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AN1Xers:

I have a song on my website (The Isles Shall Wait) I would like your 
feedback on. It's a fusion of ceylonese baila and prog-rock. The AN1x 
is responsible for all the monophonic leads in the song, as well as 
the pulse-wave minimoog sounds (duophonic) just before the end. 

The url is:

http://www.tuskerfort.com/music.htm

I'd appreciate any specific critique of the sound design for the AN1X 
sounds. Thanks for listening.

Jerry


http://www.tuskerfort.com

--- In AN1x-list@y..., "Jerry Aiyathurai" <tuskerfort@h...> wrote:
> AN1Xers:
> 
> I have a song on my website (The Isles Shall Wait) I would like 
your 
> feedback on. It's a fusion of ceylonese baila and prog-rock. The 
AN1x 
> is responsible for all the monophonic leads in the song, as well as 
> the pulse-wave minimoog sounds (duophonic) just before the end. 
> 
> The url is:
> 
> http://www.tuskerfort.com/music.htm
> 
> I'd appreciate any specific critique of the sound design for the 
AN1X 
> sounds. Thanks for listening.
> 
> Jerry

If I had to pin a label on the track I'd call it World Beat/Fusion. 
Pretty impressive arrangement but I can't say that I understood it 
clearly. There are many ideas happening in the span of the 
arrangement - some very similar - and I had trouble discerning 
what 'mood' or 'idea' you were trying to convey at different points.

I like the drum loop you used. Maybe bring it down in the mix some? 
The sounds melded well together - well selected for the fusion genre 
and you seemed to have an effective rapport with your guitar player. 
Been playing together for awhile?

It never ceases to surprise me how many different styles of music 
AN1x users create. For a synth with a 'techno' reputation it really 
makes the rounds!


regards,

Jon

> 
> 
> http://www.tuskerfort.com

> The sounds melded well together - well selected for the fusion 
genre 
> and you seemed to have an effective rapport with your guitar 
player. 
> Been playing together for awhile?


Thanks for the critique jon. I need to work on some of those mix 
problems you mentioned.

Actually the guitar player and I have never met. We collaborated over 
the internet using freedrive to exchange files. However I had the 
benefit of perfect hindsight, so I could match the hammond to his 
solo rather well.

Isn't the internet amazing.

Cheers,

Jerry