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| Empty Christmas by chpastor | 6 years ago |
 I am absolutely blown away by this one .... it should be a mainstream classic! OldLady |
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| It Came Upon A Midnight Clear/ragtime guitar by TheTiler | 6 years ago |
Nice pickin Bill OldLady |
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| My New Guitar by OldLady | 6 years ago |
| Whoa ... a comment! I haven't had time to post in over 10 months. yep, just loops from the original GB set, my very first arrangement on a souped up G4 at work no time to play, bought jampacks 3 & 4 and they are just gathering 'puter dust and my puter is gathering house dust! oldLady |
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| What Child Is This ? by Robmo | 7 years ago |
| Musta have been work network problem - gottcha! Linda |
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| Oh Come Oh Come Emmanual by Robmo | 7 years ago |
One of my fav xmas songs. Again download problems - help - I want to eyePod this song!!!! Linda |
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| What Child Is This ? by Robmo | 7 years ago |
I have a couple really nice oboe, bassoon sound fonts that would be great for this song. Contact me if you are interested. How did you get the pseudo-guitar strumming background in this song? I think we need to have a new category for holiday music. Don't know why your download doesn't complete though - time to load up the ole iPod with xmas stuff. a NEW one btw, yes, the oldlady geek has a 60 gig eyePod ! Linda |
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| Fast Sky by gost | 7 years ago |
 I really like the musicality of this piece. I just wish it didn't sound so MIDI. After importing it into GB with DentDuMidi can you change the instruments to ones that sound more real - like vaporman said? I have found dozens of sound founts - guitar, banjo, harmonica, mandolin - that I think would work quite well. Linda |
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| Briar Rose 1 of 4 by macaddict2 | 7 years ago |
Macaddict2 ---- This is wonderful. I don't have kids but I will download for my friends that do. The music in the background nicely fits what's happening in the story and YOUR VOICE is so mellow and easy to listen to. have you thought of making connections to do audiobooks? I'm also pleased to see someone resurecting the old fairy tales I used to read as a kid. You hear jokes about geeks reading the encyclopedia from cover to cover -- well, I wasn't quite that bad, I read "The Book of Knowledge" which is semi-encyclopedic with stories about how things work, countries, science facts and fairy tales. I think the publish date of the set I have is the 1950's. Good Job -- keep it up -- now to further listening and downloading ...... Linda |
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| Four-O-Clock Sax by OldLady | 7 years ago |
| Ah Ha - I didn't say on purpose. My lips have never touched a real sax. Sounds pretty good doesn't it! No, that shows you the quality of the sound fonts (.sf2) that are out there - tons of them for free. It does take a little practice to get the *sound* of the instrument just right though - the speed and attack of how you play the keys for example. You can't necessarily take a horn or guitar sound and play the keyboard the same as you would a piano or organ. You also have to pick the right range to play your "instrument" in. |
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| Left blue by Sverker | 7 years ago |
Very nice piece - the only negative is the non-drum percussion. Tone down, volume down, perhaps even remove some so your voice, guitar and piano stand out more. The beginning shaker and tamborine is ok although the intro could even be shortened a bit to tighten the whole composition. I don't think anything is out of time - just a nice old fashioned syncopation. Another one for my iPod. And I love Nina Simone! Linda ps ditto for Lagomort's comments |
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| Sunday Afternoon v3.2 by OldLady | 7 years ago |
| Version 1 had some "emotional piano" loops in it. After listening to it several dozen times (I put my songs on cd and listen repeatedly during the 30 minute drive to work) I decided I didn't like the saddeness of that sound, so I moved things areound and voila. I also decided it is easier to name versions by Vx.x than date or "remix" etc. One small part of this one is ovation guitar - no, not my real one - I found a sound font sampled from a real Ovation. The oboe is also a sound font. |
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| Lion Queen Lover by giovanni | 7 years ago |
Listening to mug radio and downloading sf2 files - heard this latest one! GREAT JOB!!!! Linda |
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| Neuron by georgeh | 8 years ago |
My biology teacher hat on - good idea, carry it further - as in propagation of impulse, sodium-potasium pump, etc. and I'll give you a 5. Re. production - up the message (vocals) decrease the organ loops and slow down just a hair so we can clearly hear all of the words. GarageBand copoositions may be an honors project in freshman bio next year! Linda |
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| Slidin Thru Georgia by slackart | 8 years ago |
Fellow looper - good job, its harder to do loops well than people think. We've used some of the same ones. The variety of lead instruments is a bit distracting and I'd like to hear a little more variation in the perussion. <stars> |
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| StringPracticeRemix by OldLady | 8 years ago |
| WoW thanks guys! I still want to find some one to play this live - anyone know a string quartet (sextet? octet?) up close and personal? Linda |
