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Jellyfish In A Stolen Hovercraft [Explicit] by Peter Greenstone [Email]

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Uploaded: Jul 27, 2005 - 07:57:12 PM
Last Updated: Sep 21, 2006 - 05:33:28 PM
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Keywords:
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Description:
A while ago I wrote something in one of the forums where I made up the song name "Jellyfish In A Stolen Hovercraft" as a random example to make some point about something. Well, with encouragement from Mystified I decided to make a song for the name.

It was just a fun afternoon project using some sound effects, loops and live flute and vocals.

Yes, that is me singing with voice modulation.

Lyrics:
Some occasional swearing and lots of jellyfish skat.

Hardware:
G5, etc., bamboo flute

Software:
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Man &mdash 07/27/05 - 08:04:42 PM
can that jellyfish sing! This is a lot of fun, and that art is very cool. Nice panning going on too. Reminds me of a story, I think it was "Big Jelly" by Bruce Sterling, where entrepreneurs found a way to make giant, flying jellyfish.

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Man &mdash 07/28/05 - 01:56:59 AM
Thanks, PV. I'm not familiar with that story. I'll have to check it out.

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Do you know how fast you were going? &mdash 07/27/05 - 08:08:02 PM
Very cool
A treat with headphones


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Do you know how fast you were going? &mdash 07/28/05 - 01:58:46 AM
Thanks, wurlygig. Yeah, headphones are the way to go. I wish I could mix this
in surround.

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Jazz scat meets jellyfish.... &mdash 07/27/05 - 08:08:33 PM
random music sound panorama.

Quite a rush.... taking a breath. Fun.

Jack

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a fun song! &mdash 07/27/05 - 08:09:07 PM
:-)

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Hilarious!! &mdash 07/27/05 - 08:19:34 PM
Where is the jellyfish dude? Sign him on for some GREAT
scat-singing!

Peter....THANK YOU for this! When you posted that song
title in the (song art?) forum thread, I just had to hear
what it might be. Was hoping that someone of your wit
and musical creativity would take me up on it...and I'm
delighted you did!

Every bit as good as I imagined it would be! :)


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Hilarious!! &mdash 07/28/05 - 02:07:06 AM
Thanks, Mysti. Glad you liked it. Now I have to make a song for "Ten Pallets Of
Chinese Hot-Pants For My Sweetheart", another hypothetical song title I came up
with somewhere else in the forums.

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More..... &mdash 07/28/05 - 07:10:34 AM
Yes, yes, Peter.
You'd better get to writing that one, too! :)

Thanks again. Heheheheee

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I love this kind of stuff! &mdash 07/27/05 - 09:51:07 PM
Fun and quirky and inventive, too... this reminds me
of something you'd see on Spongebob Squarepants...
but that sound is from the Jetsons, of course... so
maybe a jellyfish tied up Spongebob and stole his
hovecraft and... I think I watch too much TV.

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I love this kind of stuff! &mdash 07/28/05 - 02:09:11 AM
Thanks, Mr Nutz. I do love the Spongebob.

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Couldn't help but laugh &mdash 07/28/05 - 04:08:58 AM
Very cool.
Lovely little scatting jellyfish.
Great Production!

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Insane! &mdash 07/28/05 - 05:00:18 AM
This is far out Peter, even on this I can hear the value of
the new gear. Great production, everything is so , , , alive
and active! It's one thing to have a good song, but to nail
the production as well is icing on the cake.
Another brilliant track.

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Insane! &mdash 07/28/05 - 09:28:37 PM
Thanks, jiguma. My mom didn't like it.

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Traffic violation &mdash 07/28/05 - 04:39:20 PM

We hereby issue a ticket for speeding in a stolen hovercraft on the wrong side of the freeway at 96 miles per hour with open containers in the vehicle. Police have audiotaped the chase, denial is futile. "Click here to play" to access recording.



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And some subtle quoting.... &mdash 07/28/05 - 08:36:58 PM
...From SGF? Am I mistaken?...This is one UNinhibited
jellyfish, definitely NOT jammin' up ANY groove inside...

Y'know, Peter, I never really 'got' the George Jetson influence
on your music, but now I'm going back for a re-listen...

Fun.

Ed

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And some subtle quoting.... &mdash 07/28/05 - 09:26:11 PM
Quoting? SGF (SlimGirlFat)? It's just me with some voice modulation skatting.

Eep oop orp op op!!

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:) &mdash 07/29/05 - 05:20:42 AM
Big Smile Music.

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Jellyfish vibe &mdash 07/29/05 - 08:07:12 AM
Oooh ... well, this is different! Nice bit of experimental
soundscape ... original and with plenty going on. I like it!

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Surrounding &mdash 07/29/05 - 02:06:26 PM
Excellent use of stereo, quite reminiscent of "on the run"
by Pink Floyd in that sense.

The odd rythms of speech with the swing cymbals
produce an authentic Jazzy effect.

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Surrounding &mdash 07/29/05 - 10:24:13 PM
Thanks, isalix. That's an interesting comparison.

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Great movie track &mdash 07/29/05 - 04:54:15 PM
I could imagine this to be a suitable track to any sci fi movie. Funny and very clever done!


