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Recorded and mixed on board a Jet Blue A320 aircraft between Long Beach, California and New York City, December 21, 2008 - seat 10A.
Michael2 recently referred to my in-flight studio as the skylab. Many thanks to the crew of Jet Blue and the ambiance of the Airbus A320. We had a strong tailwind yesterday so this piece was completed in under three hours.

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Lyrics

our snacks today include
chips nuts animal crackers cookies
please have your selection ready
when we come down the aisle

I'll have
the sweet potato chips
please

Song Stats

Hits: 678
Comments: 37
Fans: 15
Plays: 62
Downloads: 35
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Uploaded: Dec 22, 2008 - 10:21:44 AM
Last Updated: Dec 23, 2008 - 09:14:09 AM Last Played: Oct 20, 2009 - 04:05:50 AM

Song License

Creative Commons License:
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Song Actions

Keywords:

chips (2), nuts (6), cookies (2), please (3), jet blue (1)

Hardware:

MacBook

Software:

GB08

Comments

tokai	tokai said 338 days ago (December 22nd, 2008)
	Great Mile high music. Nice touch, did you have your guitar and bass with you too? Love the concept with those soundbites, i got to try that. Check out my latest song called maizuru/Bud/Char

bud	bud said 338 days ago (December 22nd, 2008)
	No instruments just loops and the keypad. Soundbites recorded with pinhole and noise removed in Audacity at different levels. When you take heavy noise like the ambiance of the plane and use noise reduction you end up with those little electronic glitches you hear in this piece. Thanks for checking in - and have nice holiday. Check out my latest song called try not to think

ktb

ktb said 337 days ago (December 22nd, 2008)

wow
this is great. Any time I try to write while flying I would always loose focus, or my battery would die, etc...the guitar is outstanding. gotta be some more loops than just the GB stock. really a great listen. You may have given me the motivation to try it again, seeing as I spend enough time running around. Excellent the way you incorporated the audio samplings.

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bud	bud said 337 days ago (December 22nd, 2008)
	Thanks KTB The guitar is a stock sample AI believe - Progressive Solo - which I messed with because it was too clean in it's original state. Check out my latest song called try not to think

Feter	Feter said 337 days ago (December 22nd, 2008)
	skylab very nice ride thanks for the journey ...!!! Check out my latest song called A Night With Feter feat'(Roxylee sloparts crissew johnwhitehead and Yamin AL Yamani )

bud	bud said 337 days ago (December 22nd, 2008)
	You're welcome Feter nice to see you again Check out my latest song called try not to think

lengold	lengold said 337 days ago (December 22nd, 2008)
	Away and into the beyond. Great stuff. Lovely mix. Cheers Len Check out my latest song called Dodgy Doughnut

bud	bud said 337 days ago (December 22nd, 2008)
	Thanks Len This is really just a little trifle - quick and light. Glad you enjoyed it. Check out my latest song called try not to think

	said 337 days ago (December 22nd, 2008)
	Fantastic concept I love it

bud	bud said 337 days ago (December 23rd, 2008)
	Thanks Bryn It's a nice way to pass a flight - and it's always a surprise to hear the results when you get out of the cabin and the noise. Check out my latest song called try not to think

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 337 days ago (December 22nd, 2008)
	here I am floating in my tin can this turned out pretty cool. the sound bites tend to give it a eery feel. kinda like a flight into the twilight zone. I personally have nothing against planes.... just heights. Check out my latest song called November

bud	bud said 337 days ago (December 23rd, 2008)
	Ground control I have to start soliciting homegrown loops from jammers so I can do the skycollab thing. Would have loved to have your guitar up there. Check out my latest song called try not to think

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 336 days ago (December 23rd, 2008)
	that would be a cool idea i could yank some solos out from tunes and you could have away at them. that would be really interesting. Check out my latest song called November

LunaTrick	LunaTrick said 337 days ago (December 23rd, 2008)
	Nice Bud.. You slipped the surely bonds of earth with this one! Check out my latest song called Luna Gypsy Heart II (Eternal Firelight)

bud	bud said 337 days ago (December 23rd, 2008)
	Hey Daniel thanks for stopping by - have a great holiday! Check out my latest song called try not to think

michael2	michael2 said 337 days ago (December 23rd, 2008)
	nice one kevin i too love the noise removal tool, just for the weird things it does when you abuse it. cool use of loops too. did you get the salty peanuts or the fake chex mix? we should book a flight to Paris someday, bring some extra batteries and see what we come up. nice one. Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

bud	bud said 337 days ago (December 23rd, 2008)
	The sweet potato chips of course it's in the lyrics! I like the Paris concept - but a greyhound bus from LA to Frisco might be more in my budget. Enjoy the family and a few days of rest. Check out my latest song called try not to think

tempie

tempie said 337 days ago (December 23rd, 2008)

skylab
jet blue has the best snacks.

this is great. for whatever reason there are certain records that I think of as "flying music" and before I fly i load up the ipod...the Postal Service, Thievery Corporation, etc. I never flew as a kid, my first flight wasn't until my mid twenties, and though i've done a lot of flying since then airports and planes still strike me as kind of alien, like buck rogers comics. Cool listen, thanks!

