there's a pre-drum temp mix uploading to the sketchpad. i think i'm done for the day.
i've
got the core of it running through a room reverb that's made it sound
good overall but the acoustic guitar is a little tinny at points. i'm
going to have to find a way to thicken it up.
besides that, this is pretty much it, minus the drums. it's already a significant change from the initial 2002 mix...
Sunday, October 26, 2014
yeah.
the guitar part in this track is very percussive, in order to
compensate for the lack of drums. it's also super busy. what that means
is i'm going to have to go to town with this, and drum out the parts
that the guitar implies. it should actually sound pretty wacked when it
gets put together...
the thing with me and drumming is that if i had found one years ago...
i'd need somebody very good, and what i do is very weird, and i lived in a very artistically dead place most of my life. i should probably start looking more seriously in detroit. my chances are way higher.
but, because i've been in need of a talented drummer so long and been unable to find one, i've come up with various approaches. one of the things i can do is play each drum separately. it's slow, but the reality is that you want each part mic'ed separately for mixing. i can build up complex - and often unusual - parts that way. that's going to be what i'm doing with this, because all the fills are already written in the syncopation.
this could be a few days.
the other thing is that i can't loop this because the parts aren't in any kind of time. i tend to prefer not to anyways - if i'm going to use loops i'd rather use machines for them - but it's not an option, here.
the thing with me and drumming is that if i had found one years ago...
i'd need somebody very good, and what i do is very weird, and i lived in a very artistically dead place most of my life. i should probably start looking more seriously in detroit. my chances are way higher.
but, because i've been in need of a talented drummer so long and been unable to find one, i've come up with various approaches. one of the things i can do is play each drum separately. it's slow, but the reality is that you want each part mic'ed separately for mixing. i can build up complex - and often unusual - parts that way. that's going to be what i'm doing with this, because all the fills are already written in the syncopation.
this could be a few days.
the other thing is that i can't loop this because the parts aren't in any kind of time. i tend to prefer not to anyways - if i'm going to use loops i'd rather use machines for them - but it's not an option, here.
shit,
that cage performance is an extended five minute piece. i think i'm
looking at ten-fifteen minutes, tops. i'm sure it'll be interesting, but
i wish it were a ten minute walk rather than a three-four hour process
to get back and forth under the tunnel. i can't help but feel my time is
better spent at home.
worse, it's that time of year where 5-6 degrees over night seems like trudging through a -20 blizzard. another week or two and you're used to it, but it's *right* at that icky point.
so, i guess i'm staying in.
i just assumed it was a concert-length piece.
it's more of a lecture, and a short "performance".
worse, it's that time of year where 5-6 degrees over night seems like trudging through a -20 blizzard. another week or two and you're used to it, but it's *right* at that icky point.
so, i guess i'm staying in.
i just assumed it was a concert-length piece.
it's more of a lecture, and a short "performance".
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