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Billy....I had a song in a submission that you were considered for...I then took a listen to all who were considered and really enjoyed your submission...which made me look up your page...really good stuff...I listened to all of your tunes while sitting at work...personal favorites: Superman Dance & Just Rewards. Also love the album art concept you have for each song. I had been thinking of the same kinda stuff for some of my stuff.
Hi Joshua, Thank you for the time listening in, along with your keen and kind words. I listened in to your goods and enjoyed it all, Joshua. Oh what fun, huh!? I look forward to hearing more from you and the folks. You take good care and let's make this new year crazy good. Peace and tons of it, Billy
Tonight NV - is the perfect instrumental. Almost anyone can write a simple hook, but not all of 'em stick like this one.
THANK YOU!
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Really enjoy your piano compositions. Unique, relaxing, simple (which hopefully you take as a compliment).
Thank you! I do; I love the minimalist aesthetic. I'm going to check out some of yours!
Michael...really love your sound. Are you on Spotify?
Hi there, thanks, I'll be checking your music shortly! I've not distributed on any platforms yet, as I'm mainly trying for film and tv, as things are going quite well I will be compiling an album, should be out by March hopefully. Mike.
Sounds good. I'm in the same boat as you. Trying to improve after first few albums were released. All the best to you and your efforts.
Hey there, just going through your tracks, you've done a nice mix of tracks, 'Why Violet Happens Every Day' is a great tune. Do you use piano vsts's? If so which is your go to?
Thanks for the feedback. I haven't used any vst's yet. Everything I've used so far was direct sounds from a Yamaha Motif XF8 (which is pretty antiquated these days). Before I begin any new recordings, I definitely need to upgrade my piano sound selection. Do you have any suggestions / favorites?
I think if you are aiming for film/tv, vst's are the way to go if you don't have access to a real piano. I'm using 'Noire' by galaxy instruments, sold by Native Instruments, these sort of vst's are designed to be used for professional scoring, and cinematic sounds and have tons of different patches and settings. Also the Ravenscroft 275 vst piano is truly stunning on it's own. I will say that your Motif sounds very good though.
Thanks Michael for the suggestions. Do you use any other specific vst's for strings, percussion, etc...?
I use native instruments session string 2 pro, pizzicatos are good, if I had the money and hard drive space I'd go for Spitfire Audio stuff everytime though, btw, they do some very good free vsts they call 'labs'. Worth a look there for sure. For cello's I use cinesamples Tina Guo cello, it's amazing, all their stuff is great, including the pianos. Just a thought back to earlier, I used a piano vst called 'midnight grand, very cinematic with some synth pads you can introduce to give some atmosphere, was about 60 dollars last time I looked. I have done some jazz in the past with drums, always use Superior drummer 3, an basses from Ample. I have a Reverbnation account under Mike L Scott, you can here more of my tracks there. What D.A.W. are you using.?
Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll definitely look into those. Believe it or not, my DAW has been my Motif. I had someone master everything. Once I have the funds, I will be buying / using Digital Performer and getting some better sounds all around. I'll for sure be checking out more of your tracks.
Michael...what DAW do you use? have you had better luck with one over the other? Considering pro tools vs MOTU digital performer. Thanks
Hi again, I use Cakewalk by Bandlab, totally free with regular updates, I used it before the company went broke and Bandlab took it over, I shifted to Cubase for about a year but went back to cakewalk as this free version is more advanced than my payed version! Never looked back, I love it, of course they all do the same job, if you get on with one then stick with it.
Ok thanks just got onto reverbnation...will check out your other works.
many thanks!