Right, here's the proper reply:
Thanks for the positive comments, guys! Regarding track length: Toksik's idea sounds cool. Another way would be for me to extend the tracks you're interested in, bung the revised versions on disc and send them on to you - just tell me which tracks you want to work with and how you want them altered. Shouldn't be too much hassle, especially if the track was done in Acid, which many were. Some of them were shortened for the disc, btw, in an effort to cram on as many different tracks as possible, and I still have the lengthier originals.
Pemulis:
"Think that the tracks lend themselves more to a hip/hop, spoken word attack vocally, rather than something melodic"
and
toksik:
"i was thinking so far of rap stuff, or possibly spooky readings of obscure texts"
(To both) I agree. I reckon occassional blobs of non-verbal vocals could work on some of the tracks, and maybe some whispery spoken stuff (toksik's obscure texts?) on the quieter ones.
toksik:
"am i right in assuming that the tracks are for playing live?
i got the impression that you have them all on your hard drive and mix through them and others in a set, hence the shortness of the individual tracks? i was thinking it would be useful to know how the pieces will be used in the end, and how best to record(ie in chunks or whole song ideas)"
I've never played live, and I have to admit I'm slightly terrified by the idea, but I've often wondered how it could be done with this sort of thing, and I like your reworked prose idea. I tend to think of these as 'studio' - erm, living room - recordings, so I suppose whole song ideas is what we're aiming for.
Harmony:
"I'm definitely more of a melodic line person than a rap person but I'm still really curious to see what can be done with this."
We could do it the other way round, if you like - if you provide some melodic lines I could build a new track around them, perhaps using bits from the existing ones.
grant:
"How'd you get that tone in "Mercule" (#30)? Lovely - like a mellotron, one of my latest obsessions."
Man, I've totally forgotten! Some of the tracks are pretty old now and that's one of them. I think the original sound was most likely an analog keyboard (I borrowed a Korg for a while), either flanged or vibratoed on the Amiga. I do remember that I recorded it onto a four track and then ping-ponged it umpteen times with the treble turned right up and the bass right down to get it to sound super-hissy. The wobbliness might have been a by-product of that.
"Oh, and F.I.N.A.L. (#09)... did I give you that sample? Or did you come by it some other way? I've got that record. It rocks. Alleluia!"
Ha, I nicked that off a God Bullies record. Is that the one you mean, or have you got the record they nicked it from? |
