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Quest of the Armadillo

By Cosmic Cairns on March 17, 2022 12:27 am

Another instrumental excursion this week.  I was mostly playing around with the Iris2 again this week, but I decided to throw in a couple guitar parts as well, just to mix things up.  Hope everyone's still hanging in there!  The world can be an awful place a lot of the time, but music helps sustain and nurture the soul.

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This is cool! The guitar really brings it home. This nurtures the soul smile

Cool use of Iris2's synth sounds.  This def is giving me Armadillo adventure vibes.  He's crossing the highway or too close to the road.  I like the outro too hopefully the Armadillo's quest was successful! smile

I like the slightly off-kilter way the different elements work together early on, gradually building into a full, layered arrangement before the guitar kicks in, which really takes off into the stratosphere. Nice little dissolution/stasis movement at the end too.

cfurrow wrote:

This is cool! The guitar really brings it home. This nurtures the soul smile

Thanks!  I had all the synths layered on and I just felt the need to put a little guitar in there.  It felt like the missing piece of the equation for sure.



Tone Matrix wrote:

Cool use of Iris2's synth sounds.  This def is giving me Armadillo adventure vibes.  He's crossing the highway or too close to the road.  I like the outro too hopefully the Armadillo's quest was successful! smile

I started with the kind of bouncy bass synth and it just gave me the image of an armadillo waddling along.  I have it on good authority that his quest was indeed a success.



Autovessel wrote:

I like the slightly off-kilter way the different elements work together early on, gradually building into a full, layered arrangement before the guitar kicks in, which really takes off into the stratosphere. Nice little dissolution/stasis movement at the end too.

Thanks!  It really did feel like the guitar completed it for me.

A great stereo adventure with an epic galopping synth melody. The perfect harmony happens, when the guitar takes over and builds another epic melody around the epic synths. I am sorry, but sometimes my english ability is not good enoungh to express things clearly. I just wanted to say, this is an double-epic composition.

Q-Rosh wrote:

A great stereo adventure with an epic galopping synth melody. The perfect harmony happens, when the guitar takes over and builds another epic melody around the epic synths. I am sorry, but sometimes my english ability is not good enoungh to express things clearly. I just wanted to say, this is an double-epic composition.

Thanks!  I get what you're saying.  I couldn't even imagine trying to express myself in another language.  I wouldn't do well at all.

That's quite the thick-boy synth you have there. I like.

Anon_Buster wrote:

That's quite the thick-boy synth you have there. I like.

It's a virtual synth, but it's got some really nice sounds.

Very nice, love how it builds up, then the guitar putts a smile on my face, It all build up to envelop and just give some good feels. Your titles are so great.

And this, thanks for this statement, so true: "The world can be an awful place a lot of the time, but music helps sustain and nurture the soul."

miraclemiles wrote:

Very nice, love how it builds up, then the guitar putts a smile on my face, It all build up to envelop and just give some good feels. Your titles are so great.

And this, thanks for this statement, so true: "The world can be an awful place a lot of the time, but music helps sustain and nurture the soul."

Thanks!  I think we all need some good feels sometimes. 

This percussive bell that ping pongs on both sides - such a subtle but very nice elements to bring dimension to the track. I like that the bass melody has a slightly whimsical aspect.

emily wrote:

There's the little guy!  Off on his quest!



Kedbreak136 wrote:

This percussive bell that ping pongs on both sides - such a subtle but very nice elements to bring dimension to the track. I like that the bass melody has a slightly whimsical aspect.

I was feeling the whimsy for sure.  Thanks!

This armadillo sounds very tenacious. I think he saw things through to completion although I can't imaging what drives an armadillo's quest. I like your blend of electronics and guitars in this one. 

NWSPR wrote:

This armadillo sounds very tenacious. I think he saw things through to completion although I can't imaging what drives an armadillo's quest. I like your blend of electronics and guitars in this one.

We humans are not privy to the dealings of armadillos.  They consider us beneath them and don't have time to explain themselves to the likes of us.

CosmicCairns wrote:
Kedbreak136 wrote:

the bass melody has a slightly whimsical aspect.

I was feeling the whimsy for sure.  Thanks!

You are MAD whimsical on this track!

With the strong melodic theme, it gives a video game theme vibe, but then the electric guitar turns it into something else.

I'm rooting for you A. Dillo!

orangedrink wrote:
CosmicCairns wrote:
Kedbreak136 wrote:

the bass melody has a slightly whimsical aspect.

I was feeling the whimsy for sure.  Thanks!

You are MAD whimsical on this track!

With the strong melodic theme, it gives a video game theme vibe, but then the electric guitar turns it into something else.

I'm rooting for you A. Dillo!

Thanks!  I can see the initial video game vibe, which I have nothing against, but wasn't totally what I was going for, which is why I think I felt the need to put the guitars in.

CosmicCairns wrote:
NWSPR wrote:

This armadillo sounds very tenacious. I think he saw things through to completion although I can't imaging what drives an armadillo's quest. I like your blend of electronics and guitars in this one.

We humans are not privy to the dealings of armadillos.  They consider us beneath them and don't have time to explain themselves to the likes of us.

I can respect that.


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