"Rio Amazonas" [music & video]

[lokeyfly]

Genre

Soundtrack

Instruments

Roland, Octapad (PAD-80)
68' Fender Precision Bass
Harley Benton, Les Paul Std.
Yamaha, Silent Guitar, Nylon SLG200N
Yamaha, Classical APX-6N
Percussion: Impact, NI Battery 4
Sequencer: Devicemeister: Stepic
Synths:
Arturia, Pigments 5
Synapse Audio, Dune 3.5
Dawesome, Novum

Effects

All Presonus, except:
Plugin Alliance, Amek 9099 (Ch. Strip)
NI Guitar Rig 6 & Neural DSP Mesa Boogie MkII C+ (Guitar)
Valhalla (reverb & delays)

Special techniques

● The tucan bird calls had a lot of audio interference between people speaking, and camera shutter clicks, rendering it useless. Fortunately, with the use of Studio One 7's new auto-stem, I was able to extract the bird calls from the background noise. Although I had to hype a few key bands of frequency first by separating them, then return them back to normal.
● If you listen closely, the rhythms and instrumentation vary from 6/8, 7/4, and 9/8. This was slightly aided by the use of the new clip launcher, and Studio One's signature mapping.

Released when

Nov. 2024

Song: "Rio Amazonas" by James Conrad Tucker
Recoded with Studio One 7.

Enjoy the journey and feel free to comment.
Best & safe,
James


Disclosure: The closing mention to saving the Amazon is purely my being motivated from the devastation of this tropical and fading paradise. I make not one red penny or are affiliated with these organizations.

 

[BobF]

Cool vibe!

 

[sintil8]

You must have had a great time putting that together.

The intro Bass pulled me into the scene as the water starts to flow. For some reason I kept anticipating a distant roll of thunder from then up until the open hands and the rain.

Music is the best, regards

 

[lokeyfly]

Cool vibe!

Thank you Bob. I think the mixed time added to the vibe. I worked the odd times out before SO ver 7 was released, but some parts transitioned better using clip launch. It's really become an awesome surprise. Peace, brother.

 

[ianaeillo]

Gorgeous as always James. Excellent work here. Love the shifting time feels throughout. Wonderfully executed concepts.

 

[lokeyfly]

You must have had a great time putting that together.

The intro Bass pulled me into the scene as the water starts to flow. For some reason I kept anticipating a distant roll of thunder from then up until the open hands and the rain.

Music is the best, regards

Thanks sintil8!
Playing bass and percussion to that groove, in seven time was a LOT of fun. There's an incredible mystique to bass in just about any song. Either playing the instrument or even selecting notes, composing bass lines is a blast. : ). I forgot to mention that I used Jam Origin's MIDI Guitar plugin to produce the bass notes to double with the Fender bass (split channel).
Yeah, the open hands in the rain have a strong emotional feel. Video is a wonderful, and expressive medium.
So appreciate your thoughts.
James

 

[lokeyfly]

Gorgeous as always James. Excellent work here. Love the shifting time feels throughout. Wonderfully executed concepts.

Thank you Brother! Coming from you who are very keen on production, and feel, that means a lot! I've been itching to get some of that progressive and poly-rhythmic stuff going, and I'm just glad I could share Rio Amazonas. Funny how if things sit right in the mix from the start, there's less fighting to catch up and this was one of those songs from out of the gate. Best to you,
James

 

[nikkdust]

Song: "Rio Amazonas" by James Conrad Tucker
Recoded with Studio One 7.

Enjoy the journey and feel free to comment.
Best & safe,
James


Disclosure: The closing mention to saving the Amazon is purely my being motivated from the devastation of this tropical and fading paradise. I make not one red penny or are affiliated with these organizations.

Huga, missed this track.

Really, cool ambient vibe. Loved the "congas?drums".

This song made me think of Enigma, if you've heard them.

Guitar sound is great too. Well, the bass too.

Well, Enigma were great, so is this atmospheric track.



/Nikk

 

[lokeyfly]

Huga, missed this track.

Really, cool ambient vibe. Loved the "congas?drums".

"Thank you" Nikk for listening, and for the your thoughts.

Drums: The beginning starts with conga's, & bongos. At around 1:12 there's some subtle support from different Hat's.
At 1:50, a drumkit with kick, rim, and various cymbals are added. The phrasing is a bit all over the place due to the polyrythms. It's like skiing moguls. Think, and I'll wipe out. ; )

This song made me think of Enigma, if you've heard them.

Guitar sound is great too. Well, the bass too.

Well, Enigma were great, so is this atmospheric track.

/Nikk

Yes, I believe I've heard of Enigma. Some many years back, I had this collection CD of some new age stuff. They had like two songs on there, and the compilation overall was pretty nice. I like ambient, but in a way that offers something progressive as well to hopefully keep the vibe interesting.

Thank you brother,
All the best, and safe.
James

 

[ianaeillo]

Threw this on this morning while setting up a client's session in the big studio room and it sounds *so good*. Do you have it on your bandcamp page? Wanted to listen to it in full res.

 

[lokeyfly]

Threw this on this morning while setting up a client's session in the big studio room and it sounds *so good*. Do you have it on your bandcamp page? Wanted to listen to it in full res.

Hi Ian, I don't have it on there yet, but I'll get the Bandcamp collection up to speed. Just for the audio quality! I'm currently putting the finishing touches on a new song and video called "Reach Far".

Rio Amazonez will also find it's way to a new album along with a few other songs on my YT channel. That will go out to CD Baby, or I'll look into a new distributor. Thanks for the Bandcamp reminder!

Currently, I'm having so much fun following new songs up with video, that I'm looking into purchasing DaVinci Resolve as my main video editor. The editing speed will be so much faster. (Yay!)

Thank you for the compliment on Rio Amazonas, my friend. Let's keep making the future and music, brighter.