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November 2010 SHOWCASE Thread :: Finished work, videos, career news, BSP (blatant self-promo), gossip...

 

No news too trivial, no bragging right too small. Whether your latest triumph was a multi-album deal or a good night at your local open mic -- there's room to talk about it here... :)

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Here's this month's Official Showcase Thread where you can post your completed projects, links to finished works (even old ones) you want your pals here in the SW forum to hear, promo videos, or just generally shameless self-hype that you're far too professional and courteous to post in the main forum.

 

POST 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM!

:)

 

previous showcase threads

 

October 2010

September 2010

August 2010

July 2010

June 2010

May 2010

April 2010

March 2010

February 2010

January 2010

December 2009

November 2009

October 2009

September 2009

August 2009

July 2009 [no posts]

June 2009

May 2009

April 2009

March 2009

February 2009

January 2009

December 2008

November 2008

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Hey, Peter!

 

"Raven" has a nice, understated arrangement, with a spare, muscular feel in the climax section, driven by the tom(s) -- or is it a Celtic frame drum? Of course, I understand it's possibly or likely from a keyboard or sample, but, no matter, it seems to focus the restlessness reflected in the main vocal in the early sections into a compelling urgency.

 

I liked the restraint you showed with additional elements like the minimalist backing vocal(s). In this era of 100 track pop ditties, it's nice to see a song with something on its mind that gets the job done with bracing simplicity.

 

cheers

 

:)

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Transit City

 

 

1. Website design all complete

2. Mastering finalized this coming week

3. Uploading to Tunecore for International iTunes release

4. Final track playback order is set as is.

 

 

Anyone want to make me a video for the Albums title track ?

 

This is a pre-final mastering full album high quality MP3 Promotional streaming preview. It is instrumental and is a concept piece (sacrilegious I know) and is meant to be played from start to finish without hitting the skip button - and it's all electronic.

 

Love it or loathe it the project is my baby and I am quite proud of her.

 

8 Tracks in Total with a 57.5 minute play time.

 

Probably won't be to everybody's taste I admit but it's been a lot of work and not something I have banged up over several weeks.

 

So why not ummmm Flaunt It ;).

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Good job. Very soundtrackish, very atmospheric. The strings could sound a bit more authentic but then again that could reduce the spookiness of it.

 

Thank you MrQuin! That's the Kirk Hunter solo vibrato violin sample. A very good sample. Maybe since I'm a pianist and not a violinist my articulation wasn't up to snuff.

 

Best, John :)

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Of course not!

 

That's what these showcase threads are for.

 

And, I don't want you to feel the weight, but I suspect that there are more than a few of us who are secretly proud of (in our peripheral way), not to mention greatly heartened by, your recent successes.

 

;)

 

Also, heck, I actually kind of like your music. :D;):D

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Here's a song I wrote a few years ago. It's copyrighted, and called Bellingen Blues. Bellingen is a small rural town in Australia. I'm singing and playing live, and the guitar I'm using is an Epiphone Bluesmaster acoustic guitar. Thanks.

http://www.mediafire.com/?8y5pjtmzny9

That's a little charmer, Jim!

 

I'm a big fan of little guitar rags. Your vocal approach makes me think of a blend of 3 or 4 of my favorite 60s UK follkies.

 

Nice. :)

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Hey, Peter
!


"Raven" has a nice, understated arrangement, with a spare, muscular feel in the climax section, driven by the tom(s) -- or is it a Celtic frame drum? Of course, I understand it's possibly or likely from a keyboard or sample, but, no matter, it seems to focus the restlessness reflected in the main vocal in the early sections into a compelling urgency.


I liked the restraint you showed with additional elements like the minimalist backing vocal(s). In this era of 100 track pop ditties, it's nice to see a song with something on its mind that gets the job done with bracing simplicity.


cheers


:)

 

Thanks for the feedback, Blue! Haven't had that much time to browse the forum lately. Yes, they're tom samples I used here, two separate drum tracks and by adding some extra stereofield I got it sounding bigger. Kind of reminds me of Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush...:love:

As for the backing vocals I had to hold myself back as I tend to get carried away with them (remember Revolution in Wonderland?). Less is more sometimes, I guess.

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Hey, here's an older finished track of mine. It's been accepted by PumpAudio among others but not made a penny out of it yet! The vocal isn't tremendous but have a listen if you want:-

 

Don't be afraid to add this to the December Showcase thread, gubu! Here's that one:

 

December 2010 SHOWCASE Thread :: Finished work, videos, career news, BSP

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Good job. Very soundtrackish, very atmospheric. The strings could sound a bit more authentic but then again that could reduce the spookiness of it.

 

 

Really? The strings sounded pretty authentic to me, at least everything except the highest register. That was a fairly good solo string patch. Perhaps you were expecting a thick string section?

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