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Sydslittlebiscuit Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: April 2005 Posted: April 09 2005, 07:49 Hi just had to share this piece of music my brother and I have done in a lifetimes dedication of listening to his work.  Its called Smile (la solo)  I am the toncils on this :-)  and co producer, my brother has done all the midis, guitars, other voice, etc, in reworking the classic "Smile" tune, in a Mike Oldfield style.   The piece is based on the Richard Attenborough film, with Charlie Chaplins biography, who's mother suffered with mental health, and thought there was a lot of parallels with Mikes mum and his struggle to come to terms with the situation.  Paul thought it would be a thoughtful dedication for Mike's powerful music, how deeply he effects us all through our personal struggles. I hope people on the forum enjoy it and hope to hear your feedback very soon heres the link http://www.the-sindy-clinic.co.uk/midiaudio.htm just download "SMILE - La Solo" from the links there, by the way its 8mins worth, if there are problems just let me know and I will convert it into a MP3, if you want your ears to bleed from the other samples of mine you can download those too, he he he :-D grins! Sue -------------- the word became flesh..... http://www.flickr.com/photos/sindysparkles/ Back to top

Sydslittlebiscuit Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: April 2005 Posted: April 09 2005, 09:48 Hi Smile (La Solo) has been converted to an MP3 on the above link, so quicker to download! many thanks Sue -------------- the word became flesh..... http://www.flickr.com/photos/sindysparkles/ Back to top

Sydslittlebiscuit Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: April 2005 Posted: April 10 2005, 06:47 WHAT NO COMMENTS!!! Can't believe this, is there anyone out there that likes it!!! Pretty please :-) he he -------------- the word became flesh..... http://www.flickr.com/photos/sindysparkles/ Back to top

Jammer Group: Members Posts: 643 Joined: April 2000 Posted: April 10 2005, 11:37 Hello I liked it. The two pieces work quite well together and you made good efforts to integrated them. Some good playing by your brother too I posted a cover of the same section from HR here. I believe the chord progression to be correct, but the performance isn't as good as yours Back to top

Sydslittlebiscuit Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: April 2005 Posted: April 10 2005, 11:44 Hiya - it is based on Hergest Ridge, unfortunately we cant open your OGG file, what do you play these files in?  Are they higher quality than mp3's.  Do you have any wavs or MP3 of your version?  We would be interested to hear it. Sue and Paul -------------- the word became flesh..... http://www.flickr.com/photos/sindysparkles/ Back to top

Jammer Group: Members Posts: 643 Joined: April 2000 Posted: April 10 2005, 18:28 You can play Ogg Vorbis encoded audio using Winamp. Enough of the musicians here used the format that I've now been adopting it for the last six months or so. However, I can understand how it isn't practical if you just want to play the one file. Check my thread (that I linked to in the last post) for updated links Back to top

ktran Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: May 2003 Posted: April 11 2005, 13:21 Hi there, You have to be patient with comments sometimes. They do come, eventually. Anyhow, I'm not familiar with the "Smile" piece, but I enjoyed the Hergest Ridge bit. That's some nice-sounding guitar work, and the singing is also good (though I'd like to hear more than just that one repeated line). There's always a problem with midi string parts insofar as dynamics and expression are concerned, but that can be forgiven here ;-) I look forward to hearing more from you both. Khoa Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: April 11 2005, 18:07 Sue, the solution to your ogg conversion problem can be downloaded here: oggdropXPD It's a tiny program - puts an icon on your desktop. When you double click the icon a little window opens. You drag the ogg file into the window and it converts it to mp3, or plays it for you, as required. Believe me - if I can use it, ANYone can use it. We had a long discussion about all this here: ogg discussion Back to top

Sydslittlebiscuit Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: April 2005 Posted: April 11 2005, 18:16 Thanks Alan, I was checking it out when Jammer sent the link, will be very handy when I come to design the website next week, I understand its a smaller compression than MP3, very handy for extra large Mike Oldfield style pieces   he he Sue :-D -------------- the word became flesh..... http://www.flickr.com/photos/sindysparkles/ Back to top

Yuval Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 203 Joined: Nov. 2003 Posted: April 12 2005, 09:56 maybe I should switch my avatar to something more feminine.. just a though... Back to top

sydslittlebiscuit Unregistered Posted: April 14 2005, 09:48 I wish I could upload a photo, but they tend to be toooo massive for an Avatar! Sue   Back to top

TubularBelle Group: Members Posts: 1487 Joined: April 2004 Posted: Aug. 13 2005, 02:57 Hi Sue, There is an explaination on how to do this in the "fans around the world" thread under "Avatar time" on page 2. Am downloading your music, will get back to you, Cheers, Tracy. P.S. - Love to see chicks on this site, keep on posting! -------------- I hate getting up early. I didn't even realise there were two 6 o'clocks in one day! Back to top

Sydslittlebiscuit Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: April 2005 Posted: Sep. 17 2005, 17:39 Hi Tubularbelle :-) I suppose there are a severe shortage of chics on the site at the moment he he.  My brother has done another piece called "Event Horizon" on this thread somewhere, I will probably contribute to his next piece :-) Sue x -------------- the word became flesh..... http://www.flickr.com/photos/sindysparkles/ Back to top

BlueTape Group: Members Posts: 143 Joined: Dec. 2000 Posted: Oct. 02 2005, 10:51 Solo (mp3 version) I downloaded the 80 mb wav file and converted it into mp3, you'll find that its a much better download size than previous just download it and add that file version to your website And this track is really good, very clever good work! -------------- my music website www.bluetape.co.uk Back to top

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