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hb3
Advanced Member Username: hb3
Post Number: 389 Registered: 2-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 8:49 pm: | |
Box.net works! I'm recording some solo piccolo stuff...here's a quirky little number called "Slap".... http://www.box.net/shared/v1o242aiv8 We'll be premiering about a half hour of new tracks featuring the piccolo bass next Friday on a live365 station, www.radioenigma.com (Message edited by hb3 on July 01, 2009) |
davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck
Post Number: 8300 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 9:34 pm: | |
Wow! That was really nice! |
olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver
Post Number: 2573 Registered: 2-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 10:26 pm: | |
Very cool Hugh! OO |
artswork99
Senior Member Username: artswork99
Post Number: 706 Registered: 7-2007
| Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 5:22 am: | |
Sweet sounds Hugh! Art |
georgie_boy
Senior Member Username: georgie_boy
Post Number: 830 Registered: 8-2005
| Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 8:06 am: | |
Great stuff!!! What bass/equipment was used on that??? George (Message edited by georgie_boy on July 02, 2009) |
serialnumber12
Senior Member Username: serialnumber12
Post Number: 482 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 8:26 am: | |
sounds like Vic!!!..............tricky chops! |
olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver
Post Number: 2576 Registered: 2-2006
| Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 8:34 am: | |
Listened again this morning, very nice bass work. OO |
sonicus
Intermediate Member Username: sonicus
Post Number: 157 Registered: 5-2009
| Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 8:58 am: | |
Nice Track ! |
hb3
Advanced Member Username: hb3
Post Number: 390 Registered: 2-2005
| Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 9:38 am: | |
It's just the piccolo and reverb...oh, and a little flange/phase on some of it... So far I've got about 30-40 minutes of this stuff...some longer pieces. It's definitely weird how, listening to it, it seems to turn into these other instruments...lute, mandolin, sitar... |
hb3
Advanced Member Username: hb3
Post Number: 391 Registered: 2-2005
| Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 10:25 am: | |
Here's another one, you can see what I'm talking about.... "The Umbrellas" http://www.box.net/shared/m95roxjgog |
davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck
Post Number: 8310 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 10:39 am: | |
I really like this one too! Beautiful music, great tone, great playing! One thing I'm noticing about these box.net streaming tunes, they seem to automatically loop and replay. |
hb3
Advanced Member Username: hb3
Post Number: 392 Registered: 2-2005
| Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 10:40 am: | |
I just noticed that too. |
hb3
Advanced Member Username: hb3
Post Number: 393 Registered: 2-2005
| Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 10:53 am: | |
So here's the sort of stuff that bedevils me about this...listening to this in the studio for two weeks now, you start to hear all these far-out characteristics...for instance, at the beginning of that track, listening to that guitar line, you start hearing this single note held over it, like a flute. Call me crazy! I actually loaded up my mellotron and found the note and played it, and it sounded exactly like what I was "hearing." I'd actually appreciate confirmation on this as proof that I'm not insane. Something about the way the harmonics/frequencies are resonating or something? |
sonicus
Intermediate Member Username: sonicus
Post Number: 158 Registered: 5-2009
| Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 10:55 am: | |
I really like 'Umbrellas" as well ! What is the string gauge and tuning ? This tune really triggers positive mind space for me . SWELL ! |
davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck
Post Number: 8311 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 11:09 am: | |
I noticed that "extra" part too, and at first I thought it was a keyboard background. It may have something to do with how your reverb is set up. Personally, I think it adds to the overall quality of the sound. |
hb3
Advanced Member Username: hb3
Post Number: 394 Registered: 2-2005
| Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 11:39 am: | |
Wolf (Wolfy?), it's a slightly wacky tuning, but not that weird. And the typical piccolo strings. It's a very snappy sound, and, for whatever reason, very expressive. Dave....oh yeah, I like it too. It's just freaky. It takes on this huge, gothic quality at times. Imagine listening to this for two weeks straight. I'm pretty tripped out! (Message edited by hb3 on July 02, 2009) |
hb3
Advanced Member Username: hb3
Post Number: 395 Registered: 2-2005
| Posted on Friday, July 03, 2009 - 6:58 pm: | |
'Tis done. Actually, listening via the box player, it seems it plays through the tracks I've got loaded up there, which is currently four...so if you load the player via any of the two links above, it'll play through everything. Thanks for the words of encouragement, they helped me finish. |
hb3
Advanced Member Username: hb3
Post Number: 398 Registered: 2-2005
| Posted on Sunday, July 05, 2009 - 3:28 pm: | |
Ok, here's the whole blessed thing, should anyone be interested. I have to say, "Slap" turned out to be the best thing in here. The total throwaway, not even a song, etc. Funny how these things work. I'd probably rank the top three as "Slap," "The Umbrellas," and "Haunted Houses." "The Kermess" has a very folk-dancey, even medieval feel, named after the painting by Breughel (and poem by William Carlos Williams). "Positive Venus" is a combination of two earlier pieces, "Positive Violence" and "Venus," thus making "Positive Venus." "Ariel" is an attempt to do a pretty piece that doesn't turn ominous, like "Haunted Houses." Also shorter. "Haunted Houses" is better, though. "June Gloom" is sort of Indian-inspired, with a sitar type sound, and structurally, it's the same riff repeated at various rhythms. Check out the ending and tell me you'd think that's a bass. http://www.box.net/shared/q7g7o51l0y
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to_81_0190
Intermediate Member Username: to_81_0190
Post Number: 118 Registered: 5-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 2:03 am: | |
Beautiful tunes! Thank you for the shareing. |
hb3
Senior Member Username: hb3
Post Number: 404 Registered: 2-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 9:52 am: | |
Grazie. I changed the title of "June Gloom" to "Darjeeling Express." Why? Because it references both train sounds and Indian music. Not a movie I'm particularly interested in -- I think I saw about five seconds of it -- but I'd have to guess people who like that movie could also appreciate this music. |