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BALONEY

By PeterM on May 19, 2024 11:56 pm

Trying to keep a little space in the song this week instead of my usual urge to layer and layer until the whole mix is full. I like the result. I would have spent a bit more time refining the vocal samples, but I ran out of time. I think I could have sliced them up to make a bit more of a cohesive narrative, but I need to refine those skills a bit more to make that happen with a time crunch. The percussion needs some more variation too, as I'm listening to the final render. Oh, and the ending ... I avoided a fade out, but ended up with a cop out lol. But I am pleased with the piano melodies in the chorus and I think I did OK with leaving space around that ... so small victory!

Thanks for listening!

May 20, 2024 9:30 pm

jegasus

Heeeeey, I think I recognize this piano!!! Hahahahaha... Awesome work here! I really like the piano melody here. It feels emotional and inspiring. Reminds me of some Moby tunes I really like. And you also really did a great job giving things space here - it doesn't sound sparse at all. Just appropriately spaced, you know?  Much restraint is needed - I know because I fail to adhere to it way too often, hahahahaaha... And for what it's worth, I also think the gas prices are baloney!

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May 21, 2024 9:38 pm

PeterM

jegasus wrote:

Heeeeey, I think I recognize this piano!!! Hahahahaha... Awesome work here! I really like the piano melody here. It feels emotional and inspiring. Reminds me of some Moby tunes I really like. And you also really did a great job giving things space here - it doesn't sound sparse at all. Just appropriately spaced, you know?  Much restraint is needed - I know because I fail to adhere to it way too often, hahahahaaha... And for what it's worth, I also think the gas prices are baloney!


Thanks! I was rushed on this one ... only had a week! wink The piano was from a sample file from the Dirtywave Discord, I'm pretty sure ... Piano_88_Whole_Notes_80_BPM_16BIT.wav is the file name. I added some similar effects to what I used on my previous piano song from a few weeks ago though. The vocal samples were from various news archives from 1979 gas rationing which I found interesting ... I wanted to do a better job piecing them together but ... I only had a week! Ha ha! But the highlight was the baloney guy, so I went with that for the title.

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