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Post by philly on Oct 28, 2008 1:36:03 GMT -8
...and then went on to become "9 invisibles"
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Post by piskywonder on Oct 31, 2008 13:31:12 GMT -8
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Post by iamme on Oct 31, 2008 21:43:14 GMT -8
I was broken that night
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Post by onslo on Nov 6, 2008 11:36:49 GMT -8
I have a song up on my myspace page that I think is newer than this thread. So, click my page in the very 1st post. Actually, I'll just give the link again: www.myspace.com/adammannas
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Post by orpheus on Nov 8, 2008 14:36:21 GMT -8
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Post by damien on Nov 8, 2008 15:52:04 GMT -8
i am a fan of your music orpheus , yours is a great musical talent, long may nuture it , and may it nuture you in kind .
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Post by damien on Nov 8, 2008 15:53:27 GMT -8
psiky , it sound like you was having fun .
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Post by iamme on Nov 8, 2008 20:30:13 GMT -8
Pisky was having fun, that much I can say. We both were. At one point he just started hitting his guitar really hard. But he can tell you more than I can (the question is, will he?). My parents very much enjoyed us recording that at 9:30 at night as well.
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Post by orpheus on Nov 9, 2008 4:21:44 GMT -8
Thank you for the encouragement Damien
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Post by djfirefly on Dec 11, 2008 9:34:57 GMT -8
My husband and I have a band/project/whaddaya-call-it called Future Perfect - we recently finished our first tune, which you guys might like. The synth work was done on a Novation Supernova II... Check it out here: www.myspace.com/1futureperfect
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Post by piskywonder on Dec 17, 2008 17:56:06 GMT -8
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Post by damien on Jan 26, 2009 3:43:59 GMT -8
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Post by kirk on Jan 27, 2009 8:49:33 GMT -8
Just a quick post re Orpheus's music, He very kindly sent me some stuff he had done, some originals and some covers. He's a very good and competant musician. If he puts an official release out I will buy it myself.
The nicest thing for me about this is that I can hear the influence OT have had (not in a plagiaristic manner). It's just great that people hear OT and it becomes a positive driver or influence in their lives, ever since I first heard this band in 1985 I have been convinced that this would happen.
This bands music touches us all in many differing ways but to actually be able to see or hear this first hand in others is something else entirely, in fact I got lost for words there..
Confirmation for me perhaps that I am never going to "grow out of it" as has been advised or suggested by quite a few partners now.
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Post by nicktoone on Jan 29, 2009 0:18:20 GMT -8
I really must get some new material out there; it's just that I'm not totally happy with any of it at the moment. I've gone full circle from 1999 / 2000 when I'd bash out any old nonsense and send it to anyone who asked (hi Philly!), now I'm almost too reluctant to let anything out of my sight (or whatever the equivalent audio phrase is). www.nicktoone.com
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Post by orpheus on Jan 29, 2009 1:56:56 GMT -8
Cheers Kirk. You're right about the Ozrics. They definitely opened up a whole new world of inspiration for me. I would never have picked up a synth without them and although I enjoyed some ethnic forms of music I had never heard those feels incorporated in such a spaced out and downright funky way. And of course the whole positive attitude of creating music for music's sake with no thought of flogging your soul to the highest bidder or adopting a marketable image. And from a guitar player's view....well, need I say more
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Post by kirk on Jan 29, 2009 3:46:39 GMT -8
Hi Nick,
I find with stuff that I have done in the past that at the time I'm sometimes happy with it, but then a period of time later I tend to think it's a load of rubbish, or just am satisfied with portions of it. It's very disheartening.
When I have used Cubase for example, I find it really easy to knock stuff together but then my judgement goes and I can't tell if its any good or not, so I leave what I'm doing for a few days and then come back and be really over critical of it.
It makes me appreciate music by others much more in a way because I do understand how hard it is to be really good at something musical. Or perhaps some folk don't get these frustrations at all and it all just unravels from "somewhere" effortlessly, I dunno, I wish that it was that simple though.
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Post by orpheus on Feb 3, 2009 0:52:35 GMT -8
I agree too Nick, it's such an odd thing the medium of music. I'm sure artists don't always show their preliminary sketches to people but I'm sure people would certainly love to see them. And with tunes, the embryonic stages are very interesting to listen to and I don't really mind letting people hear mine unless they're truly awful
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Post by damien on Feb 3, 2009 3:12:21 GMT -8
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Post by damien on Feb 3, 2009 3:16:09 GMT -8
in regards to getting stuff perfect ,let it come from your heart , that's my advice .
