Umm///strange music!

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i was playing around with a just-tuned seventh chord, and this was the result.

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Love this music!!!! Children bring the whole rest of the world back into perspective for us. :-)

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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.

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...the Bulgarian Women's Chorus, only with kids up front, and marimba...

Nothing else like it, Bill. Once again.

Ed

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i love exploring - what can i say?

thanks!


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stuff n things, but I like it. It's mildly haunting.

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yeah, there is something darkly haunting hiding back there

thanks - i appreciate your dropping by for a listen


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Bill - you are out there! Strange , haunting, another track from your own private world.

'Other' indeed.... keep 'em coming!

Steve

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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

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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.

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Smoking Smockey !

You do churn them out, and they’re never dull - always exciting.

I feel wonderfully energised.


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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!

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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

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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



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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

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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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You answered everything I was going to ask in your crystal clear answer to Len.

Just another enlightened layman,

Bob

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she'll love five extra arms.

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This tune took me on an adventure.
Thanks for for the ticket
very cool music

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thanks for "dropping" by

be careful where you step! B^)


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Well close. :-) ref: reg. e-mail! Huge sigh of relief! :-) And thanks for the explanation of "just tuned" and "seventh chords" :-)

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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

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