#130

Thank you! The rustling textures are what makes it interesting, for sure. I’ll see what I can do to bring them out, and maybe see how it sounds with adding more in spots.

#131

I like this - interesting textures & interplay between the lines in here. Agree with @DetritusTabuIII - it would be nice to have some of the parts come up out of the bed of static/noise more (although I like the static/noise overall). Maybe via some delay+reverb that brings some of the higher hits in the melody poking out at times, in different places in the stereo field. Really like the lengthening of notes in the melody that start around 2:10 - nice variation. Looking forward to hearing it with the vocal tracks mixed in.

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#132

There is a lot of beauty in here. I like your main lyrical melody quite a bit. Whichever direction you decide to go with the piece, it’s a lovely addition - the heart of it. There are a lot of parts with subtle rhythmic information that come in on the builds (arpeggiated guitar, arpeggiated synth, plucked melody, plucked counter melody) and they might be competing a bit. It might be worth either judiciously editing out a part here and there, or auditioning different combinations of tracks to help focus the piece in those areas. I kind of like it as an ambient track with jazz touches - which make it unique - and to that end, I could hear adding more texture/fuzz parts. But that’s also my bias (I lean ambient). Any way you decide, it’s a lovely piece.

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#133

I love it. The flag clips came in exactly when I wanted to hear something at a higher frequency, widening the stereo range - a perfect part. Road drones are such a rich texture, and I liked how you changed the tone of the noise elements as you went along: from the road noise, to the garage wall fan, to the vent.

A couple of things jumped to mind, but they are just creative ideas to possibly play with - your piece is wonderful already. There seems to be almost a melody in the road drone track at times, kind of in the upper low end of it’s frequencies… I could hear taking that recording into another track and filtering to highlight it, adding it in as another part (while the unfiltered track still plays in place). I could also hear bringing in a bit of spacial processing to the orchestra drone as it goes along, just as a slight bit of interest. And depending on where I was listening between my speakers, I could hear a slight rhythmic modulation in the air vent sound at the end (could be a bit of trailing delay from the the flag clips track?) - it might be interesting to hear that come out more. Thank you for sharing this!

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#134

Thanks for doing that Hugh… love It!

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#135

thank you SussMusik!

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#136

And … the playlist is now loaded. (And I have a temporary pair of glasses.)

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#137

Great to hear that! Had broken my glasses years ago and it’s been a total nightmare… I wasn’t able to do the most basic things.

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#138

thanks starbelly, these are great ideas! I was wondering how to bring out the almost-melody in the overtones more – in the car I could hear them more distinctly, but the mic didn’t prioritize them like my brain did. I am going to play around with all these tracks some more, and see what I can get out of them. :slight_smile:

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#139

I like your idea of contrasting it with another voice saying s/t odd, and/or news clips… @jks and I collaborated on a “suite for the end of analogue tv” a few years back, where we (among other things) sampled a bunch of audio from old tv shows:

I had forgotten how much I like them in the mix! as I recall archive dot org had quite a few, although it took some combing and sampling to get just the right ones, of course :wink:

#140

The intro is glitchy AF! 1:21-1:28 has a cool spatial property. Playing with EQ and Compression in small sliced areas could add an extra tonal layer while bringing forth other sounds in the void. Good luck!

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#141

I love it! it reminds me of Libertango Grace Jones and Astor Piazzolla. I would love a little bit of some hard bass like some 808’s and some story telling flows and hooks. It reminds me of a cafe in my head that my 20 something self and my peers sat drinking coffee till dusk. When the night came BAM it was a speakeasy joint snollygosters and prissy dolls alike.

#142

It was a huge and, fortunately, not too long (~36 hour) hassle.

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#143

also I very much liked watching you live code to make the music modulate :slight_smile:

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#144

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#145

Thanks for that. Much appreciated.

#146

What she said. I think this will be the first live-coding addition to the YouTube playlist I’ve been making of live ambient music performances.

#147

I think it is very happy and Lu Lu and the Lampshades. It could be happier by adding some jolly HTS (high tinkly s*$t) or if your looking for a gal to be sad since daddy’s not coming you can take it down to a blues scale, minor scale or locrian mode to get a more painful sound. I can hear a chours with the words of the song title in the melody, very well done there. Slowing it down a tad will also aid in getting the more honky tonk sound. I really like it and maybe singing the words in a pace you think pain lives or if he’s happy cause he’s running away with a hot burlesque dancer.

#148

I really enjoyed this, it took me back to chilling like tonight isn’t over so let’s just enjoy the last dark before the sunrise.

#149

The title is poetic and I am intrigued by this Russian girl. Melting tongues on hearts is also a visual I have from your words and the music. Some super low bass in the 20-33 range might added uneasy tension but I can only see her telling you this story in a yellow kitchen to this music.