Chineswara

July 19, 2008 at 11:59 am (3, Uncategorized)

It has been in the making for a long long time.

8 Comments

  1. Ramesh said,

    July 19, 2008 at 3:45 pm

    Nice attempt. It has an oriental feel to it. There can be more fillings, probably in the form of chords and little more light percussion like a shaker / hi hats kind of sounds. Chords also convey the mood of the song quite well.

    How did you compose this tune? What instruments / software did you use?

  2. Gianysh Toolsee said,

    July 19, 2008 at 3:49 pm

    I find it quite good, although the background could have been better arranged. Additional tune from 3m05s is pleasant.

  3. Padmaja said,

    July 20, 2008 at 3:54 am

    Hi Suresh,

    This is a lovely composition. It reminded me of the music that I listened to during a visit to Cambodia. It sounds very tranquil and unclouded as it is and enjoyable. But with the addition of embellishments , it would gain more dimension. Good luck!

  4. Balaji said,

    July 22, 2008 at 5:27 am

    That was beautiful. Very simple and soothing. Sounded like an interesting mix of oriental and tribal music.

  5. ursmusically said,

    July 22, 2008 at 7:57 am

    Ramesh – Thanks for commenting. I did realize that. The absence of chords does create a void somewhere. I wanted the track to sound as simple as possible, I did try adding lot of such rhythm layers but I found it distracting and later removed them.

    This track actually is a combination of two melodies I composed at two different times and one day while I was listening, i though one could be a counterpoint to the other if the rhythm of one of the theme was slightly modified. I tried it and it worked. After, i developed the two main themes, found ways to connect the two themes seamlessly. I kept adding and removing layers, and sometimes phrases of melody also. The melody was much longer, but i thought the melody travels on too few notes far too many times, so I had cut some phrases of melody also.

    I used Fruit Loop software. Tom for rhythm, Guitar and Harp for main melody, a bass guitar, a bass flute, pizzicato strings.

  6. ursmusically said,

    July 22, 2008 at 7:59 am

    Gianysh – Thanks for the comment. I too feel that it could been arranged better, but as I wanted to make it sound simple, I didn’t think much about arrangement, I was concentration more on the main melody.

    also, I heard your flute piece, it was really nice. Haunting, I must say. And i liked your Remixes of ‘Ada’ tracks very much. It souded very fresh and out of the box. Hope you will win the contest and get a chance to work with Rahman.

  7. ursmusically said,

    July 22, 2008 at 8:01 am

    Padmaja – Thanks for the comment. That was the basic ideam, to make it sound simple and clear.

  8. ursmusically said,

    July 22, 2008 at 8:02 am

    Balaji – Thanks for the comments. Actually, I never thought of this tribal sound, but as I didn’t get good soundfont of ‘Taiko Drums’, I used regular toms, and that is why it sounds tribal.

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