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| The Circulatory System Song by ssstebbe | 8 years ago |
| I teach non-majors biology and supervise majors and anatomy&physiology labs. This and muscle groups will go on our listening list. Linda |
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| Four More Years by LeaJones | 8 years ago |
| yea mug radio ! me too at 5:27 est on my list to download to iPod Linda |
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| Duel-N-Banjos by OldLady | 8 years ago |
| gee tag ---- i don't think i really wanted to know that! (one-handed typing cause dog requires constant petting) linda |
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| He's An Animal! by giovanni | 8 years ago |
| Good work! When are you going to change your name to Andrew Lloyd Giovanni???? Edit: oops I mean andrew Lloyd Cipola or Giovanni Weber! Just listened to your sci-fi rock opera! Wooo Hooo! Linda darn - i really didn't give you a 2.5! Let's see if this fixes it! |
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| Always The Lion by giovanni | 8 years ago |
| I love musicals too - you have a way with animal songs giovanni! Linda |
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| Cow Song by ivanjs | 8 years ago |
| John I peeked at your dotmac page. You are one ****ed talented artist! I need a ruler to draw a line - and don't even guarantee it will be straight. I just get to spend my extra time and $ on my beasts { http://homepage.mac.com/lvt/lvt/ } Linda ps that is not me riding the pony, no photos of me to be found |
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| Mr D's Got Rhythm by OldLady | 8 years ago |
| The choice of multiple themes was intentional, but the transitions from one to another were far from random choices. Find a copy of Victor Borge playing chopsticks - or at the least Liberace (available at iTunes Music Store). Mr. Devick would play this as well when he chose to entertain us. My intent was imitate this as best as I could within my initial loop-limitations of GB. I've redone the percussion in the beginning - I'm not totally happy with the end either. But the latin break in the middle is there to stay. I like it and that is all that really matters. To hear my latest mix of this song, listen to the re-remix I just posted. The percussion in the first 1.5 minutes is changed, yes, I got tired of the maracas and the triangle too. One warning, this is an experimental chop off of the latin ending. Not having any of the proper files on my iBook I simply used iTunes to cut it very roughly. |
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| String Practice by OldLady | 8 years ago |
| In its most recent incarnation as of 2 weeks ago - not posted here yet - I've altered the introductory percussion so it sounds more like a metronome (real "playing" not loops!) and changed the ending. I think you'd like the changes. The end is not a scale per se, but fits better with the rest of the piece. I took one of the cello loops and cut it up so the end is stacatto strokes on just the cello. I haven't had any free time to play with my keyboard to fix the various weaknesses in any of my songs posted here. Stinks having to work a 60+ hour a week job. I had lots more free time eons ago when I was simply a student. (And I'm still relatively poor!) I think I may get to be known as queen of the loops - haha - IMHO part of doing loopy songs WELL necessitates varing the loops, just as would be done in a piece played live. Gets boring playing the same chords or rhythms continually not just hearing them. If the listener has to ask if it is all loops, then one has succeeded in doing the job well. I still think many of us would be surprised to discover how much background music on computer, in tv and movies is loop authored - for the cost if nothing else. I doubt gamers and commercial developers really want to put out the $$ to bring in an orchestra. Do I think digital/computer music will replace you "real" musicians - hell NO. I've read that when books started to get printed the Universities thought their days would be numbered. No need for teachers to lecture live when anyone could read the information on their own from a book. At each new technological development certain groups have thought they would be replaced due to the advance. Computers were supposed to usher in the paperless age - well, more than ever is being used/wasted than ever. Enough non-music talk - I must sync my new phone (Motorola T720) to my iBook and then go home. Linda |
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| Frag Rock (Hard Guitar/Tech Rock) by ivanjs | 8 years ago |
| Not my style of music, but not bad. Good guitar work. Ending is weak - it just stops - need to work into an end so the listener is prepared for it. John - thanks for the explanation re the kind of music. Listening to it "with new ears" gives me a better acceptance of what you are trying to do. Regraded --- now an A! OK let's see if this worked! |
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| Cow Song by ivanjs | 8 years ago |
| bwahahahahaha - John I love it! That's another great thing about GB - having FUN with music, even if it's only for your own entertainment. Try doin this on a Gateway ahahahaha. Reminds me a bit of some Harry Conick Jr songs - the cd where he does Ding Dong the Witch is Dead (its on my iPod not my iBook) btw you forgot Chi-COW-go my hometown Linda |
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| String Practice by OldLady | 8 years ago |
