got more complicated with more awesome parts, your mix never got muddy or imbalanced or incoherent. Just NOT like life.
 
So, for true realism, I suggest by the fourth or fifth matchstick, boost 300hz by about 10db with a wide q, and if your matchstick gets married, a boost up around 3-5000mhz, something sweet but shrill, ought to do the trick.
 
Or maybe it's better the way you have it now - yeah just keep it the way it is, it's pretty darn perfect.
 
cheers,
-Tom

Thanks Tom! Love the review!
 
Regards,
Dan

Beagle
Dan, this is fantastic!  love that music box sound!  piano sounds full and warm.  you've got a long delay on it?  
mmmm..tasty bass strings!
 
beautiful work Dan!

Thank you Reece! Yes, there is a delay on the piano, but I put it on a separate bus and manually rode the send so the delay did two things: 1) warmed up the low parts, and 2) accented certain higher notes and phrases.
 
Regards,
Dan

Snehankur
Is this a music?
 
 
- a story teller !!
 
 
Surprised no one commented on the idea of the picture in soundcloud.
 
Regards
 
 
 
 

Umm...thanks?
 
Dan

kennywtelejazz
Dan ,
 
This song sounds very heartfelt and glorious at the same time
Yes, I think I can understand why your wife said what she said ...As this song unfolds it is telling a pretty deep story .
Love when you got dynamic ( around 1:40 + )
This is Excellent music ...nice matchstick story too , that pic has sort of an Archetype visual ring to it .
 
all the best ,
 
Kenny

Thanks Kenny!
 
Regards,
Dan

Great work Dan! I loved this , especially the instrumentation on the softer parts and build-ups. Trumpet solo, percussion and of course strings sounds fantastic! Did you use any sounds from the JV-2080 on this?

ABull
I did not read other comments...
 
This piece has very dreamlike sounds that go together well...I particularly liked the section around 2:05 where the horn comes in -- nice melody and the horn sound is lovely.  The end sections of the piece where there is a background sound of strings with "voices" sounded a little shlockey -- those "voice" things always get on my nerves though that's just a personal preference.  Well done :)
 
Allan
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Thanks Allan! I will say the voices are an actual choir library, not some synth patch...so you just don't like choirs
 
Regards,
Dan

Another great one, Dan.   Just all around good instrumental music with feel, depth and breadth. 
 
Ironically, with all the "big" stuff happening that I very much liked, two of my favorite parts were the short horn solo and the little percussion accents that followed.    Dynamics. 
 

bjornpdx
This is purely my own interpretation partly influenced by your described of the piece.
I was thinking hmmmm at the beginning. Wasn't sure about the toy piano kind of instrument there.
But yeah I guess it would fit the first stage of a life time. And there's a lullaby melody in there too. Nice.

I really liked the transition setups at 1:30 and 2:45.  The horn dynamics was well done.  Overall, a beautiful piece.
I don't know much about all the different types of orchestral music, but this seemed a bit condensed?
Bjorn

Thanks Bjorn! Maybe I should have said it contains orchestral instruments instead of saying it was an orchestral piece. It isn't, really.
 
Regards,
Dan
 

Leizer
Great work Dan! I loved this , especially the instrumentation on the softer parts and build-ups. Trumpet solo, percussion and of course strings sounds fantastic! Did you use any sounds from the JV-2080 on this?

Thanks Lasse! Actually, no. To be honest, since I've built up my sample libraries over the last couple of years, I hardly even turn it on anymore. There are some cool vintage sounds in it that I still like, but I haven't needed them recently. Other than those, I have better pianos, strings and more available elsewhere. However, if I'm in a hurry, I will still use it to sketch out an idea...
 
Regards,
Dan
 

stevec
Another great one, Dan.   Just all around good instrumental music with feel, depth and breadth. 
 
Ironically, with all the "big" stuff happening that I very much liked, two of my favorite parts were the short horn solo and the little percussion accents that followed.    Dynamics. 
 

Thank you Steve! It's funny, I (thought) I was finalizing the mix when it occurred to me that the section where the percussion is was missing something. That's when I actually added the percussion and the bass parts. Turned off the FX, loaded up Kontakt and Play and went to town. Took a couple of hours, but I was surprised at how smoothly the process went.
 
Regards,
Dan