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scattered clouds (w/Wildlife Analysis)
by Mystified

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Submitted on: Nov 13, 2008 - 08:46:30 AM
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Keywords Mystified (155)sbc (62)ambient (511)interlude (8)fluffy clouds (1)clouds (18)Wildlife Analysis (2)
Description When Wildlife Analysis posted his "Interlude #2" up as an Open Collaboration, I immediately thought I could do something with it.
I loved the breezy, free feeling of the song, and after improvising four tracks of vocals, I mixed it up a bit in Logic, turned some things inside out, and came up with this Ambient treatment.

Thanks for the opportunity to mix this track up, WA :)

Hope you all enjoy....



photography by Bryn (and no..it's not upside down!)
Hardware macbook, MAudio keystation, Behringer B-1 Condenser mic, MAudio mobile pre USB
Software: Logic 8 Studio, GB3
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PrototypeEightyOne said 57 days ago
yo
cool idea i liek the sound and blend of the sounds and how one track was being played backwards.. But i didnt hear to much variation through out the track, i was waiting for it to break into something different or some different elements to appear..I like the idea but think more can be done with this. I'de like to hear more going on, whether it be instr or more vocal layers..feels it needs something more to be complete..

nice track

Mystified said 57 days ago
Yes...
...you're absolutely right. More definitely could be done with this, and I did consider it--then decided to post what I had.

I am working on several other creative projects at the moment, and knew if I didn't take an hour or two out and experiment with this, then I'd never get around to it at all.

So it is what it is. Sorry if it disappoints, but in the end, if anyone enjoys it for what it is, then it was worth sharing.

PrototypeEightyOne said 57 days ago
yo
sorry i think you misunderstood, I DO enjoy it very much so, in fact, enough to spend time writing a comment for it :P although it feels incomplete, dont get me wrong it is still a strong piece...

MarkHolbrook said 57 days ago
Very cool Cat!
The vocals really add to the piece!

Mystified said 57 days ago
Thanks, Mark
I was recording vocals for another collaboration when I took a few minutes to improvise these, which is often how I do spur-of-the-moment pieces like this.
Glad you enjoyed. Thanks for taking the time to let me know.

WildlifeAnalysis said 57 days ago
Whoa
Mystified, this was incredibly cool. Not only did you do something to push this in a new direction, but you've given me some new ideas for future pieces. The second half of this tune is especially interesting to me. Thanks for taking a stab at this, I'd love to do it again!
mike

Mystified said 57 days ago
Thank you
If I've given you some new ideas and spurred creativity, then that's the best outcome possible :)

Thanks again for letting me dabble with this!

magnatone said 57 days ago
scattered clouds
WOW - this is FABULOUS! you two have a future together as collab partners - don't stop now! Mysti, your voice is beyond gorgeous, as usual. sigh......

Mystified said 56 days ago
thanks, Karen
You're so kind! I'm glad you enjoyed this one. Thanks for listening :)

drakonis said 57 days ago
drifting slowly downstream...
looking up at the clouds and trees drifting by... I love the occasional backward effects, cool and breezy harmonies laced over WA's beautiful tune. Nicely done you two!
ttfn,
Drakonis

Mystified said 56 days ago
Breezy and carefree...
...is totally the vibe I felt from this piece, and one reason I had to work with it. So much of my music is NOT like this, so it was fun to weave my vocals around WA's track.

michael2 said 57 days ago
very nice cat
this is great. i can see where prototype eighty one was coming from, but respectfully disagree. this is perfect as is to me. it's like an album track, only you don't have the benefit of hearing it in the context of a larger work. really liked how you mixed this one up, and of course the vox are really nice. what effects did you use on this one? really liked the feel once the backwards sounding track came in, almost sounds like gleetchlab. great track.

Mystified said 56 days ago
thanks michael
I'm still trying to figure out 'ambient,' (I'm a classical music girl!) but I love the idea that it doesn't have to be 'strict' in its form and can wander and drift.

I used very basic effects--platinum reverb and echo on the vox, and on the last instrumental track I assigned the "Delay Designer" under "Simple Patterns">>Rhythm Ghost. I may have dabbled with the effect a bit--I tried several things before I decided on that one.

It was a lot of fun to work on. Thanks for listening and for commenting :)

stacey said 57 days ago
As always
Amazing, different, wild, gorgeous, interesting, thought-provoking, and Mystifying.

stacey said 57 days ago
As always
You are amazing!

stacey said 57 days ago
Okay, third time's a charm
having computer difficulties I think. Sorry! Anyway, I'm posting the third and if they all come up, well, then GOOD! You deserve 3 times the praise. You rock lady!

Mystified said 56 days ago
stacey....
Thanks so much! You are always so supportive. I'm glad enjoyed this composition, and the admiration is mutual!! :)

Drew Kopr said 57 days ago
SCHWEET!
Wow, I didn't know you had this in ya, Mysti! Fantastic production, arranging, singing...the works. I think this is very creative and extremely well done. Sounds great to my ears. DIG IT!

