Shimmer

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This is but a test run of the minimal set-up I currently have which is B5 size notebook,a mini-midi keyboard that I bought for £20 from a book shop and a bunch of plugins.The main one is '1984' - that Van Halen Jump type sound.Couldn't help putting in a bit of walking on sunshine by rockers revenge though.I created the art in a pixel designer called tile studio.

The next mission is get the best vocal sound I can out of a cheap web mic.

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Song Stats

Hits: 3284
Comments: 41
Fans: 25
Plays: 150
Downloads: 35
Votes: 0
Uploaded: Jan 20, 2014 - 10:34:03 PM
Last Updated: Jan 20, 2014 - 10:44:45 PM Last Played: Apr 08, 2019 - 12:23:06 PM

Song License

Creative Commons License:
PublicDomain

Song Actions

Keywords:

rg paddler (70), rgpaddler (45), shimmer (7), synth-pop (2), bubblegum (3), 1984 (7)

Hardware:

acer aspire one,midi keyboard

Software:

muzys,audacity,ts studio

Comments

MikeyB	MikeyB said 1952 days ago (January 21st, 2014)
	Smooooth Crackin open a beer with the feet up and I stumble on this. Made a nice little atmosphere for me. Very smooth!! Check out my latest song called Stone Houses

paddler	paddler said 1951 days ago (January 22nd, 2014)
	thank you mikeyB mmmm beer! glad i was able to enhance your atmosphere and cause it to shimmer a little (-: Check out my latest song called Wild Volcano

DWL	DWL said 1952 days ago (January 21st, 2014)
	Funky town! Great work Rich, well funked out innit? Who needs Pro Tools and a super powerful Mac Pro? Cheers Dick Check out my latest song called I'm Right, You're Wrong (with Hickling-Stan)

paddler	paddler said 1951 days ago (January 22nd, 2014)
	thanks Dick well - me! the only disadvantage of the mini keys keyboard is that it isn't touch sensitive and the keys are too small.I got round this by quantising everything and there is a 'random velocity' function in the software i'm using - so you select all the notes and hit 'random velocity' - its like the marvel judge dredd of music editing Check out my latest song called Wild Volcano

alackbass	alackbass said 1952 days ago (January 21st, 2014)
	Shimmer Rich returns and he brought the funk! It's going to be a great day! Welcome back my friend. Excellent track. Check out my latest song called Mean Miss Teacher

paddler	paddler said 1951 days ago (January 22nd, 2014)
	thank you bassman there are several bandwagons that i keep falling off and getting back on again.i never know if i'm supposed to be on them or off them.lets hope every is a great day! Check out my latest song called Wild Volcano

davajonah	davajonah said 1952 days ago (January 21st, 2014)
	Funky! After a few 'Forbiddens' and annoyingly being told I need Flash Player to play the file, I finally got to listen. Glad I persevered too, nice funky sound. Might be a minimal set up, but there's a nice full sound. Like it. Check out my latest song called Lost and Found

paddler	paddler said 1951 days ago (January 22nd, 2014)
	thank you dj flash player? you mean to play the track? aah is that because you are on a mobile? thank you for listening Check out my latest song called Wild Volcano

TommyBlueBoy	TommyBlueBoy said 1952 days ago (January 21st, 2014)
	Shimmer I love the sound of this piece. Great work. Check out my latest song called Falling Down Again

paddler	paddler said 1951 days ago (January 22nd, 2014)
	thank you tommy I don't think i've met you before - heading over to your page to have a nose around. Check out my latest song called Wild Volcano

Cori Ander

Cori Ander said 1952 days ago (January 21st, 2014)

Wow
I dont know of anyone else who could make so much happy dancing out of so little resources! Usually no fan of synth music but this stuff is GREAT, or ... in other words ... I love it!

Also great just to see you around!!! I took a glance at your MJ posting rate for later years. It is not unlike mine. We could form a group ' Seldom Seen Macjammers'. When your name flashes in the mail it is a so called must hear.

