T-Logic - Solitude

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T-Logic - Solitude

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At the same time as I uncovered "Terrified" from my old laptop, I found this piece. It was one of the first tracks I made for my music tech class, but I never finished it because I was trying to find some better brass samples, and maybe even a real person who could play the brass instruments I needed. I never found them. Still, I didn't want it to just sit on the hard drive of my old, dying laptop, so I decided to upload it here. It sounds much better with headphones than without. Also, excuse the limited mastering. I'm just trying to finish as many projects as I can before I go to college in about a week, as I won't have access to FL Studio while I'm there. Mostly composed in Garageband 6 in October 2013, this piece was re-mastered and finished in Garageband 10 in August 2015. Hope you enjoy! I haven't uploaded a jazz piece in a while...

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SensoryDecay

2022-08-23 14:33:57

Of course I love this, of course! It's sensitive but also has a yearning for more. I have to say great use of horns. Well okay 1:35 needs some work, but it's so so close to being fantastic. The rest is so beautiful man. It's tough using horns they have the ability to one moment compliment the music and another get too high in the wrong finesse to just sound like a clown horn

TaintedLogic responds:

Totally know what you mean about the trumpets. Garageband's brass samples are not great. Thanks for the review, as always! ^_^

LunacyEcho

2015-09-18 14:04:35

Ooh, a calm, melancholy jazz song. How tonal! :D

First impressions - nice chords! I can't believe I'm saying this, but love the brass! It may be Garageband MIDI, but the way you use it really accentuates the mood of the piece. The drums I also really enjoy. So much panning and detail! That's an auto-A in my book :P Sax solos are another one of my weaknesses... you cater to me so well, even though you weren't trying to! (I think.)

So this is a song filled with an extremely relaxing ambience and masterfully crafted atmosphere, topped off with a few smooth sax solos! Nice. For you, the piece is quite tonal! I only heard it slip into a bit of atonality around the solos, especially in places around 2:00. Arrangement-wise, it progresses a little slowly, especially around 2:10-2:30, but overall, it feels like it's meant more to be background music anyways. I mean, you're so good at ambient, even your jazz is ambient! :D

Your production is top-notch, as usual. I feel like your music tech class has to consist entirely of you guys learning how to mix in Garageband 24/7, because this is so beyond any of the capabilities I thought Garageband had. Crystal-clear!

Nitpicks - although this is quite ambient, I would've preferred some more melodies. Maybe just a melodic motif, if you don't want to cram the ambient music with those dreaded tones! Currently, the most melodic material you have is the solos, and I just feel like the piece could use a bit more. :P

Great piece overall! Calm, relaxing, and a VERY fitting title. :D

TaintedLogic responds:

Thanks so much for the review, LE!

"How tonal" --> lol

Thanks for your compliments on the chords and brass (although honestly I'm surprised that ANYONE complimented me on the brass). I worked hard on the drums, so I'm glad you liked them, and the panning was simply a rash attempt to counteract the limited effect of Garageband's horrible parametric EQ. :D As for the sax solos, that was something I fixed just before I uploaded this. Originally, I also had flutes and horns in there, but I decided that the pace of that section didn't fit the rest of the piece so I gave all of the solos to the sax. Good to know it paid off! ^^

Thanks for praising the atmosphere and production. I really tried to create a soothing atmosphere here. I agree with the slow progression and, yes, I'd like to believe this qualifies as "ambient jazz." ^^

"More melodies" --> yeah, I agree. I made this back when I wasn't really good at crafting melodies (heck, I'm still not that good at it, haha).

Anyway, thanks very much for all these reviews, LE! It really makes my day! ^_^