Name: SINFONIETTA FOR STRINGS MOV 1º =Adagietto spressivo. by Edward Cortes composer in Mixed for Lillithe
Duration: 6 min 10 s
Description: This is the first movement of my Sinfonietta for Strings.This is a revised version. I have already published the other 3 movements that you can listening in Soundcloud. This work was published here eight years ago when I had very few listeners and therefore was very little heard, so I decided now to place it in the spotlight. Thank you very much to all for listen to my music.

very rich and interesting composition carrying variety of emotions, impressive work

you have good skills in orchestration 👏

Exquisite strings..Captivating ambient atmosphere elegantly expressed..exquisite infectious captivating sound experience..fantastic mix & recording production!

Mixed for Lillithe

Testing 1, 2, 3.....just checking the tone and levels in the studio tonight....
1 guitar track - Gibson ES 335 recorded to an MCI two track tape machine
Strawberry photo is courtesy of my wife ;-)

Strawberry Jam

mouvette

This song is an outtake from an expansive holy shitshow project(still in production) that I was honored to work on. I like this little snippet of an on going story of the band, and particularly about Larry, the bass player. So here it is with HS's gracious permission. And a Huge thanks for his beautiful music in this song.

LARRY (featuring holy shitshow)

This is my first collaboration with Clive / @winkandwoo 
We decided to make a song after he commented on the artwork for another one of my tracks (Metaplasticity) where he said it looked like a 'chewing gum sea'. I suggested it was a great song name so went for it. I am super happy with the results, hope you'll enjoy it too!

Lyrics :-
What is reality?
With these marshmallow clouds
Lollypops are all around
The trees are candy canes
There is sherbet on the ground
We swim so far
In the chewing gum sea
We swim so far

Chewing Gum Sea - Winkandwoo & tea are sea

Last days of summer. Two girls on the pier laugh excitedly braving the waves.

Here comes the wave

Recorded in Modesto, Ca   Featuring Harmonica solo. Gibson Electric Guitar solo. Hammond B3 Organ solo. Dobro solo. Electric Bass Rhythm. Roland Synthesizer Bass Rhythm. Jaw Harp. Godin Electric Guitar Rhythm. Horn Section Trumpet, Alto, Tenor, Baritone Saxophones. Trap Drum kit. Congas, Bongos, Cowbell, Zildjen Crash Cymbal, Djembe, Tablas.

kick'n it

Kick'n it

All in

A Small Holiday.wav

(Free WAV Download available here under '••• More'; and eventually, as part of a future solo album)

Greetings all you fun and funky SC musicians. I don’t typically upload remastered versions of a song as a new track. I usually just replace the old with the new, and change the title to reflect the remaster. But this one is special, for a few reasons (and if you’re not much into personalized mixing details, you may want to skip this liner note).

First (and most importantly)… I thought I’d lost the ability to edit the original tracks for this song. The last time I opened it up in Logic (updating it for the 2018 album remaster), the siren voices were all messed up (automation in Alchemy can have odd results sometimes). I just assumed the original native file was broken forever, because I no longer had access to that version of Logic. I had to do the album remaster from my only existing mix… and it was definitely lacking.

4 years later, I’m so glad I took a chance on reopening the native file when I concluded this ‘Siren’ trilogy. All the sounds/automations were exactly as I had left them. Prior to this attempt, I just assumed the worst, and never tried again. Thankfully, I was wrong. :D

Second… the remaster turned out much better than I hoped; and the differences were so satisfying, I thought it might be fun to have both versions up (for a side by side comparison, for any interested musicians out there. Here's the older version: https://soundcloud.com/grevusanjl/siren-rising).

So why does this one sound so much better than the original version? (And please take all of this with a grain of salt. I’m no pro. But I have discovered what works for me.)

Honestly, a tremendous amount of credit goes to having a much better understanding of Compression. For many folks, Compression is almost a dirty word. Just the title of the plug-in alone confused me at first. Why would I possibly want to compress my sounds, when I liked them as is? 

But it turns out (for me at least) that the different Compression options really shine when chosen specifically, and used minimally. As an example (and I’m not sure if your DAW offers similar options, but), Studio VCA works brilliantly with strings, female vocals and many of my favorite synths. But Studio FET works great on drums. Etc. And while some might cringe at the idea, I absolutely love what Soft Distortion does to most tracks as well. Used in mild amounts, Soft Distortion adds a phenomenal amount of spacial quality to the sound. I don’t use this one all of the time, but I bet I use it at least 75% of the time now (and Compression in general on about 95% of the tracks).  So there you go… I’m definitely a big fan of Compression… when used responsibly. :)

In addition, I’ve also learned a lot about EQing since I first did this song in 2017; so much so, that I was actually baffled by some of my earlier choices. So a large amount of the repair/update time for the 2022 remaster was spent on getting the EQing for each track set up more effectively.

And finally, I had the opportunity to give the full mix a healthy rebuild. After 5 years, you’re undoubtedly going to have a very fresh perspective on a piece. And I realized a lot of the sounds simply weren’t in their optimal positions in the stereo field. I also reconsidered where sounds faded in and out, and how intensely they did so… and I updated all of that as well. 

And there you have it, the story/history behind one of my all time personal favorites. I’m so glad I had an opportunity to revisit this one (while leaving all the original instruments true to form), and I hope you enjoy all the latest sound enhancements as well. I’m excited to hear what you think of my ’Siren Rising (2022 Remaster)’. :D

WTF! The Musical

Siren Rising - 2022 REMASTER

Concealed

In a dream I looked up into the dark purple, black night sky and saw a transparent jellyfish. Its upturned rim was lined with soldiers. 
" It will be a silent start to world war three" I thought....
13 BPM
dah/: sound collage and painting

A Silent Start To WWIII

dark matter

Seq30 G    I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.   Kurt Cobain 1

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Seq 16h Christmas Spring Rock - A Beautiful Static Moment Of Waiting And Eternal Suspension 5

This is the first movement of my Sinfonietta for Strings.This is a revised version. I have already published the other 3 movements that you can listening in Soundcloud. This work was published here eight years ago when I had very few listeners and therefore was very little heard, so I decided now to place it in the spotlight. Thank you very much to all for listen to my music.

SINFONIETTA FOR STRINGS MOV 1º =Adagietto spressivo.

My rescore of the Doctor Who episode, The Fires of Pompeii, which was originally released on February 1st, 2022.

Requiem for Pompeii

Heard the winds of Scotland!

Un vent d'Ecosse tout ouÏ,
Composé et   joué par Loony De Bussy

Photo: Bruno Chassaigne 
(Morbihan / Bretagne)

Darmor Gigue

DARMOR GIGUE - Loony

I've launched this account (and my YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/edwardcortesmusic ) to spread some of the music I've composed, so all the music that I upload to this page is original and I am the "guilty" of it. 
I've composed in different genres, starting with classical music and also pop, rock, jazz, electronic, electro-acoustic, etc. Sorry if some of my tracks are long for these days ears, I begg you to try to be patient.

I hope you can enjoy my music and your comments will be more than welcome,  and I hope to interact with your opinions. 

It's easy to like a track but it's much more valuable to me if you comment or share my music.

To all those who follow me, comment, share or like my works, know that I am very grateful.

SINFONIETTA FOR STRINGS MOV 1º =Adagietto spressivo.

Edward Cortes composer

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