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Hey Y'all I need a favor if you can spare me a few clicks. I have been working on soundtrack material using mostly Xtra styles and a few other things but playing the melody parts myself as is my style. https://soundcloud.com/davidsfilmmusicI am submitting this entire channel (all done with BIAB as a co-producer) to some contests and stuff. I wouldn't mind getting some "clicks" on the first five listed. Probably no reason to listen to the whole thing, you will get the point right away. In terms of "film score" writing I think Band in a Box (real tracks and midi use combined) blows everything else out there away. Nothing else even comes close. Everything else sounds so copycat and generic, but BIAB puts you WAY ahead of that--so help a brother out if you can!!!  I will be more than happy to explain how I did any of this. The short version is that Xtra styles don't need a lot of EQ-ing. They come kind of Eq-ed right out of the box, so I took it really easy on the effects in order to get a high dynamic range, and that sound of warmth you get with Xtra Styles. Most of these have dynamic ranges in the 11 to 12 category thanks to Xtra Styles.I have found that too many effects can crush the warmth of BIAB real tracks real fast, so I am being very lenient. Thanks for helping if you can mates!! P.S. Another interesting thing: the classical album I put out in May using Band in a Box ("Soothing Classical Guitar") is getting a lot of streams on Spotify and people are actually downloading the entire album from iTunes and Amazon. My mom told me to record it and I guess I should listen to her more often. I went to my music bank account and was like "Whoah..you need to do some more soothing classical music bro." Just sayin'! I think people are looking to be relaxed! Hint, hint.
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Took a listen skipping around a bit and enjoyed all that I heard. Nice work.
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Dang! boy, you've been BUSY!!!
I listened to parts of all 29 tracks. The mix was good on all of them. And - WOW - what an amazing variety of styles of music. You have done them all convincingly.
Cool titles.
Have you got them in a library of some kind.... you should...
I did not recognize the acoustic RT (if it is one) in Stupid Happy - it sounds like "Wagon Wheel"... what is it?
You are a MUSIC MAN!!! An impressive collection!!
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Gotta agree, impressive collection - I listened to a bunch.
Good luck!
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RealTracks in style: 625:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Rascal Sw 075
Rascal man! One of my favorites! Can't live without it!
Thanks!
Yeah, they are in a library. I am building a few more. Was in a really big one but it went bankrupt. Was in the news. Some major artists got...well, you know the word.
They are all in ASCAP though and categorized and filed, so I am going after more. Have about 200 of these so far.
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David,
To an avid watcher of streaming tv series, I`d say you are upping the game by using the RT`s as so much of the scores now sound like sample pastiche.
Mandolin Bay really jumps out as a "theme"...all I listened to sounded very good and I wish you luck with the marketing.
I liked the way you used the pan flute on Mesa Verde.
Robert
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David, liked what I heard. Lots of effort involved here. I was really impressed with "Small Town Diner Blues". I could really imagine that one in a film. Thanks, Torrey.
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Some nice interesting stuff there. Good luck with them.
Peter
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David,
Wow! Some really great stuff here!
Bob
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Hey David,
Wow! You have covered a lot of genres. I have listened to about the first 10 so far and loved all of them.
Dead of Night was great!
I was a bit confused as I clicked on Americana and got "Like you own the World"; one of your previous non-film releases. Is that intentional or just how SoundCloud works?
Good luck with all of this,
Jez
P.S. Well done with your Classical Album! Muse in A Minor is rather nice and Romanza is one of the first Classical pieces I learnt so brings back memories.
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Very nice body of work, David.
Quite visual, which is the main thing.
Bearing in mind, the sound mixing people, or, you yourself, have
flexibility to adjust the music (mostly in levels and effects) to fit the
mix (audio, video, text) my impression is that you have given them
a lot of room to work with. I know that they doing not want music that
overly draws attention to itself, any one part. That is one reason light
classical or pop classical is used so often.
Only one way to find out ! Get the word out to videographers.
You have achieved the tech mastery required, my estimation.
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Thank you Robert. Great commentary. A million thank yous.
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Thanks Torrey. I am glad you like Small Town Diner. Very helpful. Thanks from the bottom of my heart.
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Thanks Bob!
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Thanks Jez! I am so glad you found that album on spotify. Thanks for listening man!!! Did you break out your classical??
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Thanks Ed!
Extremely helpful observations. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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These pieces showcase a talented and imaginative composer. I particularly liked Mandolin Bay. Nice to hear a full drumkit going though its paces on a folk-driven tune rather than the incessant dull thump much popularised by Mumford and Sons.
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