Track 8 in "Music Therapy" (2018) by Alex M: composed, played, arranged, edited, recorded and mixed by Alex M in GarageBand iOS, 14 July 2018, and Logic Pro X, 14-15 July 2018; posted on SoundCloud on 15 July 2018 (before the release of the album as a whole). 

Duration: 13:59 minutes
Tempo: 60 bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Key Signature: A flat major

Digital instruments used, in the order of playing and recording:
 1. Keyboard - Keyboards - Grand Piano (Sustain)
 2. Strings - Cinematic - Cello 
 3. Drums - Electronic - Modern 808
 4. Bass - Light Cycle
 5. Synthesizer - Plucked - Beautiful Sine Harp
 6. Synthesizer - Rhythmic - Rhythm Ghost
 7. Synthesizer - EDM Chord - Pulse Chords
 8. Synthesizer - Brass - Emotive Pulse
 9. Synthesizer - Bell - Spacey Echo Bells

Music Therapy

Through All These Years

Update 2/15/20 - Another year down... another lesson in humility,  always next year!  

https://hofa-contest.com/song/3738/

Welcome to what looks to be my the last competition for 2019.   HOFA is hosting its annual Christmas mixing competition.   When I got the invite a few days ago I took a listen and was like.....ugggghhhh!!!  An "a cappella" which puts me in my weakest spot for a starting position.  

The human voice when on a piece of music, ends up being one of the most important/relatable parts of the piece.  A great vocal performance can prop up a band... but it very seldom works the other way around.  

It's been one of the more challenging things for me to mix properly.  Here is the 2019 HOFA competition and the only thing on it, VOICES!!.  Challenge accepted HOFA and here is where I ended up brothers and sisters.  

The competition closes out in January so still plenty of time to get into the competition if you want to have some fun....working the faders.  I mean common what else could be more fun?....(blushes)  Really people, such dirty minds!!  haha

https://hofa-contest.com/

Happy Holidays brothers and sisters

Special thanks to Bill from November Sound( https://soundcloud.com/november-love-680008043 ) for being an advisor on the project... Big thank you for this and all your support in 2019. 

On a slight comedic note to one of our own:  Sunnidayz always mentions not being a techie...  If you get here sister.... I fought my production rig for 3 hours this morning to print the final mix and master...  Had everything set last night... wanted to sleep on it before finalizing.  This morning bam..kerchunk..bzzzt....with every session crash... I was reminded of those things you mention, about it getting in the way!  Three hours of fighting for 20 minutes worth of work!!

Let There Be Snow

Competition - Let There Be Snow - HOFA 2019  Mixing competition

"What do you do after you've been to the moon?"

After The Moon

Qualms with That

Breaking Rules

CROSS MISSA

A Fender Jaguar and a Gibson Les Paul paired in a syncopated dance

Itchy Feet

Pending

... my wild and weird multi layer jam of today with real flute, real tenorsax and real additional percussion, on a children's Dschembe :-)
enjoy ! image: Tina Rataj Berard / unsplah

dystopian blues

Shifting sax and floaty flute played by Jonathan Ogara (https://soundcloud.com/allopenelectrics)
For a solo, live, acoustic version see: https://youtu.be/IPTSFz0ap1c

It’s a time of the sighs and the lies on the radio
Dumbing down
It’s a sign of the times and the crimes of the bully boys
Lost in all that noise, with their dangerous toys
Shifting sands, shifting sands, camouflage guilty hands
Do the straw man, law man, flag man, bogey man
Fooling fools
Salesmen, pale men, stale mediocrities
Riding the wave of faith, nothing’s safe

Strive all your life, take the long road to understand
Knowledge base
You can search and research, learn the lessons from the history
They believe the mouth instead
The mouth in the empty head

Shifting Sands (a C÷M track)

The world turns upside down in a moment. The perfect routine is gone, and sorrow comes home to roost. Deep breathes are now shallow as the heart races with fear. Fear and anger, abandonment and confusion.  Death and all its glaring changes to the living.  One more day and the pain will be different from now. One more mirror to remember the light that grows dim. So alone knowing the return is not meant to be among the living. Inside the dark room of grief we learn to adapt, waiting for dawn to bring loving arms again.

Qualms with That

Double Eagle