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bud

bud said 337 days ago (December 23rd, 2008)

I always go for the Terra Chips
usually they only have the blue ones - but they added sweet potato for the holidays. I tend to do a bit of flying and have for many years. First the Bose noise canceling headphones and an iPod changed the whole experience - and then the laptop and GB made the it fun and productive. Check out Jet Blue w/Ginsberg
http://www.macjams.com/song/25019
my first skylab project.

Check out my latest song called try not to think

blaky smith	blaky smith said 336 days ago (December 23rd, 2008)
	Seat 10A Amazing concept, work built in original conditions, nicely done Bud, I believe that my country is too small to have the time to work on a piece of music in a plane, or then I am too slow ! Check out my latest song called Sur le sable (w Jiguma)

bud	bud said 336 days ago (December 24th, 2008)
	You can go into a closet turn on a vacuum cleaner or hair dryer - eat some chips and sip ginger ale and pretend. Just be f=sure to have a tape of a crying baby playing n the background. Check out my latest song called try not to think

five_extra_arms	five_extra_arms said 336 days ago (December 23rd, 2008)
	The Captain Has Turned On The Fasten Seatbelts Light Bud, you are so original! This is just the coolest thing I've heard all day!! Great concept and I'm glad the plane landed safely so we could hear this. Although the ending makes me wonder.... Bob Check out my latest song called Michael Pool

bud	bud said 336 days ago (December 24th, 2008)
	Abrupt ending is an airlock effect needed to get out quick cause we were about to land. Check out my latest song called try not to think

DWL	DWL said 336 days ago (December 24th, 2008)
	Amazing - stratospheric. 3 hours? It'd take me that long to just choose a loop..... Cheers Dick Check out my latest song called A Good Night's Sleep with Macferret, Sir Dennis Crowther and Pete Young

bud	bud said 336 days ago (December 24th, 2008)
	Thanks Dick the pressurized cabin speeds up the process. Now if I could just get the oxygen to drop down without causing a stir. Check out my latest song called try not to think

paul f. page

paul f. page said 335 days ago (December 24th, 2008)

My two cents...
...Awesome that you could put this together ON A PLANE BETWEEN CALIF. AND NYC. There is such a "real" feel to the recording, like I am riding with you...or riding through the air somewhere...or perhaps in an airport on a very rainy day waiting for my flight to take off. There would be no end to the visuals you could put with this. ... Nice, Bud... and then ... you crashed!!! I am so sad.
Peace.
Paul

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bud	bud said 331 days ago (December 28th, 2008)
	Always nice to hear from you Paul Thanks for the imagery. Don't be sad - I backed up before I crashed. Check out my latest song called try not to think

egobandit	egobandit said 335 days ago (December 24th, 2008)
	its the coolest revolving constant with jabs of just the right sounds! Sweet as the younger generation says Check out my latest song called when its love

bud	bud said 331 days ago (December 28th, 2008)
	Oh those kids Thanks Tim. Check out my latest song called try not to think

mvh9591	mvh9591 said 335 days ago (December 24th, 2008)
	Very Nice____ Bud, They actually let you take your guitar out and lay tracks on the plane? (lol) Enjoyed - Thanks for sharing, mvh : ) Check out my latest song called Ease My Troubled Mind

bud	bud said 331 days ago (December 28th, 2008)
	No - if only the guitars are loops. Thanks for giving a listen. Check out my latest song called try not to think

jgurner

jgurner said 332 days ago (December 28th, 2008)

This makes me wonder...
Just how much music on MJ is written on planes, in cars, while sitting in cafes, etc. Not just tunes like this which were actually created and recorded while sitting in transit, but those whose ideas were born in those moments of unfilled waiting that have become the mainstay of the modern traveler.

This is very cool, not just in its creation, but its sound. The captured sounds and the backing blend so well. Very nice. It'll be interesting to see what kind of new creations will come about now that recording a true multitrack tune can be done even on the iPhone.

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bud	bud said 331 days ago (December 28th, 2008)
	I agree - mobile music making is getting interesting and will only get more so as time goes on. I find it the best way to pass the time while traveling. Check out my latest song called try not to think

Heightened	Heightened said 327 days ago (January 2nd, 2009)
	You had me at skylab. Check out my latest song called A Journey Through Starburst Galaxy M82

Dj French Toast	Dj French Toast said 302 days ago (January 26th, 2009)
	French Toast was here (you can tell by the trail of syrup) Check out my latest song called Its The French Toast(Colab W/WillBill808)

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 217 days ago (April 21st, 2009)
	better late than never! cool sound effects - like the strings background - spacey guitar licks - the auto filtered voices is freaky thanks Check out my latest song called One For Me

Schello	Schello said 192 days ago (May 17th, 2009)
	=) sofisticated Check out my latest song called Snozz'en (Cronik Mix)

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Name: Kevin Jones

Born in Philly and living in Brooklyn, NY. My home studio work predates digital and my gigging experience was mostly in the early eighties. Lately I play out from time to time with Airport Seven and try to keep up with what's going on around here. Th... [see more]

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