Ffff AMAZING
holy fucking balls i'm under the influence.
Reviews for "Breathe With Me"
Surreal...
"If" it is possible to put such artistry and emotion into a single span of eight minutes you have, and "if" it is possible to put it into a single word from the english language I would have to go with surreal. I listen to a good bit of ambient and similar music styles especially when I find my higher state of mind.
My imagery for/during this song was laying on a hill and looking out over a giant expanse that slowly turned from nothingness to deep blue ocean. As I was traveling slowly painlessly, numb even, the ocean turned into space. I could go on, and I could give interpretations.
Just know this is an amazing piece of art that needs more than NG recognition.
FatKidWitAJetPak responds:
I really do appreciate your thoughtful review. Most people just kind of leave a "comment" saying "its good" or "its bad". Reviews like this I really do enjoy reading and these reviews are what push me on to make more music. I have received some amazing reviews for this song, most of them are earlier on, and they are all fantastic. I am very glad that people can understand the "art" behind this... thank you it really does warm my heart :)
Emotive...
Thanks for the link/download to this track, really good listening. It's a very visual piece, conjures up all sorts of imagery, as all good ambient music should. The pad sounds are very contradictory in my mind, in a good way. There's a glassy/icy cold feeling to the pads in the mid to higher frequencies and yet a noteable warmth in the sound too, perhaps thanks to the subtle bass frequencies giving your ears a little hug:).
Perhaps you could develop the track even further with some extra layers, maybe some deep sub-bassy pad elements or some fx/field-recordings and some extra synth layers. Whilst the track definitely conveys your mood I still think there's scope for creating a more evolving piece. At the drop out in the middle section around 4:30 it would seem a perfect opportunity to bring the track back in with a big flourish of extra layers, sounds and development to take the end to a big crescendo, but then again, perhaps adding to much and busying up the track may be detremental to it's emotive nature, it's a hard one to call, but maybe worth trying out?
KB
FatKidWitAJetPak responds:
I actually had thought of going out to my classroom and record people walking by and mixing it into a subtle background atmosphere that could provide a certain sense of "insanity", "enlightenment", or other things depending on how the track is interrupted. 4:30 is exactly where I wanted it haha, but I am not skilled enough to develop such a layered 2nd part. I did not want to stop it there, however, because I wanted to create another soothing pad development. I also had problems making the right type of sounds that, as you said, wouldnt distract from the flow of the song.
I am creating an album currently that has a mix of ambient / jazz / classical. It is all about the journey of this man who falls in love with something/someone and comes to realize its all in his head. I have been slowly improving my ambient skills and was very happy to get such a great turn out from this one. I just need to add a bit more of a "spark".
Thanks a lot KB, your one of the guys I look up to here. :)
Very good!
I did as you described and headphoned myself and turned down the lights. Initially it made me think of a crystal cave in the middle of the oceanic abyss (probably due to the resonant, slightly high-pitched sounds you employed) filled with strange life. Towards the middle it switched to a completely deserted and desertified planet in some far-away galaxy. Then at the end it started getting slightly eerie and I thought of some poor comatose soul in a hospital room, unable to wake up.
3 distinct scenarios in one musical piece! Very good man.
FatKidWitAJetPak responds:
Awesome! You thought about the way the emotions changed. Instead of thinking about one specific atmosphere you thought of three, cool.
Nice and calm
I can see this being used well for none action packed games, overall the song sounds smooth and calm and doesnt steal concentration away with any sudden changes.
FatKidWitAJetPak responds:
"none action packed" lol. Im hoping for it to be used as atmosphere one of these days.