Sirocco - rottencat and Paulieworld

Paulieworld

Sirocco - a hot dusty wind blowing from the North African Sahara, across the Mediterranean into Southern Europe. The original track by @rottencat captured that perfectly, and he graciously gifted it to me to add an accompaniment. Ravenscroft, Pure Piano, Sunrizer, PPG Infinite, and Animoog.

rottencat

Well, I think it’s lovely, especially @Paulieworld’s part.

Paulieworld

@rottencat said:
Well, I think it’s lovely, especially @Paulieworld’s part.

Thank you, David. Something happened on SoundCloud. If I was the programmer, I’d have been fired. Glad this showed up. Have a great night!

LinearLineman

Good work, guys. I liked the repeated notes. A flute on top wouldn’t hurt, IMO, but it’s fine without.

Paulieworld

@LinearLineman said:
Good work, guys. I liked the repeated notes. A flute on top wouldn’t hurt, IMO, but it’s fine without.

Jubal Flute might sound nice. I was telling David that couldn’t recreate my original idea, so I was trying some new things. I happened to listen to Metamorphosis by Philip Glass and thought that style might work as an overdub. I’m liking it. I might call it Big Fat Ambient Minimalism. I posted a thing called Borderlands that uses that approach. Lots of repeating themes with assorted stuff on top. It’s fun and quite easy to do.

I’m taking tomorrow off and we are going to the Frank Lloyd Wright Home And Studio in Oak Park. I’m a big fan. We go every few years to see the latest renovations. Maybe Taliesen in July or August. What’s for dinner tonight?

LinearLineman

Left over Beef Bourguignon (second time I’ve made it. The first was magic, but this time I used an Merlot instead of a Cabernet. That made a difference, unfortunately, I think) and shrimp cocktail, my friend. Drop by at 6!

Paulieworld

@LinearLineman said:
Left over Beef Bourguignon (second time I’ve made it. The first was magic, but this time I used an Merlot instead of a Cabernet. That made a difference, unfortunately, I think) and shrimp cocktail, my friend. Drop by at 6!

Everything is a little better the second time around. Korean Beef for us, tonight. I would have Scotty beam us over, but we have an early date with FLW tomorrow.

McD

I listened to this one in the car while driving to breakfast with the missus. When I play music it’s only a SoundCloud work I want her to weight in. So, I told her upfront that this was NOT one of my creations but someone else from the forum.

She was quiet until the end and I asked “What do you think?”

She said “It’s kind of unsettling”.

I said “I think that was the intent. Like film music for an intense sequence of mysterious silent events”.

She replied “Well, if that’s the case he nailed it. Good job. It made me uneasy waiting for something to happen.”

After that SoundCloud picked one of my projects she has never heard and this time she started commenting on what she liked and what she didn’t and before it ended we arrived at the restaurant.
But I appreciated the critique without any clue who created the music.

I think this one is a really powerful collaboration. I’d like to re-visit the original if @rottencat or @Paulieworld can throw out a link.

MrStochastic

@McD said:

I think this one is a really powerful collaboration. I’d like to re-visit the original if @rottencat or @Paulieworld can throw out a link.

Definitely. keep it going!

Paulieworld

@MrStochastic said:

@McD said:

I think this one is a really powerful collaboration. I’d like to re-visit the original if @rottencat or @Paulieworld can throw out a link.

Definitely. keep it going!

Here is the original track.

Paulieworld

@McD said:
I listened to this one in the car while driving to breakfast with the missus. When I play music it’s only a SoundCloud work I want her to weight in. So, I told her upfront that this was NOT one of my creations but someone else from the forum.

She was quiet until the end and I asked “What do you think?”

She said “It’s kind of unsettling”.

I said “I think that was the intent. Like film music for an intense sequence of mysterious silent events”.

She replied “Well, if that’s the case he nailed it. Good job. It made me uneasy waiting for something to happen.”

After that SoundCloud picked one of my projects she has never heard and this time she started commenting on what she liked and what she didn’t and before it ended we arrived at the restaurant.
But I appreciated the critique without any clue who created the music.

I think this one is a really powerful collaboration. I’d like to re-visit the original if @rottencat or @Paulieworld can throw out a link.

Thank you both for listening. I posted the original track for you.

rottencat

@McD (and others!) This is the video for my part of the music with which @Paulieworld ran to glory!

McD

@rottencat said:
@McD (and others!) This is the video for my part of the music with which @Paulieworld ran to glory!

Thanks! I can definately see why @Paulieworld wanted to build on your lovely atmospheric composition. I love those synths that seem to breathe… which one did you use here? It’s that extra
portion of white noise that simulates the movement of air. It’s a very human quality we can all relate to.
And of course, in nature massive air movements can signal a variety of emotions from comfort to terror depending on the persons internal triggers of trauma and experiences just being fully aware of the world’s natural soundscapes.

Paulieworld

I definitely agree with @McD about @rottencat's atmospheric composition. When I listen to the track without it, it's rather bland. The combined tracks have a synergy. Getting quite a few plays and likes on SoundCloud. Maybe we should do another!

GeoTony

I enjoyed the original, I enjoyed the collaboration 👌
Looking forward to the next one !

Paulieworld

@GeoTony said:
I enjoyed the original, I enjoyed the collaboration 👌
Looking forward to the next one !

It’s up to over 500 listens and eight likes. It’s becoming one of our most popular tracks.