Feter said 57 days ago
scattered clouds
now this is so dreamy and rich ..really complicated
back ground but gives a real touch for the whole sphere
very wonderful vocal work as always ...totally awesome
thnx alot for sharin !!!!

kristyjo said 57 days ago
Very dreamy-
I do like the backward track in there- I wasn't sure how you got that sound until I read a little more. I think your title pretty much describes it. Nice vocals over an excellent bed. I can see P81's point, but I'm learning to expect less melodic movement in a piece in the ambient genre.

egobandit said 57 days ago
wow
love the mandolin mix I would love to add drums to this! excellent!

particledots said 57 days ago
Very nice
Lots of space to breath and see the little fluffy clouds

:-)

Fabulous

b

lengold said 56 days ago
You always
provide a lovely listen - very well produced.
Cheers
Len



edpdx said 54 days ago
Sweet!
I started to listen to it while looking at the foggy morning here in Portland Oregon. Very relaxing and sweet music. The melodies are very well crafted and distributed. This piece is going to my MP3 player.

Exelente!

edpdx

Ejh said 54 days ago
I'm a sucker for backwards stuff...
This is a a neat soundscape. It may not 'go anywhere' but it starts out in a just fine 'where' to begin with...

Ed

guitapick said 53 days ago
~
Nice spaces...

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Artist Bio "To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the...[more]
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Winter White (w/ Birdman Wayne)
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night
Anna Maria (w/Feter)
row, row, row your boat (new mic test)
scattered clouds (w/Wildlife Analysis)
gold at my feet
Take Time To Be Holy
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Sinister Jazz (LIOLI 8)
like rain...
the aspen grove
a spectre's tale
Another Round--EKNM
Hanway Street (Unauthorised Bootleg mix)
circuses, zoos, and menageries
inchworm
the road I travel...
beautiful wall (with Einarus)
God Be With You (til we meet again)
1987--The Water Mill
in conversation...
1987--Amorosi miei giorni
Industrielle #2--Subterranean
LIOLI7--Industrielle #1--Capture
in winter's spell
Abide With Me (traditional)
in a darksome wood....
a passing cloud
Marble on a Journey
Shades of Blue (Mcboy collab)
YadhtriB YppaH
snowfall
Time Traveller
GLASS--Informational (LSP)
Painful (remixed)
'Court'eous Music (LLSP)
Tones (w/bibanova)
Artifact
wandering
three degrees of dissonance
Mt. St. Helens (revised)
Mt. St. Helens (michael2/biba_nova)
The Ugly Dog Prophecies
Wanting, Waiting II
Ripple Effect (w/biba_nova)
Vanishing Points
Minstrel Boy (soundtrack mix)
EVP Series #4: Amusing Ourselves to Death
Orange
Reverie
Kyrie (experimental/biba_nova)
Kyrie
Hollow Earth Revisited (w/vox)
The Last Few Leaves of Autumn (w/ I. Spike)
June Waltz
Hollow Earth
Meander
The Tree of Life
Deconstructing Our Ideas
Phony Tony
The lights across the lake (w/vox)
Tranquility
A Lesson in LOGIC
Instructions 1 (cotton candy moon)
Instructions 2 (summer evening)
Vocal Improvisation 1
Late-Winter Waltz
I Could (jolofsson collab)
the lights across the lake (instrumental)
4 Notes
Dinosaur Museum
Illuminate
Stained Glass (sketch)
what really not to do
Silent Night
thgin tnelis (Bibanova collab)
Favourite Words (bibanova collab)
Jackie (bibanova collab)
bright (my 5.5 minute song)
Go To Sleep (bibanova collab)
Dungeons in the Secret Castle (remixed)
every couch has a silver lining (w/biba_nova)
The Sound and Shape of the Words (w/biba_nova)
Left Skewed--Mystified
What I was missing
Whatever it will be
Brahm's Lullaby--mystified
Mungo's NUMBer--mystified
Three Similes
Happy Birthday Suite (for those over 40)
Sincerity (meditation mix)
Your Decadence is the Abstinence
A Far-off Place
And from that silence (revised)
You Knew (revised)
Alone God Sufficeth (v2)
longing
Dream (meditation mix) collab
To the Sea (Fortunato collab)
The Significant Sorrows of Sasquatchia
Fruit Loops--Persimmons
Ember and Cherry Blossom (Drak--remix)
Circus Dreams
Stratosphere
In Echo of Emptiness
English Round 1
Corridor
Last Leaves of Autumn
Tadpoles--Tom Atwood (unauthorized)
Blur
Daybreak (Tom Atwood collab)
Galaxy band Episode 3
Upon Reflection #1
Poe--The Bells (w/TAtwood)
Fragments II (stevel collab)
Winter's Breath II (w/vocals)
New lights for new eyes II (magullo)
Rehlehna
Amazing Grace
Refinished Business (Mungo's)
Alone God Sufficeth(Tom Atwood collab)
Morning Walk (Tom Atwood collab)
For You
On the Edge (Mcboy collab)
Grace (Ziti w/Mystified)
First Embrace (collab/Swanny)
And from that silence....
Contemplation
Shenandoah
If You Want...(collab w/LillNisse)
Resolution
Tristezza
And So I Said...(collab w/Alimar)
(Further) Demented--a remix
My Way Home (revisited)
On and On (3)
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