The Real World

Posted:
11 Jun 2014, 11:04
by cmwatts67
Hi
I thought I'd post a track of mine I reworked a few months ago, here is a dropbox link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yrverhlevrbmo ... 0World.mp3Regards
Chris
Re: The Real World

Posted:
11 Jun 2014, 13:21
by Stratpicker
Hi Chris
Very enjoyable. Always impressed by own compositions.
I liked the octaved Lead with the "octave" being lower than the Lead.
Bounces along well.
I liked the OD ending.
Cheers
Ian
Re: The Real World

Posted:
11 Jun 2014, 19:58
by cmwatts67
Thank you for the encouraging comments Ian.
Regards
Chris
Re: The Real World

Posted:
11 Jun 2014, 21:03
by tolo
Chris - thanks for posting! Well done on letting us hear 'something new - something mine'. It is a daunting thing to do, to create something from your head and heart - but for me much better to create than to follow. It is easy to copy / mimic something already great (mostly) and to enjoy the plaudits of submitting something close but not original (I often wonder 'why?') - but to create something that would never of existed is a really laudable thing, it takes bravery - and I hope that you listen with an appropriate sense of satisfaction.
I too enjoyed the octave double on the melody parts, not always easy to do so closely. I also liked the 'Moonlight Shadow" kind of vibe that this has... It does skip along nicely. I can tell that you enjoyed playing this as it built. I know how that feels - to go on a journey with a piece of music is a wonderful thing.
For myself, and this is just personal pref (everyone has different frequency prefs) not a criticism! - I would back off the lead guitar parts a tad, bring up the rhythm acoustic sample (round it off a bit on the lower freq) and if there is any compression on the kit track, wind it back to let the drums breath and be a little more natural, less hissy and 80's. If you can't do this - or that is how the sample sounds - try Eq'ing (sub) that track to bring up some middle and bass to fatten it up and add a bit of 'kick'.
But these are small things for my ears only - and you are probably satisfied with the mix (and probably right!) - so what the heck... That is the most important thing.
Keep writing and keep them coming Chris.
Best always,
Tony
Re: The Real World

Posted:
11 Jun 2014, 21:04
by Alan Prudhoe
I enjoyed that .
Nicely put together with a very authentic Sixties feel.
Well done.
Re: The Real World

Posted:
11 Jun 2014, 23:20
by Phil McGarrick
Hi Chris,
I tried to download your soundfile but get an error message saying "The website ahead contains Malware" and google chrome has blocked it. I don't have an account on "Dropbox"
Phil
Re: The Real World

Posted:
12 Jun 2014, 08:47
by cmwatts67
Hi Phil,
Sorry you are having trouble accessing. How about this?
https://app.box.com/s/ghgvsp6nuooiiv73zfgjhttps://space.zeo.net/g/2yvbn - this one has some extra tracks.
Hope this helps
Regards
Chris
Re: The Real World

Posted:
12 Jun 2014, 09:07
by Phil McGarrick
Hi Chris - Thanks for the new links they work fine.
What a great composition! - good variety of sounds I particularly like the overdriven sound between 2:51 & 3:40.
As Tony said great to hear something new - hats off to you for creating this I really enjoyed it.
All the best.. Phil
Re: The Real World

Posted:
12 Jun 2014, 16:55
by cmwatts67
Thanks to everyone that listened to the track, glad you like it.
Regards
Chris