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I am rapidly becoming a fan of yours.  Your melodies and movements are always very interesting.  THIS tune is similar (not the same) to a track that plays at the gym in the "TOTAL BODY ENHANCEMENT" BOOTH.  I call it Shake and Bake.  It is very smooth and kinda takes me away for a few minutes which is what your track does.  Really nice stuff, Walt!!  BTW, the next track came on, Electric Strut, and I am still listening.  You have taken what CAN be a redundant piece of music and added something.  I can't explain it but it keeps me listening.  Are you Arcanor?  Oh, I'm minding the Gap now.  Great stuff, Walt!!!

Wow, thanks so much Warren!  That is high praise indeed.  Yes, I'm a.k.a. Arcanor (which comes from my video game development work).
 
I definitely agree that a lot of electronic music can drone on and on a bit.  I guess many "electronica" songs are intended for dance parties where people just get into a groove and want it to keep going, so they don't mind it being repetitive.  But that's not what I prefer myself, so I try to create songs without so much repetition, using different combinations of layers, and bringing in new sounds and rhythms that compliment what's already going on.  I try to change something significant in each new song section, building, taking something away, and ultimately (hopefully) telling a kind of a musical story.
 
I'm still just starting out with synth music and learning as I go, but my years as a pop/rock producer have helped me keep the important things in mind, like frequencies, balance, loudness, space, instrument/voice selection, etc.  But now I've got a lot of nifty new tools to play with along the way.  Synth music is fun!

Nice stuff Walt, your production is excellent.  The mix and blend of textures is very good.
 
Thanks for sharing.

Wookiee
Nice stuff Walt, your production is excellent.  The mix and blend of textures is very good.
 
Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for listening John.  Always great to hear from you. :)

 
This piece is coming together nicely. Very hypnotic. I think I'm developing the same symptoms as Warren...; ) Neptune's Ocean came on and I kept on listening...
One comment on the arrangement of Electric Strut if you allow: I felt that the halftime beat coming in early in the tune is a bit too soon. It kind of interrupts the tension you're building up. The 2nd time it comes around just before the chord change works perfect. Just my 2 cents.  
Great work, you keep me listening! 
 
Cheers,

Very nice indeed Walt.  It has a great mixture of sounds and textures.  There are enough sounds and changes in this where it keeps one's attention on the song.  Some times electronica can get a bit boring but this number certainly does not.  I think that you an Blip have gotten me to start liking this genre.
Great number -- thanks for posting.

Noisy Neighbour
 
This piece is coming together nicely. Very hypnotic. I think I'm developing the same symptoms as Warren...; ) Neptune's Ocean came on and I kept on listening...
One comment on the arrangement of Electric Strut if you allow: I felt that the halftime beat coming in early in the tune is a bit too soon. It kind of interrupts the tension you're building up. The 2nd time it comes around just before the chord change works perfect. Just my 2 cents.  
Great work, you keep me listening! 
 
Cheers,

Hey Daniel, thanks for listening and for sharing your arrangement ideas.  I tried muting the drums during that early section and letting the early suspended instruments continue on a bit longer and to be honest I think it drags a bit.  In general I like the idea though, and it did make me think about a few things, but in the end I think I like it better with what we've got there.

Freddy J
Very nice indeed Walt.  It has a great mixture of sounds and textures.  There are enough sounds and changes in this where it keeps one's attention on the song.  Some times electronica can get a bit boring but this number certainly does not.  I think that you an Blip have gotten me to start liking this genre.
Great number -- thanks for posting.

Thanks muchly Freddy. :)  I am always looking for tasty arpeggios, chord transitions, and voices to work with, and inspire me to write a new song.  I don't really write melodies much.  I figure if I create a catchy sequence of chords for people to listen to, they will soon be humming along and picking out their favorite notes from the chords, making their own melodies over top.
 
PS - Who is Blip?

Well, thanks for asking for my thoughts Walt. I listened a couple of times and this is what's come into mind, and it's just my thoughts. I'm thinking that a nice muted sax might sound good at 1:04- 1:20, them maybe a nice little jazz guitar sound at 1:52- 2:07 and to give it a nice final touch maybe a flute at 2:41- 3:04.  Maybe a chimes sound in a couple of select place and a couple of metal hits around the low filter engine sounds. Just a thought. It sounds good as is, but you did mentioned mention about putting more under the hood in the past few months, and I didn't know if you were finished going under the hood or not, so these are just what came to my mind while listening.
 
Peace and Blessings, John

I'm just exploring electronica and this is a nice introduction.
Not sterile, it evolves and keeps a good natural groove. Things I look for.
A very clean production

Hi Walt, I haven't been around much lately so this is the first tune of yours I've listened to. Right up my street, I like it a lot. Very tastefully arranged and your use of subtle sound textures is very nice indeed. That Rapture 'Moog Pedal Lead' is a favourite of mine, but I've never used it in an arpeggio like here, sounds great set against that Rhodes piano. Excellent stuff.