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Back around father's day Bud had released
"My Bloody Fathers Day".
http://www.macjams.com/song/32773
A droning type of song with only one chord. I liked it so much that I wanted to goof around with it and see where I could go with it without changing what Bud had already done.
So Bud was kind enough to send his original files. I was able to re-mix the original tracks (quite a few) to make room for even more (quite a few) tracks of guitars and vocals. I did however did add a chorus (2 additional) chords. In keeping with the original idea.
For the vocals I asked Micheal Wark & Michael2 to add their own lyrics and vocals to this with no preconceived idea of what this is about. I don't know either.
So thanks Guys for helping out.
Lyrics:
Micheal Wark
"I heard the lyre of the Orphic Seer
When Thera blew, I heard it's thunder
I took my stand on Thermopylae's strand
I've bowed before gods without number"
"'House of four doors"
Infinite shores
We're here together forever"
Tomorrow knows
it comes and goes
But I'll be here forever
Michael2
I see them reappearing
I see them in my head
I hear them in the hallway
I hear they're making plans
Vic
I swam a ocean that has since gone dry
climbed a mountain that once touched the sky
I walked through fire just to feel the heat
Yelled at the gods so they could hear me speak
Tomorrow knows
it comes and goes
But I'll be here forever
read everything till I went blind
cut free from all the ties that bind
opened my mind with my third eye
Tomorrow knows
it comes and goes
But I'll be here forever
Hardware:
Lots of stuff
Software:
Garageband, Logic Pro 8
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We're not worthy... &mdash 10/19/07 - 03:03:03 PM
... we're not worthy... we're not worthy...
What can I say?! Can I be one of the roadies?
(have you been visiting the Maharishi again??)
Jack [ Reply to This ]
The Maharishi... &mdash 10/19/07 - 03:24:15 PM
just phoned in. He has listened to your song.
He commented, "Not too subtle."
Hmmm? I think he means it brings back good memories (he's always a bit mystic in his pronouncements). [ Reply to This ]
Maharishi Bud &mdash 10/20/07 - 01:19:55 PM
Bud is the guiding light on this, with his original tune.
he was the incense and the rest of us are peppermint.
now is the time to go back to wearing love beads and bellbottoms.
This one has been in the works for the past 3 weeks. So it was a trip just to finally set it free
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Freakin awesome! &mdash 10/19/07 - 03:12:49 PM
Wow! This is trip and a half. Thanks so much for giving me a part in this Vic. Kudos to Michael2 for his over-the-top Beatlesque vocal delivery in the mid-section. You really nailed it man! And Vic's guitar work is simply stunning. A psychedelic tour de force over Bud's original powerfully suggestive and hypnotic sound bed. I just love this guys!
Be well! [ Reply to This ]
Hey Mike &mdash 10/20/07 - 01:26:54 PM
I'm glad that you jumped in to help out.
those lyrics you came up with are pretty trippy in there own right.
And i agree about Michaels part. It just blows me away on how he came up for a melody for it,
Thanks again for the help [ Reply to This ]
Oh, so tomorrow *does* know &mdash 10/19/07 - 03:14:06 PM
This is great, one of the best psychedelics I've tried in a long time. Makes me feel like I'm bowling for stars. [ Reply to This ]
Thanks Dave &mdash 10/20/07 - 01:32:47 PM
and this psychedelic won't leave you with a hangover.... much.
It's always tomorrow somewhere. it just takes us part of a day to catch up to it. [ Reply to This ]
Pretty Cool &mdash 10/19/07 - 03:24:46 PM
This is sort of freakin' me out. I don't think you guys should be tinkering with this sort of power.
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well..... &mdash 10/20/07 - 01:42:34 PM
... don't freak out to much. I like working with these guys, they are each a power onto themselves.
Thanks for taking the audio journey with us. [ Reply to This ]
So... &mdash 10/19/07 - 03:33:48 PM
why didn't you come to see me whilst you were at Abbey Road Studios.
That was some trip... Very, very creative and extremely well produced. (I got some new headphones today and they, and this, blew me away.)
Fantastic.
Cheers
Len
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magical mystery trip &mdash 10/20/07 - 01:47:47 PM
Thanks Len,
when Bud first post My Bloody Fathers Day last June, I knew I had to play with it before it was half way over.
