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Originally Posted By: BlueAttitude
Sounds good to me, Mario! Nice new age type piece.

I'm having no problems hearing the changes here.

Nice tone on the guitar!



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Originally Posted By: Birchwood
Hi Mario,

I read the comment about your chordprogressions, well I can hear your progressions. I find your melody very nice and I liked the dramatic move in it towards the end. But if you could distinguish your instruments a bit more that would work out better. I don't mean just adding more volume, but panning the instruments (wider)and add volume to some of them. Makes the mix brighter.

But Mario, who cares? You had your fun making this song and we by listening to it!

Stay safe,
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Originally Posted By: floyd jane
Mario,

You are the New-Age King of the forum.

I like the "density" of the background. I did think the guitar could have been just VERY slightly louder - which seemed to happen around the 2:10 mark...then it seemed to drop a bit again. (It might be just an EQ thing - a little more high end might be the ticket. Guessing, here)

A beautiful piece. I enjoyed the listen.

fj


Thanx Floyd for that suggestion. I will give it a try.

I'm not sure about that New-Age King statement, but I'll take it grin


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Originally Posted By: Greg Johnson
Very cool score type thing!! You are the master of the film score music!! Enjoyed A LOT!!! Take care. Greg


Thanx so much Greg. I'm not sure that I am a master of the film score music but I do like to write in that genre.


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Originally Posted By: Al-David
Hi Mario ...

yep ... new Age film scoring! As Floyd said,in so many words, you own this genre! what a soothing listen! You always do great work, my friend!

Wishing you the very best. Be safe ...

Alan


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Originally Posted By: rayc
This is cool...reminds me of a lull section in a hooror movie where things are then suddenly interrupted by a gore fest. Lovely playing Mario. Angels sing.


I never thought about this song in that perspective but you are right.

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Originally Posted By: Rustyspoon#
Mario,
Mysterious and fun. Could be very well used as a background for a modern day narration of Thousand and One Nights. Nice guitar playing and FX!
Enjoyed it! Thank you for sharing.

Misha.


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Originally Posted By: Charlie Fogle
Your productions always bring me a new appreciation for MIDI based songs. Relaxing and uplifting tune.


Thanx Charlie. Some people look down on MIDI while I look up at it. I much prefer working in MIDI than in Audio, but that is just me. Others are experts at working with RTs.


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Originally Posted By: PeterF
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A soothing relaxing piece. Nice work on the backing tracks.

Peter


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Originally Posted By: Tano Music
So creative...love your approach to experimenting, etc. You get to places I would never think of going! Really makes me appreciate human inventiveness!
Thanks for stretching BIAB out like this!


Using BiaB makes it easy to experiment and work out of your comfort zone. Just try it and after a short while you will be more comfortable working in different genres and with experimenting.


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Originally Posted By: Robertkc
A nicely layered soundscape, Mario.Beautiful guitar tone and the kind of string arrangement I wish I had the skills to achieve!
Very enjoyable inner movie music.

Robert


Thanx Robert for listening and commenting. BiaB does have some very nice MIDI string tracks and it doesn't take much, if any, changes improve them. You might want to give it a try.


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Originally Posted By: jptjptjpt
Sounds good. Ambient. Nice electric guitar playing.


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Originally Posted By: Tangmo
A very interesting relaxing, yet cerebral ride. I like the way it rocks back and forth between major and minor tonalities, sometimes from the same same root chord. At least that's the way I'm parsing it as a beginner. And lands on an "up" feel. I wasn't all that crazy about the cello in my right ear on the phones. Probably not an issue on monitors/speakers. It might have been better had the strings taken the full spread and the cello shared closer to the middle...but maybe the very oddness of the piece begged for such a placement. I very much enjoyed the time listening.


Thanx for listening and commenting. I will have to take a look at the cello. I place my strings in most of my compositions based on where they are in an orchestra based on the audiences view. Thus the double basses and cellos are on the far right. But maybe I have a volume issue, I will check.


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Originally Posted By: Andyman
Nice work Mario. You have a distinctive style all of your own.
That TR5 tape echo on your guitar gives an ethereal sound to the piece.
This music would be perfect for a dream sequence in a movie.


Thanx for listening and commenting Andyman. I really like that TR5 tape echo. It is one of the best IMHO.


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Originally Posted By: Bawb
Hi MarioD,

This is a very melodramatic sounding piece.
You've done a really good job on it.
I'm not by any stretch of the imagination a movie director, but I can actually hear this as the intro or ending of a sad movie...

Or it could be played as an emphasis on a sad scene.

It's kind of sad, yet soothing. Thanks for posting.


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Moody, mysterious and mesmerizing...

Something we think the film libraries would
like to have in their repertoire.

We always like the backstories on how you put these
productions together.

Enjoyed it!

J&B


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Originally Posted By: Tangmo
A very interesting relaxing, yet cerebral ride. I like the way it rocks back and forth between major and minor tonalities, sometimes from the same same root chord. At least that's the way I'm parsing it as a beginner. And lands on an "up" feel. I wasn't all that crazy about the cello in my right ear on the phones. Probably not an issue on monitors/speakers. It might have been better had the strings taken the full spread and the cello shared closer to the middle...but maybe the very oddness of the piece begged for such a placement. I very much enjoyed the time listening.


Thanx for listening and commenting. I will have to take a look at the cello. I place my strings in most of my compositions based on where they are in an orchestra based on the audiences view. Thus the double basses and cellos are on the far right. But maybe I have a volume issue, I will check.


No worries. That explains it. Carry on.


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Cool! It reminded me of background music from Escape from Monkey Island, which is a good thing. smile

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Originally Posted By: Janice & Bud
Moody, mysterious and mesmerizing...

Something we think the film libraries would
like to have in their repertoire.

We always like the backstories on how you put these
productions together.

Enjoyed it!

J&B


I'm glad that you liked this.


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Originally Posted By: dcuny
Cool! It reminded me of background music from Escape from Monkey Island, which is a good thing. smile

Raum reverb is one awesome verb.



Thanx so much.

Yes Raum is one awesome reverb.


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