[Italo] A Moment in Time

[Oliwerko]

This is the second italo track after "One More Time" done in the style of Michiel van der Kuy's vocal production from the 80s/90s.

This time also more experimentation with the bass, and with the drumkit as well. Especially the drumkit is quite elaborate and took a lot of time to make.

Once more I got a bit closer to the style I am after, and that was the goal after all.

I don't have full lyrics written yet for this piece, but I already have something to start from, so I hope for a vocoder and/or vocal version as well.

February 02, 2011

http://oliwerko.ic.cz/A%20Moment%20in%20Time%20(Instrumental%20Version).mp3

[Saga Musix]

Hmm, somehow I have the feeling that the drums are too background-ish sometimes, and I think there could be a more suitable snare sample for this style as well. But it's a nice song nevertheless!

[Oliwerko]

Thanks for feedback!

Actually, the drums have to be quite backgroundish because there's a whole lot of them. But I didn't feel that they were too weak in the final mix. In the original 80s recordings, especially the sidesticks were very very quiet, and running through a heavy reverb. These are things you can't really "hear", but if they weren't there, it would feel empty.

And the snare, well; it's a matter of taste of course. I wanted to use something different than the standard Linndrum snare, and this was the first one I ran into which I thought fitted well, it's Linn 9000 IIRC. There were some much wilder snare sounds in the italo tracks sometimes, this one's pretty standard...

[Zaphoid]

I thought this was a stellar track for the style.  I enjoyed it.  I agree the drums are fine for this sorta style.  Melodic and Catchy! good work.