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Justin
08-22-2006, 12:23 PM
Here you go.. did the drums using MIDI and BFD :)

http://blorp.com/music/Alone/060821-booga.mp3

anybody want to lay some vocals on top of that?

-Justin

alex zonder
08-22-2006, 04:45 PM
Great atmosphere and subtle suspense, Justin. Very nice. The vocals I'd love to hear on this one are those of Will Oldham (Palace Music / Bonnie Prince Billy). Give him a call and if he says yes he'll get REAPER for free! :)
Do you know Bedhead, nowadays The New Year? Strong minimalism, I think you might like it. See a video of them playing 'Disease' at their site: http://www.thenewyear.net/diseasemov.html

manning1
08-23-2006, 05:14 AM
yep.....ATMOSPHERE...EVOCATIVE...
v nice.
i was thinking of a picture of twlight or dawn just as the sun is rising...
and one is driving a porsche along one of those windy roads full of esses...you find in the states back roads......
a guy just back from a bad experience....
(wish i could afford a porsche.)
some lyrics came to mind totally off the cuff...."J"
while posting...

i'm driving in this car,
along the bayou, breathing fire..
cant get over that love affair,
shes gone , i dont care..

ive cried just too many tears,
along this road that lasts for years...
maybe one day we'll meet again,
when ive lost all this pain...

untill then i'll follow the dawn,
far better than being her pawn,...
i never could be number two,
suffering in silence,....
could you ?? (<<<screaming this line....)

etc etc...just some off the cuff lyrics...
done in 2 secs flat.
nice "J"

manning1
08-23-2006, 09:26 AM
i tried a little vocal experiment...with this just in the past hour.
if you want it J.....just shout....and i'll upload it....
and you can trash it if you dont like it.
crooner style genre....

Justin
08-23-2006, 12:15 PM
yes please upload! :)

manning1
08-23-2006, 02:45 PM
j....just gimme a day/overnight...i got some ideas....
i trashed what i had...didnt like the vocal style much.
i got a better idea...will upload tomorrow...
tell me where to upload...
lol....i'm a bit of a perfectionist...

manning1
08-23-2006, 05:51 PM
J......ok i did a quickie this evening....
heres the link to the ogg rpp with my couple of vox tracks in plus a little guitar lick....and your original track of course.
http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=160301
feel free to trash what i did.
cos i didnt have the time i would have liked due to other commitments.//family stuff.....i overloaded the mic pre cos i was in a rush..sorry.
but maybe it will give you some ideas.

Justin
08-23-2006, 06:31 PM
awesome! I'm listening to it again.. mmm we should post a mixed down version too ;)

Justin
08-23-2006, 06:41 PM
here's my little mixdown of it:

http://www.blorp.com/music/Songs/060823-booga-manning1vox.mp3

I EQ'd the vox with reafir, and shortened the whole thing, other than that, not much else.. :)

fluffy
08-23-2006, 06:41 PM
Damned fine, manning!

You've been watching Vincent Price too much! :D

manning1
08-23-2006, 07:27 PM
thnks "J" and fluffy...
but you chaps are being way way too kind.
i KNOW when i screwed up.
i'm pretty tuff on myself...lol.
i can do a way way better vocal than that ..its just a scratch vox.
just one quick takes.

my "thing" has always been to try and see what i can do useing my voice to create different vocal styles...
ie..metal vox on one song, country on another, crooner mor on another, "evil".. lol on another.
etc etc...i didnt come close to what i believe this song needs.

i thought of useing reafir..but had no time to do eq analysis...etc.
so i slapped a bit of JS quickly in one second..in a vain attempt to cover my screw up
in overloading mic pre.
also...the vocal inflections/vocal style i wanted much better to do justice to the music.
i screwed up the scream as well....its "off".

if i get time this week...
i'll have another bash to see if i can sing it the way i hear the vox style in my mind.
and really spend several hours with it...rather than a few minutes or so. peace.

manning1
08-24-2006, 05:13 AM
"J"....
i had an idea on this song which i think might kik it up a notch.....before the last verse starts (verse three..until then i'll follow the dawn etc)...is there any way the music background could change key ??
its an old arrangement trik to keep listener interest.
ie....kik the music of the song for example up a semitone.
just an idea. then (hopefully...lol)...i'll have a bash at better vocals.
thus after verse 2...let the music go in the normal key for two bars then music changes key for two bars (up a semitone for rest of song with the third verse coming in after the two bars of key change.
prob was last night dog wants treats, cat wants strokes,
friends got pc probs, phones going etc etc...
so i have to get "quite time" to do this music justice.

ps....just an idea for ssong name...
"Love pain in the bayou"....or such like.
(its got that southern bayou feel to it.)
i also amended the lyrics i wrote further up.

Amether
08-25-2006, 03:13 AM
Hey - at the start of 060823, there's this little hiccup - I've got that before, but assumed it was something stupid I was doing, or something with the Classic Compressor. Anyone know why it's there? I've heard it in other tracks made in other software... it's a well known phenomenon?

As for the piece - not that it's mine, but my vote's against a key change - I quite like the rumbling, mumbling feel to it. This guy's heart's in pieces - I don't think he cares a lot about key changes... ;)

funkster1
08-25-2006, 05:36 AM
Nice song, cool atmosphere.
I don't think a key change is needed neither.

Manning, you can sing anything or what? :D
Maybe you'd like to try out some short, rough ideas I have on my HDD's and which are going to waste otherwise?

Hey Justin, your sound is really crystal clear, what's your signal chain?

Cheers
Raphael ;)

manning1
08-25-2006, 01:17 PM
justin....
ive redone the vocals i did on your song.
i hope you feel they work better with the music track.
will upload the ogg so as you can judge their merit later on...or trash them....lol
gotta go pick up my wifey from the train....(last 3 wks to retirement....yeah !!)
so will upload and post the link in a couple of hours.
be as critical as you wish....lol.
i'm thinking of writing a new song about dancing the ogg....
in a bog (british for ....loo....lol)
i just love that ogg word...makes me laugh.

dln
09-15-2006, 04:42 PM
I was just playing around over here, and did a quick mix.

http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=173643

Nothing serious.. just for fun. :)

manning1
09-15-2006, 04:53 PM
justin.....
forgive me but i thought i sent you the vocals redone better.
than the first version which was rough...did you get them ok ??
i've forgotten ....cos ive been so busy with my wifes retirement.

Justin
09-15-2006, 05:28 PM
justin.....
forgive me but i thought i sent you the vocals redone better.
than the first version which was rough...did you get them ok ??
i've forgotten ....cos ive been so busy with my wifes retirement.

ah yes, I got them, sorry I've been so busy :) I'll get to them soon..

-Justin

timmeh_fz3
09-15-2006, 11:31 PM
Nicely done, gentlemen.

cheers,
timmeh

manning1
09-16-2006, 04:40 AM
justin....re busy.....lol
reaper and rpr users takes priority over my stupid vocals.....lol