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Here is the third of three different versions of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 138. The process started about three months ago with a simple double bass loop in the key of Cmaj and Jack and Rich both doing free-form vocal tests. We let it vegetate for a while, then decided to lower the key two full steps to Amaj. Rich sent Jack the transposed double bass loop and Jack laid down a soulful vocal track on his lunch break. In this Jazz version, Rich has eliminated the original double bass loop and replaced it with different MIDI bass loops customized with the pencil tool. Mungo, dadai and rschletty contributed crowd chatter.
Richard's comments: "Our collaboration on Sonnet 138 throws the door wide open to a myriad of ways to interpret Shakespeare's immortal words. Jack laid down an excellent vocal track that is proving to be adaptable to various treatments. Our sonnet styling up to this point had been too narrow (i.e. in the folk and soft rock/adult genres)."
Bill's comments: "I was flattered to take part in this collaboration and enjoyed very much adding in my early morning voice (before coffee)."
Jack's comments: "Mungo and rschletty took my fairly unremarkable vox and applied their creativity to come up with Gothic Rock, Industrial and Jazz versions of Shakespeare's Sonnet 138."
VERSION 1: ALTERNATIVE/INDIE ROCK - http://www.macjams.com/song/song_profile.php?lid=10114
VERSION 2: INDUSTRIAL - http://www.macjams.com/song/song_edit.php?lid=10132
VERSION 3: JAZZ - this song page
Related pieces:
- A "clean" mix of Jazz version (no chatter or coughing): http://www.schletty.com/music/WMLS(S138)-Jazz-nochatter.mp3
- S138 Study, by rschletty: http://www.macjams.com/song/song_profile.php?lid=9693 (an early study by Rich in Cmaj)
- Ghost of 138, by mungo: http://www.macjams.com/song/song_profile.php?lid=10223
Richard's comments: "Our collaboration on Sonnet 138 throws the door wide open to a myriad of ways to interpret Shakespeare's immortal words. Jack laid down an excellent vocal track that is proving to be adaptable to various treatments. Our sonnet styling up to this point had been too narrow (i.e. in the folk and soft rock/adult genres)."
Bill's comments: "I was flattered to take part in this collaboration and enjoyed very much adding in my early morning voice (before coffee)."
Jack's comments: "Mungo and rschletty took my fairly unremarkable vox and applied their creativity to come up with Gothic Rock, Industrial and Jazz versions of Shakespeare's Sonnet 138."
VERSION 1: ALTERNATIVE/INDIE ROCK - http://www.macjams.com/song/song_profile.php?lid=10114
VERSION 2: INDUSTRIAL - http://www.macjams.com/song/song_edit.php?lid=10132
VERSION 3: JAZZ - this song page
Related pieces:
- A "clean" mix of Jazz version (no chatter or coughing): http://www.schletty.com/music/WMLS(S138)-Jazz-nochatter.mp3
- S138 Study, by rschletty: http://www.macjams.com/song/song_profile.php?lid=9693 (an early study by Rich in Cmaj)
- Ghost of 138, by mungo: http://www.macjams.com/song/song_profile.php?lid=10223
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Lyrics
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When my love swears that she is made of truth,
I do believe her, though I know she lies,
That she might think me some untutor'd youth,
Unskilful in the world's false forgeries.
Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young,
Although I know my years be past the best,
I smiling credit her false-speaking tongue,
Outfacing faults in love with love's ill rest.
But wherefore says my love that she is young?
And wherefore say not I that I am old?
O, love's best habit is a soothing tongue,
And age, in love, loves not to have years told.
Therefore I'll lie with love, and love with me,
Since that our faults in love thus smother'd be.
-The Passionate Pilgrim (1599), William Shakespeare
When my love swears that she is made of truth,
I do believe her, though I know she lies,
That she might think me some untutor'd youth,
Unskilful in the world's false forgeries.
Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young,
Although I know my years be past the best,
I smiling credit her false-speaking tongue,
Outfacing faults in love with love's ill rest.
But wherefore says my love that she is young?
And wherefore say not I that I am old?
O, love's best habit is a soothing tongue,
And age, in love, loves not to have years told.
Therefore I'll lie with love, and love with me,
Since that our faults in love thus smother'd be.
-The Passionate Pilgrim (1599), William Shakespeare
Rebsie
A more laid back one this time ... the bass and piano
are balanced just right and stay interesting
throughout, but still allow the vocal to dominate. The
murmuring, chatting and coughing in the
background works well ... gives a hint of a live-in-a-
club atmosphere. Good work, you three.