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Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Sep. 23 2007, 06:43 My third album, The Unravelling of Travelling, starts now! The first track, Sitting on the corner of the sky, is now online. Listen to "Sitting on the corner of the sky" here: http://www.benbarden.com/file_view.php?id=272 let me know if you have any feedback... Thanks for listening!   -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Sep. 29 2007, 20:19 The second track, "Forbidden Planet", is now online.  You can listen to it here: http://www.benbarden.com/file_view.php?id=273 Thanks for listening! -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Oct. 06 2007, 22:44 The third track, "A Village of Silver", is now online: http://www.benbarden.com/file_view.php?id=280 Thanks for listening!   (if you do, of course...) -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Oct. 13 2007, 23:41 The fourth track, "Ghostly Presence", is now online: http://www.benbarden.com/file_view.php?id=281 By the way, there's more info about each track when you click the link. -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Oct. 22 2007, 07:25 The fifth track - "Caught between two dreams" - is now online: http://www.benbarden.com/file_view.php?id=285 I guess nobody has anything to say so far!   -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

ImAFoolAndImLaughing Group: Members Posts: 536 Joined: Feb. 2006 Posted: Oct. 22 2007, 10:57 Hi Ben! I'm intrigued, particularly since your first two albums were ace (IMHO), but because I'm on a slow dial-up connection, I've not been able to listen to any of them yet. I'll have a go on my g/f's Broadband connection later in the week... Tony -------------- "I was in this prematurely air conditioned supermarket and there were these bathing caps you could buy that had these kind of Fourth of July plumes on them that were red and yellow and blue and I wasn't tempted to buy one but I was reminded of the fact that I had been avoiding the beach." Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Oct. 22 2007, 19:31 Hi Tony! Thanks for the positive feedback on my prior albums, I'm glad you like them. You should still be able to download the tracks on dial-up (they won't stream, a file download dialog pops up when you click on the download link) but I understand why you'd want to try on broadband.   -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Oct. 29 2007, 06:53 Track 6, "Step Outside", is now online. http://www.benbarden.com/file_view.php?id=287 The sixth track on this album has changed around a few times. I finally settled on "Step Outside", which I was originally going to put on album 4. The origins of this piece go back to 1999. I got a trial version of some very simple music sequencing software and decided to buy the full version. This was one of the tracks I wrote using that software. However, it didn't have the drums and the instruments were a bit lifeless, so the track was boring. I uncovered the piece in 2006 while sorting through my old files, and gave it a new lease of life. The original didn't really have a story behind it, but this is simply a very catchy, upbeat piece that I spent more time dancing to than working on! I guess there isn't much to it really. I quite like it though and I think it sits well between tracks 5 and 7 on this album. Of course you'll have to wait until next week for track 7. -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Nov. 06 2007, 02:32 Track 7, "Reminiscence", is now online.  Get it here: http://www.benbarden.com/file_view.php?id=290 You'll notice that my site now tells you the size of the file before you download it.  Hopefully this should make it a bit easier to keep an eye on the progress of a download - previously, it just said "unknown file size" until the download completed, which wasn't much use really. Now a bit of info about the track... The origins of this track go back many years as the first two bars of the middle section were written on paper with the title "The Pathway". I revived this very short section, building it into a complete track. I also decided to change the title as I felt that "Reminiscence" was more appropriate. I think this is a good example of a track where I tried a few different ideas and didn't let any of them go on for too long. I didn't get bored while writing the piece, so I didn't rush it or get bogged down with bits I couldn't finish. I am particularly happy with the ending. This isn't just the end of track 7, it's the end of the first part of album 3. To get the full effect, listen to the first seven tracks in sequence. -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

