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Minstrel Boy w/Rebsie (Girl Version) by five_extra_arms [Email]
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Uploaded: Jul 30, 2007 - 03:50:43 PM
Last Updated: Apr 26, 2008 - 01:10:18 PM
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Description:
I personally like Rebsie's voice without the "help" of any instruments. So, my challenge was to prove it was better without my instruments.

I found it impossible to fit her vocals into anything I did, and believe you me, I tried hard. So I chopped her angelic voice to pieces and made her do things I doubt she'd approve of.

This was a freaky experiment by my own standards.

If anyone wants to take what I've done and modify it, I will gladly send you the file.

Lyrics:
vitta-vitta-vitta-vitta
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OUTRAGEOUS!!!!! &mdash 07/30/07 - 03:58:31 PM
Love it, love it love it!!!!

You are the maddest cat on MacJams - and I can't get enough!!!!

Brilliant!

Jim

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I have been in your company once... &mdash 07/30/07 - 04:11:46 PM
..and now I HAVE FIVE EXTRA ARMS - DL'd this, wrote a long email, mixed down a GB file to iTunes, changed to MP3, commented - all in about 2 minutes time??!! How the? Wha!?

Vitta vitta indeed!

Heh heh!



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Who's The Maddest?! &mdash 07/30/07 - 04:21:20 PM




vitta vitta vitta vitta vitta!

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Maddest as in... &mdash 07/30/07 - 04:27:13 PM
sooo creative and rich in ideas. Mad as in Einstein. Mad as in Devo. Mad as in vitta vitta vitta mad!!!!

Ha ha - this is wonderful therapy!

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Bob &mdash 07/30/07 - 04:55:30 PM
This is absolutely brilliant. Absolutely love it. Well done.
Cheers
Len



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No Regrets &mdash 07/30/07 - 06:37:07 PM
Thanks Len,

Now I don't feel so bad about posting this tune. I actually spent more time trying to make this work than I did with Richard's version.

I just hope Rebsie appreciates it.

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You been busy behind this thing &mdash 07/30/07 - 05:11:03 PM
I can't stop grinning. This definitely wins the "Where's Rebsie?" award for creative license - though I'm not sure you should be driving.

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"Where's Rebsie?" Award &mdash 07/30/07 - 07:38:58 PM
I thought you were driving!?! OOPS!


The challenge was rather open ended, so I tried to take advantage of that and do something a little less traditional.


I wanted to try to make a song without much of the song, but based on the song, in an extremely abstract way. You more than most anyone should appreciate the abstraction.

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she'll love five extra arms.

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kick ass! &mdash 07/30/07 - 05:29:21 PM
Good twist up, goes well with my view of Miami beach! Nice music Bob, your keys are gettin' hot lately, you buy a usb keyboard recently?

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White Hot Miami Beach Twist Up &mdash 07/30/07 - 09:00:01 PM
Hot Keys Indeedy! Thanks TW!

I forgot to mention my M-Audio Oxygen 8 is ON FIRE! Plus, I've been scribblin' all over the MIDI track with the pencil tool. This song witnessed a ton of new tricks (for me) in GB3. I used a pitch shift for the first time ever. Right when you hear the 2 lead synths harmonize - a shift of 24 units (I don't think it was octaves) made an interesting sound. The drums were a series of Motown drums from Jam Pack 3.

Then that twisty, almost scratching sound, had at least 2 or 3 new treatments on it. All were 2 or 3 finger riffs piled up on top of each other and then "corrected" with the pencil tool within the MIDI tracks.

The best tool I used was Rebsie's amazing voice, which the entire song was conceived and built around, as instructed by the challengers at Voice4Choice. This song would've never happened if Rebsie didn't volunteer her voice for the likes of me.

Thanks for your generous gift, Rebsie, and thanks V4C for this intriguing challenge.

If anyone wants to see my GB file, I'll email it to ya! cjdaley sent me a gb file and it was so cool to see how he assembled his song.

I wish we'd share more GB files for educational purposes. For me, MacJams has opened the doors of possibilities. I'd like to hold the door for someone else, to return the favor.

Bob

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Now this is the one &mdash 07/30/07 - 09:05:57 PM
it makes me want to put my shirt on backwards, wear green knee high socks (3 of them). Drink a V-8 with chili fries.

That's what the songs about, huh?

Veeery cool Bob!

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Three Green Socks &mdash 07/30/07 - 10:22:38 PM
Vic, you're such the rebel!

Everyone knows you only wear one green sock.....

V-8 with chili fries sounds inviting. Is that a local thing? Really sounds good to me.

Thanks man. I appreciate it.

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she'll love five extra arms.

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Wait, where did that minstrel go? &mdash 07/30/07 - 09:46:27 PM
Hey, the rules were pretty loose, if there were rules at all, so what you're doing is quite allowed. You could even have left out the few recognizable lines in the second half of your track, and it would still have been great.

Great stuff.

Victor.

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Recognizable Lines? &mdash 07/30/07 - 10:48:34 PM
You actually heard recognizable lines?

Thanks Victor.


I've been looking forward to the day that someone as brave as yourself would tell me that my song with Rebsie would be better without her...


HUH?


I can't believe you actually said that. Now we're both in trouble.


Thanks a lot!

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demix &mdash 07/31/07 - 08:06:16 AM
Ultraleft communicates his opinion you're the aphex twin of folktech

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demix &mdash 07/31/07 - 09:16:11 AM
Ha! That's a good one Ultraleft!

The Aphex Twin of folktech!

I can hear that. Thanks for the comment. When are you gonna post your stuff?

I listened to your song virb.com. I'd like to hear more.

