Hello Floyd,

Thanks for your nice reply on the song.
It is a 'heavy' song. I had some hard times and couldn't have sunny thoughts.
This song came up in my head all that time. I know why, but let me conclude with that I liked the melody. The darker the better...
And it was true. I really had those dreams when I was young.
But thanks for liking this song.

Originally Posted By: floyd jane
Hans,

A lot of heavy thinking in that write...
Nice.
Serious.

I like the idea of the arrangement. Mostly piano with lush strings filling out.
The pianos sound "weird" - so often the case with the BIAB piano RTs.
They sound Phase-y.
Switching between piano RTs highlights that further.
Using MIDI SuperTracks with a good piano VST fixes that (if MSTs exist for both RTs). Surprised you did not go that way.

The strings are nicely done.
The BGVs on the chorus work really well.

I like your serious, thoughtful song.

fj


Floyd, about those pianos and alternatives in midi; I prefer real tracks. I tried to find my way with midi piano versions, but they were not what I was looking for. They didn't sound so realistic. I had the same with your midi piano. Sounds great, but still not natural.
I had problems with phasing. Don't know if you call them y or z, but I used some plug-ins to make the sound more realistic. But i could not achieve the real sound I had in my head. Only in the verses.

The strings were at first single notes (in midi ;-)), then I alered them some days ago into two or triple chords and found that more pleasing. But it was a lot of work. Can you imagine?
The BGV's were at first conventional high and low vocals (my own), but while recording also a few days ago, I changes tones and then I liked the low and lower vocals more. So I changed them. That is what you hear.
Thanks for listening so well and what you told me about the piano sounds.

We'll talk again,
Hans

Hans Berkhout
(Birchwood)
https://soundcloud.com/user-296497130