Nicely developing theme from the acoustic guitar through the sax to the wild electric guitar, great work with that solo which sounds very natural and lively to me. The organ and the electric rhythm guitar provide pleasant backing mood, like a romantic evening on a warm beach. Janne
Thanks, Janne. I love your "like a romantic evening on a warm beach"!
Some favourite Waoist Adages: #1: Play on the Way. #13: Ask not for whom the flower blooms, it blooms for you. #58: Bring consciousness to it. #63: On the road to effortlessness, effort must be made. #92: Be Love Now, the rest will come on its own.
Hi Chay! As others have said, this builds nicely, and those lead guitar solos didn't grow tired. They reminded me a little of some of Mike Oldfield's guitar work around the time of 'Five miles out'. You've got a good chord base for the song, and that gives it a ton of musical variation. Loved it - and looking forward to your sung pieces with Lucy. Andrew
Appreciated, Andrew! While I'm familiar with MO I've not heard "Five miles out". Re my duet with Lucy, I've just received her stems, but as it's rock number she sings more extrovertedly (which I wanted), but higher than usual, so it's now hit or miss whether or not I can harmonise with her. If I can go deep enough to balance her vocals I may need to hire a Fiverr person to auto-tune, but it's a big if!
Some favourite Waoist Adages: #1: Play on the Way. #13: Ask not for whom the flower blooms, it blooms for you. #58: Bring consciousness to it. #63: On the road to effortlessness, effort must be made. #92: Be Love Now, the rest will come on its own.
Chay, what a song! You've created an impressive melody with beautiful solos! Even though it's quite a long song, it never gets boring. It keeps you captivated But probably I missed something; about those very nice characters I don't understand their function for, or in this song. Do they act in a movie? And is the song just there as background music, or...? Tell me, Hans
Thanks, Hans. The opening image I call "The Seven Sisters", but they're all the same CGI/3D model which I created for the Iola Tao character in my trilogy-length epic science fiction gnostic quest novel, "Quest of the Solar Flower". She's one of a team of male and female human and humanoid aliens who have to save Creation from annihilation by a super-advanced alien, the only being who could do such a thing. After I'd finished the track I couldn't think of a title, so I looked through my graphics and decided that "The Seven Sisters" image would suit it - though I had to do a lot of new image effects - and so I called it "Iola Tao". Initially it was just "Iola", but whatever lettering I tried it always looked like "Lola" and too simple, so I added her surname.
Some favourite Waoist Adages: #1: Play on the Way. #13: Ask not for whom the flower blooms, it blooms for you. #58: Bring consciousness to it. #63: On the road to effortlessness, effort must be made. #92: Be Love Now, the rest will come on its own.
This sounds epic, Chay! I'm astonished how you are able to mix this in Audacity. I've used Audacity and never got it to mix nearly as well as this. Incredible arrangement. It keeps my interest, it really moves, and not a dull note from start to finish.
This is cool movie music. It's like a SF version of "The Magnificent Seven" with female warriors. The electric guitar plays a wonderful role. The mix was produced without any problems and was very good. The video is, as always, fantastic. Enjoyed my listen and watch a lot.
Thanks for your nice/ interesting explanation of it all. It sounds like a huge, complicated, but satisfying project, Chay! And as I wrote; it's a captivating song, and I add here; and captivating project!
This sounds epic, Chay! I'm astonished how you are able to mix this in Audacity. I've used Audacity and never got it to mix nearly as well as this. Incredible arrangement. It keeps my interest, it really moves, and not a dull note from start to finish.
Thanks, John! I was using Audacity long before I discovered BiaB, so I stuck with it rather than learn a new program. This track uses 18 samples in 21 stem tracks, so probably my most complex instrumental:
Some favourite Waoist Adages: #1: Play on the Way. #13: Ask not for whom the flower blooms, it blooms for you. #58: Bring consciousness to it. #63: On the road to effortlessness, effort must be made. #92: Be Love Now, the rest will come on its own.
Chay, This is cool movie music. It's like a SF version of "The Magnificent Seven" with female warriors. The electric guitar plays a wonderful role. The mix was produced without any problems and was very good. The video is, as always, fantastic. Enjoyed my listen and watch a lot. Best regards. Shigeki Adachi
Thank you, Shigeki! I like the idea of a female Magnificent Seven! I call the main image "Seven Sisters", though they're all the same model of my Iola Tao in different outfits.
Some favourite Waoist Adages: #1: Play on the Way. #13: Ask not for whom the flower blooms, it blooms for you. #58: Bring consciousness to it. #63: On the road to effortlessness, effort must be made. #92: Be Love Now, the rest will come on its own.
Thanks for your nice/ interesting explanation of it all. It sounds like a huge, complicated, but satisfying project, Chay! And as I wrote; it's a captivating song, and I add here; and captivating project! Hans
Yhanks again, Hans!
Some favourite Waoist Adages: #1: Play on the Way. #13: Ask not for whom the flower blooms, it blooms for you. #58: Bring consciousness to it. #63: On the road to effortlessness, effort must be made. #92: Be Love Now, the rest will come on its own.
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