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Great movie track &mdash 07/29/05 - 10:26:44 PM
Thanks, thoddi. Damn, now I have to make a movie for the song that I made for
the title. hehe

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Meet George Jellyfish &mdash 07/29/05 - 07:36:33 PM
PG- You are one seriously messed up dude. Naturally I
mean that in the most positive, artistic way!

Laughing my butt off over this one!

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Meet George Jellyfish &mdash 08/02/05 - 03:34:34 PM
Thanks, AC. I like being a messed up dude. hehe

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Jetson's Jazz &mdash 07/29/05 - 09:57:03 PM
Peter, Too wild man I thourghly enjoyed it. And I thought
my new song was weird!

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cool &mdash 07/30/05 - 09:20:21 AM
i really love it and it just worked so well

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drawing a smile... &mdash 08/02/05 - 12:05:53 PM
from this dragon (and his kids)! This was very well done
Peter! Great overall concept (from Mysti's drawing board
to your light table), masterfully crafted into a non-stop-
smirky-joyride! This evokes vivid imagery while listening.
I thought you did wonderfully with the fun skat-singing,
great instruments and effects, nice mixing, and humorous
and detailed song art to boot! 8s across for coming up
with such a catchy creation from an offhand forum
remark! Kudos & Calamari!
ttfn,
Drakonis

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drawing a smile... &mdash 08/02/05 - 03:42:09 PM
Thanks, drakonis. I'm glad you and your kids enjoyed this. There's a slightly
better mix here.

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Manic and yet...cool &mdash 08/02/05 - 06:13:10 PM
Other than there perhaps being too much siren sample - I
dig this. Sums up the whirl of emotions of a busy city
uptown at night. Flashing lights, the roar of cars, the love
the anger...

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Manic and yet...cool &mdash 08/02/05 - 10:33:05 PM
Thanks, Las Bragas. I appreciate your taking the time to comment. But from
how you and one or two other people have described the music I think
perhaps you are misinterpreting what is supposed to be going on. It's not
supposed to be a soundscape of a busy city. It's supposed to be about
jellyfish stealing a hovercraft and being persued by the police, hence the siren
sound that always follows the hovercraft sound zipping around and the angry
hovecraft owner yelling obscenities. It's basically a chase scene contrasted
with the cool indifference of the thieving jellyfish.

I'd hoped that that basic story would be evident from the title and the sounds.
I'm not offended that you and perhaps one or two others may not have gotten
it. I just want to clarify. Yeah, if it were just supposed to be a city
soundscape then the use of the siren would be excessive for sure.

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Haha &mdash 08/02/05 - 10:42:31 PM
Man, I out my headphones on for this one, and damn, that's some serious panning. I dug this - the whole jazz drum beat in the backround. This shows how much fun this program can be, and how you should never take the art of music too serious.

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eclectic &mdash 08/04/05 - 09:15:41 PM
awesome fusion of various sound effects and vocals...it's like the jetsons goes to seaworld...very jazzy...this should have been a feature song in the movie "shark tales"

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Funny and Musically Cool &mdash 08/07/05 - 05:38:26 PM
Singing, flying jellyfish - I'm rolling!

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great &mdash 08/22/05 - 05:14:32 PM
really good sounding track keep it up

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Too Much Fun! &mdash 08/25/05 - 03:27:34 PM
Love the use of the Jetsons' car sound, and the wacky scat
singing. Very atmospheric and funny, and sounds great on
headphones!

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Too Much Fun! &mdash 08/25/05 - 05:50:50 PM
Thanks, Stevo, four times even. It's nice to get a comment from you as you were
one of the first MacJammers I listened to and fav'ed when I joined last December
and I don't think I've seen you around since back then. I love the Special
Relativity song.

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Too Much Fun! &mdash 08/25/05 - 03:27:36 PM
Love the use of the Jetsons' car sound, and the wacky scat
singing. Very atmospheric and funny, and sounds great on
headphones!

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Too Much Fun! &mdash 08/25/05 - 03:27:39 PM
Love the use of the Jetsons' car sound, and the wacky scat
singing. Very atmospheric and funny, and sounds great on
headphones!

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Too Much Fun! &mdash 08/25/05 - 03:27:42 PM
Love the use of the Jetsons' car sound, and the wacky scat
singing. Very atmospheric and funny, and sounds great on
headphones!

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brilliant! &mdash 10/31/05 - 05:07:27 AM
i LOVE this track! the cacophony is the right mix. the sound effects, the
panning... it's ALL great!

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jazzy &mdash 11/01/05 - 08:08:47 PM
cool sound effects.........this rocks and it rolls with a life and a feel of
its own......

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Nice! &mdash 11/02/05 - 09:04:32 PM
This is a great little aural collage -- silly, inventive, and just a little bit
nuts. It makes me think of something that might have been playing on a
random radio in a Firesign Theater piece.

Nice work.

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Laughed my tenticals off &mdash 11/03/05 - 12:26:02 AM
This was one of the funnest songs I've heard.

Very nicely done. Great piece.

Can you tell me the type of jellyfish those were? They sounded like
Medusas but I'm not too sure.

Downloaded.

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jazzy piece &mdash 07/12/06 - 04:01:28 PM
it just worked so well. Very good imagination. funny stuff you have here...

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sheesh Peter &mdash 06/21/07 - 06:23:45 PM
I'm guessing your the kind of guy who could do whatever you wanted... but you might consider doingsoundtrax for the cartoon channel

great stuff

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