"Mele" from Garageband with Symphony Orchestra Jam Pack

[Atreju74]

Your music is great! I like it a lot. I am a teacher at a german high school. We started a new internet TV for our school homepage. It is called gympapTV. Would you allow us to use your music in one of our video clips?

[SunshineeSue]

Wow this is amazing

[sebastianwillows]

is this jam pack worth the money?

[Garagebandnerd97]

could you send me the garageband file?

[overlander]

lovely,

[OwensMusic1]

oh my god! this is amazing

[TheBored1234321]

Sounds Beautiful, nice job

[Hanhaaa]

"Its just crazy to me that this program comes free with a Mac." ... does it??? o.0

I don't think so ... lol :(

GREAT composition by the way!

[norwedgianawesomenes]

@Hanhaaa it does. :)

[BlackBulletIV]

@Hanhaaa Yeah it does. The jam packs don't however.

[stratoalex]

Beautiful! Are you using loops or just the virtual instruments?

[mikeytwiceify]

nice composition man!

[JoeTracyMusic]

This is SO Beautiful. I love it! Do you have sheet music available?

[berryganja]

Hi Halasima, did you km¡now like more programs with symphonic virtual instrumens

i also look for very realistic ones, i want to create something but with high quality

[dancnkc]

beautiful job....

[KristenMarieJensen]

GORGEOUS!!

[Desmus55]

I was wondering if I could use this amazing composition of yours for a project of mine I'm gonna be shooting soon?

[halasima]

@Desmus55 Yeah, I don't see a problem with it... thanks for considering it.

[the30noemie]

la meilleurs musique de piano

[the30noemie]

good! good

bravo au compositeurs!

[kingofkeyboards]

well you have sold this to me. bought a mac pro the other week and immediately starting using garageband with me being a musician and if this is a taster of what the jam pack sounds like then without a doubt I'm buying it! Superb!

[Dooblestudios]

absolutely amazing...

You should consider making film scores this is just incredible

[mrleepictures]

So Good ~!

[TGWelford]

This has blown me away :) wheres the pack at?

[acooarioom]

sdfdf

[conradrummer]

@halasima: did you compose this or did you use loops that were created for the jam pack?

[krazygyal]

garage band? for real? damn lol i never knew you could do such things with it i jus use it to record things

[malvadomonodelarmari]

Congratulations is a fantastic theme...

[jetpriest]

Finally :) I've been looking for some other people with talent aswell that compose and stuff too :) your music is really nice. Like I can feel the emotion from the melody speaking to me :) I absolutely love it

[MoreThanBaysic]

beautiful 

[CassiveBrewster]

This is epic.

[ECPproductions100]

Wow. Simply intising piano melody i thak you for posting and if i could i would most certainly purcase from itunes

[BWCMUSICDEPARTMENT]

Forget GarageBand - this composition is absolutely beautiful and if it's okay with you I'm planning on create an arrangement that can be the first ever piece played by our new school band :)

[halasima]

@BWCMUSICDEPARTMENT Of course thats ok, its flattering that somebody would even try to play it again. I'd love to hear your band play it.

[RockJohn89]

Hi- It sounds great!!! Not everyone can compose such music!

I have a question- this Jam Pack "Symphony Orchrstra"

What exactly it does? without it you'd only have a limit option for orchestra?

and it gives you an option to increase the orchestra instruments?

thanks!!!

[halasima]

@RockJohn89 Exactly, it gives some better sounding instruments to play with, and just a lot more options. I'm always looking for more realistic sounds, and for the price of this jam pack I was blown away. They aren't the best by any means, but I think they sound pretty good.

[RockJohn89]

@halasima Thank you, I need to get better at the basic garageband, and then I'm planning on this and the remix tools. good luck!! keep your music up!

[kinghellick]

@halasima You might like trying out some sf2 instruments. Not all of them work in GB, but there are a few great ones. 'Ethan's Bassoon' for example is about as realistic as you could ask for in a virtual instrument.

[nethrow4777]

@halasima If you want more realistic sounds then you want garritan sounds, it's included in finale 2011 but it costs about 600 bucks which is really a bad thing.....



[TAATheAntiArmyTAA]

This is.. well, it's beautiful. Fantastic job.

[NavajoJoeFilms]

You've inspired me!

[curtithird]

this is the BEST garageband composition I've ever heard; and i've heard coolperson's songs!

[finny1603]

Immer wieder höre ich mir dieses Stück an und bin verzaubert. Es trägt einen in eine bessere Welt.... *dream* :o)

[halasima]

@finny1603 Thank you very much

[halasima]

@finny1603 Vielen Dank

[jordanfriesen]

this is incredible!

[trainlova12]

jam packs comes free with macs???

[MusicBySav]

@trainlova12 unfortunately no, they cost $100 =[

[trainlova12]

u got the jam packs free with ur mac?

