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Reviews for "Under the Christmas Tree"

Under the Christmas Tree
by Quarkstar
Recommends (8)
Wed, Dec 24, 2014 @ 6:57 AM

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Kara Square
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permalink   Thu, Dec 25, 2014 @ 6:55 AM
Beautiful, magical remix! I love your arrangement here. Ciggi sounds remarkable. Well done!
 
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permalink   Quarkstar Fri, Dec 26, 2014 @ 8:10 AM
Thank you for the lovely review.

I did try and bring CiggiBurns vocal out, maybe at the expense of the orchestral sounds.
Bluemillenium
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permalink   Fri, Dec 26, 2014 @ 8:05 AM
The universe is creepy, interesting, captivating, lacks a bit of energy but choosen instruments are good, the string section is sumptuous.
 
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permalink   Quarkstar Fri, Dec 26, 2014 @ 8:25 AM
Thank you for the review and guidance.

To bring out the vocal, all the Orchestral sounds are played softly and with little attack on them, even in the instrumental part.

To get more energy, I will go back and see if I can layer up with another Orchestra and maybe a subtle synth boost. I will look at other ways energising it too.
keytronic
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permalink   Tue, Dec 30, 2014 @ 12:41 PM
Disagree with Bluemillenium - this doesn’t lack of energy. Needed time to dig what you did but you completely built something very special. The xylophone rhythm track is wonderful - even the notes not really matching the harmony are kind of magical.
Somehow a clockwork kind of remix (or a bit Bach).

 
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permalink   Quarkstar Tue, Dec 30, 2014 @ 3:29 PM
Thanks Key for the support and for taking the time to listen.

I first heard CiggiBurns vocal in your mix and loved it and your superb orchestration. At the same time I heard something different, maybe not better, but I wanted to try it out.

In this tune I aimed to bring out CiggiBurns voice. Although I started with a strong orchestral sound, I softened the Orchestra more and more until I made the vocals sound as good as I could.

There are sections where Ciggi is not singing and I could make the orchestra energetic, but it just didn’t work for me.