Metamatic

To all who may be interested,
At long last I have a pre-master version of a new track on Soundclick, so here's some details to whet your appetite.

'Lost Children of Electroland' uses only very cheap instruments normally associated with children, plus vocals (all laced liberally with effects of course). It's a simple little ditty and listening on headphones is probably best unless you have great computer monitors (which I don't by the way!).

In order of appearance, instruments used are:
two kids toy Xylophones (metal and plastic pull-along type with wheels), two old wooden school Tambourines (missing their skins), Electronic Percussion (from the tacky built-in rhythm machine of a tiny child's PortaSound), plastic toy Clarina (from Poland), Descant Recorder (standard school type but nice wood, not plastic), plus a Stylophone (yes, the very thing once made famous by the great Rolf Harris!).

Here's the usual linkage to the track which is at the top of my music page:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_music.cfm?bandID=662928

There's a new abstract image to go with it, which I've created from my own photography. You can see a larger version in the slide-show on my member profile page, so here's a direct link to that if you're too lazy to navigate on Soundclick (scroll down to catch the rolling images, or press 'play again' once finished):
http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=Sonic%20Dreamer

Thanks for reading and feel free to expose yourself by saying a few words about my latest offering, if you want to that is.

I hope you enjoy this in one way or another, as it's had a rather overdrawn conception, to say the least !!!.
Garden

Thanks for posting this link.

It was a real pleasure to be reminded of your stuff, becasue I remember listening months ago and being really impressed.

I love the experimental nature of the music, especially the creative use of many, varied and unusual instruments. It has a very spiritual quality to it that appeals to me as well, without being too 'eastern' or 'worldy' - if that makes any sense.

So be encouraged - it's lovely to listen to. Relaxing, inspiring and inventive at the same time.

Thanks for sharing

Mx

Hi Birdsong ,
Many thanks indeed for your very positive comments. It's so nice to get some feedback and know that some folk are enjoying the fruits of my labours. Good also to hear that you're connecting with the natural spiritual aspect of it all and what you say certainly makes sense to me. My head is mostly in the clouds but my feet are on terra firma, where they belong!

I was very pleased recently to find out that this track has now made it to No.1 in Soundclick's sub-genre chart for Electronic > Indietronic. So, even though it isn't the "be all and end all" of musical ambition, it was enough for me to celebrate by consuming a bottle of English ale by the name of Fuller's ESB (champion ale 5.9%).

Thanks to anyone who might have played this recently through Soundclick and given it a little boost and thanks once more for your encouragement.
Garden