True this is best on good headphones. There are a lot of layers here. [ Reply to This ]
Well &mdash 10/19/07 - 03:45:45 PM
who needs to travel all the way to India when they can listen to this? There are Swamis, Fakirs and Holy men all around as I listen... just like being in those busy Indian Streets with all of life passing by. It's a great sound and collab... and very mystical, M [ Reply to This ]
Thanks Maurice &mdash 10/20/07 - 07:58:21 PM
For quite some time I have been wanting to do something like this. When Swami Bud came out with his original track, I knew I heard my calling. I'm glad this was able to come together and save everyone the plane tickets. [ Reply to This ]
Tomorrow Know &mdash 10/19/07 - 03:59:51 PM
here again a super McJammers group do their
majical combo .the guitar is Incredible ..
the singing (everybody) just into the groove
Vic you need to write a thesis about this ,
a worhty answer to (tomorrow never knows) .
KUDOS !! [ Reply to This ]
Thanks Feter &mdash 10/20/07 - 08:03:36 PM
I'm so glad that Bud had the original song to inspire me to work with it. I'm also really glad our two Mikes added something to take this to a higher level.
The guitar solos I just plugged in and went for it. [ Reply to This ]
Wow &mdash 10/19/07 - 04:11:30 PM
What a nice trip guys.... Excellent Collab... LOve it.
Best Regards
--
Kenta [ Reply to This ]
Thanks Kenta &mdash 10/20/07 - 08:06:35 PM
The best part about this trip is no one had to leave their homes.
Just a fun trip of the mind. [ Reply to This ]
holy christ on a bike &mdash 10/19/07 - 04:27:32 PM
that turned out way different than I thought; excellent job. Everyones parts are so cool, and that guitar is kicking my butt. it's kind of like Acid Mothers Temple. love it. Although my last line is: "I hear they're making plans." I don't know if I drive after this one. [ Reply to This ]
what would Jesus drive? &mdash 10/20/07 - 02:03:22 PM
Thanks for your help Michael. I had to keep everyone in the dark on what was going on. I really wanted to surprise you guys. This just would not of seemed complete without your involvement.
Fixed the misprint. Note to self: don't transcibe lyrics after 4 hours of mixing.
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Very Impressive &mdash 10/19/07 - 05:29:10 PM
theres always... &mdash 10/20/07 - 08:12:01 PM
..a favorite song that everyone would like to have done or recreate. I thought it would be fun to do a spin off of the beatles "tomorrow never knows."
Thanks for tuning in! [ Reply to This ]
Vindaloo of the soul &mdash 10/19/07 - 08:25:50 PM
Heh no lie just got back from Bakhara (our fav Indian restaurant) this fits so well w/ the evening mood, I can see a tiger outside my window wording the lyrics, nice rollercoaster ride, Ive been swept up and brought back in a matter of roughly 5 minutes. [ Reply to This ]
Hey Tom &mdash 10/20/07 - 08:26:28 PM
Well, I knew it was no coincidence with my third eye and all.
I'm just wondering how strong was that Indian food to enable you to see a tiger out your window, mouthing the words yet? Then again I had a bull moose outside my front window a few weeks ago, a real one.
This was a trip to make. [ Reply to This ]
Vic Leary... &mdash 10/26/07 - 03:00:12 PM
"He'll take you up, he'll bring you down; he'll plant your feet back firmly on the ground...Vic Leary..." [ Reply to This ]
beatle-esque indeed &mdash 10/19/07 - 10:20:22 PM
frisbee - far out!
but it was right in front of him.
this is a tremendous tune guys!
the production is great. vocals, guitar, effects, etc., etc. WOW!
the pic is like a page from the Discordian Coloring Book!
http://www.poee.org/living/GetBook.aspx?BookPageID=23
thanks [ Reply to This ]
Thanks Bill &mdash 10/20/07 - 08:44:02 PM
Bud's original tune gave me the temple of templates to start off with. But, man oh man alot of mix time went into this piece. But it was all worth it considering I've wanted to do a piece along this line for some time now. [ Reply to This ]
Holy shit Vic! &mdash 10/20/07 - 12:01:56 AM
It's all too much for me to take the love that's shining all around you.
I can't thank you and enough for taking this tune and blowing the roof off the sucker. Your production, guitars and vocals are not to be believed - and the foresight to enlist the prodigious talent of Mike and Mike was truly inspired.
I am humbled. Thanks guys. [ Reply to This ]
Hey! &mdash 10/20/07 - 03:09:58 AM
Vic, Mike and Mike! Kind of like the MJ version of Larry, Daryl and Daryl? [ Reply to This ]
Bud &mdash 10/20/07 - 10:55:06 PM
If you hadn't come up with MBFD in the first place, none of this would of happened. I'm really glad that you still had the original files.
What you created was so inspiring to me that I think I might of have been drooling at the possibility of working with it. It took a while but tomorrow finally arrived.
