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Gucky · Post by **Gucky** » Sun Apr 26, 2020 11:30 am

Today I made a little tribute to a famous French musician: "Alone at the beach".
Guess who?

Your feedback is welcome!
https://soundcloud.com/musikus/alone-at-the-beach

HotCoffee · Post by **HotCoffee** » Sun Apr 26, 2020 2:08 pm

I'm going to go with Vangelis. He's french, right?

Anyway, nice track. I think maybe upping the BPM ever so slightly might do wonders? I feels a bit too slow now. Other than that, this is something that could find itself on my playlist while working etc, it's a nice stress reliever. Great job!

Erisian · Post by **Erisian** » Sun Apr 26, 2020 2:11 pm

Goes without saying it's Jean Michel Jarre - possibly after Oxygene 6. Great job.

I really enjoyed listening and you managed to capture the feel of JMJ perfectly without directly copying.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sun Apr 26, 2020 2:12 pm

yeah i think vangelis ia greek?

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Apr 26, 2020 2:15 pm

vurt wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 2:12 pm yeah i think vangelis ia greek?

Sure is ...

HotCoffee · Post by **HotCoffee** » Sun Apr 26, 2020 4:13 pm

vurt wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 2:12 pm yeah i think vangelis ia greek?

Well duh... it was obviously a joke. Who in this forum does not know who both Vangelis and JMJ are?

Adrian Earnshaw Music · Sun Apr 26, 2020 4:27 pm

Yep, that typical bossa type rhythm with a solina/logan style string pad. I would go out on a limb here and say you nailed the style

Nicely produced and would find its way into a number of playlists

Gucky · Post by **Gucky** » Mon Apr 27, 2020 9:40 am

Hi guys,
thanks for your feedback.

Your are right. I had Jarres Oxygene VI in my mind when I recorded that track.
In my youth I was ( and I still am) a big fan of that album.
I was fascinated how Jarre did this wave sounds in his track.
So many years later I tried it by myself.

Erisian · Post by **Erisian** » Mon Apr 27, 2020 10:55 am

Gucky wrote: ↑Mon Apr 27, 2020 9:40 am Hi guys,
thanks for your feedback.
Your are right. I had Jarres Oxygene VI in my mind when I recorded that track.
In my youth I was ( and I still am) a big fan of that album.
I was fascinated how Jarre did this wave sounds in his track.
So many years later I tried it by myself.

Oxygene and Equinoxe were his best albums and I was really pleased when he brought out a second Oxygene album. Every sound he uses adds something special to the feel of the music.

Gucky · Post by **Gucky** » Mon Apr 27, 2020 12:29 pm

Hi HotCoffee,
thanks for your tip with the tempo.
I changed it knos from 80 bpm to 85 bpm.
Is it now better?
https://soundcloud.com/musikus/alone-at-the-beach

Gucky · Post by **Gucky** » Mon Apr 27, 2020 12:33 pm

Hi Erisian,
I also think that Oxygene and Equinoxe are his best albums.
Magnetic fields is also good. Zoolook was very innovativ.
But after that his albums are too much mainstream for my taste.

tribute to a famous electronic musician "Alone at the beach"