[tscassid]

Check out my page. I'll show you how to get the 5 Garageband Jam Packs and the AMG Garageband Extension pack for a total of $40. This is a $550 package for $40.

[gustarom]

awesome... =)!!

[MusOfKev]

THIS IS REALLY GOOD!!!

[darylescape]

man this is outstanding and agrree with clock780 ... simplicity is sooo hard ... any chance of mp3's of your productions?????

[smurraymusic]

That's amazing, really good!

[mariopromotion]

Very good job!

[cwolv2]

wish i coulda got this free with a mac

[LeMightyJer]

Your song is REALLY good!

I hope you'll share more of your composition with the entire world! You're talented dude! Don't waste your talent!!

[Amantekun]

Your grammar isn't much better.

[0pjsoft]

There "are" tons, that's it.

Moreover, always start paragraphs with caps.

[blarggstar]

This is really good. I am working on getting a midi keyboard so I can try something like this.

[curtithird]

I don't believe that this is all MIDI. How did you make it all sound like it's a live orchestra?  I have the Jam Pack, and can't make it sound completely realistic.

[halasima]

Promise it is. I wish I could show all the tracks. It was 4 tracks of strings along with a Timpani that really helped it sound real. I spent a lot of time messing with the reverbs and balancing everything. But its all the Symphony Orchestra Jam Pack, using a Midi setup with my 14 year old computer.

[Seasonalview]

That's exactly the setup I have but a plain macbook (not a pro). I too am using a 14 year old Yamaha keyboard with a Roland midi to USB adapter. I use the Orchestra Jam pack as well. It's a great useful purchase.

[itsanthonyhere]

@halasima Are these pre-loaded/pre-written melodies or did you write all the notes? I was trying to find a program with more instruments..

[gberthume]

@curtithird You have to mess with the effects, and if you use a velocity sensitive keyboard, that really helps to get emotion into the intsruments. You can also mess with the progressive volume for better dynamics.

[KeyboardMaestro1]

@curtithird I have the Jam Pack as well and like halasima has described you do have to put a little work into some of the instruments to get them sounding more realistic. You just have to experiment with all the options for awhile until you figure it out.

[uvasif28]

hey you think u can tell me all the equipment you used to create this, i really want to make symphonies like these!!! thnks!

[halasima]

Yeah man, no problem... its really simple. I just used my MacBook Pro, my 14 year old Yamaha MIDI computer, a MIDI to USB device, and Garageband with the Symphony Orchestra Jam Pack. Nothing else that I can think of. Hope that helps at least a little.

[halasima]

Yamaha Keyboard I mean.

[uvasif28]

thanks that did help, hope to here more from you!

[stringslayer]

Do you get more Piano sounds with this Jam pack?

[BenEzraSoundProject]

What an incredibly touching composition! I'm glad to hear that you're getting a chance to score a film - you clearly have so much talent that it deserves an outlet.

[babybayo]

great!!!!!

you are giving me the final reason to buy the S. Jam Packs.

is this all MIDI?

Thanks for posting this video.

[halasima]

Thanks man. Yeah its all MIDI, I actually have a really old school keyboard, so I had to by a USB to MIDI thingy to get it going. But I love it.

[TsD1455]

this is fucking good. and i usually dont say that, but this is completely amazing that this was done by an amateur. im just getting into this, im gonna post a video of a quick little thing i made, its really amateur though, its shit compared to this. but hey im still learning.

[finny1603]

Diese Musik ist so umwerfend schön. Sie berührt mein Herz und ich bin ganz entrückt, wenn ich der Musik lausche. Ich kann sie immer und immer wieder abspielen. Wunderschön!

[InHouseStudio]

Amazing what we can do with Garage Band. A wonderfully professional composition.

[SomeVeryRandomStuff]

Absolutely superb, i'm definitely going to get the Jam Packs now.

[StonesFilmProduction]

oh, this song is so good! everytime i hear this i think about the girl i love!!! thanks for posting!!

[halasima]

Wow, thanks man.

[flexibull]

Hi, you say it comes free with a mac? Can you explain? Thanks

[halasima]

Garageband comes free with a Mac, thats what blew me away. The Orchestra Jam Pack was $99, but worth it for me. I really love the program. It actually pushed me into Logic, where I'm getting my first chance to score a film now.

[flexibull]

oh, sorry, i thought you meant that the jam pack was free. thanks anyway.

[4instanceuk]

Does it come with loads of useful loops, I understand this vid uses midi but can you still create some really original pieces with just the loops?

[alterdkyle]

I dunno how original I would call that.

[tonythecloser]

What the Hell alterdkyle?!

[alterdkyle]

I was responding to the guy who asked if you could make some pretty original stuff using only the loops. I personally wouldn't call that very original. This song "Mele" however, is amazing I love it.

