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12th Sep 2012 18:20 - 12 years ago
Description : Here's a new track I finished yesterday. It has become a high energy lounge kinda thing. I used acapellas from Elina Milan as well as Patricia Edwards. Furthermore, Short Bus Music provided me with a very nice guitar sample.

Please let me know your thoughts about the track. I am always trying to improve myself, and your feedback is is essential for that :-).

I hope you'll enjoy.

Regards,

Doc

Comments (7)

If you have time take a listen and give DrvanLansberg some feedback.

Mosaic
Mosaic 11th Aug 2014 05:00 - 10 years ago
Hey Doc

Mate very good example of chill out music, love the way you have used the vocals in this mix, first track reviewed today so far, and what a great way to start off doing reviews, can not fault in anyway mate, totally loving the laid back vibe from the piece, fav'd...Peace n much Respect...Mosaic...
FullCapicityMuzic
FullCapicityMuzic 22nd Sep 2012 00:06 - 12 years ago
It's always fascinating (to me) to hear spoken word, there's so much you can do muzically, it an endless muzical adventure. You have done well :-)
DrvanLansberg
DrvanLansberg replied 22nd Sep 2012 - 12 years ago
Yeah, the use of your vocals in this track is a bit limited. I hope you don't mind me chopping up your acapella?

Thanks for the compliment, I appreciate it very much!
ShortBusMusic
ShortBusMusic 13th Sep 2012 16:50 - 12 years ago
Hey Doc,

This one is chilled to perfection. I really enjoyed this musical journey. Like you said, the Rhodes has the ability to really establish a mood. You took full advantage of that, and your use of the right percussion at the right time shows a great command of this genre.

I loved everything about this one (that synth work is special stuff), outstanding mix as well. You treated the vox with a great deal of respect in the mix. The break was a nice use of the guitar loop :) The whole piece flowed like a gentle river.......

Absolutely a must listen and thanks for the download!!! I will enjoy it over and over again. Hope all is well.

Bear
DrvanLansberg
DrvanLansberg replied 13th Sep 2012 - 12 years ago
Hey Bear,

Usually my beer is the only thing in this house which is chilled to perfection! Meaning, I am not easilly satisfied by the result of a few weeks' work. Maybe you know what I'm talking about, listening to your tracks and finding little mistakes over and over again... Your comment (and for that, all of these comments) help me put my own music in the right context. Thanks for that1

That synth (I assume you mean the lead) is in fact a simple synth voice, with some extra EQ on 1-2 kHz on two different equalizers, a slight side chain compression and a rather heavy phaser, slightly mixed. On the second part (from 2:09) I obviously added a distorion. At 3:40 I doubled the lead at another frequecy which gave it the distinct sound in that part. I'm quite happy with the result.

The break, in my opinion, is the most important part in any track, since it gets you focussed again. I am very happy with the guitar of course and how it fitted in the overall sound. Many thanks again (also for the recommendation :-)).

Doc

The gentle river... Nice title for a track...
brillbilly
brillbilly 13th Sep 2012 16:11 - 12 years ago
Hi DrvanLansberg12.

Awesome Track!

I love the gentle synths,awesome vocals use,gentle beat, sweet guitar.

A Very Nice all round production,sounds damn fine through my speaker, nice n loud too.

I just sat back and chilled out to that.

Very nice work!
DrvanLansberg
DrvanLansberg replied 13th Sep 2012 - 12 years ago
Hi Brillbilly,

Thanks again for commenting. Glad you were able to chill on it :-). Purpose reached!

I have started making music again about 12 months ago and had to learn about working with Cubase and soft synths. Now that I understand these a bit, I have started to focus on mixing a bit more. And it's starting to pay off now. That horrible, boring and mindwrecking theoretical reading en practising in stead of just making music ;-).

That sweet guitar, I'm not to blame for! :-)

Doc
VickyDan
VickyDan 13th Sep 2012 08:15 - 12 years ago
Hello ....

Good choices for to accompany you in this musical adventure, very well orchestrated.
Excellent Job ....

Dan
DrvanLansberg
DrvanLansberg replied 13th Sep 2012 - 12 years ago
Hi Dan,

Thanks for your feedback. Just listened to some of your tracks and by that, your comment means a lot to me. Love your music (and will comment on some tracks later).

I like you describe it as an adventure, because that's exactly what I experienced when working on and listening to the track too. Isn't making music just the best? :-)

Doc
GramoChopin
GramoChopin 13th Sep 2012 06:04 - 12 years ago
Nice and chill. just like I like it. that guitar shortbus let you use is pretty well utilized too! great work on this, can definitely relax listening to it. peace be with you!

Neobane/InPSYcLe
DrvanLansberg
DrvanLansberg replied 13th Sep 2012 - 12 years ago
Yeah, that happens when you're over 39, chill music becomes more interesting (at least to me) :-). I started experimenting with Rhodes about two months ago and I learned that it gives a great atmosphere to work with on lounge/chill kinda tracks.

I believe a listened to all of Barry's loops, I love them. His loops contain the actual instruments he desibes. Unfortunately I found a lot of loops that describe "brass" for example, but are just sounds from a VSTi. For my taste, the actuals instruments work a lot better.

Thanks for taking the effort of listening and commenting on my track!

Peace to you!

Doc
Csage7
Csage7 12th Sep 2012 18:34 - 12 years ago
very enjoyable track, flows and relaxes you, great work!
DrvanLansberg
DrvanLansberg replied 12th Sep 2012 - 12 years ago
Thanks for the heads up mate!

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