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Something Saturday: Layers & Layers of Music
THIS will be cool…
Here’s the thing. When people record music these days, each instrument/sound is separated in its own little recording. They are all recorded in the same pitch at the same rhythm, so they all match as if it is all played together.
And it all works out kinda like this:
Go make some music!!
Music Monday – feedFORWARD
well.
if y’all must know the truth, the feedBACK you gave on “In This Life” was so helpful that i decided to (CRINGING BEGINS NOW!) throw out a song that is nowhere near complete.
[aauuggghhhh.... the perfectionist in me is having an anxiety attack]
[and i'm painfully aware of at least three bad notes in the melody]
[and i KNOW the EQ needs tweaking. like, a LOT]
i wrote this about a year ago. homesick, but hopeful. not too emotional. just wittily dealing with the fact that i was DETERMINED to find a way to get back to Georgia.
i think the melody/lyrics are decent enough to really do something, but i can’t quite figure out how to produce the “sound” of the song without it becoming WAY too honky tonk. currently, i’ve landed somewhere in the realm of country rock (surprise surprise).
i want to keep the tone ironic. playful. determined. funny.
[so, maybe the honky tonk works?]
either way, i’m asking for feedFORWARD before i get anywhere near close to finalizing this one -> y’all have any suggestions with instrumentation? rhythm? tones? dynamics?
give me grace with bad notes and poor EQing, and listen for the personality of the song:
talk to me.
confess: i HEART kelly clarkson…
i know. you’re probably expecting another wild post on marriage or sex or scandalous christian behavior. but i got nothin. well, nothin but a fever today, and too many cough meds to make any coherent thoughts. so, we’re gonna have to go with Kelly Clarkson. don’t worry, i’m sure we’ll get back to all that marriage/sex stuff eventually… besides, those discussions are still going in the commenting down there.
y’all. i’ve fought it for a few years, but i just don’t have any fight left. i’m in. i’m a fan… sigh, i’ve hesitated to get sucked into the Kelly fan madness, but its hard to escape her talent. at the end of the day, this girl really really really truly is talented.
i’ve been listening to her music lately, and her varied vocal tones and timbres are too much. seriously.
no studio effects can make her sound like a torch singer in one song, soul-gospel diva in the next, and end on a rocker song to make gwen stefani cry over. yeah, the studio can expand it. but its gotta be there first.
its not the studio. its kelly clarkson’s pipes.
dang.
YOUR TURN! now that i’ve spilled my pop-music guts, its your turn. and i’ll be nice: just confess whatever. something of YOUR choosing. not necessarily music-related. just something strange, goofy, weird, or abnormal about yourself.
we’ll still love you.
just confess.
right here.
right now.