[clock780]

fantastcally brilliant the melody stays with one the simple melody line works as genius(simplicity the hardest thing to ceate0 i am back on again with symp orchestra your music indpires me to continue do you give personal info age studies etc have you heard clint eastwoods 3 4 line orchestral for one of his latest films

[halasima]

Huge fan of simplicity.... Clint Eastwood is the master of that. I think what he did for "Million Dollar Baby" was incredible. His work on "Invictus" is just as inspiring.

[h20hubby]

This is inspiring. Holy Crap. I just got the chills. This is such a moving piece.

[jocamiah]

I am a new Garageband user and have had frustrating results. Could you please tell me how you got such a warm finalized sound in your master track?

BTW this song is awe inspiring. Can't wait to hear more from you.

[halasima]

I think its all about how you just play with the sounds. I didn't do much at all, but the settings in the reverbs really helped. I'm no expert by any means, I just know its all in how you tweak it. On the export, I export to disk so that the file isn't compressed which really helps too... I don't know if that is any help.

[iscsjsms]

hey what do you mean on the export? are you saying when you posted this song you exported it from garage band to a CD, and then uploaded it ?

[bakerism420]

wow. I use garageband a lot, this is fantastic!! props!

[Eatmyarseandballs]

I heard lots of bad reviews about this jam pack and wasn't sure if I should actually get it after all...

... So I'd like to thank you for changing my mind, and hopefully I should be getting my copy tomorrow! :) Yayness

[zetafillsky]

Simply gorgeous. :) Thank you for also selling me that particular Jam pack with such a beautiful example of how it sounds. Can't wait to try it myself.

[ninjamanmusic]

very nice

[noboddymusic]

Holy Jesus.. this is .. nice? no... ähh thats fantastic!

[Yager007]

Is there a version for Windows? Or is this a version for both? Hope you can answer me :) I really want to buy and do this too!

[CharlesThe32nd]

No, garageband is a product made by apple which makes garageband. Its a mac os x product only but there are others similar such as fruity loops.

[Yager007]

thanks :) i bought reason 4 a week ago :) but such a nice sound i could not make until now :( But i will now upload my "Melisandes Death", which i made for my music teacher :P

[JonnhyBassss]

2 words: five stars

[MJMPproductions]

really good job i would live to hear a longer version though. great work

[musicchik]

NICE job on this!

[Geodextro]

That is absolutely fantastic!!! I love this, (I wish i were as good as you)... but just in listening, i would play around with the harp part at the beggining and the end cause it seems to conflict with the piano a bit, just a thought, i couldn't do half this good though lol

[cutai20001]

this is awesome!!! I kept listening to it over and over.....is there anyway I can get a copy of it to play around with?

[yellowduckee]

This is an absolutely gorgeous piece, you can reallly feel the emotion poured into it :o) Well done! Good Job :o)

[banditozzyto]

good song

[weaponEX]

Very good, for a 15 year old!!

[gregster249]

what? lol

[s8thMPkar98]

wow sounds great! i have one question tho. for the strings, do u still get that delayed attack?

[halasima]

Yeah... it takes a bit to get used too. I used the different varieties of the strings it gives you further down the list to control it a bit, and also had to figure out how to time it all out. Which really sounds harder than it was.

[fpeynet]

Lovely music ! Mele has a great father !

[andydodd89]

love it.

[SartasticFancastic]

I've been debating buying this for a while now, but I'm pretty sure I'll pick it up now. I do music for student films and so far I've been getting by on regular ol' Garageband, but this definitely seems worth the price. Might I ask what the choir was from?

[halasima]

The Choir is just the "Mixed Choir" off the first regular old Jam Pack.

[Chippychops7]

nice, really like the bit where like the drums and choir come in

would you recommend this jam pack, orchestra one

cuz i wanna make like, epic songs for my action movies, and have a mac and garageband, and i got some birthday and christmas money left over, os thought i shuld get it

[halasima]

I really liked it for the price. Great realistic sound. I've used better before at work, but you really pay for it. This is really impressive though from Apple, the only downside is the lack of good solo instruments. The choir is the only sound that isn't in this Jam Pack (I was in a weird Danny Elfman mood I guess). I know its how you play, that makes it sound real... but this Jam Pack makes it way easier than most other virtual instruments. I recommend it, if anything for the price.

[Chippychops7]

awesome ty

[coltsandersman]

that was insanely good

[DuduKorg]

Cool, really cool... but try to use more harmonies, other tones, modulations, different melodies and themes...

by the way, great composition! 5 stars.

[halasima]

Thanks, that'd be fun to try

[dreuxschwartz]

sounds calming! did you also added choir in here? did you use the jam pack voices too?

by the way, this might sound better in D major. but very nice composition though. 5 stars!

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[halasima]

Ha thanks... I wish I knew what D-Major was. I know where D is though. I really have to learn notes, so I can atleast write what I play.

[GRonnoc]

In D Major, F's and C's are both sharp. Move everything in your song a half step up to hear what it'd sound like in D Major.

[mastaofpuppetz69]

beautiful

[DesoloZ]

Awesome!