The Song That Never Was - Imogen Heap Remix

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not my vocals!!!

i only added the strings.

"Imogen wants you to download the parts and add your own musical interpretation. You can then upload your mix to her SoundCloud Dropbox and put the best efforts up for everyone to listen to and enjoy."

See here for the details:

http://www.twestival.fm/?page_id=195

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there are some, but they're Imogen Heap's.

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Hits: 1674
Comments: 44
Fans: 22
Plays: 287
Downloads: 75
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Uploaded: Feb 14, 2009 - 07:36:54 PM
Last Updated: Apr 30, 2009 - 07:11:08 PM Last Played: Nov 13, 2009 - 07:51:51 PM

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Char	Char said 282 days ago (February 14th, 2009)
	Oh, this so pretty. Thank you for posting. Check out my latest song called Break Away (Mark Holbrook & Awigze)

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 282 days ago (February 14th, 2009)
	. thanks Char Check out my latest song called One For Me

abfkingsport	abfkingsport said 282 days ago (February 14th, 2009)
	ABFkingsport Wow. Very nice. Great vocals. Wonderful melody. The lyrics are great as well. I truly like this, I am going to mark this as a fav. Going to listen this many times. Anthony Check out my latest song called Gold Digger

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 282 days ago (February 14th, 2009)
	. i can only take credit for the strings. the rest is Imogen's brilliance. thanks Check out my latest song called One For Me

magnatone	magnatone said 282 days ago (February 14th, 2009)
	The Song That Never Was WOW BILL!!! You really took this and ran with it! Fabulous instrumentation you added here and the way this is orchestrated is just fabulous! Hope she hears this! Check out my latest song called Symphonic Smackdown

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 282 days ago (February 14th, 2009)
	. thanks, i'm pleased with it. (me too!) Check out my latest song called One For Me

Estella	Estella said 282 days ago (February 14th, 2009)
	Wowee!!!! Smokey, this is fantastic!! Make sure you post to the SoundCloud Dropbox because this one is great! The strings are perfect and just the right amount of darkness with the sweet. Makes me proud I put the info up in the forum so you could do this! Now I've got to get cracking myself... Check out my latest song called Este Momento

SmokeyVW

SmokeyVW said 282 days ago (February 14th, 2009)

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i did as she asked. i really hope she hears it.

(did you listen to the other remixes? don't! i did not until i was all done with mine. for fear of contaminating my ideas.)

so many thanks for pointing me at this one! i'm very happy with how this came out.

it points out that real pro artists like Imogen really know what they are doing. this felt like it just fell into place, like she had set it all up just for me to find the right notes to go with it... all i had to do was listen closely to the notes she was singing.

thanks!

Check out my latest song called One For Me

kassia	kassia said 282 days ago (February 14th, 2009)
	wow Smokey this is awesome! Did you do this in Garageband? Awesome composition around Imogen's very cool vocals (i LOVE her) and the strings are wonderfully rich and full. I love how you add the lower register later in the song, filling it all out slowly. Very cool stuff. VERY cool ending. I love this. Check out my latest song called Deep Majesty

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 282 days ago (February 14th, 2009)
	. thank you so much. it all flowed out with little actual thought. pure inspiration. Check out my latest song called One For Me

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 282 days ago (February 14th, 2009)
	. oops, just GarageBand Orchestra JamPack. Check out my latest song called One For Me

bug67	bug67 said 282 days ago (February 14th, 2009)
	Just LOVELY!!! Oh, boy. I just loved EVERYTHING about this. From the chilling, cut to the soul vocals, to the extremely lush orchestration. What a treat! Check out my latest song called Follow the Bouncing Bear With the Kazoo Blues in E (MJRF)

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 282 days ago (February 14th, 2009)
	. glad you liked it! thanks Check out my latest song called One For Me

Pete_NB	Pete_NB said 282 days ago (February 14th, 2009)
	Geez Bill Didn't take you long to get this one in the can. Great job! Sounds like the vocals came after the strings. You found a real complimentary approach to this. Check out my latest song called First of Fall - Slide

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 281 days ago (February 14th, 2009)
	. i really felt like the vocals strongly implied the string backup - just listening to the notes in the vocals set me on the path... thanks! Check out my latest song called One For Me

