Two More Animals

SmokeyVW

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album: Beginnings And Endings
track 1: 5:41 Rings Of Smoke
track 2: 4:44 Two More Animals
track 3: 5:25 I-IV-V-I
track 4: 5:49 Unstuck In Time
track 5: 4:00 Sacrament
track 6: 6:16 Control Rods
track 7: 3:24 Waiting For Harry
track 8: 7:01 Entropy (Box After Box)
track 9: 3:40 Best Day Of My Life
track 10: 7:27 Oblivion
...more albums...

Song Description

(fp) future perfect tense

ex.: At that point, they will have been concerned about the past.

tsunami
sirens wail
the wave approaches
the arc is finally clear
and the children speak to us

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Two More Animals

there's two more animals

that was too many words

there's two more animals

that was weird, wasn't it? hoo!

(c)2007 Bill Grundmann

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Hits: 1146
Comments: 22
Fans: 9
Plays: 88
Downloads: 74
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Uploaded: Jul 15, 2007 - 04:19:16 PM
Last Updated: Sep 14, 2008 - 10:32:02 AM Last Played: Oct 30, 2009 - 06:04:11 AM

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	said 860 days ago (July 15th, 2007)
	I just ripped Umm///strange music!

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 856 days ago (July 20th, 2007)
	. i was playing around with a just-tuned seventh chord, and this was the result. thanks Check out my latest song called One For Me

	said 860 days ago (July 15th, 2007)
	Way Cool Bill!!! Love this music!!!! Children bring the whole rest of the world back into perspective for us. :-)

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 856 days ago (July 20th, 2007)
	. i clipped the voice from a recording of my grandson from last fall. the more i listened to him saying "there's two more animals" the more i thought of Noah... that became an element of the meaning behind this song. thanks Check out my latest song called One For Me

Ed Hannifin	Ed Hannifin said 860 days ago (July 15th, 2007)
	It's like... ...the Bulgarian Women's Chorus, only with kids up front, and marimba... Nothing else like it, Bill. Once again. Ed Check out my latest song called Next Time Around (w/jiguma)

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 856 days ago (July 20th, 2007)
	. i love exploring - what can i say? thanks! Check out my latest song called One For Me

DeputyDoofy	DeputyDoofy said 859 days ago (July 16th, 2007)
	This is some strange... stuff n things, but I like it. It's mildly haunting. Check out my latest song called Sweet Smell Of Success

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 856 days ago (July 20th, 2007)
	. yeah, there is something darkly haunting hiding back there thanks - i appreciate your dropping by for a listen Check out my latest song called One For Me

echoroom	echoroom said 859 days ago (July 17th, 2007)
	a bigger ark Bill - you are out there! Strange , haunting, another track from your own private world. 'Other' indeed.... keep 'em coming! Steve Check out my latest song called Deeper (w/t Racerat)

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 856 days ago (July 20th, 2007)
	. all i can say about being "out there" is - it's fun to stray off the well-worn paths and see what's out there. there are endless possibilities, and it's fun. thanks Steve Check out my latest song called One For Me

bud	bud said 859 days ago (July 17th, 2007)
	Great bed - I crawled right in reminds me of something Peter Gabriel might have done - but with that special Smokey twist. Good use of the kid's voice and choirs. Nice build. Thanks for posting. Check out my latest song called eye for you (w/particledots and michael2)

cchaplin	cchaplin said 858 days ago (July 18th, 2007)
	Rapide Smoking Smockey ! You do churn them out, and they’re never dull - always exciting. I feel wonderfully energised. Check out my latest song called Rappatack suite

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 856 days ago (July 20th, 2007)
	. some of these recent tunes are projects that have been partially complete for months and i'm finally getting them done... so the rate appears a little faster than usual. i should pace my posting to one a week at most, but once i have a tune done, i can't resist posting it as soon as possible. thanks, glad you're enjoying my stuff! Check out my latest song called One For Me

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 856 days ago (July 20th, 2007)
	. i really must stop using that vocal choir synth so much - but i can't seem to keep away from it. i guess i'm missing the PG reference... thanks Bud Check out my latest song called One For Me

lengold	lengold said 856 days ago (July 20th, 2007)
	Very... interesting and extremely different. I like this a lot. The way it builds shows great initial restraint. I'd be interested to know where the idea came from. Cheers Len Check out my latest song called Dodgy Doughnut

SmokeyVW

SmokeyVW said 856 days ago (July 20th, 2007)

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two things happened.

i was experimenting with just-tuning. i used an accordion synth because the sound has no vibrato or phasing or anything and it has lots of harmonics. then i tuned each note of a seventh chord by splitting each note into its own track and tweaking the pitch bend by ear on the third, fifth, and seventh. the third is a little flat and the seventh is VERY flat - i think this tuning is actually from the harmonic series - not the usual "just-tuned" scale that some folks use.

at the point i had one chord. that was it. it sounded like car horn or something like an alarm horn to me.

then i tried letting the vocal synth sing the same exact notes. human voices don't sound nearly as odd as the accordion does. even that super flat seventh seems OK (but if you listen for it, you can hear it).

from that point, i built a chord progression by simply modulating that same seventh chord down a whole step. then i modulated that pair of chords around a bit to form what you hear here. it's 100% seventh chords. that probably breaks several composition rules.

the other thing was adding the child's voice - the "two more animals" phrase made me think of Noah's Ark, and the warning horn somehow made me begin to think about a tidal wave warning horn. the Great Flood and all that. it all came together at that point. so there is an element of a cautionary warning floating around in this somehow.

the final mix included trying to show the contrast of the odd horn and the nice voices - stemming from the same exact notes. i let the horn effect hang out at the end as the "final warning" - more end of the world non-sense...

you had to ask!

thanks

Check out my latest song called One For Me

lengold

lengold said 855 days ago (July 20th, 2007)

Wow...
WOW - That is the most comprehensive and fascinating reply. I am going to have to study it for quite a while before I even begin to half comprehend it. I promise to try though. This is way too clever for me and I am full of admiration. I also took the opportunity to listen again and it is even better on second listening (glad I downloaded). Thanks.
Cheers
Len

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lengold is the new pianoman1

Check out my latest song called Dodgy Doughnut

five_extra_arms	five_extra_arms said 855 days ago (July 20th, 2007)
	No Comment You answered everything I was going to ask in your crystal clear answer to Len. Just another enlightened layman, Bob --- she'll love five extra arms. Check out my latest song called Michael Pool

timothy devine	timothy devine said 855 days ago (July 20th, 2007)
	I went for a ride This tune took me on an adventure. Thanks for for the ticket very cool music Check out my latest song called Mankind Needs a Change/WoodstockII

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 854 days ago (July 21st, 2007)
	. thanks for "dropping" by be careful where you step! B^) Check out my latest song called One For Me

	said 854 days ago (July 22nd, 2007)
	Yes!!!!! She gets it! :-) Slam Dunk! :-) Well close. :-) ref: reg. e-mail! Huge sigh of relief! :-) And thanks for the explanation of "just tuned" and "seventh chords" :-)

ktb	ktb said 850 days ago (July 25th, 2007)
	music perfect for Noah's Ark. My wife won't go to the beach since the tsunami tragedy a year or so back. You're into a really great progression here. The tumbling bells and the ethereal voices add to the suspense. You continue to come up with wonderful juxspotations sp? of instruments. Bravo Check out my latest song called off the deck (w/Z293)

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Name: Bill

Eclectic, at best. I learned some music theory at school, and read a ton about it since. I've listened to lots of music over the years. I once played guitar in an actual garage band and actually got paid to play! Once. Although live performance is an... [see more]

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