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Ahhh Bach Sorry, I was having a MASH episode flashback Nice W Carlos type arrangement here. |
 | macapa said 1373 days ago |
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Hmmm It took me a second listen to be certain, but I really liked this version. Sounds simple enough, but there a originalities in there that really make it stand out. I especially like the transition to a real organ, very nice. Liked it so much, I downloaded it! Good work! |
 | _nderscore said 1373 days ago |
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nicely done i really like your interpretation. the production & performance are excellent. an especially great job at creating the soundscape-lots of movement & working the left/right channels. if you've never heard it, you should check out william ørbit's 'pieces in a modern style'.. similar concept |
 | drakonis said 1371 days ago |
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you futured my favorite fugue! I have often gotten this particularly catchy melody stuck in my head for weeks at a time, I've loved this particular piece by Bach for decades... I've also been a long-time Walter/Wendy Carlos Moog synthesizer nut, of which this sounds somewhat derivative, but in a good way. So with that as background... I love it! Nice use of electronic background leadup and loops & sound effects. You did a good job of blending the loops, and fading different voices in & out... the church organ's arrival for a sweetly short period near the end was apropos, poignant and slightly comedic, and was a very nice sounding organ too. If it were me, I would have had a very faint foreshadowing of he organ waft in at about 1/3 of the way in, and get stamped out again by the Moogles?Ѣ, only to show up in full again near the end as you did. And one last thing... did you really play that from sheet music on your KB? Even if you recorded one voice at a time, I'm very impressed with your playing skills... Bach is extraordinarily precise, and you captured the mathematical precision of the fugue beautifully. I think that part of the fun of your scoring is the modern backbeat-style percussion loops you used set against the metronome-consistency of the melody. Your melting together of old and new styles was done very nicely. Brava! ttfn, Drakonis |
 | mikkinylund said 1368 days ago |
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Awesome! I don't really care if you used midi, played it by yourself, lower or raised one octave when needed to - the result, and outcome is very good. Bach was a good composer and this stands as a very good tribute to his memory. I like how you "sneak" in the TUMI loops without distorting the essance of the orginal. Great work! |
 | TennesseeVic said 1364 days ago |
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Fugues, eh? Fugues are so hard to make them sound transparent. Anachronistic though they may be, pianos are often your best bet. String quartets work too. However, I've on occasion tried playing fugues electronically and always failed. And I'm sorry to say that your piece -- fun though it is -- suffers from the same defects that I keep running into: electronic sounds are just too rich. I take it this is a 4-voice fugue? Most of the time I can hear a voice and a half, so to speak. It is hard to make out more than two lines. But high marks for trying! |
 | ronnielong said 1355 days ago |
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Rock on..... Way to go Mag! I like how you put yer Twist on things. Really Cool. :) Cheers! |
 | elppa cam said 1323 days ago |
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Very cool I'm still not a fan of the drums but they fit better here. Very retro-futuristic... gives me a Logan's Run flashback. I wish I could play keys as well as you do. Do you have a version without the drums??? |
 | 1rwhite1 said 579 days ago |
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O, Bach's Hair I can't say that I'm a Bach expert or even a fan, for that matter. (I'm a bit of a jazz snob.) But the layering in this interpretation is nothing short of professional. Actually, what you did with the percussion is what impressed me the most. Too often, folks will have a great idea and then turn around and put that great idea on a boring drum pattern that has no variation or dynamic. This is not the case with this song. Your choices with that instrument really make the scales and arpeggios of the other instruments stand out more, thus resulting in a more colorful piece. Great work here and it's clear that you have a command of this style of music. |
your song sounds like your trying to be bach and failing
miserably. It meanders all over the place and leads no
where. there is no structure or depth you should think
long and hard when judging others about sound quality
when your song doesn't even have content!!?