Island Hopping

kassia

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This isn't the piece I was planning on posting today, but it just wouldn't leave me alone, so...

This is just a fun little tune in celebration of Spring - woohoo! Put it on the speakers and turn them up loud!

Have fun!

ps- this is just me learning how to use garageband - playing with panning and volume control and layering. I used a few loops - mostly in the percussion, the rest I pencilled straight in to GB.

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Hits: 594
Comments: 16
Fans: 7
Plays: 81
Downloads: 34
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Uploaded: Apr 27, 2008 - 06:58:40 PM
Last Updated: Apr 27, 2008 - 06:58:40 PM Last Played: Oct 27, 2009 - 04:31:50 AM

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macbook pro

Software:

garageband

Comments

Feter	Feter said 561 days ago (April 27th, 2008)
	Island Hopping what a sweet song ..loved your arragnment .. very light theme ..by all mean a spring one !! loved it ..thnx for sharin such upliftin song ! Check out my latest song called A Night With Feter feat'(Roxylee sloparts crissew johnwhitehead and Yamin AL Yamani )

kassia	kassia said 561 days ago (April 27th, 2008)
	Thanks You were fast to get this comment in! Glad you liked it - hope it put a smile on your face. thanks for listening! Check out my latest song called World of Wonders

drakonis

drakonis said 561 days ago (April 27th, 2008)

Aha!
Now I understand where the name "Kassia" really comes from... you were hiding your obsessive affliction in your name... KaSsiA... KSA. You, and I, and Magnatone suffer from this, as do most people who start playing with GarageBand at first. Interestingly, the only way to be cured of KSA (Kitchen Sink Affliction) is to sign up with KSA (Kitchen Sinkers Anon.) Magnatone and I can take you to the next meeting, we go all the time (smirk). OK OK, I actually really like this, it is very toe-tapping infectious, and you are well on your way toward doing a nice build-up as it goes along. It is short enough that the drum-loops don't get toooo repetitive. And I love the harmonies that come in, great use of wacky instrumentation. For "just learning", you're doing wonderfully. Sounds like you have a good ear for panning instruments apart but maintaining balance (not putting all the bass instruments on one side, etc.) Thank you for sharing your early experiments... What fun! Now, where's the french horn recording? Perhaps that will be next? :-)

ttfn,
Drakonis

Check out my latest song called Temporal Tantrum (Sister Savage Mix)

kassia	kassia said 561 days ago (April 27th, 2008)
	LOL! KSA exactly! I'd love to join! Seriously, thanks for the great comment. I really was just testing myself on what I could figure out how to do in GB and started throwing all kinds of stuff in there. Glad you enjoyed - it was meant to be just a little piece of fun. Check out my latest song called World of Wonders

LunaTrick	LunaTrick said 561 days ago (April 27th, 2008)
	Playful celebration of Pan Especially like the steel drums. Sounds good loud too! Check out my latest song called Luna Gypsy Heart II (Eternal Firelight)

kassia	kassia said 561 days ago (April 27th, 2008)
	Thanks! It sounded so caribbean I just had to put some steel drums in there! lol. glad you enjoyed it. definitely play it loud! Check out my latest song called World of Wonders

magnatone	magnatone said 561 days ago (April 27th, 2008)
	Island Hopping Don't listen to Drakonis. There is no KSA, and if there was, I certainly wouldn't belong there (LOL LOL). I think this is TERRIFIC! Great fun, great listen, very imaginative, hard to sit still and listen to - sign of a great song! GB better run for it's life! Check out my latest song called Symphonic Smackdown

kassia

kassia said 561 days ago (April 27th, 2008)

I do believe
denial is the first stage. Ha! I won't tell anyone you've been going to the meetings. I believe it was you who told me that beginners always throw the whole thing in. Well - here's my beginning contribution! Glad you liked it - it was really fun to do. I was dancing all over the house as I listened over and over trying to fit all the pieces together.

Check out my latest song called World of Wonders

	said 560 days ago (April 28th, 2008)
	Happy! Such a happy tune. Nice trip and great feelings. YES, true spring feel. I like this piece a lot! Thanks for sharing... Excellent stuff and continue please! Take Care - Yeman A. Al-Rawi

kassia	kassia said 560 days ago (April 28th, 2008)
	Thanks! Thanks Yeman! I'm glad it made you happy - that was the whole point of the song! Thanks for stopping by and listening. Check out my latest song called World of Wonders

caroline	caroline said 560 days ago (April 28th, 2008)
	i love this pink and fluffy piece - and you do technicals too - bravo!!! and thank you for the fun x Check out my latest song called clink that link mjrf

davisamerica	davisamerica said 556 days ago (May 2nd, 2008)
	right then wow ...sweet u r Check out my latest song called No Son(egobandit band)

Roxylee	Roxylee said 552 days ago (May 6th, 2008)
	Impressive and you're just learning garageband?? This is very happy and peppy, a perfect Spring tune. :-) Check out my latest song called Sweet Grace

Alannah	Alannah said 548 days ago (May 10th, 2008)
	I couldn't .... .. help thinking about the movie "Weekend at Bernies" ... such caribbean fun sounds .... made me wanna hop up and join a conga line ... and well maybe some nice little tropical drinkies with those colourful little umbrellas in them too .... Check out my latest song called I'm Drownin' - Smokey VW (feat Alannah) + Outtaorbit

Char	Char said 193 days ago (April 30th, 2009)
	Hah! A nice jaunt, as if you were channeling Jamaicans chilling on a sandy beach because that is the reason for living. Thanks. Check out my latest song called Do Any Thing

Schello	Schello said 160 days ago (June 2nd, 2009)
	original molto diverso dal tuo modo di fare musica...apprezzo Check out my latest song called Snozz'en (Cronik Mix)

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