Man I really like this. I was doubtful since I'm not a fan of brass instruments generally.

As I go through....

The muted trumpet is rather shrill in both my monitoring systems. More so on the speakers than the buds. They have a brash reedy sound on some of the notes. A muted trumpet should be...well, muted. I think perhaps an easy EQ fix. OR, better yet.... swap the muted trumpet to a sax. Super easy with synths.

Full unmuted trumpet... introduced by a cymbal mallet crescendo build.... nice. That sounds good. No crits on the trumpet. Sweet tone from the synth on the trumpet. Nice tongue trill at 2:48.

As it builds at the 3:40 point...some vocal ahhhs strategically placed would be the coup-de-gras for this.

Absolutely gorgeous melody.

did I hear wind chimes in there? (4:09 & 4:21)


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