[linux-audio-user] My two best songs so far

[John Anderson]

On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 17:03 -0400, lanas wrote:
> Here are my brief impressions.
> 
> > http://www.semiosix.com/songs/firelightless.ogg
> 
> This one has a definite charm that installs itself despite the
> percussion being - I find - a turn off from the start.

What exactly don't you like about it?

> > http://www.semiosix.com/songs/thirty.ogg
> 
> This one does not give such an impression.  It's nice, but there's no
> focal point I find.
> 
> In both pieces the percussion could benefit a lot from not being so
> straight forward.  You write that you like real instruments, so the
> percussion also should be real.  With a percussion track that is
> much more alive, then it's possible to redo the bass track to play some
> hide and seek with the percussion.  Only that would add much more of a
> driving force (not in the sense of power, but in the sense of
> tone colours).

Yeah, finding a real live drummer / percussionist is on my todo list.

Thanks for your comments.

bye
John