Track off new album release for anyone interested.

[DC Cornelius]

I'm new to all this uploading stuff online. It confuses the hell out of me! But one can only do ones best I guess:

Peace.


DC Cornelius.

[Peter C]

This sounds good. Who are you and how did you record it? There's nothing to go by on your YouTube channel.

[DC Cornelius]

This sounds good. Who are you and how did you record it? There's nothing to go by on your YouTube channel.

Hello Peter. Thanks for your time.


I've been close many times getting my foot in the music business door but never quite got there! Oh well, there ya go.

Recorded, mixed & mastered in my kitchen over headphones. Not the best mixes in the world but you can only work with what you've got.

I retired at the end of 2024 so now I have the time to get my ass into gear & start releasing some of the many tracks I've written over the years!

I use cubase & many guitar plugins like McRocklin Suite & Neural DSP. Two guitars= Schecter Reaper-6 FR S & a Strandberg Boden Prog NX 7.


Peace.


DC...

[Ingo Lee]

Rambling, free form, very appealing. I like the guitar sounds. I'm guessing you played all the tracks? The only one I might try differently would be the drums, maybe make them more supportive but that's only IMHO , not a criticism. I kept thinking, where's the theme, where's the break, I need a hook, and then I realized you don't need any of that!

[DC Cornelius]

Rambling, free form, very appealing. I like the guitar sounds. I'm guessing you played all the tracks? The only one I might try differently would be the drums, maybe make them more supportive but that's only IMHO , not a criticism. I kept thinking, where's the theme, where's the break, I need a hook, and then I realized you don't need any of that!

Hello Lee. Thanks for your input, much appreciated Everything is programmed, played on the keyboard, apart from the guitar of course.


When writing & recording I just play what I feel at the time & leave it at that! When in writing & recording mode one hears the track over & over again.


I got out of the bad habit of getting bored with what you're constantly hearing while recording & feel a need to change it. If you like what you first come up with then don't change it.
Many artists I'm sure often listen back to their stuff thinking: 'I wish I'd done this there or changed something else'-- It will drive you mad! Class what you've done as history & write something new.

Just my approach & opinion of course.

Peace.

DC...

[Peter C]

Well that is some powerful, dynamic guitar playing with cool, unpredictable harmonic changes. I'm sure Wayne Krantz and Scott Henderson would approve. Would be great as (dystopian?) sci-fi soundtrack music.

How about a short "making of" video in your kitchen, or even a pic? Just an idea, as I like to see the human side of creativity. I've never heard of the guitars you use, not that it matters.

Anyway, good luck man, as you have something to say on that "Schecter Reaper", IMHO.

[DC Cornelius]

Well that is some powerful, dynamic guitar playing with cool, unpredictable harmonic changes. I'm sure Wayne Krantz and Scott Henderson would approve. Would be great as (dystopian?) sci-fi soundtrack music.

How about a short "making of" video in your kitchen, or even a pic? Just an idea, as I like to see the human side of creativity. I've never heard of the guitars you use, not that it matters.

Anyway, good luck man, as you have something to say on that "Schecter Reaper", IMHO.

Thanks Peter for your kind words & support my friend. I just love sitting at the computer writing & recording music. Always have done, probably always will until I die.
I do it for myself- if others enjoy what I do then even better== I love being alive

[EllenGtrGrl]

Sounds good! Very modern jazz - almost fusion in nature. Thanks for sharing!

[Mick-7]

I'm having Terge Rypdal flashbacks.... are your compositions freely improvised or is there a basic framework you ad-lib on?

[DC Cornelius]

I'm having Terge Rypdal flashbacks.... are your compositions freely improvised or is there a basic framework you ad-lib on?

Hello Mick, thanks for your time. I normally muck about with chord progressions to start with & build on that= melody, bass lines etc.

[Mick-7]

Hello Mick, thanks for your time. I normally muck about with chord progressions to start with & build on that= melody, bass lines etc.

Oh no, don't say "muck about," you need to make it sound more professional than that!

Do you know Terje?

[DC Cornelius]

Do you know Terje?

Never heard of him until you mentioned him earlier.. I've now watched tons of his stuff on youtube= yeah I like it.. cheers for that

[DC Cornelius]

Oh no, don't say "muck about," you need to make it sound more professional than that!

Well my professional days are long gone- what there was of them, so I'm now just an old fart with arthritis hands, back & knee problems with a dodgy prostate.Therefore I feel I can get away with calling it 'mucking about'

[Mick-7]

Never heard of him until you mentioned him earlier.. I've now watched tons of his stuff on youtube= yeah I like it.. cheers for that

He's been around a long time, over 50 years I think, dubbed the "Norwegian Jimi Hendrix." I haven't heard much of his recent music, have a couple of his older ECM albums.

[DC Cornelius]

He's been around a long time, over 50 years I think, dubbed the "Norwegian Jimi Hendrix." I haven't heard much of his recent music, have a couple of his older ECM albums.

I do hear a little of him in my playing- I see what you mean
Even though I've never heard of him before! Strange isn't it!?

[DC Cornelius]

Sounds good! Very modern jazz - almost fusion in nature. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for listening Ellen. The whole album, Miss Steria, is a fusion of different styles & feelings. A feeble attempt at trying to be different, original!?!? One can only try

[DC Cornelius]

Is there a point to posting this vid of SH?

Edit to add:

The post the above words are in reply to seems to have vanished.... oh well

[Mick-7]

Is there a point to posting this vid of SH?

Edit to add:

The post the above words are in reply to seems to have vanished.... oh well

I thought we'd scared you away, DC. Can be a tough crowd here.

[jameslovestal]

Is there a point to posting this vid of SH?

Edit to add:

The post the above words are in reply to seems to have vanished.... oh well

Using the "reply with quotes" option prevents that.

[DC Cornelius]

I thought we'd scared you away, DC.

Well that's nice of you.. thanks

[DC Cornelius]

Using the "reply with quotes" option prevents that.

nope, you've lost me there

[DC Cornelius]

I thought we'd scared you away, DC. Can be a tough crowd here.

On reading your reply again, Is this actually a compliment?=== after all the pathetic crap chucked at me because all I said was 'Miles Davis had no influence on me'.. & I'm still here? Is that what you mean? Well, if that's the case then thanks.. I'm one tough MF myself, so I can handle you lot! Bring it on... Please don't throw a hissy fit; it's just a bit of English banter

[jameslovestal]

nope, you've lost me there

At the bottom of the screen there is an option of "reply with quote".

This option will display (or quote), the prior message and the current reply to that message.

Thus once one uses this "quote" option, even if the initial deletes their original message, that message still remains as the "quote".

(I used that option here, which is why you see your "lost me" reply).

[DC Cornelius]

At the bottom of the screen there is an option of "reply with quote".

This option will display (or quote), the prior message and the current reply to that message.

Thus once one uses this "quote" option, even if the initial deletes their original message, that message still remains as the "quote".

(I used that option here, which is why you see your "lost me" reply).

Yeah, I get that!! The point of questioning it is why said individual felt a need to delete said video on reading my reply!? Forget it, all due respect