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Title: Snowflake Post by: MarioD on September 22, 2017, 12:32:36 AM JonD came over about a month or so and stated the snow will be here soon. We came up with this chord progression and called it Snowflake.
Band-in-a-Box is playing the drums, bass and piano. I am playing everything else using my MIDI keyboard controller, guitar controller, and/or my guitar controller. I did some editing and writing of some parts. What do you think? https://soundcloud.com/mario_guitar/snowflake Title: Re: Snowflake Post by: folderol on September 22, 2017, 08:20:25 PM Good tune and collab. Only thing I'm not so keen on is the horn sound. The playing is fine, just the sound itself seems a bit too dull.
Title: Re: Snowflake Post by: MarioD on September 22, 2017, 10:59:22 PM Thanx Will for listening and your observations. I will check into the dull sound.
Title: Re: Snowflake Post by: bvdp on September 22, 2017, 11:09:45 PM Maybe it's just the way music is created these days ... but it sounds like it's all about the background/chords and not the melody.
If I were doing this, I'd put the melody parts out front more. And, like foldero said, the horn sounds are "dull". And, while I'm going on and on ... I would suggest that you stick with a limited number of melody voicings. I find it jumps back and forth between various horn and strings sounds a bit too much. More like a synth ad than a lovely piece of music. But, I do have to say "WELL DONE". It's a nice piece and easy to listen to. Thanks for sharing. Title: Re: Snowflake Post by: MarioD on September 24, 2017, 04:08:19 PM Maybe it's just the way music is created these days ... but it sounds like it's all about the background/chords and not the melody. If I were doing this, I'd put the melody parts out front more. And, like foldero said, the horn sounds are "dull". And, while I'm going on and on ... I would suggest that you stick with a limited number of melody voicings. I find it jumps back and forth between various horn and strings sounds a bit too much. More like a synth ad than a lovely piece of music. But, I do have to say "WELL DONE". It's a nice piece and easy to listen to. Thanks for sharing. Thanx bvdp for those insites. After listening again after reading this I think you are correct on all accounts. I never thought about the "synth add" remark but you are right. Thanx for bring these to my attention as I will work on them in future songs. Title: Re: Snowflake Post by: bvdp on September 24, 2017, 05:52:59 PM <BLUSH> ... I think I could have been a schoolmarm if I'd been born 100 years earlier, were a female and had a bun to put in my hair :)
Seriously, isn't it great that we have this internet-thingie where we can share, get opinions, ideas and improve. Now, I really need to get my recording stuff out and do just that! |