"A Step to the Stars" (stars.it)
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First, a warning: This song weighs 2 MB zipped!! But if you have the bandwidth, and even if not, I think you'll find it really worth it. The music starts and continues to evolve slowly and gracefully, with variation and composition any tracker would be proud of. But more on that in the tech section. The theme of this piece is one of the most beautiful i've heard lately, and this is a really good tune to relax to and think of the stars, 'cause its quiet, graceful and absolutely not boring (although a tiny bit repetitive). Technically, this song is near perfection. First of all, it utilizes about every IT function you can think of (such as NNAs, "virual" tracks). It comes with a HUGE selection of samples - hence it's size - most of which are organized in some very well made instruments to fill all of the tune's 64 tracks (and more), not to mention that most of the samples are 16 bits. And most importantly, the arrangement handles all of the instruments, effects and progression in a wonderful, graceful and spactacular way. So why is it NEAR perfection you ask? Well, simply because nothing's perfect, including the art of music (even when it sounds like it is :-).
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---[Beginning]------------------------------------------------------------- "A Step to the Stars" =================== Composed by: Pavel M. Cerny a.k.a. Twilite / Silence ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (song concept, ideas, drums, frontend stuff, stereo, quality control, production, and basically everything except for...) Jan Chlupacek a.k.a. Spectre / Silence ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (...all those wicked awesome lead melodies, some frontend [i.e. violins] and more than a few ideas as well) Silence (c) 1998-99, Prague, Czech Republic Silence is a member of Project X-Ray. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- !!! Important note to trackers: !!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At the present time we are looking for new members of an ambitious musical project called X-Ray. X-Ray is a gathering of independent musicians mainly from the Czech Republic but international members are welcome as well. It was founded with the intention to give musicians a better chance to assert themselves. We have lots of ambitions and many plans for the future as well--CD releases, on-line sales, cooperation with game companies, film, TV ads and much more. We will have our own homepage soon (www.x-ray.cz) and every member will be provided with a few pages of his info and also some webspace for his songs (at this moment, only on free servers around the globe--but that is going to change in the future too). If you are interested or just want to hear more details, just e-mail me at <pavel.cerny_iol.cz>. Please, provide me with a URL of your best song(s) so I can download it, listen to it a few times and see if you're eligible for membership (in other words, if you're good enough--X-Ray is for the best composers ONLY). Pavel M. Cerny project manager and founder of Project X-Ray --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note to raters _ Trax in Space: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I want to propose a barter trade. If you rate this song (no matter how high or low), I will rate one of yours. Sound like a good deal? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This song has been rated xx/10 at Trax in Space (www.traxinspace.com). | This song has placed xxx in xxx compo | This song has been included on xxx CD. [nothing as of yet] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Silence: ~~~~~~~ Well, this is definitely our best song so far. You won't believe but it took us more than ninety (92!!!) hours to complete this one. We got stuck so many times, that is. We did have a pretty good idea of how the song should look but the tough job was to bring our thoughts to life. In fact, the hardest parts were the transitions and the bridge. I estimate that a good half of the total time we spent being stuck somewhere, trying to develop new ideas or just wasting time composing something we did not include in the final version at last. Greetz: Lyss, Mint, Demonic G, D.J.Tee and to all the guys I've ripped samples from. Special greetings go to Awesome / Wild Bits for being the best composer of trax ever born (that I know of, that is). His songs are just incredible, they all sound like if they were composed using CakeWalk Pro Audio or something similar (even despite 8bit samples). He's the guy I admire the most. Just wanted you to know that... Our e-mail is: <silence_iol.cz>. Any feedback will be very appreciated and ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ we WILL reply to every e-mail we receive. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twilite: ~~~~~~~ My part of work on this song is dedicated to my bestest female friend, Emilee Hoover. A girl from Franklin, New Hampshire, I met at Franklin High School and have loved ever since. I LUV YA, BABE! For me, this song meant an awesome breakthrough--we have learned so much working on this one. However, I do think there still are lots of things we can improve upon, though. We are going to rewrite this into a professional piece one day, which will most likely be in the summer of 1999, since we want to buy pro sound cards and start composing in Cakewalk Pro Audio and using another pro music and audio programs, such as Acid, Sound Forge etc. As for the improvements--first of all, there should be only one drum kit used so it sounds real. Second of all, the frontend could be somewhat improved upon so it's not so boring--you know, little changes here and there, throughout the whole song. And not mentioning the sample quality, of course. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spectre: ~~~~~~~ I would like to dedicate this song to all my friends from school and especially I'd like to thank to Alice for being my true lov...um...friend. As for me, I truly believe this song will become a piece of classics on the tracking music scene. I've done my best. Thank you eveyone. ---[Twilite 01/27/98]------------------------------------------[TheEnd]--- P.S.: Sample credits are listed at the sample page along with each sample.
