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Sheela ! by cchaplin
 Genre: Trip Hop

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Last Played: Jun 27, 2009 - 10:21:13 AM
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Uploaded: Apr 27, 2008 - 05:18:01 PM
Last Updated: Aug 20, 2008 - 03:42:00 AM
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Description:
A song about the Sheela Na Gig.

This was radically changed from a previous song I posted earlier which I wasn't happy with.

Me appy now !


Lyrics:
Ride into the road and die
I can feel the light of diamond toes
Her eyes pride into the dark night
To all her woes

Glide into the sea and die
I can see the sound of ivory rows
Her mouth slides into a broad smile
To all the woes

Fly into the sky and die
I can hear the touch of ruby coals
Her skin melts into a downwind
With all her woes

(Copyright Christopher Chaplin 2008)

Hardware:
Yamaha keyboard

Software:
Emu Proteus
BFD 2

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dajama said 433 days ago (April 27th, 2008)
The opening of this
is terrific - dark and engaging. I love the bass sounds, and the vocal effect works well. Great sound overall; the voice sounds really good. The drums work very well, I think - not what I expected, and that's good! I like the imagery-rich lyrics, too. Well-arranged and performed. I can see why you're happy! Nicely done. Peace.
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Feter said 433 days ago (April 27th, 2008)
Sheela !
very progressive ..definetly I m impressed by the
singing and the atmosphere here .great vibes thnx
for sharin .... !!

p.s
your singin reminds me of alan parson ..you rock !
lengold said 433 days ago (April 28th, 2008)
What a very
original sound - really excellent song and beautiful vocals. Fantastic production.
Cheers
Len

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cchaplin said 433 days ago (April 28th, 2008)
Thanks for the comments
I think I can still improve on the mix a bit, maybe through spacing or something. Any hints are very welcome. Anyway, I might give it a try. At least this time it will not be frustrating, but a lot more pleasurable. Thanks for stopping by.
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chikoppi said 195 days ago (December 21st, 2008)
Vocal Shelving
I dig the song quite a bit! I also thing you're right that the vocals need to be more integrated with the mix. I think you can set a high-pass filter on the vox to cut out frequencies below 350Hz. This will separate the vox from all the other bass frequencies that you have going on and allow you to seat them back a bit. Add compression, light flange, and a long reverb (cut reverb frequencies below 500Hz) and it should be trippy!
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rsorensen said 432 days ago (April 29th, 2008)
woah
really really interesting cool sounds you've created here. everything's balanced so well too. great!
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composerclark said 432 days ago (April 29th, 2008)
Cool sounds
Ah, Trip Hop; my favorite genre! Actually, I'm sure it will come as no surprise that I know nothing about this genre, but I really enjoyed this. Trippy for sure, and I like the gritty sonic world you created.
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cchaplin said 432 days ago (April 29th, 2008)
Ach genres !
Hi Clark,

I get confused with genres. I actually posted this under "Electropop" to start with, but I've got it from good authority that this is more "Trip Hop". It fits anyway: I am hopping mad, and tripping most of the time. Thanks for the visit.



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guitapick said 432 days ago (April 29th, 2008)
Wow...
...trip hop only says the half of it...and I don't know what the other half is...but it's n-i-i-i-i-c-e...

Very unique and original. Kudos...

Bob
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cchaplin said 432 days ago (April 29th, 2008)
Niiice !
Thank you Bob,

Funny you should say that, "niiice" is one of the presets I used on the BFD2 drums on this !

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said 426 days ago (May 4th, 2008)
Sheela !
This is Superbly Briiliant Love your singing too.
The sounds are very effective. Well done.

Peace Dee
Kicbal said 424 days ago (May 7th, 2008)
Lo-fi Groove
Love the experimenting going on here. The drums almost have that lazy Beatles vibe going on. It really adds a nice feel to the song. The lyrics really fit the music. Cool stuff
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Warren Smith said 422 days ago (May 8th, 2008)
semi-conscious reaction ...
And here I thought we were suppose to die first - and then fly into the sky : >

This is a very trippy soundtrack that moves along at its own distinctive pace. I like what is here - yet I think there's is room to add more of those trippy sounds that go hopping through this spaced-out landscape.

Of course, the more I listen to it, the more I hear in it.
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tokai said 422 days ago (May 9th, 2008)
Like it
quite a dark arrangement. Great words that you have created. Where is that image from? Cheers
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cchaplin said 422 days ago (May 9th, 2008)
Kilpec
The image comes from Kilpec in England. It's a Sheela Na Gigd (hence the title)

For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheela_na_Gig

Glad you like it.
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baki said 370 days ago (June 29th, 2008)
nice one
very nice piece. like the landscape, the feel. clean production and tasty mix of plenty. the snare is maybe a bit too busy for this kind of song in my opinion, but maybe that's what you wanted... cheers
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