Gratitude

by @chasingandromeda

Gratitude
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Liner Notes

This is a seed for a much longer track. I can hear where it needs to go, but two days is long enough. Plus I have to travel on business this coming week so time to let this one go. REALLY rough mix but you'll get the drift.

OK, details. #firstfruits #fawmtronica #psychedelic #instrumental #downtempo

Composition stuff for you theory nerds out there. This starts with an intro and a verse that’s written over a Dorian vamp in E (i / IV repeat, although I do sneak a i7 in there from time to time). Then there is what will become a chorus, although it is one time through now. Moves to E Aeolian (pure minor) with a Picardy third to end. Chords for the chorus are:

VI / VII / i / i7
VI / VII / i / III
VI / VII / i / i7
VI / v07 / I

or

C / D / Em / Em7
C / D / Em / G
C / D / Em / Em7
C / Bdim7 / E

Plugins used:
Omnisphere
Kontakt
Hive
Ample Bass JF
Best Service Engine
Triaz
Addictive Drums
Fabfilter Q4
Fabfilter Saturn 2
Valhalla Reverbs

Enjoy and be gratful!

Lyrics

Nope.

Comments

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@sycophant
Great tempo, gets my head doing “the chicken” (bobbing back and forward). Agree with @rustyp this has a very meditative feel to it. Great job.
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@rustyp
This is great! relaxing and meditative.

If you ever return to it and find yourself interested in adding any vocal elements, maybe not a full fledged song/lyric, but a repeated phrase or something tucked way in, let me know. :)
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@heliosonorous
Cool sounds, very joyful work!
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@gm7
Love that synth sound! Love nerd stuff, who doesn't! cool production.
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@katbasie
Your rough mix is still so amazingly done! Excited to the rest of your songs this month!
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@mikedebenham
Beautiful mix of sounds. Particularly enjoy the sly plinky synth that's prominent in the middle. Great to hear you again.
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@tfish77
Oooh dig that stuttery synth, then the slow build to... chill hop? Trance jazz? Whatever it is, I'm bopping my head (gently) to it. Really nice production work here.
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@cblack
Nice and chilled out. I especially liked the drum line. It was rather jazzy, but put to a fawmtronica purpose.

Nice one!
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@kristian
yeah. I consider myself a nerd but your liner notes were like «what? Am I supposed to know what a dorian vampire is?». Thanks for making me feel dumbass bruh

😂

but I think I should comment on the song. First off; the mix is excellent and I can totally see this going much much longer! I know about all about work getting in the way.. but you still made this; and that buddy is excellent
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@cts
Just a quick observation - I love it when you type "nope" in the lyrics section. I crack a smile every time. It's so you, man. This sound excellent in my headphones. A good soundscape to close out my work day. I'm familiar with the plugins used here, but I can't say I have mastered them as you have here.
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@camevesquedavis
This is very clean production, I love it. Beautiful stuff too. I do hope you continue it, it clearly can grow into something fabulous!
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@chill4matt
What a beautiful song! I use both Omnisphere and NI Komplete. Excellent plugins!
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@adforperu
That sidechained synth greats a really nice pulse in that intro, which you then turn on it's head with that nice laid-back beat instead of a four-to-the-floor. Plenty of earcandy in the sonic field of this one. Can imagine an act like All Saints or Gabrielle picking this up in the late-90s/early 00s
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@musicsongwriter
Very beautiful composition with positive feel ❤️ 💕 wonderful melodies, instrumentation, layers, rhythm. Loving your work and playing. Very polished and inspiring. ✨️🎵🎶
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@heuristicsinc
Love the breathiness of that intro synth. Pretty! Nice, really like how the different instruments work together.
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@glines
I wasn’t expecting the acoustic guitar to come in and I love it! And oh that final chord is so sweet! I feel you could just repeat the whole thing again. Are you planning to add any vocal?

I really enjoyed this one, thanks for sharing.
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