Bravo.....just had to hit the play button when I seen you used a 6-8 (waltz style) beat...haven`t heard it used in popular music for ages...believe it or not I just recently went looking for (and found a copy of) an old song by the first incarnation of the Moody Blues (You Better Go Now) that grabbed me by the mind and ears long after I discovered the bands 2nd incarnation (they used a waltz eat very prominently in it)....anyway...beautiful rich intro and great job on letting it just build and evolve...this is thoughtful composing and really great listening Steve....just a great track..should be on a soundtrack....Ed

This is beautiful work :)
Steve

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Thanks for the reply. By fake guitar, maybe you mean some sort of guitar VST? I've never used one but I have used guitar samples. I don't mean samples of people's actual playing but samples of individual guitar notes laid out across the keyboard as a playable instrument.

I'm wondering if you've ever gone back and tried cutting down those 6-8 min tracks that bored you. My view is you do one of two things: after very careful analysis, you work out which section/s is/are dragging and not really adding much. Then you either completely or partially remove it (partially would be keeping some of the parts and using them elsewhere in the track or turning them into a new one) or you find a way to make it less boring - generally by adding more to it. But, if you remove a whole section, you still have to join the other parts back together so might have to add another little transitional section to make that work, though sometimes they join almost perfectly.

I do all sorts of close analysis to try to ensure that no section, not even one bar, is boring or unnecessary (don't always get it right). My tracks are really only the generally extreme length they are because that's how much I 'had to say' and how much interesting stuff I felt just had to be included. Many tracks turn into other tracks and the truth is I only about once a year start a new track/project completely from scratch - everything else is turning leftover/excised parts into their own tracks.

Zero Per Cent Proof is all my guitar playing and was, 2 years ago, a 17 min track. I thought I'd finished it but have improved my production and listening a great deal since then and got much better drum software, for starters. A couple of people pointed out that one 6 min section a few minutes in was particularly good so would work well as its own track. So, I removed it, greatly improved it and it's not too far off being its own extremely intense and powerful 8-9 min track. Zero Per Cent Proof was me mostly just joining the remaining sections back together.

I could turn all of my long ones into separate tracks but I like deep, trippy journeys and am just about to upload an 18.5 min one that I don't think is boring at any point, though some may disagree.

Great work again on this track and I hope you haven't discarded your 6-8 min ones that bored you. Finally, I've heard 10 min tracks that are way too short and 5 min ones that are way too long. I seem to remember The Beatles' She's So Heavy was too long, as was Hey Jude.

This is very pleasing to listen to! It's really nice to hear some out of the ordinary time signature! This feels like what I use to listen to like 15 years ago or something, but you've made it timeless, instead of something you find on 12" at garage sales and thrift shops. Really good journey! Faved!

Really loved the whole dynamic build up of the song. It's a wonderful track, loved all your instrument choices and the quality of the mix. Sweet piece of music, thanks for sharing!

Wayne

Very good and relaxing music, I like listening to. :)

More good work from you, prompting almost every listener so far to say just that. Pretty good plays-comments ratio so far, eh?

Does actually sound like a love song.

Good use of 6/8 though I'm sure this would work well with whichever time signature of drums you chose to put to it.

Nice drum fills at the end of the bar that really drive it forward into the next.

My favourite section was when it really takes off on 2:27. Sound like a guitar comes in there though I guess it's not.

Good as this is I thought it could have been a bit longer, maybe gone into something else a bit more powerful and epic after 4 mins. Though, as I make such long tracks, it's not surprising I say that.

Good choices of synth sounds and this has a real depth to it. Well done.

im not sure if this would apply to the parts your talking about but i would automate a lot of my parts to control that from happening i small trick i learned i would automate some parts of the compression to keep certain parts from drowning and same with the levels.its alot of work but worth it. im sorry if i didnt explain it correctly its more of a show someone type of thing.

Deep powerful pads at the beginning with those bells, perfect intro. Beautifully done this piece, love the 6/8 beat. Fav'd and dowloaded.

Mr. Brown!

You are one of the biggest chill out master right here...your works have got full professionalism, heart and melodies...be careful about 6/8? hahh...at least someone, who forgot that 4/4...:-)best moment for me from 2.25 when the female vocs and the hareder drum steps in...
Standing ovation...
Best, Danke

SPEECHLESS......the intro was so beautiful i'm a big fan of progression in my own music and i love the progression this has from start to finish this is definitely going in my ipod its definitely one of those make you zone out type of tracks and when that voice creeps in aww man that was a nice surprise i really enjoyed listening to that. WONDERFUL TRACK.