Peace and love bro

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paddler	paddler said 1951 days ago (January 22nd, 2014)
	hahaha thank you johannes Nej Men! Annars?! catchy name for a band.i have slowed down alot it is true - this year i am going to record lots of music.even if i end up in jail (-: Check out my latest song called Wild Volcano

Skean	Skean said 1952 days ago (January 21st, 2014)
	Sweet Nice setup, have to love the sounds you get from it, you clever you…I couldn't stop watching yer art as I move my body to yer great funk, cheers. Check out my latest song called The Land Of Mystery

paddler	paddler said 1951 days ago (January 22nd, 2014)
	haha thank you skean it is a random coincidence that the changing of the colour of the keys on the .gif synchronises with the bpm - it hypnotised me for a second too.glad you enjoyed the arrangement Check out my latest song called Wild Volcano

davisamerica	davisamerica said 1952 days ago (January 21st, 2014)
	You Could make great music from two sticks and a rock .... Nice one! Check out my latest song called ok char2(Vic and Flatrock mix)

paddler	paddler said 1951 days ago (January 22nd, 2014)
	thank you jack sex,drugs and rock n' stick.i like it! neolithic boogie cave Check out my latest song called Wild Volcano

magnatone	magnatone said 1952 days ago (January 21st, 2014)
	Shimmer oh what a TREAT!! Check out my latest song called Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) and Variations

paddler	paddler said 1951 days ago (January 22nd, 2014)
	thank you karen hope i got your name right - my memory is shot to pieces - i know - i pulled the trigger.glad you enjoyed,thank you for coming to see me Check out my latest song called Wild Volcano

lengold	lengold said 1951 days ago (January 22nd, 2014)
	Sounds great. Cheers Len Check out my latest song called Decent Girl

paddler	paddler said 1951 days ago (January 22nd, 2014)
	old friend.. friend of old.. good to see you.the river runs against me (its pissing down again) but i have an inkling this year may turn out good.cheers len Check out my latest song called Wild Volcano

rok41	rok41 said 1951 days ago (January 22nd, 2014)
	Shimmer Dude, you could make stellar music out of an ashtray! You're still one of my favorite musicians in the world. This sounds as good as anything I've heard in awhile, production is great. BAD ASS! Let's work together soon. Check out my latest song called Kilimanjaro - 2017

paddler	paddler said 1946 days ago (January 27th, 2014)
	thank you thats lucky as one thing i do have is an ashtray - I'll sample it when I get this mic workin.yeah i'd like to contribute more,just on a broadband dongle - its ok if I put about 30 smackers on it else it eats all the data with an upload/download.also makes it a bit of a one shot deal.I'll try though,chris! Check out my latest song called Wild Volcano

Sigmund	Sigmund said 1950 days ago (January 22nd, 2014)
	Shimmer Pretty cool stuff, man! Grooving beat, and some awesome playing. Really enjoyed, my friend! Sig Check out my latest song called Running with the Wind by Peter B, feat rok41

paddler	paddler said 1946 days ago (January 27th, 2014)
	thank you hopefully just going thru the motions . thanks for taking the time Check out my latest song called Wild Volcano

FEEL	FEEL said 1950 days ago (January 23rd, 2014)
	Awesome What talent... I've got this Korg Poly-800 over in the corner collecting dust. Check out my latest song called A Second Life with Scott Carmicheal

paddler	paddler said 1946 days ago (January 27th, 2014)
	thank you i used to have a korg in the 80's.don't know what kind but it was a korg.I'm afraid i'm one of those that plays the piano and has experts coming up and discussing the piano i'm playing but I don't know anything about who made em i just play em.although i can recognise a rhodes and a hammond Check out my latest song called Wild Volcano

FEEL	FEEL said 1945 days ago (January 28th, 2014)
	I figured As limited as this Korg I have is, you could still make it sound good. Check out my latest song called A Second Life with Scott Carmicheal

MikeRobinson

MikeRobinson said 1949 days ago (January 23rd, 2014)

Ooh, waitaminit! Let me log on!
... so I can “fave” this! Let’s hear it for “80’s music,” when none of us had any decent electronics to work with at the time (but, none of us knew that at the time ...). But we did stuff like this, and, looky, here it is again!

My toes will probably be tapping for the entire rest of the evening. :-D

(If I say that I love the graphic, does this imply that I actually remember disco?)

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paddler

paddler said 1946 days ago (January 27th, 2014)

thank you for logging in
in the 90's frank zappa did a song with vocals going 'oh no - its the eighties again' lol.it still amazes me how many different versions of the TV show AIRWOLF -(o\/o)- there are.Was listening to one version while climbing a hill today.just wasnt the right one though.I hope its not offensive to say thank you disco-boy mike!