| I did the same thing with my latest short - Fluette. I really need to redo some parts because the key attack is much different when you want it to sound like a flute compared to what is should sound like as a guitar. Listen and figure out which guitar prhrases were reprocessed flute tracks. As I have written else where, I used to be a decent guitarist, then I got a horse and THEN I trailered him home one day and bingo, left hand tried to catch the trailer falling too quickly onto the hitch ball. result? A left hand middle finger that is too short and too fat to properly play chords. even if I tried to teach myself to play lefty, I don't think that finger would pick very well either. I want to check out this learner guitar that Yamaha makes, it supposedly has digital means to detect finger placement on chords. If it works I will play again! |
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| String Practice by OldLady | 8 years ago |
| Can't think of any right at this minute - brain goes dead at work. I'll have to keep a pad by the tv and start writing them down. It's likely the loops I heard are ones that are shared with SoundTrack. All week I have been thinking about taking this song to the Music Department at my University (Wayne State in MI). Another staff person's kid also is enrolled in a music program at Hope College (MI). hmmmm, who knows what evil lerks ....... |
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| Ode to Macintosh by Prongs | 8 years ago |
| great sense of humor - send it to Steve .... better yet, send it to Bill my autistic nephew made a movie of getting his "new" graphite clamshell iBook (my old when I upped to a 14" iceBook) he used mac voices to do a countdown to the new iBook, box on table, opening box, etc. Aren't macs great!!!! They seem to have lives of their own - you CAN'T throw them out, bury them maybe ...... |
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| As It Turns Out by giovanni | 8 years ago |
| Yeah, the vocals sound a little rough hahaha. Otherwise very nice, well done guitar. | |
| electro fusion 1 by ericcart | 8 years ago |
| Beginning is way too repititive, finally get to some meat a third of the way through. Down play the percussion track a bit. | |
| If I Could Live Long Enough by TobinMueller | 8 years ago |
| Really great - some of the guitar stock loops get a bit repititive in the begining and might sound better with a mix of strumming - but - I know proper strumming via soft instruments isn't possible. I've suggested to Apple to develop GB to accept input from other digital instruments the same way as a keyboard. There are a couple of wind digitals and Yamaha has the ez learner whatever guitar that might work. |
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| Smooth Final ( for Mustang_jp ) by gsharp | 8 years ago |
| Nice job, but needs a better ending. | |
| Up to you by Sverker | 8 years ago |
| Other than agreeing with the need for a remix to fix volumes - I really like it. Drags a bit though, could you up the tempo perhaps just a tad or would that ruin your intent? perhaps a collaboration in the future? |
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| String Practice by OldLady | 8 years ago |
| I feel the same way - if it sounds good to the listener - voila' - you have succeeded. If painting an iceberg red is considered ART - then loops music is music! I think we'd all be surprised to know how much modern day stuff is really looping, especially what's in movies and on tv. i suspect somethings may develop as loops and then get played by a real orchestra/band later. I'd love to hear Cockeyed play Mr. D live! | |
| Blare by OldLady | 8 years ago |
| I have a keyboard now and those loney spots need to get covered with original phrasing. I just haven't gotten a "round tuit" yet (my Dad had a coaster labeled ROUND TUIT). Thanks for the comments Sverker. |
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| String Practice by OldLady | 8 years ago |
| Yes Cockeyed, all loops, but includes Jam Pack ones - this was BK (before keyboard). I did do a bit of transposition and layered a few loops for added interest. I have a newer version with a more metronome sound at the beginning and other percussion changes, a better ending and used a suggestion made on my Duel-N-Banjos to alternate right and left channels for a more realistic multi-instrument listen. I'd post the new one, but I don't want to lose the comments on this version. I've recogonized GB loops on several tv commercials lately. Some "musicians" criticize for loops only, but it still takes compositional talent to make loops sound like "real" music. Which is "more" raw musical talent - playing the just exact notes that someone else has written or stringing old note phrases together in a new composition? Its like taking 500 jigsaw puzzles and picking out only certain pieces and making a whole new puzzle that is pleasing to the eye. I wish I could play better (you are great), but when I sit at my G4 and keyboard I just find all of these tunes rolling around in my brain - some from loops that mesh nicely and some original stuff. Sooooo what's the verdict? |
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| Pick'n and Bang'n by ScooterNH | 8 years ago |
| A little busy, especially through the middle. Focus on only one or two instruments, tone the others down or delete. And slow it down just a bit. | |
| On the Other Side by nilniliel | 8 years ago |
| There is a sweet section in the middle - just before the nordic fiddle that has lots of merit. Focus and expand on that and you will have a nice work. | |
| Duel-N-Banjos by OldLady | 8 years ago |
| Fender - good idea, will give it a try. I also have to up the volume on the acoustic banjo a bit. | |
| PickinForLeoK by OldLady | 8 years ago |
| Not sure why, but whem I send my stuff of to itunes from my 600 G3 iBook, the percussion tacks are louder than what I actually mixed through GB. This was one of my first pieces and I have not remixed it. I'm compensating on my more recent stuff by having the percussion lower than what I really want to hear through GB. | |
