Sampan is Born Again!

Hi AFB
Sorry to hear about your Father in Law. My old Dad gives us a scare from time to time but manages to pull round back to his full health and he is 91.
Obviously no disrespect to your Good Lady and I am pleased that you face follicle challenges in the most honest way. I take it it means a no:2 razor and enough reflection to disrupt aviation?

This is Shenzhen. It is a special city for me and this has been an idea in the back of my mind for a very, very long time

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This is Shenzhen. It is a special city for me and this has been an idea in the back of my mind for a very, very long time

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Very nice Bub, I left some comments on your sound cloud acct. One thing I really like about the synthesizer is that I can hear all the notes, I have a fairly profound loss in some ranges, and the synthesizer seems to perform in my optimum range?
When the weather starts to get bad, I will get that Yammy down and try to clear out the programs that are shutting down certain ranges, I will pm you when I start. thanks bax

makes me want to go visit Shenzhen

Thanks AFB and I have seen your comments on Soundcloud and left a reply.
Guess hearing issues is a thing we have in common. I lost 70% hearing in my right ear due to an infection nearly 20 years ago. Permanent damage to the bones and nothing can improve it.
It makes recording using headphones (no choice on that score) interesting. I know the left side is OK but anything could be going on in the Right!

When you decide to have a crack at the machine, I will be delighted to see if I can be of any assistance.

Well here we are again
This is the last of current "Anthems for Eurasia" collection and of course this would not be complete without paying tribute to the men and women of the Peoples Liberation Army (it is after all why we are here).
This then is P.L.A and I hope you think I have done them justice, especially a week away from National Day.




This is likely to be it for a while now as it is approaching my busy period and all such things must be set aside.

I would also like to introduce you to some of the real stars of the show - the plug in synthesisers that I have downloaded. I have acquired quite a few, but these are my favourites and the mainstays of most of my tracks.
Just to remind you, for anyone tempted this for themselves, this has all been done on computer and my only financial outlay has been £70 ($100) for a USB music midi keyboard. The studio software (the heart and nerve centre) came bundled with the keyboard, while the plugin synths; including the ones pictured were all available online free of charge to download.

For those to whom 18 minutes seems a long time, I have posted the first movement on its own.

I have also put out the third movement "Land War in Asia" as a stand alone.
It should appeal to those that like traditional Chinese Instruments.

I thought I would finish the year with something that was special to me and so here it is
The Hong Kong Synthony - my dedication to the most glorious psychedelic city of the future.
All four parts are here

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I thought I would finish the year with something that was special to me and so here it is
The Hong Kong Synthony - my dedication to the most glorious psychedelic city of the future.
All four parts are here

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Very nice Keith, I listened to all of it while I was surfing the net, thanks for sharing your heart with your bros, very impressive, and technically challenging as well.