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you da man &mdash 07/31/07 - 09:39:01 AM
woah, now woah i say!
vitta vitta vitta vitta - HOW DID YOUR MIND GET THIS WAY???

it's radically wonderful!
anne

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And The Horse I Rode In On &mdash 07/31/07 - 03:07:32 PM
vitta vitta vitta vitta

I never got into drugs, so I can't blame them.... Hmmmmm....

I'm assuming you're a big fan of radically twisted stuff in general? Just wait til the day I get a hold of your vocals!

Thanks Anne - you're the bomb!

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talk is cheap &mdash 07/31/07 - 04:05:38 PM
don't toy with us, bob!
PLEASE get ahold of our vocals.
8)

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insanity or genius? &mdash 07/31/07 - 10:37:40 AM
or maybe guinness (draft)? don't know...
but i LOVE this!
this is just such a cool mix. wow!

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Remember What Dali Said? &mdash 07/31/07 - 03:11:45 PM
"The only difference between me and a madman is, I'm not mad!"


Glad you like the mix Faelin.



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freaky experiment- &mdash 07/31/07 - 01:22:50 PM
is an understatement. this doesn't even sound like anything i've ever heard before. i'm a bit dumbfounded. i like it, but now i'm stuck with vitta vitta vitta vitta in my head like every other poor soul who listened.

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Vitta Vitta Vitta Vitta &mdash 07/31/07 - 03:18:18 PM
Remember when Sammy Davis Jr. first sang Candy Man?

They said the same exact thing about him.


Which song would you rather have stuck in your head?



Thanks Manatee Patty

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Brilliant!!!! &mdash 08/02/07 - 01:58:29 AM
I laughed my ass off, this is a brilliant track and totally unexpected. This one has made my day, the music is fantastic and has lodged in my brain, and well done for being brave enough to use a minimal amount of vocal. Great stuff!

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Brilliant!!!! &mdash 08/02/07 - 09:38:54 AM
Thanks Diviner.

I have to agree with you 100%.....

the music has lodged in my brain too.

For days now I have woken up singing "vitta vitta vitta vitta!"



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Contemporary Electronica &mdash 08/06/07 - 08:59:00 AM
Cutting edge sounds and outrageous synth leads. It sounds like you're scratching vinyl. How did you make that sound? Freaky!

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Wow &mdash 08/06/07 - 06:30:39 PM
this is clever stuff - I wouldn't know where to start and what have you done to Rebsie?

Wierd and wonderful!

Peter

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Weird And Wonderful &mdash 08/14/07 - 12:41:10 PM
Poor Rebsie!

I think she's weird and wonderful too, now that you mentioned it Peter.

I hope she doesn't mind!


Thanks!




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Woo hoo! &mdash 08/09/07 - 05:00:24 PM
I love it. I want to dance and watch cartoons all at once. That groovy, happy distortion, woo.

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Somebody Could Lose An Eye &mdash 08/14/07 - 01:31:21 PM
You want to dance and watch cartoons all at once? That's how someone gets hurt!

You live a dangerous life, estellie!

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Awesome! &mdash 08/14/07 - 11:47:12 AM
What can one say but, "vitta, vitta, vitta, vitta"? It's a sentiment for all occasions.

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Sentiment For All Occasions &mdash 08/14/07 - 01:36:34 PM
That's a good one!


Thanks for listening to my song, Ledebutant. I tried hard to make it stick in your head.


vitta, vitta, vitta, vitta


Do you have any spare vocal tracks of yours lying around somewhere?


I have some twisted ideas for another fair voice.




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Sure &mdash 08/14/07 - 04:54:44 PM
You can have the vocals from any of my songs as long as they end up as unrecognizable as this marvelous bit of vitta vitta. Drop me a note and let me know what you'd like me to send you.

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Do You Drink In The Daylight Hours? &mdash 08/14/07 - 06:18:47 PM
Wow.





Thanks!





You're in trouble!







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Goes so well &mdash 08/16/07 - 06:36:46 AM
with the caffeine buzz! Very enjoyable!

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ReCaffeinated &mdash 08/23/07 - 08:36:58 PM
I try hard to put back what belongs where.

Did that make any sense at all?

Thanks K.I.S.

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Well... &mdash 08/29/07 - 01:29:05 PM
we've all tried to chop Rebsie to pieces and made her do things she wouldn't approve of. You make it sound like it's something new...

Nevertheless, I very much enjoyed this.

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Chop Chop Chop &mdash 08/29/07 - 04:32:17 PM
vitta vitta vitta vitta...

Thanks for listening. This was a great experience for me and I was pretty thrilled to have such a great voice at my disposal.

I hope Rebsie hears it one day and is pleased with it.


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Wow, I must've been really stoned that night &mdash 09/02/07 - 03:31:27 PM
Sorry it's taken me so long to get here ... I've got ridiculously behind with my listening.

This is really cleverly done, enjoyable and original. I look forward to hearing Lisa put through your creative mangle.

Eppy, put that axe down please.

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Rebsie Victimized &mdash 09/04/07 - 11:19:38 AM
Thanks for listening, Rebsie.

I worried that you'd feel more like a victim than a collaborator.

I'm anxious to put Lisa through the ropes as well as Anne from SISTERS. I have a few things in the works, but some simmering is required.

Thanks again for letting me have my way with you, so to speak. Eppy's the one you need to worry about.

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Here's... &mdash 09/06/07 - 04:42:20 PM
... JOHNNY!

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YIPES!! &mdash 09/07/07 - 09:50:07 AM

vitta vitta vitta vitta




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Big fan of Rebsie &mdash 10/30/08 - 12:47:07 AM
So this was a treat! Thanks!

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