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Skunkwrx

Skunkwrx said 1949 days ago (January 24th, 2014)

I logged in to
answer to some people who left nice comments for me, and yet here I am groovin' on your page instead! Great elec piano runs (and I'm REALLY digging that steel-drum sounding thing at the mid-3 minute mark), but the standout section for me is that bend back down at 2:50. Still got goosebumps from that! Sort of a Super Mario ending, too. Excellent

S2

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paddler

paddler said 1946 days ago (January 27th, 2014)

thank you for the detail
funnily enough i've been playing the original 'final fantasy' on a nes emulator and I've been working on a game meself for about the last 6 years.I worked on it for so long infact that the code i wrote it in - as3/flash is now pretty much on the burner in favour of html5.i'm still determined to finish it though - if not only to write some chunky 8-bit melodies for it.the good news is it may still be able to run on mobiles just using old technology,so i'm already retro without even trying.got it running on an iphone,then spent the last 3 years trying to minimalise the memory usage so the graphics and sprites ran around smooth.just as i got limitless number of characters jumping around a huge map - the world decided flash is crap.that doesnt stop me though haha.

i think the change you refer to is a key change - i first heard it in the airwolf ( thats twice i've mentioned airwolf in these comments lol) - where you take everything from the minor up a third to a major e.g Em to G - then at a point you build up to - wack it back down to the Em.Alot of thrash bands slayer type used that alot - sort of emphasises the harder key over the jolly key if you know what I mean so youve got the up then the back to riff

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gingerwig	gingerwig said 1948 days ago (January 25th, 2014)
	Shimmer WOW... this tracks got some FUNK! Nice work... Check out my latest song called This Ain't Football

paddler	paddler said 1946 days ago (January 27th, 2014)
	thank you ginger-wig.ginger is a big healing property in my life - i bought ginger biscuits this morning,a can of ginger ale,and used some raw ginger shredded into a curry this evening.I love ginger! Check out my latest song called Wild Volcano

crissew

crissew said 1947 days ago (January 26th, 2014)

Love how you jam your ass off at like the 1:15 mark or so
Great groove and vibe. I would definitely do more work on this, it has huge potiential.

Perhaps comes off a tad repetitive in other places but you are putting vocals in here, correct? Even with vocals, i would find a way to put a little more variation in there, too much of the same rhythm and melody. Changing it up would make the beat really pop when you came back to it

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paddler

paddler said 1946 days ago (January 27th, 2014)

thank you crissew
i agree - when i listen back to it,I hear a sort of herbie hancock construction that ends just as it should get started,but if you know what I mean I don't have those balls to carry on just yet.I do repeat things initially until i can hear where it may or may not go.In this case I was lazy and just took it up a third without changing much.its those outside influences sometimes that shut the gate on you - you know what I mean,the having to do something else that society generally says you must do instead of composing.I take my hat off to you though for giving some good constructive mj style crit - which the foundations of mj were originally built on - and because of your advice have a reason to try and develop it into something further (:

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PeterB7858	PeterB7858 said 1946 days ago (January 26th, 2014)
	Shimmer I really like it when you cut loose and that phasey jam rocks the sound stage. 80's funk personified. Sounds great. That ending is cool. Thanks, Rich. Regards, Peter. Check out my latest song called The Parting Of The Ways

sschedra	sschedra said 1946 days ago (January 27th, 2014)
	Rich The sound here is very upfront and full. So, I don't think the minimal setup is limiting you, at least not from what I hear. I love your leads on this number. Good job. Check out my latest song called Cheap Tricks (LSP2)

bud	bud said 1946 days ago (January 27th, 2014)
	I like this keeping the tech simple but with real talent at your fingertips. Nice one. Check out my latest song called mixer 2

gadzooks	gadzooks said 1946 days ago (January 27th, 2014)
	Shimmer Very cool ... jazzfunky ... you've done a great job with such a minimal set up.... love the jumpy popping sound of it all. A key change or bridge would top this off. Check out my latest song called Emoji

IbotenicParadigm	IbotenicParadigm said 1945 days ago (January 27th, 2014)
	Bubbly! Retro stuff with a jazz twist. Best use of the 'drum roll' button I've ever heard. Which reminds me, why did the cymbals in those old drum machines always sound so much cooler than the snare? Much enjoyed! Check out my latest song called Pre-Drome (YRP)

paul f. page

paul f. page said 1943 days ago (January 29th, 2014)

Stero ears...
What a cool track. The bounce around in my headphones is terrific and really makes me sit up and listen. This sounds like an expertly planned and played jam session: great percussion/bass backing, some hot guitar licks and lead lines, and, now and again, very complex rhythm poking out of the background. Ah, I love the change in tonality at 2:05. Just what the track needed to keep it interesting. Good timing...and a great rhythm track.

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Name: RG Paddler
Location: Avalon UK

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Electropop (also called Technopop) is a subgenre of synth pop music which flourished during the early 1980s, although the first recordings were made in the late 1970s. Numerous bands have carried on the electropop tradition into the 1990s and 2000s.

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