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Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: May 26 2004, 08:22 Yup, this is my song, "Water", from my second album, "The Binary Sounds Of Nature". A guy in other board said he wanted to try doing it on Reason, and he did it... in two days! I loved the result. This is the combination of my songwriting skills and his Reason skills, for those who hate my humble MIDI sounds. ... . Anyway, I hope you like it better now. "Water", by Sir Mustapha & _rain_man_ -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

Satyagraha Group: Musicians Posts: 103 Joined: June 2003 Posted: May 26 2004, 12:07 Nice one, the main theme has an almost universal quality to it. A very simple, almost naïve composistion, but competent indeed. Influenced by The Wind Chimes and Crises, perhaps? And a little Platinum in there as well? Very nice transition to the reprise. However, I'm not to keen on the drums, they sound awfully synthetic to these ears. And the accelerando beginning at 3:00 really doesn't work as executed, in my opinion. I believe this could be really, really good on real instruments. The muzakish sound doesn't do the compositions any favours. -------------- Byrði betri berrat maðr brautu at en sé mannvit mikit Back to top

Jammer Group: Members Posts: 643 Joined: April 2000 Posted: May 26 2004, 12:13 I admire the seemingly effortless ability you have to write tracks such as these ones, even if they are as diatonic and firmly rooted in a key as you can get I think this new version with improved sounds shows that what makes your music sound good is down to both good sounds and a good human performance. There was still the robotic MIDI quantised aspect of it, especially in the section where it speeded up as Sindre said. This bit seemed quite automated without any errors that give it its extra charm Incidentally I gave your Buses demo another listen. It is a good advancement from your previous stuff up on your website. I'd like to hear more recent tracks like this one if possible! Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: May 26 2004, 15:45 Quote (Satyagraha @ May 26 2004, 12:07) Nice one, the main theme has an almost universal quality to it. A very simple, almost naïve composistion, but competent indeed. Influenced by The Wind Chimes and Crises, perhaps? And a little Platinum in there as well? In fact, I originaly wrote this song in 1999, way before I heard my first Mike Oldfield. I don't have any idea of how, exactly, I came up with that song. It just... came to me. Somehow. Maybe the speeding up does sound awkward, but you'll be surprised if I tell you that Reason (the program used to do that rendition) DOES NOT support tempo changes. I don't know exactly he managed to make the speeding up, but he did say he would need a calculator... He kept it as a secret. The bastard! The drums, well, Reason wasn't made to Rock musicians, so things like drums and guitars are rather limited. But I still think he did a great job with that rendition. "Buses", well, it's going on. I'm still composing it and, in fact, I think I'm close to finishing it. I'm considering making a new preview available. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

Q! Group: Members Posts: 110 Joined: Dec. 2002 Posted: May 27 2004, 10:46 i still don't like the sound. i agree with Satyagraha, this is a great material for a recording with real instruments. -------------- http://qisgod.host.sk/ Back to top

Ecco Group: Musicians Posts: 229 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: May 29 2004, 22:02 This is quite good. It has a definate mood; please take this as a compliment--it sounds like it could be a bit in a soundtrack to a movie, because of the moodiness. Especially like when the strings first come in with the flute (we think it's a flute?)--it really opens up the sound. Nice pick-up in mood afterwards and that guitar solo just rules heh. The change back to the original theme is nice after the revved-up guitar and piano. The drums as also very tastefully applied, especially around 7:16. Also like the panning and how everything comes together there. And best of all--great dynamics and theme changes. All the instruments sound quite good; it doesn't have that overly reverbed-drowned-out-soggy-sound to it; it's clear and clean and sounds great overall. The mixing sounds fine and tasteful. It's nice to hear a song with few more changes than we normally hear these days. Thanks for sharing and hope to hear more of your work. Julie and Tony. -------------- http://www.myspace.com/twilighttide Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Sep. 13 2004, 07:43 Well, what do you know? Water is done again! Adam Hollett kept on tweaking on the file, following some recommendations of mine, and he produced this other version. It doesn't sound 300% different from his first one, but the changes are different, and to me, he's pushing the songs to its very limits. If it gets any better, I'll explode. But wait! That's not all! He also did ppoolk! A short linking Morse-code piece on my album, a masterpiece on his hands! He managed to cross-over the two versions of the song, and made that one. What do I say? Kudos to _rain_man_! -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

Q! Group: Members Posts: 110 Joined: Dec. 2002 Posted: Sep. 13 2004, 17:43 frankly, i believe i could make it sound much better. if you have a midi file of the song it should be as easy as replacing the samples + a little tweaking. email or pm me if you're interested. -------------- http://qisgod.host.sk/ Back to top

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