LunaTrick	LunaTrick said 281 days ago (February 14th, 2009)
	Very clever Smokey... Tasteful backing track - works well! Check out my latest song called Luna Gypsy Heart II (Eternal Firelight)

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 281 days ago (February 15th, 2009)
	. thank you Daniel Check out my latest song called One For Me

bud	bud said 281 days ago (February 15th, 2009)
	Excellent work Bill You really hit the perfect backing. if I didn't know how this was done I would have sworn it was a ground up collab. You really have a good feel for string arrangements and the technical skill to pull it off. This is great. Check out my latest song called eye for you (w/particledots and michael2)

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SmokeyVW said 281 days ago (February 15th, 2009)

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thanks Bud

i still hear some imperfections, but still i'm pretty happy with it. there's a rhythmic phrase (like right at the end) that makes setting chords really tough. and the transition into the bridge, and out of the bridge just isn't quite right... but all in all, i'm happy with it.

pro vocalists are amazing. if you mess around with cutting up a track, or checking pitches, you'll find that every phrase is exactly (or darn close to being) on time and on pitch. it's just awesome!

Check out my latest song called One For Me

bud

bud said 278 days ago (February 18th, 2009)

I'd hate to think
that the accuracy you attribute to Imogen is the result of digital correction - but why not? If a take is emotionally right but slips off a little here and there - what professional wouldn't correct it so it would fall into time and key? I'm not being cynical or passing judgment - just wonder how prevalent this activity is.

Check out my latest song called eye for you (w/particledots and michael2)

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 278 days ago (February 18th, 2009)
	. it's possible, but i doubt it (although my first audition of the raw tracks had me wondering) - it's just that a pro singer has really tight control over their voice. i'm always impressed with that. Check out my latest song called One For Me

Skean	Skean said 281 days ago (February 15th, 2009)
	Wow I jumped from Alannah's song to this... Both is a pleasure to my ears. It's should be cool to have them on a CD... Yep that's it.. Thanks. Check out my latest song called Let's Go Trippy

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 281 days ago (February 15th, 2009)
	. good vocals makes all the difference! thanks Check out my latest song called One For Me

Skean	Skean said 280 days ago (February 16th, 2009)
	Yep That's so true.. Peace Check out my latest song called Let's Go Trippy

Andy-bm	Andy-bm said 281 days ago (February 15th, 2009)
	Nice Job! I did a version of this song too. The coolest thing is all the different things the same vocal track inspires in different people. I would not have heard it this way if you didn't do it. I took more of a pop/rock direction with it. I really love this. I had to listen three times! //Andy

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SmokeyVW said 281 days ago (February 15th, 2009)

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wow, three times! that's quite a complement. i appreciate it.

thanks

i know what you mean and there being lots of possibilities!

after i finished my remix i listened to all the ones on Twitter at the time.

i had an overwhelming impression that many people were running roughshod over Imogen's lovely vocal melodies and trying to force the tracks to fit their own ideas for a song. there's a big difference between passing tones and outright dissonance; and ninths or elevenths only go so far before they sound darned awful.

(sorry, i felt the need to vent. i guess it happened right here, right now. my apologies.)

Check out my latest song called One For Me

bent	bent said 281 days ago (February 15th, 2009)
	Pro stuff! Among the better I have heard here on MJ. This just shows what good vocals do to a song. The strings you have added so much enhances the feel of the song, and if this was on the radio I would say ... "yeah, that´s a hit"! Great!

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 281 days ago (February 15th, 2009)
	. you named my goal: showcase Imogen. all else is secondary thanks! Check out my latest song called One For Me

Jim Bouchard

Jim Bouchard said 281 days ago (February 15th, 2009)

late to the party
but I was busily working on my own version and didn't want to listen too much to other versions until I got mine done. This is really pretty different and I must say totally great! Nice little passing notes to push the harmonies in different directions, to resolve phrases in an inventive way. Now I feel like mine is the caveman version and yours is the modern man version. Seeing that you got yours done so quick did make me feel like I should charge on and wrap up mine as soon as possible.

