On Fri, 26 May 2006 22:37:30 +0200 John Anderson <ardour@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi, Here are my brief impressions. > http://www.semiosix.com/songs/firelightless.ogg This one has a definite charm that installs itself despite the percussion being - I find - a turn off from the start. It's a strong piece, I find, that can live in a bare minimum, which is a pretty good thing after all. > http://www.semiosix.com/songs/thirty.ogg This one does not give such an impression. It's nice, but there's no focal point I find. In both pieces the percussion could benefit a lot from not being so straight forward. You write that you like real instruments, so the percussion also should be real. With a percussion track that is much more alive, then it's possible to redo the bass track to play some hide and seek with the percussion. Only that would add much more of a driving force (not in the sense of power, but in the sense of tone colours). Again, the first piece is quite good. Cheers, Al
