EDIT: new version posted Feb 5th, now with EVEN MORE spaciness!
 
I seem to have gotten a lot more listens to this song since I moved it to the beginning of my album's track list on SoundCloud.  It was never really what I'd considered a "finished" song, until now.  I have finally given it a longer tail and fade-in/out that I'd been wanting to do but never quite got around to.  So, now it's ready!  I think. :)
 
Anyway, "Among The Stars" is a spacy/floaty ambient arpeggiation that I think will be the first track on my first electronic album release later this year.
 
https://soundcloud.com/arcanor/among-the-stars
 
I'd appreciate knowing what y'all think about it!

I like your restraint. Well done. Dare I suggest you mess around with the feature e-piano sample a little to see what spills forth??? Perhaps something a tad more floaty...

Wayne Joseph Kington
I like your restraint. Well done. Dare I suggest you mess around with the feature e-piano sample a little to see what spills forth??? Perhaps something a tad more floaty...

Thanks for listening Wayne.  I'm not sure what you mean though.  Which particular sample do you mean?

What I mean is the upper register of the electric piano sound that repeats a melody over and over.  I wondered if you had considered swapping it out for another, slightly different sound, or doubling it with something an octave higher...
 
cheers

Walt, Sound good. This would be fun to play some guitar along with, but I saw no download available. Anyway, it is spacy and floaty for sure. Kind of makes me think of when I was a kid and would lay on the front lawn and stare up at the stars. Nice sounds!!
 
Peace and Blessings, John

Wayne Joseph Kington
What I mean is the upper register of the electric piano sound that repeats a melody over and over.  I wondered if you had considered swapping it out for another, slightly different sound, or doubling it with something an octave higher...
 
cheers

Ah, I understand now.  You're referring to the synth part (it's actually a z3ta+2, running a very slightly modified Alpha Centauri patch).  I don't think of that as an electric piano part, so I didn't catch the reference.  It sounds more like a string (guitar/harp) emulation to me.
 
Anyway, I have to admit this was one of my very first electronic pieces (recorded in December 2012), so I didn't stray too far from the preset, since I was still trying to understand the basics of what z3ta+2 could do.  I think all I ended up changing was setting the tempo sync to 16ths and leaving the voice of the patch alone.  That being said, I have since grown attached to that sound, even if it's not maximally spacy. :)  It still sounds a bit synthy, which is appropriate, given the rest of the album.  When I bump the pitch up 1, 2, or 3 octaves I think it loses some of the graininess/lo-fi texture that's there now.  Thanks for the idea though!

theguitarplayer
Walt, Sound good. This would be fun to play some guitar along with, but I saw no download available. Anyway, it is spacy and floaty for sure. Kind of makes me think of when I was a kid and would lay on the front lawn and stare up at the stars. Nice sounds!!
 
Peace and Blessings, John

John, thanks for listening and your comments!  I think it's great to have connected you with a childhood memory.  That's exactly what I was going for. :)
 
As for downloads, I've got them turned off in hopes of releasing an album later this year.  Sorry for that!

That's really nice Walt. Short but very sweet. It would work well as a 'linking' piece between longer tunes.
 

Your usual style and panache, good link tune or opener.
 
Thanks for sharing

jamesg1213
That's really nice Walt. Short but very sweet. It would work well as a 'linking' piece between longer tunes.
 

Wookiee
Your usual style and panache, good link tune or opener.
 
Thanks for sharing

Thanks James and John.  Yep, it's a relatively simple little album opener, just to set the mood.