lanas wrote:
The mood setting and development is quite nice and that's the strong
point. The voice is also quite good but could be a bit more expressive
in some details.
I kind of agree, however:
She's not a very expressive singer by nature. And for this project
(which this song is part of) I decided to see what comes natural (same
goes for compositions, arrangements, other performers, etc), and later
see it the whole needs something different at spots. Besides for this
particular song I wanted a quite "un-dynamic" feel, which also means
that I really tried keeping the arrangement very dynamically static.
Just enough development in the music to keep the listener from being too
bored, but no crescendos, or climaxes or such. Just a simple statement
of the mood.
Still I will definitely keep this in mind when reworking it. Thanks for
your thoughts!
On the other hand, I've found that the bass (bassest ?) noise used as
percussion is a bit unsetting. When it is used in the percussion break
it is nice, but unless it represents something that has to do with the
meaning/lyrics, it kind of stands out and does not blend enough with
the other percussive counterparts of same 'noise' and them all with the
piece. IMHO, of course.
Hmmm. I'm not sure which sound you're referring to. Is it the one on
"one in every other bar", the one leading into sections or the one on
"three"?
It is not sung in English, isn't it ? Do you have a translation of the
words ?
The lyrics are Danish. I wouldn't want to bug the list with it,
considered it's religious nature. I could translate it and send it to
you off-list if you're interested...
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peace, love & harmony
Atte
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