Hey man thanks for listening! My wife had the exact same comment, needed more percussion! This was an artificially short piece, as I created it to be performed at a special concert so had to limit it at about 4 minutes. I think that center section needs to be a LOT longer, and I may re-do the piece with that in mind. The guitar sound is thin, I admit, and not as thick and heavy as the other piece. When I redo it, I would likely make it a bit heavier and thicker. Less harmonies here, too, since it's not something used much in Persian or Arabic music. I got a fretless guitar this week, going to start working on incorporating that sound into my music soon! On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Julien Claassen <julien@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Brett! > And again I was right to rub my hands, while waiting for the audio to > arrive. I like the bass sound. To be m0ore precise, the way it's processed > and used. Though the guitar sound this time isn't completely to my liking. > Perhaps because it reminds me a little of my friend's early recordngs. > But I'm starting somewhere in the middle. :-) The orchestration and overall > recording is very big again and well mixed, to my ears. It reminds me a > little of a soundtrack this time. So ambiant gets a tick. :-) Although I > would have liked to have mjore percussion in the piece, since I have a > feeling, they might be one of your strong points, I'm satisfied with the > little I got. :-) > Musically speaking the main theme wasn't as gripping this time as it was > with Bron of Fire, but then the intentions are quite different, at least > judging by your own descriptions and the context in which you put Born of > Fire. Still I find myself strangely attracted to the arabesque streak in > music. I like the tension, that your melody lines create. In this piece > helped along by the omenous bass line, if you can call it that. The strings > add a more cinematesque impressions. They set a nice "frame" for the rest of > the music to be surrounded by. Together with the guitars. Yes, I'm not too > particular about the sound of the guitars this time, but that does't keep me > from liking what they do. > Overall it sounds simple, everything fitting together. I don't know, how > much time and effort went into it, but I think it's often good, with this > type of music, if I can judge it to be simple. Like Glenn Gould playing Bach > and making it sound simple. :-) So continue the work and keep us updated. If > I had a wish, although you're not a fairy, I would wish for more driving > percussion in the next piece, if at all appropriate. :-) > Thanks for sharing and kind regards > Julien > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Such Is Life: Very Intensely Adorable; > Free And Jubilating Amazement Revels, Dancing On - FLOWERS! > > ====== Find my music at ====== > http://juliencoder.de/nama/music.html > ..................................... > "If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, > so I never have to live without you." (Winnie the Pooh) -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
