I said it in the last jam, and I'll say it again, I'm getting strong Emerson Lake and Palmer vibes and I absolutely love it. Your chord choices sound like you're channeling Emerson's hands. The harmonic choices don't sound weird to me, but maybe because I'm a big ELP fan?
Love the keyboard work, I don't mind the lack of quantization/perfection. It sounds like it's alive. I really really like the synth sounds, but, I am not a big fan of anything going on with the percussion. The kick especially isn't working for me at all. Maybe studying how Palmer's percussion compliments Emerson's keyboards would be a good starting point for rhythmic inspiration? Mix is lacking on the low end, I don't hear much bass.
The mellow section around 4:30 is a great textural change and I'd like to hear a big progressive changeup in the middle of the song too.
Overall, I'm extremely envious of your piano skills, this was really impressive to listen to. I love the style you bring to these jams and am looking forward to your next work!!
I am kind of dragging myself to percuss to get slowly better (think i muttered about it in the descrip)
The results of that are ho hum for me and probably stay that way until it gradually fades :)
like "The Adventures of Runch Bleak" (CCXXXV) is a techno test run and it's less than optimal
https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/the-adventures-of-runch-bleak
and yet Xuberance 5 is okay (CCXXVIII)
https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/xuberance-5
I -have- done it right it's just kind of hiding in the catalog from the commentors who have only seen the since Jul '24 things since Lone Rabbit's #7 OST
....farther back.
And so like several dozen apart of my non-Itch lineup in the general Spotify/distrokid world, i will try to grind a Techno to see if i can stand it
Or other-drum piece.
Glad you had fun.
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