Yeah sea shanty! The chip has set sail M8y! I love the reverby piano and the two parts playing over each other. And that dissonant note really catches you attention. Very cool!

Happy anniversary too!

Yeah sea shanty! The chip has set sail M8y! I love the reverby piano and the two parts playing over each other. And that dissonant note really catches you attention. Very cool! Happy anniversary too! :)

Love the use of the piano on this. Great track.

Love the use of the piano on this. Great track.

The wife is more important than this, still it was a very fun listen. there is a "cartoonish" quality to it.

The wife is more important than this, still it was a very fun listen. there is a "cartoonish" quality to it.

unbeknownst to myself my feet have begun a jig under the desk Visions of a skeleton dancing on tabletops and pianos.  Happy Anniversary!

unbeknownst to myself my feet have begun a jig under the desk :o Visions of a skeleton dancing on tabletops and pianos. Happy Anniversary!

Really dig the sea shanty vibes and the lead section around :50 is great.

Really dig the sea shanty vibes and the lead section around :50 is great.

This is a lot of fun.  The occasional dissonant note almost gives it a little bit of a jazzy flavor.  Like a jazzy jig. 

This is a lot of fun. The occasional dissonant note almost gives it a little bit of a jazzy flavor. Like a jazzy jig.

This is such a fun track, piano feels so bright and bouncy, the other elements like the beat and synths were initially surprising but totally work here.

This is such a fun track, piano feels so bright and bouncy, the other elements like the beat and synths were initially surprising but totally work here.

You know The Crimson Permanent Assurance before Meaning of Life?

This immediately put that in my head, except instead of corporate people, it's Frankie Knuckles sailing the Warehouse with pirate ravers.

You know The Crimson Permanent Assurance before Meaning of Life? This immediately put that in my head, except instead of corporate people, it's Frankie Knuckles sailing the Warehouse with pirate ravers.

Oh that was fun, like a 16bit RPG jig/shanty. It came together really well and the dissonance was an excellent choice.  And happy anniversary, mine was a few days ago, good time of year for it

Oh that was fun, like a 16bit RPG jig/shanty. It came together really well and the dissonance was an excellent choice. And happy anniversary, mine was a few days ago, good time of year for it :)

happy anniversary! 

fun jig, and you know i like the dissonance!

happy anniversary! <3 fun jig, and you know i like the dissonance! [img]https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/6182b4c7-f7c9-431d-8e6c-272c73e90aa0/d4vynl1-58bb5628-4367-4481-a7c6-9e9ed2234299.gif?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzYxODJiNGM3LWY3YzktNDMxZC04ZTZjLTI3MmM3M2U5MGFhMFwvZDR2eW5sMS01OGJiNTYyOC00MzY3LTQ0ODEtYTdjNi05ZTllZDIyMzQyOTkuZ2lmIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.aC0E5nR9BeAjnFWyDYGIUKS8h3uMu2J37QvhGktHjuE[/img]

That heavy kick and high chip lead remind me of Ageispolis.

What follows is a nitpick, don't worry about it, just thought I'd share.

For a pianist the use of a loud piano sample with no velocity differentiation creates this sort of uncanny valley. It doesn't sound like a piano, but like a MIDI file being played. This is doubly marked by how the piano line is using few tracks, so the notes don't reverberate completely before being killed by new notes.

What I would do is to either make the piano sound more realistic, *or* to lean into the fact it's a sample and add some deliberate glitching variation that is impossible on an acoustic instrument. Like, some notes could be played by a sample that's re-pitched by an octave, others reversed, some retriggered, etc. etc.

That heavy kick and high chip lead remind me of Ageispolis. What follows is a nitpick, don't worry about it, just thought I'd share. For a pianist the use of a loud piano sample with no velocity differentiation creates this sort of uncanny valley. It doesn't sound like a piano, but like a MIDI file being played. This is doubly marked by how the piano line is using few tracks, so the notes don't reverberate completely before being killed by new notes. What I would do is to either make the piano sound more realistic, *or* to lean into the fact it's a sample and add some deliberate glitching variation that is impossible on an acoustic instrument. Like, some notes could be played by a sample that's re-pitched by an octave, others reversed, some retriggered, etc. etc.

the genre is drum n' shanty. hints of sailor shanty tune

the genre is drum n' shanty. hints of sailor shanty tune

I think the dissonance works well. You have inspired me. I really like the synth and bass tones together, great vibe. Nice one!

I think the dissonance works well. You have inspired me. I really like the synth and bass tones together, great vibe. Nice one!

happy anniversary!

[img]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2FxThuWmu6k0JlpatU3e%2Fgiphy.gif&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=47f5e61626be2aa2535658101c91ee9f24c55cbc1b34e6d832140ff6cd0d7b74&ipo=images[/img] happy anniversary!

This is great. Really good work on the two melodies working as counterpoint to each other, evolving it to other parts (including that jazzy little breakdown) and then coming back to the original theme. Great track!

This is great. Really good work on the two melodies working as counterpoint to each other, evolving it to other parts (including that jazzy little breakdown) and then coming back to the original theme. Great track!

It all seems pretty straightforward to me, a poppified jig you can hear at children birthday party venues.

It all seems pretty straightforward to me, a poppified jig you can hear at children birthday party venues.