Welcome back!  I found this really pleasant to listen to.  It was easy to just kind of zone out and chill to it.  It gave me the mental image of bobbing along on some gentle waves.  A nice first track for the year.

Welcome back! I found this really pleasant to listen to. It was easy to just kind of zone out and chill to it. It gave me the mental image of bobbing along on some gentle waves. A nice first track for the year.

Cosmic put it well - it's a nice track to zone out too! Good progression and composition!

It's hard to get a super refined sound in Weekly Beats because it usually needs a lot of iteration over time, but I guess getting more proficient at doing that quickly is the challenge!

Cosmic put it well - it's a nice track to zone out too! Good progression and composition! It's hard to get a super refined sound in Weekly Beats because it usually needs a lot of iteration over time, but I guess getting more proficient at doing that quickly is the challenge!

great intro

great intro

Terrific choice of the timbre for the intro. It puts the listener IMMEDIATELY in the sentimental "watching old VHS tapes from better times" mood and then the timbre evolves into focus and it's as if we're transported into that lost past, now experiencing it first-hand.

The strings sound convincing, and my pet peeve (the piano) is also very good: proper velocity variation, and larger expressive differences between loud and quiet parts. The end result's very good, kudos for putting in the work needed to get that "effortless acoustic feel"!

There's a bit of what I could call a lead melody right at the end in minute 5. Gorgeous touch. I wished for a lead, even a simple one, somewhere in the track as the entire buildup begs for a lead instrument or a singer. We get a little bit of that at the end, I enjoyed that!

Terrific choice of the timbre for the intro. It puts the listener IMMEDIATELY in the sentimental "watching old VHS tapes from better times" mood and then the timbre evolves into focus and it's as if we're transported into that lost past, now experiencing it first-hand. The strings sound convincing, and my pet peeve (the piano) is also very good: proper velocity variation, and larger expressive differences between loud and quiet parts. The end result's very good, kudos for putting in the work needed to get that "effortless acoustic feel"! There's a bit of what I could call a lead melody right at the end in minute 5. Gorgeous touch. I wished for a lead, even a simple one, somewhere in the track as the entire buildup begs for a lead instrument or a singer. We get a little bit of that at the end, I enjoyed that!

Really like the "mellow" pace there.

Big fan of the strings.

Well played.

Really like the "mellow" pace there. Big fan of the strings. Well played.

beautiful soft sounds

beautiful soft sounds

weeklybeats never all the time you want but just the right amount of time needed to push this into the world.  Welcome back, great way to start the year!

weeklybeats never all the time you want but just the right amount of time needed to push this into the world. Welcome back, great way to start the year!

This is lovely and totally not a what I expected when I read the title.
Love the piano sound, great vibes.

This is lovely and totally not a what I expected when I read the title. Love the piano sound, great vibes.

I like the mood you have created. The build up is beautiful. Looking forward for more to come.

I like the mood you have created. The build up is beautiful. Looking forward for more to come.

Well I would say you are to a good start if your goal is to pull emotion from your compositions.  The building and layering of parts through out the track, does such a great job of establishing a mood, then pushing tension into it in a way that so naturally evolves from one headspace to another. Very evocative story telling.  It feels like a watching a like watching someone mind replay the entirety of college at high speed... like a timelapse of a difficult but rewarding experience. 

Lovely start.

Well I would say you are to a good start if your goal is to pull emotion from your compositions. The building and layering of parts through out the track, does such a great job of establishing a mood, then pushing tension into it in a way that so naturally evolves from one headspace to another. Very evocative story telling. It feels like a watching a like watching someone mind replay the entirety of college at high speed... like a timelapse of a difficult but rewarding experience. Lovely start.

listening while looking out my window at the snow outside, the perfect wistful soundtrack.
thank you
always happy to hear more Sodabelly tunes

listening while looking out my window at the snow outside, the perfect wistful soundtrack. thank you <3 always happy to hear more Sodabelly tunes

Thanks guys, looking forward to another year of listening to all of your amazing music!

[quote=Cosmic Cairns]Welcome back! I found this really pleasant to listen to. It was easy to just kind of zone out and chill to it. It gave me the mental image of bobbing along on some gentle waves. A nice first track for the year.[/quote] [quote=gify]Cosmic put it well - it's a nice track to zone out too! Good progression and composition! It's hard to get a super refined sound in Weekly Beats because it usually needs a lot of iteration over time, but I guess getting more proficient at doing that quickly is the challenge![/quote] [quote=zirafa]great intro[/quote] [quote=RPLKTR]Terrific choice of the timbre for the intro. It puts the listener IMMEDIATELY in the sentimental "watching old VHS tapes from better times" mood and then the timbre evolves into focus and it's as if we're transported into that lost past, now experiencing it first-hand. The strings sound convincing, and my pet peeve (the piano) is also very good: proper velocity variation, and larger expressive differences between loud and quiet parts. The end result's very good, kudos for putting in the work needed to get that "effortless acoustic feel"! There's a bit of what I could call a lead melody right at the end in minute 5. Gorgeous touch. I wished for a lead, even a simple one, somewhere in the track as the entire buildup begs for a lead instrument or a singer. We get a little bit of that at the end, I enjoyed that![/quote] [quote=djippy]Really like the "mellow" pace there. Big fan of the strings. Well played.[/quote] [quote=uhhuh_absolutely]beautiful soft sounds[/quote] [quote=mzunguko]weeklybeats never all the time you want but just the right amount of time needed to push this into the world. Welcome back, great way to start the year![/quote] [quote=DataJanitor]This is lovely and totally not a what I expected when I read the title. Love the piano sound, great vibes. [/quote] [quote=Q-Rosh]I like the mood you have created. The build up is beautiful. Looking forward for more to come.[/quote] [quote=Napear]Well I would say you are to a good start if your goal is to pull emotion from your compositions. The building and layering of parts through out the track, does such a great job of establishing a mood, then pushing tension into it in a way that so naturally evolves from one headspace to another. Very evocative story telling. It feels like a watching a like watching someone mind replay the entirety of college at high speed... like a timelapse of a difficult but rewarding experience. Lovely start.[/quote] [quote=jwh]listening while looking out my window at the snow outside, the perfect wistful soundtrack. thank you <3 always happy to hear more Sodabelly tunes[/quote] Thanks guys, looking forward to another year of listening to all of your amazing music!

lovely chords that let me drift off to a happy place.  Love how the melody melts into the piano. A hypnotic theme that weaves in and out so nice.  excellent work!

lovely chords that let me drift off to a happy place. Love how the melody melts into the piano. A hypnotic theme that weaves in and out so nice. excellent work!

This is crazy beautiful.

This is crazy beautiful.

Whoah, Sodabelly... it is great to have you back for another round of WB !!! Welcome back !!!

Beautiful track. Loving those strings at 1:45 and the overall trip from "f*cked up cassette tape" to "string quartet inside a cabin log" in less than 3 minutes.

I can really feel the Phillip Glass vibes here. Reminds my vaguely of his "Wonderland" soundtrack from back in the late 90s.

Excellent work, as usual

Whoah, Sodabelly... it is great to have you back for another round of WB !!! Welcome back !!! Beautiful track. Loving those strings at 1:45 and the overall trip from "f*cked up cassette tape" to "string quartet inside a cabin log" in less than 3 minutes. I can really feel the Phillip Glass vibes here. Reminds my vaguely of his "Wonderland" soundtrack from back in the late 90s. Excellent work, as usual :)