captainjjb Group: Members Posts: 310 Joined: Feb. 2006 Posted: Nov. 06 2007, 17:17 how do you find the time Ben?!?  It's taken me 2 hours just to do a ripoff of the first little bit of Tubular Bells tonight and I've had enough already!  Certainly makes me impressed with your stuff.  Hey I like this track 7, piano reminds me of early 90's klaus schulze but with a nicer chord sequence.  I'm going to keep it!  Thanks. Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Nov. 06 2007, 18:27 To be fair, I did most of the composing earlier in the year... I've just been making the final touches to each track before releasing it.  I'm releasing the album gradually because it gives people a chance to listen to each track before I move onto the next one.  Glad you like this one, thanks for the feedback! -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Nov. 07 2007, 13:41 @ Ben (Moz): as I already downloaded (and commented on) "Reminiscence" a while ago, I'd just like to know whether there are significant changes (especially in the ending) since you originally posted it on your website. If there aren't any, well, I'm very satisfied about it. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Nov. 07 2007, 17:56 Hey Ugo. The ending is the same.  I did make a couple of changes since you first heard it; there is slightly less reverb on the piano, and the opening is different.  I think it's worth downloading again. Thanks for the comments!   -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Nov. 12 2007, 02:53 Hey everyone! It's time for another track. This one is called "The Long Cold Night".  You can read some info here: http://www.benbarden.com/file_view.php?id=292 Here's a direct download link: http://www.benbarden.com/file_download.php?id=292 And here's a blog entry with more info about my music: http://www.benbarden.com/view_article.php?id=873 Yes, I've been busy! Hope you enjoy the track - as always comments are very welcome.   -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Nov. 12 2007, 19:32 I've just downloaded Track 8. Comments from me coming soon... where, I'm not really sure. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Nov. 12 2007, 21:34 Thanks for the download, Ugo. I'll look forward to your comments.  I don't think you had time to comment on this track when I first shared it with you.  Also, this used to be track 13, so it is not where you would remember it.   -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Nov. 13 2007, 08:21 Quote (Moz @ Nov. 13 2007, 03:34) I don't think you had time to comment on this track when I first shared it with you. No, indeed I hadn't, as I didn't have time to comment on most of your music output. I didn't even get to download this when it was track 13, because (I'm not sure if you remember this...) I jumped from track 11 straight to 15 - I was already familiar with "Precipitate" before you used it for TUoT, so I felt some kind of an urge to comment on that one before I got to the other tracks. But by then my working commitments had taken over, so I never got to the others. By the way, what happened to "Distance and Proximity", the track that used to be 8 in your original tracklist? However, now I'll go straight on to my comments on this track... The overall impression I get from this is a bit different from what you describe on your website. To me it sounds like I am indeed alone in the middle on the night... but at home, in bed, on a hot, end-of-summer night. The windows are open because it's so hot, and a hard, warm wind is blowing through them; I can't sleep because of something unpleasant on my mind, and the memories of the day that's just gone by are still hovering inside my brain... Yes, I know, it's quite a flight of fancy , but that's what this piece of music sounds to me.  In your description you say there's an owl... but where is it?   As for the music itself, the piano part is creepy enough to set the right mood, the drums are spot-on, and the "acoustic guitar" sounds very nice too. But IMHO the best part in this is the "electric guitar"... so well written and constructed that it's achingly beautiful, almost Oldfieldian... are you trying to compete with Langdana here, by any chance? Jokes aside... congrats, Ben. You keep improving. Keep on like this! -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Nov. 13 2007, 17:52 There isn't an owl... that was a reference to the following sketch: http://youtube.com/watch?v=q_a1wxqloEs Distance and Proximity is now Track 13! They swapped places.   Thanks for the great feedback, Ugo. I can't wait what you have to say about next week's track... -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

Moz Group: Musicians Posts: 600 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Nov. 19 2007, 04:18 Hey everyone... it's time for track 9 - "Take Me Downstairs". Listen to all of the tracks I've posted so far without downloading anything - see the player on the left: http://www.benbarden.com/index.php?area=53 Read about track 9: http://www.benbarden.com/file_view.php?id=294 Just download track 9: http://www.benbarden.com/file_download.php?id=294 Enjoy!   -------------- Twitter: @benbarden Back to top

Tubularman Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 2304 Joined: June 2004 Posted: Nov. 23 2007, 02:30 Quote (captainjjb @ Nov. 06 2007, 23:17) Hey I like this track 7, piano reminds me of early 90's klaus schulze but with a nicer chord sequence.  I'm going to keep it!  Thanks. same here    i love it and i going to keep it -------------- Mike Oldfield M i x e s https://soundcloud.com/tubularman Back to top

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