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eassae · Post by **eassae** » Sat Apr 09, 2022 1:26 pm

Well, A while back I won the first stage of the John Lennon Song Writing Contest, and now it's time for the second stage, which is audience choice. If you have a moment go here https://jlsc.com/vote.php and, hopefully, vote for me(eassae in the electronic category)?

The winning track:

https://soundcloud.com/eassae/sideways-gloktopus

Rene Asologuitar · Post by **Rene Asologuitar** » Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:35 pm

I love the piano, and the psychedelic attachments.
I still get back to the serene and lovely piano playing, wiggling its way above the background.
Lovely composition. I love it!!!
A candy of a song. Well done!!!

eassae · Post by **eassae** » Sat Apr 09, 2022 6:22 pm

Rene Asologuitar wrote: Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:35 pm I love the piano, and the psychedelic attachments.
I still get back to the serene and lovely piano playing, wiggling its way above the background.
Lovely composition. I love it!!!
A candy of a song. Well done!!!

Thanks very much Rene.

margaret0547 · Post by **margaret0547** » Sat Apr 09, 2022 6:28 pm

Super piano, accomplished composing and playing. Nice build ebb and flow of tension, very good track.

eassae · Post by **eassae** » Sat Apr 09, 2022 6:42 pm

margaret0547 wrote: Sat Apr 09, 2022 6:28 pm Super piano, accomplished composing and playing. Nice build ebb and flow of tension, very good track.

Thanks margaret0547. I got into to the piano again on this track after giving it a bit of a rest on my past two songs. I also got the VSL Bösendorfer Imperial that jancivil recommended to me a while back, so I was excited to try it out.

By the way, I'm a very mediocre piano player. for the opening and closing bars I used Chthulu with a custom sequence on my chord progression. for everything between, I put the notes in via playing the keyboard, but I had to go through and fix a ton of midi to make the velocity and timing decent.

Bansaw · Post by **Bansaw** » Sun Apr 10, 2022 1:42 am

liked it. unique with some nice glitch bits and rhythmic elements

tomtom1 · Post by **tomtom1** » Sun Apr 10, 2022 10:03 am

overall really nice.

if you're not entirely 100 % happy with it, it's probably best to put it aside for a bit.

(i do it the same way... but stupidly, i start then to pick the best parts and merge 2-3 tracks into one -this is not always an advantage for me

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eassae · Post by **eassae** » Sun Apr 10, 2022 1:08 pm

So I reworked the rhythm section this morning with some excellent critique from elxsound in mind. I edited the hits significantly and left many small gaps to let the bass and other instruments shine a bit more and help it groove. Hopefully it's an improvement. I just reuploaded it so the soundcloud above should reflect the changes.

eassae · Post by **eassae** » Sun Apr 10, 2022 1:10 pm

Bansaw wrote: Sun Apr 10, 2022 1:42 am liked it. unique with some nice glitch bits and rhythmic elements

Cheers Bansaw!

eassae · Post by **eassae** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 2:15 pm

tomtom1 wrote: Sun Apr 10, 2022 10:03 am overall really nice.

if you're not entirely 100 % happy with it, it's probably best to put it aside for a bit.

(i do it the same way... but stupidly, i start then to pick the best parts and merge 2-3 tracks into one -this is not always an advantage for me )

Yeah, I need to put it away for a bit. I keep picking at it, and probably making it worse?

tomtom1 · Post by **tomtom1** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:20 am

eassae wrote: Mon Apr 11, 2022 2:15 pm
tomtom1 wrote: Sun Apr 10, 2022 10:03 am overall really nice.

if you're not entirely 100 % happy with it, it's probably best to put it aside for a bit.

(i do it the same way... but stupidly, i start then to pick the best parts and merge 2-3 tracks into one -this is not always an advantage for me )
Yeah, I need to put it away for a bit. I keep picking at it, and probably making it worse?

i wouldn't say "worse" - let's say "different"

. You could keep this version and use it as a reference. And then later you can compare which parts you like better.

andi75 · Post by **andi75** » Tue Apr 12, 2022 1:06 pm

Exciting stuff! At around 3:00 it reminds me of Download or Skinny Puppy stuff from Last Rights. Perfect soundtrack for a nightmare or a David Lynch movie

eassae · Post by **eassae** » Fri Sep 09, 2022 8:36 pm

This track just won the John Lennon song writing contest in the electronic category. It will be on my upcoming album. Don't have an exact release date yet, but probably in the next few months.

ATS · Post by **ATS** » Sat Sep 10, 2022 7:11 am

eassae wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 8:36 pm This track just won the John Lennon song writing contest in the electronic category. It will be on my upcoming album. Don't have an exact release date yet, but probably in the next few months.

Congrats! I never won anything but a Cakewalk competition with my music before. But heck I'll take anything I can get

Song is REALLY cool. It is like an electronic jazz piece. VERY cool!!! I actually have listened to a good amount of jazz.

frank1985 · Post by **frank1985** » Sat Sep 10, 2022 9:03 am

Lovely goopy, glitchy madness - I always love your stuff - the kind of production quality I aspire to. how do you even go about arranging something like this?

Sideways Glocktopus (◣_◢)