| Four-O-Clock by OldLady | 8 years ago |
| I think I wrote it in the afternoon and wasn't thinking am/pm -- old fashioned chiming clocks can't differentiate between them anyhow. I am a night person (gal) and was up until 5 am writing String Practice (I started it at 11:30 pm -- stoopid thing to do), had to go to work Monday am with major eye blurrs. I've thought of sending this to a local radio station as the intro for their mello evening dj's program. |
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| String Practice by OldLady | 8 years ago |
| I have a music video composed already in my mind's eye -- like something from the old FAME tv program ..... bopping back and forth between kids in different practice rooms - at least two with violins, a cello, a couple of quartets practicing and then out in the main orchestra room - with occasional flashes to what the drummers are doing ...... It would be cool to find a high school or univeristy to perform this one! | |
| Hammond by OldLady | 8 years ago |
| I gues you can go in and edit your post/rating .... but its no big deal. Your second comment says it all. Aren't children wonderful? That's why I don't have any .... ok, so I am responsible for a few hundred of them at work, but I don't have to deal with them at home. There I just get my two fur buddies. I almost tossed this one after laying out the organ tracks - sounded to repititive (boring), added the drum tracks and voila - a keeper! |
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| KonFusion by Ryk Groff | 8 years ago |
| I figured that this morphing could be done, but haven't had time to try. You prompted me to do so. Good thing you picked the guitar you did - or maybe you found out by trial and error - big lead guitar gives a real ugly sound! You have to be careful what you chose as the original and the morph to with regard to sustain and lots of other parameters. But I can see this giving my loops a new lease on life so to speak. | |
| When Robots Dream by Xaqtly | 8 years ago |
| Do Robots Dream? According to Phillip K. Dick they do! He wrote "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" which became the movie Blade Runner starring Harrison Ford. Not bad for electronic melody - but I still like Dueling Keyboards better. And better yet DKR Xmas and Fretless Bass! |
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| Duelling Keyboards by Xaqtly | 8 years ago |
| This is one that is going to make it to my iPod for sure. Just a teensy bit more complex than Duel-N-Banjos - hahahaha. One can only do the banjo thing for two minutes before looking down the river for the Deliverance folk. Very good mixing, editing, etc -- ready for iTMS |
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| Mobile setups by rex | 8 years ago |
| Rex - how comfortable is the 25 key keyboard - I'm waffeling between the m-audio 49, radium 49 and the oxygen 25. I just need it to enter notes so all of the dials and sliders aren't needed - or are they? Aren't the iPod speakers cool!?!?! Linda (OldLady) |
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| Latin Fever by AlienX | 8 years ago |
| On the road by AlienX | 8 years ago |
| Sky Surfing by Neocyberdude | 8 years ago |
| Love the melody line and the percussion - the bass line needs some work, or maybe just tone it down a bit - except at the end (after the 4 min mark) when it comes into the forefront. I like that a lot when the keyboard becomes the background. Ends nicely. | |
| Lite Rock by iAmAzN | 8 years ago |
| Some nice combinations, but I'd like the tempo slowed down a bit - will make it much more "realistic." As an acoustic guitar picker, it would be very difficult to really play some of the riffs at this tempo. It is also a bit busy through the middle. | |
| Spunge Bob Square Pants by Infamous | 8 years ago |
| Nice piece - very etherial. But, the first time I listened to it I stopped because the beginning seemed to repititive and I got bored (sorry I'm on a 56 modem) so I didn't wait for the good stuff therough the middle. Cut out some of the repeating, make it 1/4/ to 1/3 shorter and you will have a much better composition. | |
| Labyrinth by Makimoko | 8 years ago |
| Nice soft jazzy piece, maybe iincrease the volume of the keyboard track a tiny bit, especially at the beginning. | |
| Blare by OldLady | 8 years ago |
| Yeah, I guess so - Vince Guaraldi is great. After I did the organ tracks for this one and listened to the whole piece I didn't like it and almost trashed it. Then I added the background tracks and finally the horns and viola! my second favorite piece. I have another piece called "Hammond" that I haven't posted yet. |
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| Mr D's Got Rhythm by OldLady | 8 years ago |
| Thanks Daniel - yes, all loops from the original GB, though I went out the next day and bought Jam Pack for the additional loops. Like many looped compositions the music can go on forever and it is hard finding an ending. There aren't too many ending loops. There may be something better in JP, but basically I just cut into the last loop before the latinish ending. Now that I know how to use the edit function I can probably clean it up a bit. Can't wait for my sister to hear it - she can actually play piano well enough to do it all live! My forte instrument is guitar - though it got a bit more difficult to play when I chopped off the last 1/2 inch of my middle finger left hand in a trailer accident. I haven't played my 1983 black classic Ovation for nearly 10 years - GB may give me the impetitus to take it off the wall. I also plan on getting a keyboard. |
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