Please, a few minutes of your time

a couple of my latest tunes.
http://signalmusic.net/
let me know if you cannot hear them or if they fail to load successfully.

1. these particular ones are not in final production, but i wanted to get some input from you guys anyway.

2. as you can see, these are not titled yet...if you've got any ideas...well

3. "song 1" is about 7:44 and has 4 parts so hopefully you have a fast connection.
"song 2" is in 3/4 time is a gentle number with lots of mellotron.

hope you like them. 

p.s. - i am trying to create progressive music here, nothing else but that.  i think these have a "prog feel" to them.  let me know if you think otherwise.


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Edited by Utah Man - December 04 2007 at 11:12

clarke2001 wrote: Utah Man wrote: a couple of my latest tunes. http://signalmusic.net/ let me know if you cannot hear them or if they fail to load successfully. 1. these particular ones are not in final production, but i wanted to get some input from you guys anyway. 2. as you can see, these are not titled yet...if you've got any ideas...well 3. "song 1" is about 7:44 and has 4 parts so hopefully you have a fast connection. "song 2" is in 3/4 time is a gentle number with lots of mellotron. hope you like them.  The first  two links aren't working, but the Q ones are fine. As for the unfinished ideas, they're great! Exactly what I'm looking for in prog. Actually, they're somewhat similar to my  way of  thinking. Great Mellotron + Classical Guitar! Even the awful midi piano sounds good because of the melody! Keep it up!! Any name of the project? Posting in some other section?

thank you very much for these comments + input. 
no, i don't have permanent names for these tunes yet...
bad links are fixed.

i'll see what i can do with the MIDI piano



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Edited by Utah Man - December 03 2007 at 09:47

on "Song 1" what do you think of the explosion at the 1:29 time mark .  Is it a stupid idea or leave it ?

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The Music Academy - nice spacey start, relaxing and beautiful. But I think it goes on for too long with the guitar solo, it's for me, getting a bit lost and the switch to that other part could come sooner or maybe add there more instrumentation in that intro alongside or after the guitar solo (leave the solo but cut it shorter). I was expecting a sort of speeding up at the end of that part and the switch lead to a nice part, but I feel as if there is much potential unfulfilled here. You can certainly develop it to what way you in that.

avestin wrote: The Music Academy - nice spacey start, relaxing and beautiful. But I think it goes on for too long with the guitar solo, it's for me, getting a bit lost and the switch to that other part could come sooner or maybe add there more instrumentation in that intro alongside or after the guitar solo (leave the solo but cut it shorter). I was expecting a sort of speeding up at the end of that part and the switch lead to a nice part, but I feel as if there is much potential unfulfilled here. You can certainly develop it to what way you in that.

Thank You for this insight.
Should i just forget about all the sound effects..the footsteps & doors closing and just develope the individual songs as separate songs ?

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avestin wrote: Song 3 - starting grandiose (can be made into very majestic or pompous, depending on how you edit or instrument it). Then that switch to the guitar is surprising sounding a bit cheaky (speeling) and then the Mellotron(?) joining in giving it a whole different character is cool. This could be a start of a great track, I sensed some musical ideas that can be further developed and even added. I like it! Make it longer, add to it more, I think.

Thanks again for these critical comments.
Since i do not have an official producer, i need you and others here on the forum to bounce ideas off of.  my children & wife do not provide me with enough musical ideas

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Utah Man,.
something is wrong with my Comp,.
But I'll check it, and will let you know

love your avatar, that album cover rule,
better than Roger Dean,..
(Octopus-Gentle Giant {being specific incase you change it later} )


Edited by R o V e R - December 03 2007 at 12:31

R o V e R wrote: Utah Man,. something is wrong with my Comp,.

Microsoft OS ?

R o V e R wrote: love your avatar, that album cover rule, better than Roger Dean,.. (Octopus-Gentle Giant {being specific incase you change it later} )

agree.
dean's version is too sinister looking

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avestin wrote: Utah Man wrote: on "Song 1" what do you think of the explosion at the 1:29 time mark .  Is it a stupid idea or leave it ?  I think it's fine the way it is, a nice passage to another part. You could change or improve the quality of the explosion sound itself, but I find the idea in itself to be good.

i have several other versions of it...
that sound originated from a WW II era U.S. Navy Destroyer...then i added lots of reverb and i think i may have compressed it too.
i wanted it to have a "pan out" effect to sound like it keeps on going till the guitar comes in.


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Very good.  I might replace the muffled explosion with thunder.  In song one I might add some intermittent washboard for percussive effect.  Nice atmosphere and shifts (love it at about 3:12).  Some very good transitions.  I'd add the sound of more instruments in places so that repeated phrases can build up, as well as for harmonic value.  Very good tracks as it is, but I'd layer it a little more and add counterpoint in places.  I don't think it needs drums, I'd rather the percussion come from other instruments on the whole.  Ah, and if you have a xylophone....

Ah, I'm talking nonsense, it's very good as it is, and as you say, it's not the final production (the inclusion of acoustic instruments does tend to make something sound richer and fuller, if you know people who could play parts for it later -- I've never found the mellotron (or midi of course) or such keyboards to be an adequate substitute -- less vibrant).

But, I think it's great, really.



Edited by Logan - December 03 2007 at 13:10