Check out my latest song called Weather or Not w/awigze

SmokeyVW

SmokeyVW said 281 days ago (February 15th, 2009)

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i agree: don't listen to other versions until you've captured your own ideas.

i feel very strongly that the notes Imogen sings clearly imply chords. and i think modulations from verse to chorus to bridge are plainly evident. i suspect a detailed analysis of the melody would bear this out, but it's only a hunch on my part. i was driven by mesmerized intuition on this song, so i'm probably completely wrong on that.

in any case, thank you very much!

Check out my latest song called One For Me

ic42	ic42 said 281 days ago (February 15th, 2009)
	skillful art imogen heap is an expert singer. however, smokeyvw is an expert of orchestration. to add a bed around a voice, it is difficult. to make sampled strings dance here, it is difficult. you have great success here. it is a beautiful song. 0x0 Check out my latest song called futatsu 0x01

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SmokeyVW said 281 days ago (February 15th, 2009)

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i would love to score a real quartet some day...

i think the song is in C.

the opening verse is in the fifth, G. Imogen never sings an F#, but i'm certain of it.

the following chorus is in the tonic, C. i feel the chords are I IV V-, and since it ends with V (G) it's perhaps not so obvious. but it's in C for sure.

we get another verse and chorus, and then the bridge begins in the relative minor, A minor. we hear i - iv - i - iv v. then it modulates to G briefly.

the final chorus is again in C and it ends there.

so the overall architecture is: V I V I vi V I

just wanted to say this.

thanks

Check out my latest song called One For Me

davisamerica	davisamerica said 280 days ago (February 16th, 2009)
	VW .... perfect strings .... absolutely perfect Bill ... you should be way pleased with this Check out my latest song called No Son(egobandit band)

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 280 days ago (February 16th, 2009)
	. yes i am! very pleased. thank you Check out my latest song called One For Me

abfkingsport	abfkingsport said 280 days ago (February 16th, 2009)
	ABFkingsport I wouldn't have thought you could have made this song any better. Thanks for proving me wrong. Phenomenal. This should be on the radio. Anthony Check out my latest song called Gold Digger

loricunningham	loricunningham said 279 days ago (February 17th, 2009)
	w00t! Imogen Heap is really one of my favorite artists. You did her vocals wonders. Check out my latest song called Thoughts of You (Emeria song)

Willywagga	Willywagga said 279 days ago (February 17th, 2009)
	Perfect Really perfect, beautiful tone lovely voice. Hints of Aimee Mann in the vocals. The strings are strong and moving. Beautiful altogether !!! Check out my latest song called The Jes on Sea Road

Roxylee	Roxylee said 279 days ago (February 17th, 2009)
	Bill, Wow You heard the strings and they are perfect to her awesome vocals. Ear candy....:-) Check out my latest song called Sweet Grace

Muse Ritual	Muse Ritual said 279 days ago (February 17th, 2009)
	This a great re-telling so quick but so so sooo damn beautifully done. Excellent job! Check out my latest song called Rage3 Lih Re-Mix

thoddi

thoddi said 278 days ago (February 18th, 2009)

just right
It seems very right for the vocals what you have added. And I think it's very creative and strong to use just the strings. Her voice is so cool and strong in itself, that letting drums, bass and the rest of the band take a break, seems to be a wise decision. You play those strings with confidence and they sound brilliant in companionship with her voice.

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cchaplin	cchaplin said 276 days ago (February 20th, 2009)
	Late, but glad I droped by I'm checking out all the different versions. This is great ! Nice and upbeat. Check out my latest song called Rappatack suite

Doug Somers	Doug Somers said 274 days ago (February 22nd, 2009)
	To add what adds and doesn't detract or distract with such dead on artistry is a real gift. This works brilliantly - support for the vocal that provides the right frame to show off the singer in her best light. Kudos!!! Doug Check out my latest song called Desiree (MJ Space Race 2009)

scaustrita	scaustrita said 273 days ago (February 23rd, 2009)
	You got me hooked I am a fan of the project. I love your string arrangement, the quartet it is so delicate. The dynamics are wonderful. After hearing your interpretation, I had to give it a try. http://www.macjams.com/song/50761 Thank you! Check out my latest song called Sunset Pier

HolleyHall	HolleyHall said 116 days ago (July 29th, 2009)
	The Song That Never Was LOVE the vocals! nice harmonies going on here. very uplifiting feel. I nee to hear this in the morning when I get up!! the mix is way cool!! Holley :) Check out my latest song called Just Stop Not Living

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