Mark Knecht wrote: >On 12/15/05, Cesare Marilungo <cesare@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >>Ok, >>shame on me for this, but I would really really like to share with you >>my latest musical efforts. Unfortunately, I was already working on these >>tracks when I finally got everything working on gnu/Linux audio. So I >>finished these tracks (made with mostly with free VST plugins, my guitar >>and some vocals) on my copies of Tracktion on MacOSX and WinXP (Mackie >>gave them away for free last christmas to promote their forthcoming >>newer version). BTW it's a shame that a software made by one guy alone, >>using mostly opensource LGPL libraries and with an XML file format >>hasn't been released opensource. But I believe that when Ardour will >>have MIDI integration, it would be even better than Tracktion (it is >>already far better IMHO if you consider just the audio functionalities). >>I will probably retouch these tracks with jamin for the final cd >>version, but I'm already concentrated on new stuff now (using only o.s.s.). >> >>I don't like to think in terms of genres, but people often describes my >>music as ambient. So don't bother to download it if you don't like ambient. >> >>Anyway, If you'll consider listening to my new EP (released under the >>cc-licence) you can grab it here: >> >>http://www.cesaremarilungo.com/download/music/The_Moon_EP.zip >> >>It's a 27Mb zip with 4 mp3 tracks (192Kbps). Title is: The Moon EP (code >>name: last of the closed source sw tracks). >> >>Or for individual tracks: >> >>http://www.cesaremarilungo.com/download/music/As_we_grow_older.mp3 >> >>http://www.cesaremarilungo.com/download/music/Hope.mp3 >> >>http://www.cesaremarilungo.com/download/music/The_moon.mp3 >> >>http://www.cesaremarilungo.com/download/music/The_difference.mp3 >> >>I'm still working on the cover. >> >>Thank you very much. >> >>c. >> >> > >Cesare, > Thanks for posting this. I enjoyed all 4 pieces, my favorite being >'As We Grow Older'. I think this one could have appeared as part of a >Genesis album, circa 'The Lamb Lies Down...'. Very good piece. > > Please don't be apologetic about tools. No sense wasting time on >those thoughts. > > The music brightened my dreary, cold Friday afternoon here in California. > >With best regards, >Mark > > > > Thank you all. Really. This is what keeps me making music. About the tools: I'm really inspired by the whole open source community. This is how a lot of things in the world should be. Freedom, shared knowledge, passion and lack of greed. c.
