| Author | Message | ||
| hb3
Advanced Member Username: hb3 Post Number: 389 Registered: 2-2005 |
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 |
Wow! That was really nice! | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 2573 Registered: 2-2006 |
Very cool Hugh! OO | ||
| artswork99
Senior Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 706 Registered: 7-2007 |
Sweet sounds Hugh! Art | ||
| georgie_boy
Senior Member Username: georgie_boy Post Number: 830 Registered: 8-2005 |
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 |
sounds like Vic!!!..............tricky chops! | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 2576 Registered: 2-2006 |
Listened again this morning, very nice bass work. OO | ||
| sonicus
Intermediate Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 157 Registered: 5-2009 |
Nice Track ! | ||
| hb3
Advanced Member Username: hb3 Post Number: 390 Registered: 2-2005 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
I just noticed that too. | ||
| hb3
Advanced Member Username: hb3 Post Number: 393 Registered: 2-2005 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
'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 |
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  | ||
| to_81_0190
Intermediate Member Username: to_81_0190 Post Number: 118 Registered: 5-2006 |
Beautiful tunes! Thank you for the shareing. | ||
| hb3
Senior Member Username: hb3 Post Number: 404 Registered: 2-2005 |
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. |
