Autumn

Ah... this cold, misty morning of autumnal majesty ! I've been longing for this all through the dreadful Summer...
Took my girlie dog out for a stroll through the only real beauty of these southern parts of this country: the landscape. Some sites almost resemble the most magical country on earth, England.
This serene, total silence for me, is the utmost experience of aural delight... the sweetest music. A soundtrack to Taoist emptiness...
And thus begins my fav time of the year....
Now off to the Piano (or rather the Midi controller & samples :), inspiration has dawned...
The first part of Song #5 is almost done !
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Recording the CD (Part 39)

Just fired up my old Pentium 4 3Ghz XP PC in order to run the plug-ins that Win 7 64 bit refuses to run: Korg Digital & Analog Legacy Editions, Arturia Jupiter 8.... So now I'm able to record parts on the new machine, then load them (the Cakewalk Project files) into the old hag & export the audio (24 bit) using the desired patches ! A small hassle, but until the plug-ins become available on 64 bit systems.... it works perfectly :)
Started working through zillions of drum sounds for use on the first part of track #5.... think I found some kicking combi's...
Also recorded the chords w/ a fine patch outta the Korg MonoPoly.
I'm taking my time, cuz this 1 really needs to be HUGE !!
Cheerz,
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Recording the CD (Part 38)

Well, well....
This 5th track is heading in many directions, stylewise :)
Have a lot figured out in my head, but recorded only a small piano section (which I'm including here) to give every1 an impression of some of the melodies.

Piano Parts (preliminary stage)

It's going down a 'Progressive Rock meets House meets Techno meets really anything' street.
It will be divided into about 5 parts & will become lengthy I'm afraid (dunno if there's a market for this kinda thing, but WTF !).
And: there will be some guitar parts, haha !
Talk to ya later,
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Recording the CD (Part 37)

Well, w/ track #5 I'm taking a different approach. Normally I'd go for lotsa different drum patterns (breaks & stuff) but this time around I'm keeping that quite simple and repetitive.... All focus on the keyz & melodies :) .
Not shure if this 1 needs vocals...
Later...
Gotta do some daily practice to improve my keyboard skills (I can't complain, it's going fab :) ...
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Recording the CD (Part 36)

Well well, long time no update....
Track #4 has been finished, a sort of Intro or Interlude containing a spoken part from W.B. Yeats' 'The Second Coming' poem. I used my Korg Wavestation SR a lot on this one !
A demo of this one can be found on SoundCloud ("Bethlehem")... it's the first mix, however not yet mastered.
I'm spending lotsa time learning all I can regarding the Mastering process... pretty complicated ;)
Track #5 has already been 'started': an uplifting house tune with a MASSIVE beat !! I used the Reason 4 DAW for the creation of the first part w/ some Triton & Roland samples.... sounds really cool ! Sample to follow later on!
Cya!
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Recording the CD (Part 35)

Yea, well.... just 2 further changes to 'Wild' befo' mixing'll kick in: Entered a brilliant sample of a thunderstorm @ the start (suits the title & general feel), somewhat reminiscent of The Cure's 'The Same Deep Waters As You' ('Disintegration' holds a zillion memories for me, 1 of the greatest albums EVER, both musically & lyrics wise !!);
Then, I added some ARP sequences to the end chorus part, some squeeky things very much like the last 2 songs by Inna... Fits in beeeeautifully :)
After the 1st rough mix is done, I'll upload a sample.

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P.s. just figured out a very classy way (Piano) to convert the SFAS song 'The Hallway' into House territory... Mmm, might end up doing that 1 giving the vocal thing a shot !

"The Blessed Spirits Must Be Sought Within The Self, Which Is Common To All..."
-W.B. Yeats.

Recording the CD (Part 34)

Recording wise, track #3 is DONE !! On to the mixing, and mebbe some embelishments here & there.... Definitive title will be 'Wild! (3rd 1's the Charm)'....