Pop Serial (Second Chance Challenge) by bud
Genre: Twentieth Century
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Thanks to whomever launched the Second Chance Challenge. I was motivated to sit down today and take a crack at Feter's Classical Challenge that escaped my efforts earlier this year. For the most part - the wonderful music submitted to Feter's Eine Kleine Nacht Musik MJ fit the "classic" classical form. This however fits more into the pop serialism quasi classical compartment. Whatever that is. I also think I might have been influenced by all the Leonard Bernstein tributes I've been hearing this weekend.
Hope you enjoy it.
Hope you enjoy it.
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egobandit
Love the interweaving of highs and lows. The constants that keep introducing new sounds that gets more and more intense. Enjoyed!
bud
this was fun and happened fast. Easily coulda spent more time on it - but it felt good as a quick improv - and I felt like I had to get back in the saddle again. It's been a while since I've just knocked something out quick for fun. Glad you enjoyed it.
thoddi
Are this all loops or are you playing this yourself? Cool sounds anyhow:) Just like listening to the sound track from a James Bond movie from the 70's...
bud
edited - penciled - tweaked and slipped around - but no instruments were harmed in this creation. Thanks for taking the time to listen and comment. Hadn't thought of Bond - but you're right. Wasn't that John Barry?
Feter
thi is Genious ..WOW ...whata suprise ...the structure
just so deep and wonderfull ...I m so impressed my
friend ...this is top notch ...thnx alot for the gem !!!!
bud
This was a quick bit of fun - and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the Classical Challenge - or this might never have happened.
SecondChanceChallenge
Glad to hear this wonderful piece of music that might have never been written.
You've motivated plenty of us in the past bud.
Thanks
bud
I appreciate what you're doing here. Great idea.
kingbee
continuing to push the creative boundaries.
You are are real talent bud
bud
nice of you to take the time to listen and comment.
Geez Kevin...I didn't realize you had this sort of thing in you. You are definitely multi-talented my friend.
Waltzing in the Twilight Zone!
Be well!
bud
I just started with a little idea and let it lead me. Glad you could dig it. Loved your Ridd cover.
Char
and it is foreboding: something is coming. I was thinking about the Edgar Allen Poe stories made into movies with Vincent Price. Since it sounds like a dance, I'd say this would've fit Masque of the Red Death. It has an un-peaceful, un-easy feeling. Would work for a Halloween ball. Thanks.
bud
guess this has some tension and undercurrents. I thought it was kinda quirky and fun - but I'm a poor judge of my own work. I hear what you're hearing - and I grew up reading Poe. Good choice.
five_extra_arms
Like ego said, those deep dark tones and those flutey highs sounds really build into a big and unique sound. It almost sounds like something off a Mike Oldfield album.
Cool bud. You back from France?
bud
I was heading there as soon as the tubular bells came along. I always dug what he was up to - especially when he was working with Kevin Ayers. Thanks for the visit. You coming to the NY Decom? Sent you an invite. How's Katie doing?
Vic Holman
different is good.
cool waltz you made up here. i really liked the second half with the additional instruments. cool
bud
I kinda think I let part one go a little too long without changes - but I was getting into the repetition.
davisamerica
ok kevin .... you do this "dark" and "quirky" stuff extremely well ... just who the heck are you really??? ;-]
bud
who's into music. That so strange?
paul f. page
...never think of a waltz in quite the same way after hearing this...Well, it's sort of a waltz 1-2-3 // 1-2 ///1-2-3... Wow. This is SO inventive and beautifully orchestrated, Bud. WAY DIFFERENCE from anything else I've heard from you. Most intriguing and delightful. You have a lot of command of the effects and such, too. Really well-mixed. Now I can LEARN something from this. Thank you.
Peace.
Paul
P.S. End seems awfully abrupt...let it ring a few moments longer.
bud
and exactly what you're talking about with the counting of the time. I just got lucky cooking up a dish and kept adjusting the flavors till it felt worthy of serving up. So glad you enjoyed it. The interesting thing about working with loops is you really can play by ear.
dajama
And very different from what I would expect from you. Of course, I should know by now that you are full of surprises! This is very nicely done. Makes me think in a way of Michael Nyman. Nice arrangement and lovely use of different elements to create an offbeat mood. Cinematic and engaging. Very cool. Nicely done. Peace.
bud
Very kind comparison. Thanks for stopping by.
lengold
as a cinema track bud. Lovely listen.
Cheers
Len
bud
good hearing from you. I'm finally getting back in the swing of things around here.
rsorensen
this sounds great. i felt 'on edge' throughout this, and I think maybe that's what you were going for. love those big horns that come in halfway through. Definitely has a Bond feel when they do. Great job, Bud.
bud
when it first came out. God I loved it - especially the title sequence. Thanks for stopping by Ridd.
michael2
very cool track Kevin, a little danny elfman vibe (sort of carnival like i guess). i just had to hit play again, this is really great. love your choice and the approaches you used in the instrumentation. very cool.
bud
Elfman is cool. So far this tune is all things to all people. I think I dipped into the magic of Muzak.
guitapick
...and I can hear some of that in here. I hear Phillip Glass, too.
You're choice of instrumentation is really effective...nice piece, Kevin.
bud
then I took a left turn and got into sonorities and accents. That's where I felt some of the stabs from West Side Story with the horns. Nice of you to take time for this .
timothy devine
This got me thinkin bout Gil Evans Spain w/ Miles
you can have bass2x play the muted trumpet
and you got the new millennium version
great work man, gonna download it and keep it on my chain
peace out
tm
ps
I was on your home page here and you got those two great videos
way cool vids
when the first one came to an abrupt ending i almost fell off my chair
captivating to say the least ;)
bud
I love how this tune reminds people of so many different things and they're all things I'm into. Glad you had a chance to check out the vids. Time to do a new one.
Relic67
really cool. I love the marimba, or is it xylophone, sound towards the end.
tense, eerie vibe maintained throughout, builds nicely... effective...
fun to listen to... thanks for posting!
bud
it was cool how a jazz loop slipped into the mix as easily as it did. I thank jam packs for the success of this piece - I was just a conduit. Thanks for your time and comment.
kristyjo
how many tracks did you end up using, anyway? This is very interesting, and has lots of twists & turns, despite you using the same core loop throughout. how d'ya do that? :)
bud
I think in the end I used about 12 tracks - but only about 6 at a time. I found loops that were similar in nature and then tweaked them to create the interplay I was looking for. By the end the original tracks were gone - it was a progressive addition/subtraction process.
sloparts
I like the way you kept this piece evolving and changing throughout it. Kind of dark and mysterious and more than a little foreboding to be sure.
The high parts against the lows at time made it sound like some kind of macabre dance of the zombie clowns or something.
Okay, who are you and what have you done with Bud,
Great job my friend, thanks for finishing it up and posting it.
Be well and be cool,
Ed
bud
I appreciate the close listen and comments.
mjAlbumPods
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http://www.macjams.com/forum/viewtopic.php?forum=6;showtopic=151051
bud
Happy to be in such fine company.
Heightened
Really classy stuff
particledots
I may have to tap in to your Nyman fascination
Here is mine
http://www.macjams.com/song/45949
bud
with your Philip Glass thing for Lost Songs.