ralphwiggum
Extremely groovy Walt!!  I Love all the different sounds and textures.  I dig the flute sounds throughout, and, of course the guitar solo is very nice.  I look forward to listening to more of your music!

Thanks for listening Don! Yeah, I love that flute (shakuhachi) sound too.  It's so real sounding, and expressive.  It's a Kontakt sample.  Kontakt is awesome, and can do so many things well.  I'm trying desperately not to overuse it (the shakuhachi sound), but it's already found its way into some other song ideas I'm working on.
 
As for listening to more of my music, there are several more posted up on soundcloud if you're interested. :)  The two links in my signature show a lot of what I've done recently.

Love it ! Nice and chilled.Perfect for a friday after finishing a weeks work :) Thks for sharing
kev

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Love it ! Nice and chilled.Perfect for a friday after finishing a weeks work :) Thks for sharing
kev

Thanks for listening Kev, and glad it did the trick for ya'. :)

I liked this tune, Walt! You have a good control over the realistic sounds (flutes etc) so they really sound realistic. I got an early jazzy Level42/Koinonia vibe here? Good choice of bass sound and the drums sound amazing. Excellent smooth guitar play by ClintMartin too, really fits the song perfect.

Leizer
I liked this tune, Walt! You have a good control over the realistic sounds (flutes etc) so they really sound realistic. I got an early jazzy Level42/Koinonia vibe here? Good choice of bass sound and the drums sound amazing. Excellent smooth guitar play by ClintMartin too, really fits the song perfect.

Yeah, I think I'll have to "hire" Mick Fleetwood again soon. ;)  Those drums sure do sound good.  As for the bass, I don't usually select an acoustic bass sound but for this piece I was going for "retro jazzy" in keeping with the selection of the Mick drum tracks.  The string bass gives it some jazz authenticity, I hope.
 
Thanks for listening, and for your compliments about Clint's and my playing.  I can't take too much credit to be honest, because Kontakt (and the shakuhachi patch itself) really makes it easy to sound good.  Of course, I totally agree about Clint's guitar lead.  He kicked my a$$ there. :)

Thanks for compliments! It's such a cool song to play along to.

I loved the guitar:)

Walt,
 
So far, as I'm listening, the first think I notice is the drums sound like they are on a different stage/space.
 
That da da da da da daaaaaa (synth or sax?) seems a bit too much (for me) then the (synth?) solo is just a tad to loud compared to the first guitar solo. Then the clean solo seems to loud compared to the first guitar solo section.
 
Final fade seems abrupt.
 
Other than those personal taste items, great piece.
 

bapu
Walt,
 
So far, as I'm listening, the first think I notice is the drums sound like they are on a different stage/space.
 
That da da da da da daaaaaa (synth or sax?) seems a bit too much (for me) then the (synth?) solo is just a tad to loud compared to the first guitar solo. Then the clean solo seems to loud compared to the first guitar solo section.
 
Final fade seems abrupt.
 
Other than those personal taste items, great piece.
 

Thanks for listening, and for your comments, Ed.  You may be right about the drum reverb, especially considering the "inherent" reverb on the synth leads early in the song, as well as the rhodes.  Maybe the drums need some more wetness to join all the other stuff.
 
You're probably also right about the first guitar lead being lower than the other leads.  That's me being self-conscious about my guitar playing!  I should probably turn it up a little, to elevate it to the level of the other leads.
 
The ending isn't exactly a fade... it's more that parts start dropping out until the flute, bass, and rhodes play the final note.  I guess I could extend it one more set of 16 measures to let people get used to the wind-down as it's happening, rather than just wondering where all the parts went.  You're right about that too.  It does seem a bit rushed, and thus, confusing.
 
Great comments, thanks Ed. :)

The thing about coming back for a third and forth listen is that this tune has it all and gives me lots of ideas. You have really brought this piece full circle and it should inspire all to do more. Thank for this great piece of work Walt and for your great guitar addition Clint. Very, very nice!! Congrats!!
 
Peace and Blessings, John