On Sun, 8 Apr 2018 11:38:48 +1000 Roger <gurusonic(a)gmail.com> wrote: I agree with all comments so far. It's certainly not the best. I got into that one as a mixing exercise. It took a long time to finish. It started out as jam196 and was at the mixing stage for a long time. Things were removed, things were added. The guitar at the end part was added recently. As a musical creation it does not have the inviting groove, the warm tones, or even the strangeness; it does not have what it takes to make an artistic statement of some sort, to bridge to the listener. It rides on the surface. I do like the way it ends, though. I also like the grittiness of some theme synths before the solo. However as a mixing project it's something else. Lots of technical details, it was a good experience to learn some more. jam12 has become mystifying for me. As if somebody else made it. How can I take the time today to have so much space in the groove, so much leeway between the notes while still retaining the essence ? Everything seems so much more compressed. OTOH I do have a lot of sketches that can be developed and some of them do have a bit of the same feeling of space. Hopefully I will not do too many of those pieces in which there's so much work and not enough play :) Thanks again for the comments, Cheers.

On Mon, 9 Apr 2018 12:22:31 +0200 (CEST) "Jeanette C." <julien(a)mail.upb.de> wrote: Thanks for your comments. And for pointing out that the bass is indeed on the boomy side. There's not much to miss from a comparison; some drums were a bit on the side. I am making now a checklist before declaring a mix done and one is a final pass with the headphones. I'll pay attention to the snare. The end with the pads is something isn't it. It one of those things that sometimes "put themselves together" instinctively. This is certainly the part of the piece where there was most fun. The contrast with the bit before helps in setting it, perhaps. I wonder what apiece that starts with this etheral part could be like ... Cheers.