Bird Flu Song (drivel)

eltopo

Genre: Other

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This is some drivel I made with Mrs Topo. I mentioned it to stevel on the chat yonks ago but never really finished it. It's just a rudimentary bass groove and piano hook really.

I remixed it in bed with a nice cup of camomile and here it is - another offcut.

Don't know what the genre is - sounds a bit like the dance genre 'big beat' from a few years back I reckon.

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Lyrics

improvised, wife plays the modern languages

Song Stats

Hits: 3916
Comments: 13
Fans: 3
Plays: 2061
Downloads: 188
Votes: 9
Uploaded: Dec 02, 2005 - 01:20:21 PM
Last Updated: Dec 02, 2005 - 01:18:26 PM Last Played: Oct 22, 2009 - 12:38:35 PM

Song License

Creative Commons License:
Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial

Song Actions

Keywords:

bird flu (1)

Hardware:

ibook, keystation 88es, cheap bass, guitar

Software:

Logic Express, Wife

Comments

Epileptic Gibbon

Epileptic Gibbon said 1454 days ago (December 3rd, 2005)

Not sure about the genre but…
it's The Happy Mondays, isn't it? Very Madchester at the very least.
Putting it in Dance/Club just wouldn't do it justice. I see your
dilemma. Which is a shame because putting it in Other can't be
dong you any favors either. Very funny, very funky… it's funnyky (I
just made that up!). I really dig this and hope more people check it
out. Inspired lunacy and topical too. Sorted!

Check out my latest song called Fiddler Off the Roof w/Komrade K & Caroline

Epileptic Gibbon	Epileptic Gibbon said 1454 days ago (December 3rd, 2005)
	Not sure about the genre but… Or even doing you any favors… I really need to improve my proofreading! --- "You never say please. You never say thank you." "Please don't be an idiot. Thank you." -- Bayliss and Pembleton Check out my latest song called Fiddler Off the Roof w/Komrade K & Caroline

Epileptic Gibbon	Epileptic Gibbon said 1453 days ago (December 3rd, 2005)
	Not sure about the genre but… Oops, and I even spelt favour wrong (UK spelling!). Doh! --- "You never say please. You never say thank you." "Please don't be an idiot. Thank you." -- Bayliss and Pembleton Check out my latest song called Fiddler Off the Roof w/Komrade K & Caroline

Rebsie

Rebsie said 1453 days ago (December 3rd, 2005)

Woooh! Truly superb
Very British sound you've got going here (apart from the French and
Spanish bits, obviously) ... I love it!

It's very funny, cynical and entertaining, and sounds incredibly
polished for an improv/offcut. Full of energy with some gorgeous
instrument sounds. If this is the stuff you can come up with when
you're just having a bit of fun I can't wait to hear your polished up
stuff! You've got some real talent here, and it's a delight to listen to.

Warblers of mass destruction ... brilliant!

My compliments to Mrs Topo.

Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)

eltopo

eltopo said 1453 days ago (December 4th, 2005)

Thanks Eppy and Rebs
As you may have noticed I've got more stuff now beyond simply my
accoustic - Logic, recently aquired guitars, and a keyboard I can attach
to the computer.

The good news is I reckon I now have pretty much everything I need to
create all the kind of sounds I like without many compromises.
However to do it all justice needs patience and learning, so I'm slowly
taping few few 'good tracks' and releasing offcuts of demos and things
I don't think I'll have time to take further just for the fun of
MacJamming.

This track is by far the most 'produced' of the uploads, so I think I'm
getting slowly, or even quickly, to where I want to be.

Check out my latest song called Gentrification (live)

Einarus	Einarus said 1453 days ago (December 4th, 2005)
	Funky Really liked the piano groove. Clever lyrics and well delivered ;) Good job! Check out my latest song called Running Scared (w/ Ziti)

eleveneyes	eleveneyes said 1452 days ago (December 4th, 2005)
	caught the flu love the groove overall. your wife sounds great. there's a part where it sound like there's a guitar solo trying to happen but it just doesn't quite happen. the spoken parts are cool too. I was also missing more high-end information and 16th note subdivisions happening. but that's just me. Check out my latest song called Here With You - Better MIX

stevel	stevel said 1452 days ago (December 4th, 2005)
	Let the beak go on Really like it...boy you are sounding really polished with that Logic magic at your disposal. Must get it myself! I think that this is a really good groove song. I like the satirical lyrics too.... if this is an offcut can't wait to hear other songs you have been tinkering on in the studio Steve Check out my latest song called Electricity

eltopo

eltopo said 1451 days ago (December 6th, 2005)

Let the beak go on
You will have to get Logic, steve - I'd love to see how you put all the extra
tools to great use!

One thing I like when chopping up the recorded audio is the 'search for zero
crossings' option, where you can slice tracks where the sound wave is at
'zero' - this means no 'pops' and 'clicks'. It's good on a more remixy thing
like this.

Also, even Logic Express has some nice extra instruments. This track has a
slight tweak of the abrasive 'IN yer Face' organ preset, the punchy 'bright
piano', and a analogue-style filter on the trumpet stabs. Easy to get carried
away.

---
I ain't marching anymore...

Check out my latest song called Gentrification (live)

hamboy22	hamboy22 said 1449 days ago (December 7th, 2005)
	too funny My wife's actually working with the bird flu. (Let's hope they come up with a cure or some sort of prevention soon.) Anyway, I had to give your song a listen for that reason alone. Good stuff. Check out my latest song called O Come O Come Emmanuel

nyakki	nyakki said 1449 days ago (December 7th, 2005)
	Nice Tune I really enjoyed listening to this song. Great lyrics and nicely executed. Thank you for sharing. Downloaded. Check out my latest song called Maple Leaf Rag v2

eltopo	eltopo said 1448 days ago (December 9th, 2005)
	Thanks for the comments I wanted to do a bird flu topical song and I think this works quite well. As much of the public commentary about this topic is such headline- grabbing throwaway nonsense with not much analysis, I thought a daft throwaway song was the only response! Check out my latest song called Gentrification (live)

echoroom	echoroom said 1412 days ago (January 14th, 2006)
	indie pop Man - this is great and unhinged, and has a really serious message (!). I'd say this is indie pop, in the spirit of those guts who did 'little birdhouse in your soul' - another avain connection! Check out my latest song called Deeper (w/t Racerat)

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