Thanks for all your help [ Reply to This ]
I just played this in a car driving over &mdash 10/20/07 - 11:16:32 PM
Mt. Tam at sunset - and I haven't been that high in a good many years. The guy I was with said he was at Burning Man with friends this year enjoying some of the earth's gifts and were longing to hear anything that tripped as solid as this tune. Mission accomplished. [ Reply to This ]
sunset &mdash 10/22/07 - 08:41:10 PM
that I had to be a trippy scene going through a pass at sunset. We have a pass going over to Seattle thats pretty cool when it's not snowing.
and here I was thinking that the itunes visualizer would be cool, not as much since you mentioned that [ Reply to This ]
Bro! &mdash 10/26/07 - 03:03:55 PM
It was a pleasure to work with Vic and Michael2 on your venerable soundtrack oh Swami Budananda!
Namaste! [ Reply to This ]
Big &mdash 10/20/07 - 12:45:29 AM
Big and ambitious project, and it worked anyway. Each vocal reminded my of a different 60's band, can't exactly remember which goes where. Ilike the instrumental and tonal changes from passage to passage, It was a journey........ Regards [ Reply to This ]
and the files kept piling up &mdash 10/20/07 - 11:00:48 PM
You got that right. A lot of tracks and time went into this. One of the big reasons I asked the two Mikes to join in to give the whole thing a different feel and take. They did wonderful work [ Reply to This ]
Serendipitous surprise! &mdash 10/20/07 - 12:51:55 AM
I like how you threw in that "hook" from one of your older tunes in the last quarter! you fellers did a great job on this and it most definitely stands out in the crowd, so to speak! A treasured listen indeed. Accolades all around!
Ax [ Reply to This ]
Can't fool you &mdash 10/20/07 - 11:06:29 PM
Hey Alvin,
Actually all my songs are exactly the same. It's the red button that kinda changes them a little. It's great to work with these guys. [ Reply to This ]
WOW &mdash 10/20/07 - 04:07:44 AM
Mr. Vic, all i can say that i'm impressed by your songs (all of your list). Your guitar work is always EXCELLENT. The mixing and arranging here is in the 1st class ! All of you did a very great job ! .. Great POST
DEEPEST BOWS SIR [ Reply to This ]
Thanks Yeman &mdash 10/20/07 - 11:16:49 PM
A lot of time went into this, so I'm glad that you liked it.
And these are terriffic guys to have on this piece.
The guitar work just came naturally, that was the easiest part.
Thanks again Yeman, I'm keeping a eye out for your rock tune. [ Reply to This ]
Supergroup &mdash 10/20/07 - 04:59:52 AM
Jeez - MJs top talent together at last! Everything is just top notch here.... this is so far beyond me, I'm torn between giving up and being spured on!
Fantastic guys.
steve [ Reply to This ]
Hi Steve &mdash 10/20/07 - 11:25:27 PM
No your not giving up. M-JAMS would call Interpol to drag you back.
I'm glad that Bud had the initial track to start off with.
I wanted different vocalists to give each section a different sound. I'm glad they jumped in. Otherwise I might have had to get down on my knees and get all whiny and pleady to get you to throw a few lines in. While you laughed and sicked the hounds on me. [ Reply to This ]
Wha? &mdash 10/26/07 - 03:05:45 PM
Excellent work guys.... &mdash 10/20/07 - 05:59:35 AM
This is both excellent and a true MJ's classic.
Well done to everyone from the initial concept through the putting together to the production.
Most excellent.
Paul. [ Reply to This ]
Thanks Paul &mdash 10/21/07 - 01:19:53 PM
Thanks to Bud's original tune. that got the ball rolling in my head on expanding it even farther. And it's fun to invite a few friends in to party on this. [ Reply to This ]
Uh ohhh - wrong door... &mdash 10/20/07 - 12:59:39 PM
Okay, so this is not the pastry to have w/ my coffee this morning, but I can't wait til evening falls and I'll take the opportunity to go all places no time forever w/ you guys - And I'll comment later - But I really should just read my newspaper right now... Macca [ Reply to This ]
will it be door number 1? &mdash 10/21/07 - 01:23:21 PM
door number 2 or what's behind the curtain?
be careful that the coffee isn't spiked. this is trippy enough. [ Reply to This ]
Mystery Tour &mdash 10/20/07 - 01:55:55 PM
Bud's brother, Will, here. A sensational mix of sounds in this tour de force. Out Mystery Tours Magical Mystery Tour. The guitar work is spellbinding. A little Steve Earle Transcendental Blues in the middle section. This is a great "put on the head phones, turn it up loud" total music experience. Take me back, but it's great to know music like this is here in the present, too. Absolutley inspired! [ Reply to This ]
Hi Will &mdash 10/21/07 - 01:53:38 PM
This was the type of music that made me want to learn guitar way back then.
For some time I have been trying to figure how to go about doing a one chord song along this line. When your brother came out with his original version that set the wheels in motion.
