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#62

Well, this is just a draft,

the first final version under Cubase Artist which gave me a few scares, likely due to my ‘Brut de pommes’ (well, yes, for a Breton) way of hastily installing the plugins and not yet understanding how to replace or remove them for possible changes.

Well, it holds together; the next one will certainly be better (at least that’s what I hope).

See you later!

Composition sous Cubase Artist 14 .
Virtual Pianist : Gentle Moment ( UJAM)
Analog Lab : Arcane Whispers - Strings ensemble ( Arturia)
Virtual Pianist : Dew Tricking From à Lotus ( Modif)

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#63

Hi Pascal,

in my opinion (imo), it’s an evolution. It’s less ambient, more structured, with a leitmotiv melody evolving. The leitmotiv melody is part of your style, your brand.
Here someone said Yaeh when it ended and not because it ended. This someone is like a parrot repeating melodies it likes.

Maybe I would try Bus peak if you have it to make it just a little bit louder (mastering final db preset).

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#64

Hello and thank you, Françoise,
for listening and for your insight into this piece.

To tell the truth, I only deserve credit for having found a Plungin and a sound that, as you so aptly defined, suits me.

This virtual piano is truly magical, but it will ultimately only be the foundation in times when inspiration is sorely lacking.

I don’t want to cheat on form and content; it must be the spark that propels me through a field of ideas.

So, right now, between my technical work to play real melodies at my fingertips and improve the structure of my compositions (thank you for your feedback), and mastering Cubase Artist.

I think today, thanks to the musicians I meet, albeit virtually, a musical vision is much more enlightened, much more perceptible, and with these words, thank you for your friendship.

I still need a little time, but the future will be even better.

See you soon Françoise, take care of yourself and those who love you.

Bien à vous .

#65

De façon générale, l’optimisme est une denrée rare de nos jours.
Optimism is a rarity nowadays. L’effet thérapeutique de la musique.

On virtual piano, I once played drums when a drummer was missing in a music course. I still have a snare but I often use Addictive Drums with beats I modify. We’re often more musical conductors (chef d’orchestre) than performers (exécutants).

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#66

Hello everyone,

I haven’t been very active on the forum lately, mainly because I’m currently on hiatus from composing.

I’ll have to work extra hard to catch up with Françoise, who’s been sharing her musical world with us.

Well, I’m having trouble with my main computer running Windows 10 after an update crashed my 2TB hard drive.

I’m trying my best to use it for storage. Anyway, Windows 11 works on an incompatible machine, but I have quite a few things to reinstall.

On top of that, they just found a tumor on my right kidney, so it’s being removed in June. I’m staying positive, I have no choice.

I took advantage of a discount on Cubase 14 Pro, waiting for the release of version 15 and enjoying the grace period.

I’m now in the big leagues (but will the merit of better compositions be there? We’ll talk about that after my surgery).

My wife is giving me Samuel Adler’s “Study of Orchestration” for Christmas, translated into French—over 1000 pages of something to keep me up all night.

In case I’m not feeling my best, I wish you all a happy holiday season in advance. Musical regards.

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#67

I hope some music making can comfort you thru your adversity.

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#68

Terrible news, Pascal!

Je vous souhaite le succès dans l’intervention et un prompt rétablissement.

Ok, I get it! I’ll shut up. :stuck_out_tongue:
No really, I hoped to foster more musical publications.

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#69

I wish you good luck with your health @PascalH_HSMR_CIWA .

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#70

I’ll echo everyone elses’s comments and wish you a SPEEDY & FULL recovery @PascalH_HSMR_CIWA I hope all goes well for you! :+1::sunglasses::+1:

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#71

Thank you all for your kindness and encouragement.
It will be on December 4th because the protocol for my ankylosing spondylitis requires eight weeks before the procedure due to a weakened immune system.
Currently, I can’t take anti-inflammatories, but I’m being well cared for by my doctor and the surgeon, so I have good confidence.
For now, the waiting is the hardest part, but I’ll get through it.
Until then, I will take advantage of Cubase 15 for serious learning and, of course, my friendship is with you.
Have a good weekend everyone.

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#72

@francoise It’s always a pleasure to listen to your posts, and believe me, it motivates me to do the same to overcome my songwriting difficulties.
it’s a valuable challenge.
Thank you.

C’est toujours un plaisir d’écouter vos partages et croyez-moi cela va me motiver à en faire de même pour sortir de ma situation en mal de composition c’est un précieux challenge.
Merci à vous.

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#73

I was afraid you may not see the self-derision in my comment despite the emoji.
J’aime bien faire de l’auto-dérision. Je ne travaille pas assez mes idées; c’est une attitude un peu jazz.
I have too much drums in my musical post; probably my Bavarian ompah side. :beers:

Je devine que je mets trop de batterie pour votre goût (c’est partagé par d’autres, je crois). C’est mon côté musique bavaroise. Le mari d’une de mes étudiantes, qui joué du Moog Modular dans les années 90 l’avait souligné. J’essaie de corriger.

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#74

Hello @francoise , I didn’t say anything like that. You are kind enough to share what I hardly dare to do at the moment.
These are your compositions, and my listening is in total respect of your interpretation, the value of your experience, and your musical universe, even if my mind is not looking in the same direction, our paths cross at a moment.

Here is another profile I forgot on SoundCloud.

Streamez de la musique PSKL35 | Écoutez des chansons, des albums, des playlists gratuitement sur SoundCloud

Have a good weekend.
Best regards.

