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I need to research SOMETHING (with a technical base) and make a composition in relevance to it. [I don’t have oodles of time, so preferably it doesn’t involve learning a new program ( Read more... )
I need to research SOMETHING (with a technical base) and make a composition in relevance to it. [I don’t have oodles of time, so preferably it doesn’t involve learning a new program ( Read more... )
Mental Illness eh? Interesting. He reminds me a lot of an old friend I almost never see named Mitch. Him, and his best friend at the time, were my "gateway" into this new group of friends I made. I went to a private school and had a hard time truly connecting with my friends; we got along, laughed and had memorable times... but there wasn't this underlaying tie. I was always a bit different then them. Dave and Avery are pretty much where I settled at the end of it all... but seeing Low last night made me think of Mitch and how I'd like to jam with him this summer. His father was the guitarist in Doug and the Slugs - if you remember them.
To be clear, Mitch has not mental illness that I'm aware of.
Sorry, that has no real relevance but I had forgotten that thought until now.
Do you just peruse online magazines all day at work? You seem to know an artical for pretty much whatever I happen to bring up!!
This is the first time that my peaking of interest in a band actually coincided with me seeing them live. I didn't realise that Low had become one of my favourite bands until I posted my little synopsis on my livejournal.
FUCK YOU. The "add to dictionary" button on firefox's spell check is right next to the "insert word" so every so often I add my myspelt word - fucking me for the etertinity of this browser localised on this computer.
[thanks for the link]
Should we do a conference call this weekend? Weekends are the only time you can do them right? Weekdays are better for me, but I can pull strings as you saw last time.
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Do we need another conference call already? Maybe we should wait another week or so, to let things sink in a bit. There's been a lot of e-mail discussion. I'm not opposed to it, though. Depends on who else is available, I suppose. I could get Alex to come here for the call, if he wants to participate.
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Alex definatly (I can never spell that and can't distinguish between defiantly and definetly...which I can't spell otherwise I wouldn't have this problem) wants to be involved, though I think he expressed he might have trouble being away from whatever keeps him occupied for the full 3hour duration it would likely occupy.
But that sounds like bullshit to me :)
I don't remember where the idea for another conference call came from. I thought someone suggested it so I just decided to help out and get the waggon rolling. Guess I was wrong.
I do, however, feel that we have a lot of ideas and thoughts that are all floating about at the moment and need to be consolidated. If we did do a conference call I'd be happy to take notes (possibly during but most likely in review of the recording) and that would likely do the trick. At the present I've got a word document of questions I want to ask you all of you. Perhaps I'll organise it into a rough set of topics to discuss and pass it around for additions and that'll become our next agenda for the call.
That version of Hatchet is really good. I can't stop listening to it. The organ is fantastic, the distortion is thick and lovely and the vocals are clear and warm. I wonder if it was recorded analogue or digital...
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Whatever. I just wanted to say you still owe me some comments on those Cover Boy songs. So if you're bored....
More on the conference call later (from home, probably).
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Passenger sounded much better on my speakers. That loop of a train(?) is really cool and provides the interest even if the rest is relatively stagnet. I wish I could sing harmonies (or sing at all).
The Smiths track was the last I listened to, and I really liked it. But then again, The Smiths are so musical there's no way this couldn't succeed. Listening to this made me go back and listen to all four again.
On the second and third listens they begun to reveal much more texture depth and interest.
The song in French (sorry, can't remember) had a FANTASTIC distorted melody towards the end, and I really like when artists have a few songs in a different language. French is obviously better at expressing some things then English.
As for the Breeders song, I'm not too big on this. But then again, I'm not really a fan of The Breeders either (though they have a few songs, and I do love The Pixies). I'm not sure what it is, I guess there just wasn't that 'one element' to pull me in.
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There is no loop of a train in Passenger, but I think I know what sounds like one. There's a loop with a high pitched sound that kind of sounds like the squealing of metal trains sometimes produce. I don't remember exactly how I made that sound, but I think it was with the plugin Transverb, which I like a lot. Other than that loop, it's just a beat, a synth bassline and my voice.
That song is my favourite by the Smiths. Morrissey is simply one of the best songwriters of all time and you're right that his songs are so good they're hard to fuck up (although I've heard bad covers). The reason this is my favourite song though is the lyrics, which I like so much that they've inspired a scene for a novel I started writing and never finished.
I'm really glad you like the distorted melody at the end of Le Ciel est doux. I made that up completely. The original song just ends with the lyrics, but I when I was recording it I just felt it needed something more. It's kind of unfortunate that I wrote this great melody and stuck it in a cover, which (a) I probably won't ever release officially and (b) I'll never get credit for because most people don't know the original song and will just assume that this was part of it. I really should upload the original so people can compare.
I guess the Breeders cover only works if you know and like the original. I chose that song mostly because I start this project at the beginning of the year, so it seemed fitting to start with a song called "New Year." I do however like that album by the Breeders a lot. I would even venture to say that I like it more than most Pixies albums, with the major exception of Doolittle.
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Bruno bought a version of Pro Tools at one point, but it was causing more problems than solving and we ended up just using Ableton for everything.
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Pro Tools is amazing for multi-track recording.
For audio editing "it pisses over everything else" (one of my lecturers).
It has three problems:
1. Digidesign is a malicious monopolising monster and you have to use their hardware.
2. MIDI is awkward and shit.
3. You have to purchase additional plug-ins/virtual instruments if you want to do anything within "the box".
Did Bruno get an MBox? Or is it ProTools M-Powered?
...or did he get a more professional set up?
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You know "ask.com"?
They used to be Ask Jeeves back five years when people actually used it. The principal was you would phrase your search in the form of a question... Jeeves being your electronic butler who would answer it.
They have an ad campain around here that uses an instantly recognisable pattern of black, red and white images and text that appear to be silk screened. This is a good example of something to look at for a logo as even at a glance you know what it's advertising. Their campaign is based around "Should one company control all of the interest information?", "Is one search engine a choice?", etc.
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