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Thanks for listening… Hi Chaps and thanks for your thoughts. FoulPhil: We'll have to agree to differ, as I wrote it and I say it's a song (thought-out lyrics sung as a melody over rhythmic sounds). In fact this sounds almost commercial compared to some of the artists I listen to myself ;)...

:D To all who may be interested, At long last I have a pre-master version of a new track on Soundclick. It's called 'Lost Children of Electroland' and I've used only very cheap instruments normally associated with children, plus vocals (all laced liberally with effects of course). It's a simple...

Hi there, First off, I'd just like to say that "charty pop music" isn't my kind of thing, but from what I heard it sounds like you've got things pretty much spot-on for that genre. I personally think that you need to add much more effects processing to the instrumentation in general...

Hi Skiz, First of all I'd just like to say that I'm not religious in any way, so I'm listening to this purely from a musical point of view. Actually, there's something about it that I really like. Nicely folky with good vocals and general overall sound. The subtleties of the playing work really...

Hi Ziv, This is really a very good track in my humble opinion. Quite progressive sounding in a 2010 way and I'm detecting a definite Radiohead influence (am I right?). It has good space throughout that let's it breath and plenty of subtleties to draw folks into it. Personally, I didn't find it...

Yep, I sort of agree that the drums would be better if they were processed even more to take the song away from the usual rocky thing. Freak them drum sounds out a bit (maaaaan!). Push the boundaries instead of trying to do what you think it should normally sound like. Pretty good song though...

Hi Adam, Yeah, I quite like this actually, maybe because it reminds me of some of the quite weird stuff I used to listen to in the very early 70s when I was but a mere youngster (they were days of much experimentation and freedom from musical boundaries!). I use lots of different instruments...

Hi Myr, You've got a really good sound going on there with plenty of variety. Really like the "Cowboy-rock/prog-pop thing" a lot and the others are all good in their own right. I was a little disappointed in the so-called "Avant garde thing" as it didn't sound avant-garde to me at all, but more...

Hi Rick, Hope you're feeling better after the bypass – bad news dude! It's a good song but I do agree that it's been a bit overblown into a old fashioned rocky type of thing, but then to be honest that's never been quite my bag anyway. Having said that, I really like the vocals and your voice...

Yep, I've jumped in and taken a Listen! All sounds pretty good to me. You've captured that retro sound well. The Beatles influence definitely sticks out, I can hear a little Lizzy maybe, but unfortunately I can't hear any Hendrix (God of the guitar!). I actually like the boomy bass, as most...

Cheers all, for your thoughts! Gecko. Many thanks for your lengthy and very positive remarks. It does make it all worthwhile when some people get what I'm doing. You're exactly right about ambient music not really being that easy and yet so many people think it is, because it can sound simple...

Hey Slowjett, Very cool song indeed. The recording sounds fine to me and that's a great voice you've got there, but in my opinion it needs to come up in the mix much more, so that people can really feel the expression that you're obviously putting into it. To my ears some extra reverb, or even...

Hi Gecko, I'm generally not a covers man myself and I prefer to hear original works, but I have to say that this is very well done and it sounds like I'm listening to a well-known band on the radio. My only small gripe would be that near the end, the synth starts to sound like a synth, whereas...

:D Hi Kikkis, Well, I'm not really a Queen fan anymore (used to be for the first 3 albums), but I've really got to hand it to you – this is incredibly well done. Brilliant musicianship, brilliant songwriting, brilliant arrangement, brilliant production, err, so that's brilliant all-round then...

Thanks stupidfatnugly, I'm gradually coming more to that decision myself, but just as the guitar doesn't quite sound like guitar, I'd also like the bass (or whatever) to not sound too much like a typical rock bass. I've tried hard for this to not sound too typical of a rock sound. Maybe I'll go...

Very good tune there, MadHatter and I think the guitars go together really well – nice gentle playing. The main vocal could possibly come up a touch, but the backing vocals definitely need to come up to where they make a difference, as at the moment they're frustratingly low. Cool stuff though...

Hi Sage, :cool: This is really very good actually and you're brave to do something so bare. Well played with very strong vocals. Nicely stripped back too, but in contrast to others, I say add more (subtle) effects to pump in some extra atmosphere. Great job either way, Dreamer :)

:) Hi again Jon, sorry for the late reply, I've been way busy lately. Well, using a synth or sampler, it goes without saying (but I'll say it anyway ;)) that you'll never get as good a sound as a real orchestra. So you just need to experiment a lot with the tools at your disposal to get as close...

Cheers for the comments guys. WhiteStrat. Glad you like it and your definition of Edgy is about spot on. I hear what you're saying about the Tibetan Tingsha's at the start, but they were originally much more shrill even than now, so it looks like I need to bring them down some more when I do a...

Wow Jon, it's good to hear something like this here as it makes a nice change. You've got a great voice and for early recording attempts these aren't bad at all, but I would like to mention a few things that occurred to me while listening, although I'm no expert in this type of music. For both...