Quote: Fireproof_BabiesThe song….. Ethereal. Another nice Fender Rhodes solo as well!
Thanks much FB.

Re: solo - I was actually thinking of cutting it because it didn’t feel 100% - but I had nothing else to put in its place, so it stayed. :)

Thanks for the kind words.

Quote: St. PaulIs this one of your best, Mikael? I think so. Great treatment of Ciggi’s pella reverbwise. The music? Very inspired, cool and confident. Overall, absobloodylutely lovely!
Thank you Per - I very much appreciate it. This went through a number of iterations last night - the last one being to cut about 50% of the stuff I had thrown in over the course of the evening. :)

Thanks for the thumbs up and the review.

Quote: SubliminalThis is a piece of beauty. Great vocals by Ciggi and wonderfully restrained backing music by you, together creating the perfect mood. Excellent!
Thank you for that. I mentioned to Per above that I cut a lot of stuff out of it. At one point I had a lot of glitchy sort of garbage drums that built up bit by bit - but then struck me that the vocals are strong enough to carry the mix pretty much by themselves.

Thanks again.

Quote: CiggiBurnsYou’ve made me feel tearful this is so very beautiful, M … it’s a real privilege to be included. Thank you. xxxx
And thank you. It’s always a pleasure for me.

This upload of yours triggered a lot in me, so it became quite a personal track for me towards the end.

I told you to not be too surprised to see another track featuring your vocals. Glad you liked. :)

Quote: Anchor Méjansbeautiful - melancholic - contemplative offering. 5 stars and a nod of satisfaction from the listener.
Thank you Anchor. I mentioned above that there was a point in the process where this track was the total opposite of what you describe - I’m glad I went with my instincts and didn’t upload that version. :)

Thanks again.

Quote: scottalthamlike a top chefs signature dish, the ingredients complement each other, the texture is heaven to the palate and the end result is close to perfection.
I like that - thank you for that description. I wish I could identify with it though - in my case it’s much more happenstance and therefore much less repeatable. :)

Thanks for the listen and for taking the time to review.

Quote: SpeckThis is music and words together, aware and sharing. A beautiful treatment of a beautiful vocal.
Thank you for that.

I kept going back and forth between stripping down the sound to just the piano and vocals; and something more messy - and was a bit worried it would end up a schizophrenic mess.

Glad you liked.

Quote: VidianSo Smooth. Like a small performance in a jazzy club, and the bass player is from the future playing on his holo-Cello
Yeah - on this one I threw out the traditional band and managed to pick up these excellent guys from just past Betelgeuse. :)

Thanks for the thumbs-up.

Quote: rocavacoI love the minimalism of the bass! (especially as I just threw the new bass line of my last remix into the trashbin…)
Thanks - I spent a good amount of time rummaging through the old sound library looking for just the right sound that would give the sub-bass feel yet not kill the overall soundscape.

Quote: SackJo22Satie-esque melancholy splendor. Deeply emotional and tender. Beautiful.
Ohhh - you just had to mention Satie, didn’t you? One of my favourites. :)

Thanks for the kind words.

Quote: airtonenice work, it reminds me of an UNKLE track, the one with thom yorke on vocal
Ahh yes. This one. Fantastic video, and excellent track. The album was a bit uneven, but that is a hell of a track.

The comparison gives my track too much credit, but thank you anyway - very much appreciated.

Quote: wellmanPretty smooth… THe rhodes in the middle gives a lot of life to the song… That was a pretty good move!
Thanks. :)

I did it partly just to fill the empty space, and partly because the lyrics shift to something more hopeful at the end.

Thanks for the thumbs up - much appreciated.

Quote: oldDogBravo, shows the art of knowing what to leave out!
Thank you for that - it means a lot, because it was a very concious effort to scale it down (at one point I had three more drum tracks and an additional arp synth thing going on).

Then again - I wouldn’t have ended up with this track if I hadn’t laid down those ideas first. Funny how that works. :)

Quote: HaveMercyAll smart things have been said already. Agree with Old Dog, using as little as possibel to say as much as possible. Lovely work.
Thank you for that - I think I mentioned a few times above that even though the initial idea came quickly, I ended up spending a good amount of time trying to get that balance right.

Thanks again - much appreciated.

Quote: admiralbob77The distant piano adds a lonely quality to CiggiBurns’ melancholy vocal. Its a piece full of space to walk in, and even as the parts begin to amble in
That’s really great to hear you say, because that’s pretty much exactly what I was shooting for. Thanks for that.

Quote: artesheOh…I love this a lot lot lot, especially when I heard the rhodes coming in the middle of the song, very soothing. Very nostalgic and wonderful.
That’s terrific to read - thanks for listening and leaving a comment.

Quote: Pitbullincredibly beautiful song colab!
Thanks for that - this continues to be one of my favourites, so it means a lot.

Ciggi’s vocals really brought this out - she’s been a great inspiration for me here at ccm.

Thanks again - much appreciated.