Based on one of my older songs "Cloudless" and effectively orchestrating the piano solo spin-offs from it "Cloudful" and "Cloudfully". Lots of changes and variations on the main melody after playing it improvisationally a lot over the last couple years. I wouldn't really call this from a remake - if you listen to the original, you'll realize it's far from the original but still close enough to see the similarities.
This is my first really ambitious project in almost a year since Darker Stormy, so I'm hoping I haven't regressed in any way. It's also my first time varying the key signature and tempo, so let me know if any parts of the song sound awkward or off-key. Any suggestions on how to handle this in general would also be great; I know nothing in regards to music theory so I'm just making this up by ear.
For a while I almost thought I was going to have to discontinue this one because I couldn't think of an ending .normally play this on piano and am able to just keep making up more on the spot. Not sure if a fade is appropriate here, but it seemed weird if I ended it on a single note. There's also the piano solo after the ending that I didn't know what to do with so I figured it could be a kind of an epilogue-ish bit after the ending; unfortunately I liked it too much to just leave it out, but I should probably not make this a habit....
Just can't seem to leave this song alone. I noted a lot of the comments about sample quality and emptiness; tried swapping out all the VSTs for East West samples just to hear how it sounds and ended up with an EWQL version of Cloudless. It's a lot "fuller" for sure, but warmer and more passive. I can't tell which I like better now. >.
Got a lot of feedback that the pitchshift was more noticeable than I wanted it to be. Went back and played with it a bit; think I might have shifted it one key too low originally so I raised it up a bit. Let me know if it still sounds weird but hopefully I made it better now (and not worse!).
Original pitchshift available here for comparison.
Dec 25, 2011
Nina
Good Job ^^ It's a very peaceful song that I can listen to while studying ^^
Extended the ending of the main song after 7 min. Still have that isolated piano bit after the song ending that I don't know what to do with. And the actual "ending" is still missing. -_-
Jul.07 - Sep.02 2011
Cloudlessly
Based on one of my older songs "Cloudless" and effectively orchestrating the piano solo spin-offs from it "Cloudful" and "Cloudfully". Lots of changes and variations on the main melody after playing it improvisationally a lot over the last couple years. I wouldn't really call this from a remake - if you listen to the original, you'll realize it's far from the original but still close enough to see the similarities.
It's also my first time varying the key signature and tempo, so let me know if any parts of the song sound awkward or off-key. Any suggestions on how to handle this in general would also be great; I know nothing in regards to music theory so I'm just making this up by ear.
This is my first really ambitious project in almost a year since Darker Stormy, so I'm hoping I haven't regressed in any way.
For a while I almost thought I was going to have to discontinue this one because I couldn't think of an ending .normally play this on piano and am able to just keep making up more on the spot. Not sure if a fade is appropriate here, but it seemed weird if I ended it on a single note. There's also the piano solo after the ending that I didn't know what to do with so I figured it could be a kind of an epilogue-ish bit after the ending; unfortunately I liked it too much to just leave it out, but I should probably not make this a habit....
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btw the download link just leads back to this page...
Original pitchshift available here for comparison.
This melody sounds like something from some sort of rpg games, but I like it very much <3