I love it, and you really used your effects to your advantage. Can you sing it too?

I do love the idea, let me tell you. A song generated by your listeners. Brilliant.

My buddy I just gave Across the universe another 19 bumps...cheers!

So how's "Life" coming along? : )

Hey, why don't you update the next version of Life as a Life2, so we will be able to appreciate the differences better, and see which version gets more bumps?

I'm really impressed with how you seem to be managing the input from everyone while at the same time keeping the music your own. I can't wait to hear the revised version.

wonderful music

Your welcome.

;)

Its a really good song.

The experiment?

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Thanks and enjoy the extra bumps, especially if you dance...

can you add popups that define when the changes occur?
(I'm not certain what the restriction is for artist edits)

nice way to notify using the ticker!

hey, you know "zoundsPadang"?

INPUTS
Mathman & Lanky:
Soft Gong every Start Phase of Life, Lanky point it out about the speed of life, so the tempo will change faster each phase also. now with the soft gong I was thinking also to change the frequency, so as it goes older in life, the pitch of the gong will also subtly rising.

Anya & Sogeshirt:
Cresendos and more up and downs, This is easy to put in!

SAP:
Another Piano Lick, I was thinking a new melody will present a new individual (as a life partner would bring you to a whole new perspective of life). So I’m gonna put it in from the SETTLED DOWN phase til finished, but probably as it moves to ELDER the melody must kinda joined more to one melody instead of two, but still will have 2 of the each element in it.

Verbim & Alex:
Ambient Noise (Every Day Life): As I look back in my UNI days, I started to feel a lot more awareness to my surroundings and also very aware not to disturb other people around me. Sometimes I get really annoyed when I say high school students acting like they own the public transport and most other public places, but then again as I reflect back to my High School days, I would probably do the same thing.

So as a conclusion I must become more aware of my surroundings, so to put in the ambient noise here I think is reasonably perfect.

Timyjl: Timpani Rolls! hahaha this will definitely comes every before graduations
The onus: Strings, will also comes before graduations

Catly: Birds I would guess fits The Elder days more, as you get awe by nature. (however I’m kinda doubt that I have the appropriate nice Birds Flying by sounds, But I’ll try my best Cat)

Mike: He will provide me a soaring guitar melody, a short one. so this one probably have to wait til the next revision (this also goes same for Mixtapes&Meldown;’s Vocals)

Norieth:
Delays for an Echo effects, I will put this in WORK stage as everything seems to roll w/o end and the same routine works comes again and again like an Echo!

2 Note Synth, I will put this everywhere more from the young age less of the older ones, to symbolize parents.

Dwyndal & Atomica & Theonus:
Ripple Fx: This is the flow of life, the heart pulse and the sunrise every morning! I will bass as it is one of the most basic but essential sound. and tremolo it to get the Ripple FX

coolios that’s it for now
did left anyone out?

ok the emotions are settled, now the technical stuff!

my post work might not be as accurate hahaha since I haven't found any job that suits me!

Now of course this will differ on every individual, since it is virtually impossible to relate to everyone, I’m using my own life experience (not that accurate tho…some details left out some added)

BORN&INFANT;: this phase is very quick none of us actually remember any emotion we feel, however we are imparted by stories that our parents tell us about it! So the Emotion here should be happy nostalgic moment!

SCHOOL: this is our 1st ever (usually) memorable moments of life. Where we 1st have our 1st friendships and stuff! This should be where the 1st significant change happens. From only interacting with our families we now have friends.

HIGHSCHOOL: this is usually the 1st time we have to prove who we are, to friends, families and teachers. We rebel, fight, have the most fun times of life, we cry, we stressed over exams and this is the 1st time we have to choose who or what we wanna be!

This is when we usually faced our 1st fear and our 1st significant problem!

