Gates Of Distraction (ElectroProg - Seismic TranceFusion)

[seismic1]

An excellent selection of synthesised morsels as always!

You really should have been in a synth pop band in 1985

How about a Prog band in 1980?

Thanks very much for listening and commenting, Geoff. It is much appreciated

I'm off to raid the fridge.

[seismic1]

have to agree with macmurphy, there's so much going on that it's over before you know it!
enjoyed it man, thanks for sharing!

Cheers, bluedad. Thank you for listening and commenting. Glad you enjoyed it

[seismic1]

Nice one - very enjoyable!

Thanks for checking this out, kryptonaut. Glad you enjoyed it

[D.H. Miltz]

I've listened to it a handful of times, and every time I think "Hm, a little too dancy/clubby for my tastes" and then shortly after that I get into it. I agree with what's been said about it not feeling like seven minutes. It all flows along (and takes some turns) quite nicely. Thanks, seismic1.

[seismic1]

Great stuff as usual Tim - the sense of 3 decades' worth of styles and sounds is really strong on this track. Like Tangerine Dream and Depeche Mode jamming in BT's studio

Thanks very much for taking the time to listen and comment, Mike. This track was a lot of work to put together, although it is essentially very simple. It only really came together when I "robotized" the drums, added a little variation to the bass, and added a second trance gate with a different pattern to the first one.

Glad you liked it

[seismic1]

I've listened to it a handful of times, and every time I think "Hm, a little too dancy/clubby for my tastes" and then shortly after that I get into it. I agree with what's been said about it not feeling like seven minutes. It all flows along (and takes some turns) quite nicely. Thanks, seismic1.

Glad you liked it, DHM. Thanks for listening. I can see that I will have to work on my chat-up lines a little before our next soirée

[kcisANDderit]

i get a sense of you having done a mashup of a few of your songs and this is the result. your arranging skills make it work. always something interesting in your stuff!

[seismic1]

i get a sense of you having done a mashup of a few of your songs and this is the result. your arranging skills make it work. always something interesting in your stuff!

Thanks very much for the listen and comments. I'm glad this worked for you. The next track is more "conventional"

[kcisANDderit]

i get a sense of you having done a mashup of a few of your songs and this is the result. your arranging skills make it work. always something interesting in your stuff!

Thanks very much for the listen and comments. I'm glad this worked for you. The next track is more "conventional"

i think rather than "mashup" i should have said "contrasting ideas" but i guess you understood anyway

conventional?! no, don't do that

[seismic1]

i get a sense of you having done a mashup of a few of your songs and this is the result. your arranging skills make it work. always something interesting in your stuff!

Thanks very much for the listen and comments. I'm glad this worked for you. The next track is more "conventional"

i think rather than "mashup" i should have said "contrasting ideas" but i guess you understood anyway

conventional?! no, don't do that

No problem. I used "stylistic mashup" myself earlier in the thread

Convention.........red rag to a bull

[djOrloff]

As always - composers thought of seismic1 working interesting and unusual thanks for the list of used devices, very interesting

[seismic1]

As always - composers thought of seismic1 working interesting and unusual thanks for the list of used devices, very interesting

Thanks for listening and commenting, djOrloff. I'm glad you found this interesting. I'm even happier that you thought it was unusual

[seismic1]

Final nudge

[2NDMOUSE]

Thanks for leaving some feedback on my track. I went to page 3 to look for this to return the favour.

The melody content is interesting. I like people who investigate / explore harmony / melody rather than just layer sound without any real depth of exploration or imagination.
I understand you had problems updating an older version , as i tend to do the same thing myself quite a lot , and regularly revisit a track years later if I stumble across it again and think it warrants re-doing.

The thing that lets it down is the level of the beats though. In some places the music overpowers them , but mainly the snares , which should be one of the main focal points for listeners "navigating" a track.
It's all clear enough and I don't hear any muddiness or any of the more common mixing errors.

[seismic1]

Thanks for leaving some feedback on my track. I went to page 3 to look for this to return the favour.

The melody content is interesting. I like people who investigate / explore harmony / melody rather than just layer sound without any real depth of exploration or imagination.
I understand you had problems updating an older version , as i tend to do the same thing myself quite a lot , and regularly revisit a track years later if I stumble across it again and think it warrants re-doing.

The thing that lets it down is the level of the beats though. In some places the music overpowers them , but mainly the snares , which should be one of the main focal points for listeners "navigating" a track.
It's all clear enough and I don't hear any muddiness or any of the more common mixing errors.

Thanks for listening and commenting 2ndMOUSE. Glad you liked the melodies on here.

This track was troublesome from day 1 and the remix was difficult as well, but I got to a point where I felt I had managed to (slightly) improve the original, so I put it back to bed.

I think you were right about the drums. I have replaced the SoundCloud version of the track with a new mix which has all drums up 1dB and the snare up 2dB. It makes them slightly more prominent. I think drums/percussion (sonics) is one area I need to focus on (along with audio processing, generally). I have acquired a couple of new toys to help in this area. Hopefully, I shall find some time to use them in the next few months.

Thanks again for the feedback