13/03/2007

new sharp dub




well, i actually rechecked my e-mails and found that it's not due until thursday, so i'm hoping if there's anything you want to throw at it in terms of suggestions, you would.

there's not actually any guitar on it. did you mean the distorted stuff in each ear? or perhaps the melodica?

i really like it because everything, except the drum pattern that comes in about a third of the way through, is played live, right the way through, not sequenced or looped. yet it still sounds fairly electronic. i played the drums through a couple of times (the left and right rhythms) with the whole track, the bass is a single take right the way through, same with the thumb piano, melodica, mixing desk feedback.

actually, there is a guitar - sorry. that's the bit i used from what he sent me, so i didn't play it myself, so i forgot about that!

i've sent scot the same mp3. haven't heard back from him yet. well, i have, but he told me he'd got it and hadn't had time to listen yet, so no feedback yet. but if you'd like to make any suggestions, please do. is there enough melodically to hold attention? i like that it is relatively short. but do you like that or see any problems with it?

in regards to how the process is different when it's not telafonica specifically - i don't treat it too differently. the main difference with this is that it has a much shorter gestation period and doesn't have to mix with anything else, so the initial experiments tend to stay closer to their original form. i can imagine doing a piece like that for telafonica and putting it forward as such, but then being more particular about critiquing it, particularly in terms of how it relates to the the other stuff we need at the moment. but, as with any music i create, it pretty much reflects what has taken my fancy listening wise this week - in this case the good the bad and the queen!



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