HIGHSCHOOL GRADUATION: a very nostalgic moment, a milestone where we feel as if the world is ending. All the friendship and parties and sleeping over night will never be the same again. We look back and made promise to each other that we will always be friends and will re-unite every year!

UNI: Now everybody is for themselves, no more ditching class together. We are no longer living with our parents, and the reunion never happens. Everybody is studying at different UNI, different town, or even different Countries.

We drive ourselves to achieve the best, in the hope of a bright future. We feel lonely even though we are living in very crowded shared apartments. Long lonely nights of assignments and exams are all for the hope of a bright future. All the parties only gave an instant short period of ecstasy. Everybody is for themselves.

GRADUATION: Suddenly we realize time goes so fast, it felt like not so long ago we made a pack with our friends to stay together, not so long ago we attend our first orientation, not so long ago we are always lost finding the new classrooms. Split second of flashback all hit our eyes, all the work and the emotional roller coaster that we endure, is it all finally finish? no more long nights of assignments and exam preparations? Is this our time to shine, and all the hard works done?

WORK: We look for jobs, but is seems impossible to find the jobs that we want. We finally compromise and just take any job that pays and at least related somehow with what we study. We find out that all the study that we do seems to do nothing for our career, how come everybody else seems to know everything, as we are lost in boring routines. We start to compare what our friend have achieved and their jobs with our jobs, and we felt incompetent. Insecure and self-doubt fill our heads most of the time.

SETTLED DOWN: We find someone that we can finally share our life with. Someone to share the burden. Suddenly you feel you can take any challenge in the world. Life start to go easy on you.

MATURED LIFE: You life your live as a winner! Tackle problem daily like you are born for it

ELDER: without even knowing life passes by, you grow old and reflect back on what your life has been. Time suddenly seems to slow down, every nostalgic moment hits you by in a slow motion wave of joy.

Good luck :)

Alriiighhhtt, after a lot of scribbling, here’s what I propose

The Main input was the concept laid-out by most of you but mostly contributed by the 1st bumper [Lankysob]

so the concept of it is "Life" and phases of Life.

So generally this is what one might go through in life.

BORN->INFANT->SCHOOL->HIGHSCHOOL->GRADUATE->UNI->GRADUATE-> FIRST JOBS/WORK SEARCH->SETTLED DOWN (find life partner and stuff)->MATURED IN LIFE (conquered few challenges of life)->and as time goes so fast w/o realizing we reach ->ELDER TIMES

Love your music. :)

as the song hits its "one day" time I think it is time to close the input forum session! and start doing the 1st revision!

I'm gonna summarize everything up to this comment of mine, and posted back here again! probably in a couple of minutes!

as I also work as a casual in my local supermarket store (yupe I'm your local sales assistance @ coles supermarket [the wal-mart of australia]) and my business plan goin on, its probably gonna take 3-days til a week til I get the 1st revision done, and then the input session open and starts again!

wish me luck!

Very moving, beautiful piano but could use some great dynamic builds and soaring melodies like what Mike said.
Count me in, I think this is great!!

286 bumps already and it posted! Edwin you have energized the community!

coollies definatlly low bass line, hmmm maybe I can also combine the riple effect dwyndal and atomica requested with the low bass line.

I'll try to tremolo'd the low bass line to create a riple effect. ou I'll add up a bit of strings here and there!

thx for the input!

excellent idea with the experiment project!

after giving 'life' a few listens i can't say it really needs any changes (and the bumps can attest to this i think) because it's quite lovely as it is, however what i might suggest is adding another element or elements to come and go - either a low bass line to help fill out the sound a bit, or some strings or horn highlights... the field recordings idea mentioned earlier is interesting, but not really necessary imo.

it might also be interesting as a continuation of the experiment to open the song up for 61 musicians to remix the track...

Sweet i'm looking forward to your project and to follow. I think it's a great idea to see how an artist can produce his or her music from a outside "ear".

Good luck Edwin

I cannot find the Experiment Project 001....