Thanks again Will. And keep supplying Bud with your great lyrics! [ Reply to This ]
did ya &mdash 10/20/07 - 02:43:04 PM
cop my stash.....heh?...fess up.....hehhehhe...nice trip man.....cosmic rendering of intergalactic musings.....rainbow raindrops of innerspace transients dancing through the gates of metamorpheses attainicus pacificus..et pluribus unum......peace.... [ Reply to This ]
next time.... &mdash 10/21/07 - 01:57:55 PM
...don't leave your stash out in the open. Under the couch is no good either.
you probably figured that eventually I would take a song to the extreme in this style. [ Reply to This ]
All that's missing... &mdash 10/20/07 - 04:09:31 PM
...is the bagpipes...great guitar work...travel the time line from '60s to the present... [ Reply to This ]
hey Bob &mdash 10/21/07 - 02:02:25 PM
yeah those bagpipes keep disappearing around recording time. Had to replace it with a hash pipe instead. umm, metaphorically speaking of course. [ Reply to This ]
~ &mdash 10/21/07 - 05:09:33 PM
HOLY...EXPERIENCE!!!! :-) &mdash 10/20/07 - 06:18:25 PM
This just lifted my soul from my body and spirited it into the kaleidoscopic vortex of Nirvana!!! :-) A totally "Ohm" -gasmic trip!!! Like Woodstock; free love and cosmic consciousness without the need for mood altering whatever! Oh!!!... My God!!!..... Vic!!! :-) Your guitars are freakin' phenomenal, Bro!!! I want to be reincarnated as one of your guitars! :-) Just Kidding! And the lyrics and your vocals (Micheal, Mike 2 , and Vic) just took me for a spiritual ride through the time warping universe! "Do not now seek the answers. Live the questions." I'd light some inscense - but it makes me sneeze. :-) [ Reply to This ]
Hi Carole &mdash 10/21/07 - 02:08:13 PM
Yeah this is tripping the light fantastic. When I first started there was a lot of head scratching to figure out where to go. Thats when I got the idea in my head to add our two Mikes to give it a different experience. I'm so glad they helped me out. [ Reply to This ]
I have been so errant .... &mdash 10/21/07 - 03:00:54 AM
... in my Macjams duties .... not being around since June .... that it's been a while since I visited a Vic Holman tune ... BUT WOW what a tune to VISIT upon my return !!!! Truly EPIC!!!! I could almost taste the "mushrooms" in this tune .. heh heh [ Reply to This ]
Thanks Alannah &mdash 10/21/07 - 02:15:00 PM
yes this just reeks of 'shrooms.
EPIC was in the many hours of mixing something like 35 - 40 tracks. considering how dense this is to start off with.
Good to have back around on the site. [ Reply to This ]
Far out man! &mdash 10/21/07 - 10:51:26 AM
Very far out Vic, Psycho Delia is not dead. She is alive and haunts MacJams .....
Cheers
Dick [ Reply to This ]
Hi Dick &mdash 10/21/07 - 02:20:19 PM
you more then likely knew I would put out something like this eventually.
This would be great with the itunes visualizer turned on. [ Reply to This ]
wot I didn't say is &mdash 10/21/07 - 04:39:01 PM
daaaaang ! &mdash 10/21/07 - 01:38:57 PM
love the guitar work esp. great vocals, every thing is amazing in this piece guy's, great work
rob [ Reply to This ]
Hi Rob &mdash 10/21/07 - 02:26:20 PM
the guitars where the easy part. there are a lot of tracks, some are way back in there. the leads I just hit record and had them in the first pass. Ya gotta like that when that happens [ Reply to This ]
beatleish &mdash 10/21/07 - 02:11:13 PM
kind of Beatles sounding..which isnt a bad thing at all.
simple yet...I dont know... really I think less chord changes, Id would drone this one out on one chord. Its really really good!! [ Reply to This ]
one chord &mdash 10/21/07 - 02:33:02 PM
one chord to many. Someday I'll try a song with no chords.
I first tried the chorus without the two additional chords, but i kept them brief.
Seems the D chord has a magical quality to it for this style of music. and Beatle-ish on purpose, a spin off of "Tommorow Never Knows" [ Reply to This ]
So... &mdash 10/21/07 - 10:38:10 PM
Which one is John, Paul, George or Ringo
:-)
Very nice tune chaps - great performances all round [ Reply to This ]
pre fab four &mdash 10/22/07 - 08:49:03 PM
I know I get the george comparison a bit. and michael 2 comes close to a lennon. so bud & mike w, will have to wrestle on who gets to be ringo. [ Reply to This ]
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What can I say?! Can I be one of the roadies?
(have you been visiting the Maharishi again??)
Jack
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