Galactic Sunset

Writing Credits:
Chord Progression (main section) : Phil
Intro and Ending section : RGX312L

Playing Credits:
Keyboard (piano sound) : Alex Tsng
Keyboard (synth and choir) : RGX312L
Gtr: RGX312L

Imagine watching a sunset from a space ship at the edge of our Solar System.

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shoot, i dont think my comment got posted. that sucks. i wrote like 3 paragraphs. hah.


well anyways, i definitely like it. the intro section was good; tone was a bit muddy and wasnt giving your fingers justice. ive been trying to get better tone from my recording equipment as of recently. i seem to be having that same problem, with the really ****ty tone that doesnt do anything for my lead playing but hamper it.

the intro progression sounded like a V/vi should have been thrown in there right before the lead kicks into the main verse.

verse tone is amazing and crisp. that was like night and day for me. beautiful phrasing, honestly. i like it. you sound like you've got the skills and the dynamics thing down well. very wonderful.

Hi quickfingers,

Thanks for taking time to listen AND write the reply. You are very very very insightful with the reply (wow, I would love to see the 3 paragraphs you wrote ).

I'm not much of a tone person but for this piece, it was a deliberate attempt to get the ****ty tone at the beginnning so as to create the 'night and day' effect on the listener...and I'm happy it worked! hahah

Actually, I wanted to put a lead at the end section but decided againest it becasue there had been quite a lenghty solo before this, so I figured by 'not' playing, I'd made the piece better (I HOPE) :)

I really appreciate your comments and happy you like it.

Cool tune bro.
The first minute was ok...i found the lead licks a little too intense, id opt for some smooth lines or volume swells.
Around the one minute mark, i like the synth/piano thing you do.

Overall, the tune really serves the imagery you're trying to project-good movie score type stuff. The leads after this are nice and soothing.

Good stuff dude, keep it up. :)

Thanks ericthecableguy :) Thanks for taking time to listen.

Hmmm.. based on the feedback, I thinik it was not such a good idea after all...for the intro lead.

Well, learn something new everyday...in this case, everytime I post in this forum.

Thanks! Really appreciate the comments :)

RGX312L

Very cool!! To me the beginning guitar part was good. It reminded me of Jack White of the White Stripes. Especially with the piano. He uses piano alot and plays real dirty basic blues. Your guitar part in the opening was a little more complex than a Jack White piece. I think it might have been better in the middle of the song as opposed to the beginning to kinda break it up. But we are splitting hairs because the song was kick butt. Anyway very inspiring.
I am going to go look for some piano backing tracks to play to after hearing that. :)
Had to come back and edit this post and let you know that I have been doing work on my computer for the last 2 hours and I have listened to that song about 20 times while doing it. I think you really hit a home run with this song. I debated on adding to this reply because I did not want to sound lame but I know we all post songs on here for the feedback and its kinda a bummer when you post something and get no replies. This song is a winner. Good Job! Im a novice on the guitar at this point so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

I also didn't think the intro solo worked as it stood. Once past that, it was a beautiful piece. Great dynamics on the keyboards, changes of atmosphere etc.
Really did bring to mind clouds drifting across a blood red sunset. But only cos your picture put the idea there... :D

Splendid.

Even though I liked the intro lead part, I have to side with the others. BUT... maybe put that lead part in the end. End it with a bang you know? Or somewhere in the middle maybe, I dunno.And start with a slow david gilmour like lead section. It sounded great though. Synth was awesome.

Thanks for all you comments:) really appreciate it very much.

Yup, now I AM sure the intro is pushing it too far. And putting it in the middle would really make the song more interesting.

Many thanks again for taking time to listen and write your comments :)

For the folks who are interested, here's a note on how this song was recorded:

Tech notes:
Piano, Syth : Korg Music Workstation W/01
Gtr: Yamaha RGX321L
Gtr effects are direct from the Korg D16 multitrack recorder. (I love the amp simulation)

Obviously, everything was recorded, mixed and mastered on the D16.


Recording log:

The intro progression and main parts were thought out during a jam session at Alex's house. 2 weeks later,the piano track was recorded. It was a hot, humid tropical Sunday evening. Alex and I discussed about the dynamics and tempo. He took just 3 minutes to warm up and we recorded it in one take.

One week later, I added all the syth parts. It was a hot and sunny Saturday morning. I took 2 hours to finish the parts becasue I keep screwing up. Since I did not want to do any punch-ins , I did the parts in one take as well.

4 days later, I listened to the completed backing tracks a few times and laid the solo in 3 takes in the following order: 2nd part of main section, 1st part of the main section , then the intro solo.


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