Prove My Love
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:56 pm
Collaboration thingy with a vocalist friend in Japan. Friend made the song, and I'm just arranging and producing song.
I really like the strings arrangement in this one. Really sings, although it's just the free vsl thing that came with kontakt. It's mostly just violins doing lead, or higher octave chords, violas doing straight up chords at a little lower than usual (C2 range), and occasionally cello for straight up roots. Only problem is that the detache is a little short for this tempo.
EP from Pianoteq and the Piano is the new Yamaha add on from Pianoteq as well. I used the dynamic response of Pianoteq to the fullest in this one. I mean, when's the last time you heard keys actually played with the right dynamics to reflect the tension in the song? This song has very gradual build ups that build up to focal points of the tune, and that is mostly achieved by the piano parts slowly varying its dynamics. The recording's scheduled in September.
oh, and last but not least, the marctree sort of sound is from Alchemy. The synth still puzzles me, but I was able to string together some "glass shimmer" preset samples and create a twinkly sound. I always wanted a continuous marctree sound!
Over all, I decided to carry on with the Intermetro tradition where I pretty much just did whatever the hell I wanted. This song is supposed to be R&B or whatever, but I threw that out the window and just followed my heart, and also made no effort to keep the arrangement thin. I didn't want just a "groovy", or "cool" sound, I wanted a beautiful sounding arrangement.
I really like the strings arrangement in this one. Really sings, although it's just the free vsl thing that came with kontakt. It's mostly just violins doing lead, or higher octave chords, violas doing straight up chords at a little lower than usual (C2 range), and occasionally cello for straight up roots. Only problem is that the detache is a little short for this tempo.
EP from Pianoteq and the Piano is the new Yamaha add on from Pianoteq as well. I used the dynamic response of Pianoteq to the fullest in this one. I mean, when's the last time you heard keys actually played with the right dynamics to reflect the tension in the song? This song has very gradual build ups that build up to focal points of the tune, and that is mostly achieved by the piano parts slowly varying its dynamics. The recording's scheduled in September.
oh, and last but not least, the marctree sort of sound is from Alchemy. The synth still puzzles me, but I was able to string together some "glass shimmer" preset samples and create a twinkly sound. I always wanted a continuous marctree sound!
Over all, I decided to carry on with the Intermetro tradition where I pretty much just did whatever the hell I wanted. This song is supposed to be R&B or whatever, but I threw that out the window and just followed my heart, and also made no effort to keep the arrangement thin. I didn't want just a "groovy", or "cool" sound, I wanted a beautiful sounding arrangement.