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"A Step to the Stars"
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Silence (c) 1998,99
Prague, Czech Republic
Silence is a member of
Project X-Ray.
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For info hit >SHIFT + F9<
in Impulse Tracker 2.
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!!!IMPORTANT!!!
Musicians, please read
the message section
carefully. There is one
note of utmost importance
regarding X-Ray that you
might want to read.
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Version: 1.00
Relese Date: 01-27-99
Last Update: 01-27-99
Length: 5:53
Work time: 92 hours
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P.S.: For sample credits
see sample list.
no secrets here. sorry.
---VIBES---
vibes.1 (GUS)
dreambells.8bit (Ekert)
dreambells.16bit (Ekert)
---HARP---
harp (Anders Akerheden)
---SAXOPHONE---
sax (Fabian / Desire)
---CLARINET---
clarinet.b (GUS)
clarinet.c (GUS)
clarinet.d (GUS)
clarinet.e (GUS)
---BASS GUITAR---
gui.bass (Chris Jarvis)
---RHYTHM GUITAR---
gui.rhythm (MAZ)
---ACOUSTIC GUITAR---
gui.acoust.b (GUS)
gui.acoust.c (GUS)
gui.acoust.d (GUS)
gui.acoust.e (GUS)
gui.acoust.f (GUS)
---STRINGS & VIOLINS---
cello (MAZ)
strings.soft (???)
choir (Awesome / WB)
violin (Awesome / WB)
---BONGOS---
perc.bongo.1 (Drums)
perc.bongo.2 (Drums)
perc.bongo.3 (Drums)
perc.bongo.4 (Drums)
---PERCUSSION---
maracas.1.seq (Drums)
maracas.2 (???)
maracas.3 (MAZ)
shaker (sample pack)
sticks.1 (???)
sticks.2 (MAZ)
tambourine (HMW)
rattle (MAZ)
---BASSDRUMS---
bassdrum.1 (???)
bassdrum.2 (???)
bassdrum.3 (MAZ)
bassdrum.4 (MAZ)
---TOMS---
tom.1 (MAZ)
tom.2 (MAZ)
---SNAREDRUMS---
snaredrum.1 (Vadim VS)
snaredrum.2 (MAZ)
snaredrum.3 (???)
snaredrum.4 (Drums)
snaredrum.5 (Drums)
---HIHATS---
hihat.1.seq (MAZ)
hihat.3.ride.a (???)
hihat.4.closed (Gryzor)
hihat.5.soft (MAZ)
hihat.6.ride.b (???)
cymbal.1.soft (MAZ)
cymbal.2 (MAZ)
cymbal.3.reversed (HMW)
cymbal.4.hard (HMW)
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I can't comment on the technical usage of the IT format, tracking, etc. Otherwise...The song opens very nicely, then gives way to a melody which, more or less, is repeated over and over throughout the song. The melody seems too voluminous compared with the harmony...it overbears. Perhaps this is due to the manner in which the sample is used. It's a pity because beneath it I think there may be something with a little more complexity, such as the string work. Overall the song, to me, lacks variation and balance. The percussive element to the piece harken to...elevator music. It could be revised to emphasize less of the melody, to develop the rest of the score.