Hello Will! Well I never... Do you grow dark and depressed on us. Honestly I like it. Melodically speaki9ng, there is something very typically British about it, which has never drawn me. But there are passages, where you set that aside as well and then it's just PERFECT! Otherwise it has something, which I might call quaint or rural about it, to which I just can't connect. I don't have it in me, although I live rather out of the way. :-) Well so much about the melody for a start. Let's come to the sounds. The textures are very impressive, highly suggestable. What a wonderful choice. I suppose, that quite a lot of them is programmed by you. So if we ever get to meet, remind me to just stand you a beer or two for that. Beautiful. The lead sound in the first passage in connection with the dull pad, creates an immensely graspable atmosphere in my mind. There are a few passages, which sound a little "clumpsy". If we talk in picutres, I'd say mud and very oppressive fog. Perhaps as described by A.c. Doyle put into the mouth of Holmes. I can't recall it exactly, but he was talking about fog, tha's almost yellow or brown and weighing the streets down. The flow from one section to another is rather smooth, continuily morphing from one misery to the next. Everyone of them with their very personal touch and feel. From almost mysterious and breathy to thick and sluggish to big and "midieval". And now, I find, that it is also educating for me, since I have to look up some spellings in the dictionary, since I need some words, which I so rarely use. :-) When I listened, I first had the impression of simple arrangements. Now, that I've listened again, I detect, that it has more to it than the first ear full suggested. Some nice layering, creating dense soundclouds, without overburdening it. There's a nice flow between the instruments, sometimes even in one section. I believe this is more based on the sounds than production here. So this is very well orchestrated most of the time. perhaps all of the time, but for a few "scenarios" I don't care. :-) I just love the mix. There's the unobtrusive bass, subtle and full. Hm. It's well balanced. Thank you for sharing tht Will. Overall I enjoyed it greatly and if ever I learn to be a little more rural and pastoral, then I will appreciate the full beauty and glory of that piece. Beautiful craftsmanship and a nice tune. - Considering, what I've been hit by, I think the subject is... cute. :-) Warm regards Julien ---------------------------------------- http://juliencoder.de/nama/music.html

On Sun, November 4, 2012 12:34 pm, Folderol wrote: I really enjoyed the sounds. There are many synths in use, but most are used to replace expensive string sections etc. It is nice to hear a synth sounding like ... well a synth. The tune seems to go well with the sounds too. The sounds while obviously synth, are still very musical and pleasant to listen to. I don't find it as dark as the name might suggest, contemplative though. -- Len Ovens www.OvenWerks.net

On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Folderol <folderol(a)ukfsn.org> wrote: This is pretty cool, dark and moody, reminds of, say, the Blade Runner soundtrack or some of Tangerine Dream's stuff. I don't mind the "typically British" melodies (as Julien put it), I like that sound, personally -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.brettwmccoy.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi

On Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 08:34:10PM +0000, Folderol wrote: Well, what can I say, it's pretty difficult to dislike anything you do. :) This is an interesting departure from your usual sound: someone mentioned Vangelis and I agree. I very much like how all the various sounds come together, and I love the thick moodiness you create. There seems to be some new "harsher" sounds in here you don't normally use, and they create an interesting counterpoint to the rather melancholic backdrop. This piece is perhaps less polished than usual, where one gets the sense that you're "trying stuff out", and refactoring could probably make the piece even more powerful. On the other hand, this self-same impression also contributes to the genuineness of the piece, so changing anything might diminish it in that sense. Good stuff. Cheers, S.M.