Bonjour Françoise, je n’ai rien dis de tel .
Vous avez la sympathie de partager ce que je n’ose plus vraiment faire en ce moment.
Ce sont vos compositions et mon écoute est en total respect de votre interpretation, de la valeur de votre expérience, de votre univers musical même si mon esprit ne regarde pas dans la même direction nos chemins se croisent à un moment.
Voici un autre profil que j’ai oublié chez soundcloud.
Bon WK à vous.
Amitié .

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#75

No, I’m always asking myself: should I publish this or that so I simply imagining what some users may think. It’s a presumption.

J’essaie d’imaginer ce que les usagers de ce foum en général (je souligne) pourraient penser. Je suis parfois très surprise de ce qui peut avoir un peu de succès.

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#76

There are nice tools in Cubase particularly the Chord Pad allowing you to explore quite fancy chords and chord progressions. In Artist and Pro you have a note generator, unavailable in Elements. But I have one in the Amplebass “rifter”.

Cubase 15 also has the Omnivocals beta. But it’s probably a tool you may not use.

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#77

Bonsoir @francoise ,
As for the chord pad, I had it in Artist before switching to Pro.
But I’m old school; I prefer to work on harmony, consult books, chord dictionaries, and get a feel for the alchemy of sounds.
The problem, my main problem, is finding the framework for a musical story to tell. Since I’m more into instrumental music, developing lyrics for vocals isn’t my forte.
A style like Gainsbourg’s “L’Homme à la tête de choux” or “L’Histoire de Mélody Nelson,” of course, or progressive rock like Ange, certainly, but my weakness lies in improvisation, and my compositions remain shaky.
Too often, I lose myself in the narrative. It’s like with my poems: the source of inspiration never comes at the right time, it’s too fleeting for me to extract the essence, and it becomes unstable, inaudible, or messy.
Just like at school, my mind soars and crashes when I wake up at the last bell.
This is my musical karma and my vision.
Friendship.

Pour ce qui est du pad d’accord je l’avais sous Artist avant de passer à Pro. Mais je suis de le vielle école ou je souhaite plus travailler l’harmonie, consulté les ouvrages, dictionnaires d’accords, me faire une idée de l’alchimie des sons. Le problème, mon problème c’est surtout de trouver la trame d’une histoire musicale à raconter. Comme je suis plus dans un esprit instrumental développer un texte sur musique chanté n’est pas mon registre.
Un style comme Gainsbourg dans l’homme à la tête de choux ou ’ L’histoire de Mélody Nelson’ bien sûr ou du progressif Rock comme Ange certainement mais mon défaut se situe dans l’improvisation et mes compositions restent bancales, trop souvent je me pert dans la trame de mon récit. C’est comme pour mes poèmes la source d’inspiration ne vient jamais au bon moment, est trop éphémère pour que j’en retire l’essentiel et cela devient instable, inaudible ou brouillon. Comme ce fut à l’école mon esprit s’envole et s’écrase au réveil à la dernière sonnerie.
C’est mon Karma musical et ma vision.
Amitié.

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#78

Of course exploring harmony without “synthetic help” is much better. You can invent your own harmonic tones by moving around on the keyboard trying different notes.
As for improvisation, I know classically trained musician who can’t do it. The best thing is to do simple phrases with few notes that you repeat and permute.
Of course I know Gainsbourg but not Ange.

When it’s messy, let it rest for a day or two.

“my mind soars and crashes when I wake up at the last bell”
The trip is the point without using drugs.

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#79

Hello @francoise

“Ange,” like “Mona Lisa,” belongs to the progressive rock movement, as do many Anglo-Saxon groups. I listened less to “Triangle,” Atoll, Gong, Tai Phuong, and Pulsar, knowing them by name except for Atoll and Tai Phuong, of which I owned an album.

I turned to Genesis, Peter Gabriel, The Alan Parsons Project, Jethro Tull, Kansas, King Crimson, Asia, Barclay James Harvest, Electric Light Orchestra, Pink Floyd, Steve Hillage, Mike Oldfield, Yes, mainly, and of course, the unclassifiable Frank Zappa.

But also the Heavy Metal era, and not French singer-songwriters with lyrics like Bernard Lavilliers, François Baranger, Jean Guidoni, Serge Gainsbourg, Alain Bashung, and many others.
Have a good week, and stay warm if snow and cold arrive where you are; here it’s raining.

Ange:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZWPOW57NEmIA4-BAlCPU8A
" au Delà du Délire " 1974
https://youtu.be/vIM3bQatX0g?si=YRsf68hZWmbzRTQZ
"Emile Jacotey " 1975
https://youtu.be/7O-NNpABDqc?si=WBcduqWS0qynqXd2

Mona lisa :
" Le petit violon de Monsieur Gregoire" 1976

" avant qu’il ne soit trop tard" 1977

But also, I really like this album:
Marillion
"Misplaced Childhood " 1985

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#80

Ange is typical rock progressif. I know Marillion by name. I missed the prog rock era.I was mostly listening to new wave.

In Quebec, we had Maneige https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzoYiT9yn1E

À propos de neige, on nous annonçait 20 cm. ce sera finalement 5 cm. qui fondra bien vite.

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#81

Metalwise, I liked Motorhead, Ministry, Kmfdm, Lacuna coil, and Rammstein (hugely popular in Québec city).

In the 90’s, I played on stage (Ensoniq EPS, in the background) with my two sons: Renaud on bass and Guillaume on my blue Fender Mustang. They played a rap tune, which was quite unusual then. They were big fans of Sonic Youth. Guillaume died of a brain tumor while doing his PhD in computer science at l’École polytechnique de Lausanne.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDr8pVjmHJ8

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