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"Thanks! Hadn't thought of that although I'm well aware of Berkeley. It is tempting but I'm in Aus, and so the exchange rate doesn't favour it. I did do a course once at the Australian Institute of Music, I might circle back to see if they're…"
"Hi Jonathan, I'm not a pro and I haven't done a lot of big band type arranging or used Logic Pro X but I wouldn't think Logic would be much different from any of the other libraries. It's all about articulations and velocity levels and the tone…"
Hi All - I've been a member here for a few years, not especially active, but I drop by from time to time. (I'm not a professional musician, this is my soundcloud page.) I studied big band arranging for years, but never having become a professional…
"Thank you Kjell for your kind words, appreciated! "
"Hi Jonathan,
professional and appealing, relaxing and enjoyable. It has a jazzy mood. When you say soundtrack I usually associate with something more bombastic. But I remember in the old days one used music like this for crime movies.
I think it is…"
professional and appealing, relaxing and enjoyable. It has a jazzy mood. When you say soundtrack I usually associate with something more bombastic. But I remember in the old days one used music like this for crime movies.
I think it is…"
"yep. emu proteus and a Macintosh se/30 which at the time was considered blazingly fast. That bassline is a proteus sample."
"Anyway, what counts is the enjoyment you get from composing and that shines through.
Crikey, eMu...that's going back some to the early standalone sample machines and needing to be a computer whizz to hook everything up. Congratulations on that!
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Crikey, eMu...that's going back some to the early standalone sample machines and needing to be a computer whizz to hook everything up. Congratulations on that!
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"thanks. I suppose the reason this piece means a lot to me is that it is one of the first things I composed when I first discovered sequencing about 30 years ago (with an eMu Proteus and Opcode Music Shop.) The fact that I could actually make these…"
"Nice - good production, tune, accompaniment is fine. Only problem is it doesn't distinguish itself particularly well. I was glad it didn't sound like the formulaic stuff of 2020 (which I hate!) but it seems to reach back to the Italian dramas and/or…"
"Nice. I like the polychords and also the repeating left-hand figure. Also the shifting tonal centres. "
"Beautiful. I don't listen to a lot of orchestral music so may not be much of a judge, but an evocative theme and with great depth in the arrangement. I particularly like the rhythmic single note that you hear at various points in the composition.…"
"Thanks again folks! Good to get such positive feedback, I will try and come up with something new."
"Hi Jonathan,
Well this is just top notch! You really nailed the genre, which I am a big fan of. The percussion fits perfectly well and is groovy, and the horns are quite well done with a memorable melody, which is one of the big things for me! I…"
Well this is just top notch! You really nailed the genre, which I am a big fan of. The percussion fits perfectly well and is groovy, and the horns are quite well done with a memorable melody, which is one of the big things for me! I…"
"Wonderful, infectious rhythms, great arrangement and sequencing, and yes, a very nice vibes solo. :)"
"Thank you, Roger!
Experimenting with plugging a real guitar in and adding a rhythm guitar track. roger stancill said:
Hi Jonathan, festive and entertaining... very upbeat. Good mix and overall dynamics, at least to my ear. Good job."
Experimenting with plugging a real guitar in and adding a rhythm guitar track. roger stancill said:
Hi Jonathan, festive and entertaining... very upbeat. Good mix and overall dynamics, at least to my ear. Good job."
"Hi Jonathan, festive and entertaining... very upbeat. Good mix and overall dynamics, at least to my ear. Good job."
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