Another new song for the Grace album. Hope you find this one interesting and all comments are always welcomed.
 
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=12658699  "Grace By Faith"
 
Peace and Blessings, John

Another top-notch mix John. I assume the changes between snippets match up to video somewhere? I'd love to hear more full songs from you.
 
Regards,
Dan
 

Interesting piece John. There are a couple of uptempo sections where the lead guitar seems buried in the mix, it'd be nice to hear that soaring over the strummed acoustics.
 
I was just reading a discussion over at techniques where someone mentioned that these Sonicfire Pro loops are quite short, do you find this a problem?

James, Thanks for listening and for your comments, they are always appreciated. As for the shortness of loops and samples from Smart Sound Music Library, like any looped music, you can stretch them out as far as you want or shorten them as short as you need. I try to build my pieces with 0:30 second segments or less. Sometimes they are just hits or beats, depending on the instrumentation I am looking for in the piece I'm working on. There are endless tracks to the Sonicfire Pro 5 Scoring Edition, which is the edition I have and I have purchased hundreds of loop and sample discs from several different companies. I don't just solely use Sonicfire Pro 5 for making these pieces. I also use the software listed below and again, make a lot of my own samples in Acid Pro 7 and save them to disc. It is a bit complex on how I do everything, but the end result is what I am aiming for, which will fit a video that is playing in my head. I could never afford to produce the videos playing in my head, so I settle for the music part only.
 
Peace and Blessings, John

The arrangement of this piece is uniquely you.  Had I not known this was you, I would have thought of you, anyway.  I like everything about this, though, I would lower the volume of the acoustic guitar a little because the first time it came in, I was a little jolted.  Later, I was ready for it, and if that was what you were looking for, you succeeded.

Beautiful melodies and interesting changes in arrangement .. sounds nice

Dan, Thanks for listening and for your comments. Yes, the video in my head always line up with the music, the hard part is getting everyone else to see what I see, so it is left to each listeners imagination. More full songs to come after this album. Appreciate your thoughts.
 
Peace and Blessings, John

Lynn, Thanks for listening and for your comments, they are always appreciated. As for the jolting, great, that means my intensions worked!! Glad you enjoyed this one.
 
Peace and Blessings, John

There but for the grace of... I forget the rest. It would be nice to hear a verse, verse, chorus verse verse, break, chorus, chorus, end from you Mr. Player? It kind of feels like what Bapu told me it feels like to be on acid (citric acid...) when I listen to most of these? This one included :-( It's a bunch of good ideas from other people? But it's disjointed, it doesn't fit together? It's like a mix tape. 
 
Could you please, please try to do a song next time? As opposed to this? I've heard you do it, so I believe you can? 
 
I'll even give you a title, "Rise above!" Or, "Rise above it!" Now set to work. Idle hands are "you know who's" workshop...
 
Even if you do a cover, it's a song? Do a cover? Step out of your comfort zone sir.

Makke, Thanks for listening and for your comments, they are always appreciated.
 
Peace and Blessings, John