For So Long

Trying to channel my inner Bacharach.

Made in the Sonar 8.5 piano roll.

Enjoy.

-Rick

Hey Rick,

Sorry for waiting to review FOR SO LONG!

On 5/2/2023 at 8:03 AM, epii said:

Trying to channel my inner Bacharach.

Well I'm quite an idiot to know now that Bacharach is a popular composer. I think you mean Bach+Rachmaniov LoL!

I love the altoflute use this time! Again this is very soothing music which I always enjoy from you! The last passage with the trumpet and piano is great as well! You've produced so many enjoyable therapeutic music and I admire you for that!

Henry

Henry,

Thank you. You are too kind.

This one still needs some work mostly because of a synth that has random tonal changes every time I mix down to a wav.

I hate it when certain virtual instruments and or virtual FX plug-ins do that. They should make them with an option to stop that random behavior.

Oh well, what are ya gonna do?!

I'm happy you find my stuff soothing. If you like soothing, listen to Burt Bacharach's tunes. His melodies stick to the brain like glue.

🙂

-Rick

Very relaxing and simple!  I am not sure if an alto flute can play what you have (I think your lowest note for the flute is an F or sometimes even lower down to Db and C - if I'm hearing your track correctly you're in the key of Db major and you're quite often playing the third of the scale in the melody) - but a bass flute can easily reach all of your lowest notes and probably the higher notes too.  (I guess you didn't specify what kind of flute you would have on that line but I had to say something since @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu mentioned it!)  I guess you're just naturally emulating the normal range of a tenor voice which is great for a song-like track like this.  Thanks for sharing!

1 hour ago, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

Well I'm quite an idiot to know now that Bacharach is a popular composer. I think you mean Bach+Rachmaniov LoL!

I thought the same thing!  LoL

PeterthePapercomPoser,

Thank you. I plead stupid about instrument ranges as I can't read or write music on paper.

The flute thing-y is the "classic flute" patch in the FM8 virtual synth.

It's my go-to instrument for melodies which is probably not a good thing but I've gotten so accustom to it for carrying melodies that it feels like my personal signature.

Db major you say, I did not know that. When I create music from scratch in the Sonar piano roll (like with this piece), I seldom ever pay attention to what key I'm in and to find out this one is in Db major is a little surprising to me. Surprising because it seems like an awkward key to play on the piano. I know chords on guitar and piano and Db major would make my head explode if I had to think about what chords I'm playing. Gotta love the virtual music world! Especially for non-music readers like me.

I'm just a simple caveman.

Thanks again for the information.

🙂

-Rick