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mp3) Manic's
Swamp is a soundtrack I started for
a writer friend of mine who lives in Belfast, Ireland. The main
character of many of his stories, Manic, is a recluse who lives in such
a swamp, and on this occasion he's enduring a night of listening to the
sounds of a city he despises. The whole thing so far is entirely
an audio recording. No midi, editing, or even mixing was
done. It was all played on the Alesis exactly as you hear it
(through a Lexicon MX200). Hipradahay is the first tune
I ever constructed from loops. The rhythm track is entirely composed
of pieces of loops that I constructed myself using
a freeware program called Hammerhead. The sound quality of the percussion loops
is pretty bad, but it was fun and different. On top
of that, I've recorded a single track - an "acid rock" synth
solo. So the tune is nothing but a single improvised solo on top of
the rhythm track. The current version is improved slightly from
the original, with a smoother synth sound (using two MXR analog
flangers) and some reverb on the loops to finish out the tune. Fusit is another very simple improv on top of a rhythm track, though here the
Roland drums are of a higher quality. I improvised a Rhodes piano
track and a Minimoog bass track. Totally rough and unpolished at
this stage... Across the
Distance was recorded in October 2006 after being asked to record a new piece
as a "tribute" to a forum I frequent. A piano solo performed on the
Alesis QS8 synthesizer was the easiest way to do it. I just sat down
and played the one track so what you hear is unedited (and full of
mistakes) and that's the way it should be! I do wish it could have
been a real acoustic piano. When I sit down to
play the synth-piano I feel like an alien and you might hear that I'm just
getting warmed up toward the end of the piece! I am thinking about
perhaps trying to record a solo on a grand piano at work one of these
days, though that might pose challenging with my
equipment. Chicxulub - You may own one of the copies of
Late Night Report that
includes the bonus track Chicxulub, which was the first
track recorded for the next CD. It's a sort of rambling Spanish
"guitar" solo, which made me think of the location of the
Cretaceous-Tertiary asteroid impact site at Chicxulub. This track
contains a style of synthesizer playing which emulates guitar
intonation. Ah, but guitars only have 6 strings!
;)
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An artist's workroom. 2. A
photographer's establishment. 3.An establishment where an art is taught
or studied: a music
studio. 4. A room or building
where tapes and records are produced. [Italian, from Latin studium, eagerness, application. See
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UNFINISHED STUFF (none of these
tracks are in their final state yet):
