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Hi all, this is a short instrumental I've done, using BIAB for percussion. Vocal phrasing was from a Kontakt library which I mention in the description. The video is from several days of timelapse photography I did few years back - no AI used here.



An audio version which might sound better is here

https://soundcloud.com/st-josephs-social-club/blooming?si=59c19ae9cd294cd182c81755d3a64d2f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

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Oh, this is so beautiful, Ken. Not just the wonderful composition, but the magnificent time-lapse clips in the video. The tune opens up with them. Mimi's vocal adds so much goodness to the whole.

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Thanks Babu wink I'm glad you like it, and appreciate you taking tyhe time to listen and feed back. It was just sort of happy accident that there were parts where the music and video opened and closed together. In fact the video was an afterthought, I only did it because Youtube seems to be the only popular unwalled garden for music, but it requires eye candy, which is kind of a pain because making a video is an extra chore, which if done badly can detract from the whole. I got the music ready - and the BIAB percussion, though subtle, really helped ground it - but then was stuck for video ideas, until I remembered I had gone crazy one summer learning timelapse photography, so I dug out the footage and hoped it would match. By luck and with a bit of nudging, it did smile

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Hi Ken!
A wonderful piece, and I agree that Mimi’s vocal via Kontakt adds a very natural/nature sound - sounding Enya-like in parts. I enjoyed the chord progression and the 7ths added on some chords. Was I right in hearing that the bass didn’t enter until the last quarter of the song? Cool.

I watched your YouTube (very good) and listened to Soundcloud - and regarding the latter, you go under the name of St Josephs Social Club - is that just you or a group? I listened to a few of your covers: Peace like a river; For no-one; Rikki…; as well as Eddies and Welcome to Wunderbar. Lots of good music to listen to there.

Andrew

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Hypnotic and beautiful. Cool photography. Nicely choreographed musical and visual performance all the way around.


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That is such a beautifully immersive piece Ken, both audibly and visually. Parts of the choral elements were reminiscent of gaelic tones as used by Kate Bush. This brilliantly marries the visual beauty of flowers blooming with a well composed piece of music, both big and beautiful.

Great work Ken, kind regards

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lingyai, this is an outstanding piece of music and a fantastic video.
Great job on both.


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Why does toilet paper need a commercial? Who's not buying it?

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