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Post by damien on Feb 6, 2009 4:18:54 GMT -8
my new song
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Post by kirk on Feb 16, 2009 5:10:10 GMT -8
Hi Damien,
I've been through some old tapes and found a few bits and pieces that I would like to put out there for folk to hear, as I don't have access to PC of my own at present is there anyway you could meke them available (somehow) if I post you a disc with them on?
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Post by kirk on Feb 16, 2009 5:13:41 GMT -8
Ps that chord progression you posted above is known as "The Secret Carlos Santana progression" by Zappa, being one that that D Dorian fits very nicely. Frank used it on the "Shut and play your guitar" release (but in a different key).
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Post by damien on Feb 16, 2009 15:10:02 GMT -8
"sideards is the guy"
i would be happy to try kirko , i dont have a tape deck tho ... hmm , sideards is the guy who can do this . ill email you each others emails !
"a mental zappa twiddle"
ive heard of that zappa album , carlos santana themes , or something similar . My favourite is song is "I am the slime " The drum teacher at my school left me a mental zappa twiddle, there's this very difficult drum solo, so much so the drummer with the orchestra sat it out . and so my drum teacher friend said this would be a good challenge , what he needs to do is play 17 beats in the space of 16 all equal length , so if he plays his metronome 1/16 quicker should that get the right speed ?
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Post by kirk on Feb 17, 2009 5:11:38 GMT -8
Hi Damien, I've already transferred the stuff to disc, its putting it onto some site or other that I can't do myself.
The Zappa Drum solo (originally written for Terry Bozzio) would be "The Black Page" it is phenominally difficult to read and play, I'm afraid I have no idea how you could fit 16 over 17 unless some beats were triplets or other compounds. I have quite a few Zappa scores and I can't play anything that is written on any of em. Its all 5 over 4 or great big groupings of 13 notes in one crotchet beat. Well above my level of ability that stuff.. I like looking at the scores and trying to follow them though.
The Black Page and various versions of it (some with orchestra or band) is available on following FZ releases- Live in York (this is the drum solo version), You can't do that live on stage anymore vol1 and vol4, The Yellow Shark, The best band you never heard in your life. Its on a lot of his releases..
If you haven't got much live Zappa I would recomend any of the "You can't do that anymore volumes (there are 6) and "The Best band you never heard in your life". Which apart from the Ozrics being THAT is amazing.
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Post by kirk on Feb 17, 2009 5:15:50 GMT -8
Sorry, Live in New York that would be.
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Post by damien on Feb 17, 2009 6:27:38 GMT -8
yes i could get those mp3 online so to speak as long as they are not copyrighted !! ill try and check out those live zappa albums . im supprised you have zappa scores i heard you can hire them from pumpkin music but not own them . i bet they would be fun to try and play , better get out your calculator !! FSOL used some odd grouping like that , in their tracks and of course ed ozric's guitar solos use a myraid of unusual grouping of notes , a transcriber's nightmare .. infact technically i would say the odd phrasing rhythmically and melodically is one of the most striking and innovative areas of ozric music . i will try to suggest some examples for study
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Post by kirk on Feb 17, 2009 8:13:06 GMT -8
I haven't converted my stuff to MP3 cos I've just done an analogue to digital conversion with my Hi Fi disc burner. They aren't copyrighted pieces, if there is any copyright I own it as composer, performer and producer. This is stuff I did at college circa 91- 93. I have 4 tracks aprox 20 mins in total, some of it I still think is good and some of it I find embarassing. I hear what I should have done but did not or think a particular bit is awful. One particular track if I was to release it and sell it would get me sued by Brandi (possibly after she and Ed had laughed their heads off), but seeing as I ain't doing that..
When Zappa died Guitar magazine ran a special on him and this included complete manuscripts for Black Page and for G Spot Tornado and Mr Green Genes. Mr Green Genes is in most Jazz "fake" books (albeit just the head and the chords). But how would Barking Pumpkin know if you hired loads from them and copied it all (ahem, not that I would suggest you do, cos thats illegal).
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Post by piskywonder on Feb 26, 2009 18:30:50 GMT -8
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Post by grerman on Feb 27, 2009 4:20:33 GMT -8
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Post by masterfeather on Feb 28, 2009 2:13:17 GMT -8
Here's a link to a nice music video I did with The Bronwyn Edwards Band and the band Light Euphoric. The footage is from a benefit concert where the two bands combined to raise money for new schools in Tibet. I helped write the music for this particular song. You will see me in the video first off. I'm the didgeridoo player.
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