Keeping Time

Mark_Kostora wrote on 8/21/2026, 3:49 AM
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Tags: Chill out, Music Maker artist, Dance, Rock, Techno, Other, Ambient, Easy listening

Greetings Magix community,

A year ago I had been on vacation in England and had visited the Greenwich observatory near London as one of my stops in my travels. There were many historical timepieces and instruments for navigation on display. Many of the instruments were clocks for keeping accurate time.

This piece 'Keeping Time' is about keeping time. How could a music piece make a theme of keeping time? I decided to do a mixture of EDM, rock, Eurodance, and techno and I found the sound that seems to work out very well in representing keeping time. Of course in music we keep time in many ways but I found that a combination of beats of the chosen music genres worked together well for my expression of keeping time.

I used primarily Magix loops and I added a few sounds of my own. I recorded the radio signals of WWV live in my own studio, and I came up with a sound that resembles of sound of the 'big ben' clock in London using my a mix of sound made with my Moog and Roland synths and a vst version of the EMT plate reverb. I certainly kept my drummers busy in this music piece keeping time in many ways ;)

I hope you enjoy 'Keeping Time' as much as I enjoyed creating and performing it.

My Best,

Mark ;)

Comments

Hans-Siba wrote on 8/21/2026, 5:12 AM

HALLO MARK EINE EXZELLENTE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC SUPER

franco-galateo wrote on 8/21/2026, 8:31 AM

good track.. well done

Franco

Vio-Project wrote on 8/21/2026, 10:24 AM

Hi Mark! This piece of yours, exploring the theme of time and rhythm, is really impressively produced! The sheer variety of genres you’ve blended here is absolutely brilliant! The sound and arrangement are top-notch, too. To put it simply: your work is timeless! πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ•πŸ•˜πŸ•’πŸ•žπŸ•¦πŸ•“πŸ‘ŒπŸ‘ŒπŸ‘ŒπŸ‘ŒπŸ‘ŒπŸ‘‘πŸ‘‘πŸ‘‘πŸ‘‘πŸ‘‘πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―

Stay healthyβ€”see you soon. Best regards, Sylvio. 😎

Semelles-de-Vent wrote on 8/21/2026, 4:20 PM

superbe hommage musical au mΓ©ridien de Greenwich!!!

DAW-DJ wrote on 8/22/2026, 8:38 AM

... !!!

Philip-J wrote on 8/23/2026, 9:11 AM

Track Review: "Keeping Time"

Keeping Time is a wonderfully inventive and happy fusion of diverse styles that pushes creative boundaries from the very start. The audio samples are not only well chosen but expertly positioned throughout the arrangement, creating an effect that is both startling and refreshingly experimental.

One of the standout moments is the clever attempt to simulate the iconic chimes of Big Ben. While it requires the creator's explanation to fully catch it on the first listen, it adds a delightful layer of detail once you know it's there. Beneath the playful chaos, the underlying constraints of the Magix software do a brilliant job of keeping the timing just tight enough to prevent total anarchy while letting the creativity flow.

Beyond the soundscapes, the piece serves as a charming and entertaining nod to a bygone era of timepiecesβ€”those intricate, beautifully crafted mechanical clocks that existed long before the cold precision of quartz and atomic clocks.

It's a creative, thought-provoking journey through sound and time. Well played!

Jinty wrote on 8/23/2026, 9:34 PM

Hello Mark,

Thank you for this Great Track, You've done a Excellent job at creating it, I've enjoyed the listen!!!!!!!!!!!!

All the best,

Jinty....

Heikki-HJM wrote on 8/24/2026, 1:17 AM

Excellent production from Mark, excellent construction job, enjoyed listening it πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ‘πŸ‘

Mark_Kostora wrote on 8/26/2026, 2:04 AM

Track Review: "Keeping Time"

Keeping Time is a wonderfully inventive and happy fusion of diverse styles that pushes creative boundaries from the very start. The audio samples are not only well chosen but expertly positioned throughout the arrangement, creating an effect that is both startling and refreshingly experimental.

One of the standout moments is the clever attempt to simulate the iconic chimes of Big Ben. While it requires the creator's explanation to fully catch it on the first listen, it adds a delightful layer of detail once you know it's there. Beneath the playful chaos, the underlying constraints of the Magix software do a brilliant job of keeping the timing just tight enough to prevent total anarchy while letting the creativity flow.

Beyond the soundscapes, the piece serves as a charming and entertaining nod to a bygone era of timepiecesβ€”those intricate, beautifully crafted mechanical clocks that existed long before the cold precision of quartz and atomic clocks.

It's a creative, thought-provoking journey W through sound and time. Well played!

Hello Phillip,

This is quite a review and thank you. I really did enjoy my visit the the Greenwich observatory that has much history in the development of time pieces for navigation and time keeping. It was a year ago that I heard 'Big Ben' while I was in London. I hope I got the melody right as much was going on at the time when I heard the big clock chime. I think there are at least a few chime melodies used by the big public clocks and the grandfather clocks. I have been around long enough to remember the mechanical clocks at home, such as the windable alarm clock with the two bells on the top. My family even had a cuckoo clock. I may remember an uncle of mine when we visited him telling me that the ticks of his mechanical alarm clock kept his dog company when he was away.

I remember that after awhile I stopped noticing the ticking sound but when the clock stopped and needed rewinding I would certainly get the sense that something was missing. I have a maritime clock in my music studio that helps me keep a useful schedule.

Thanks again for you comment and my best wishes,

Mark ;)

corb wrote on 8/29/2026, 12:31 PM

Intresting ideas nice melodic thread in there with with different drum patterns.