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Chant for the Sick by pooey [Email]
Genre: Classical

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Last Played: Nov 18, 2008 - 10:27:39 AM
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Uploaded: Jan 02, 2005 - 08:12:27 PM
Last Updated: Jan 24, 2005 - 06:39:53 PM
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Description:
Last June (at the same time I recorded my Milk songs) I had a terrible sore throat. It allowed me to sing lower than usual. I recorded myself "chanting". Reminiscent of Tibetan chant, or the likes of Huun Huur Tu. There's a little bit of mutiphonics if you listen to the higher voices.

Anyways, I decided to finish it last night by creating many layers of chant, then recording a "melody" over top. Lots o' sick reverb courtesy of the plug-in "Ambience". Turned out kinda neat I think.

Photo credits go to my wife, Lisa Mitchell. She is an amazing photographer. The church in the photo is located in a small town outside of Regina, Canada. My wife and her sister were on a road trip and got lost. Our gain.

Lyrics:
No lyrics...just different mouth shapes to accentuate certain overtones.

Hardware:
eMac, mAudio Duo

Software:
Ambience, phlegm
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Um &mdash 01/02/05 - 09:34:38 PM
I don't want to go to this church. Sounds cool but also
sort of scary. I also like your use of phlegm to extra create
atmosphere and it creates a natural pop filter for your
mic.
5 7 8 7


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Resonant &mdash 01/02/05 - 09:41:24 PM
Ecclesiatical and almost subsonic. Love it

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Resonant &mdash 01/02/05 - 11:43:09 PM
that should be "ecclesiastical"...hey it's supposed to be a sign of intelligence...

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meditative &mdash 01/03/05 - 09:06:23 AM
...and a little funny. When it first started, I imagined
a bunch of big monster muppets chanting (those
throat sounds often sound a little burpy/silly) but as
the layers filled in, I found it very trance-inducing.
Pretty cool. Are all the voices yours?

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meditative &mdash 01/17/05 - 12:18:26 PM
Yup all voices are mine. And yeah, there's a bit of humor in here. I'm having
a very hard time doing something strictly serious here. Oh well, that's me I
guess. Thanks for the comments.

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Mungo Like Tuvans &mdash 01/03/05 - 05:47:15 PM
Pass me some of that fermented horse milk. Yum.
7-8-7-7

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something caught in yer throat? &mdash 01/04/05 - 12:13:06 AM
sounds like you need a good pat on the back. i was
hoping for a few *coughs* thrown in for effect, or seeing
if you could get away with a few other words.. yo!, larry/
curly/moe, go, blooow (hankie-style), slow, nooooo..
okay, stop me. i think i caught a yawn in there, too. major
props for scaring hacked_to_pieces (altho he's just prolly
afraid of goin to church)

seriously-it's nice. you could work this into something

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something caught in yer throat? &mdash 01/04/05 - 04:06:20 PM
I thought of making this much longer, but I didn't know how to do that
without infinging upon the simplicity of it all. But I do like the reverberant
chant thing. I may do a similar thing someday.

Thanks for the comments!

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pprreettttyy awesome &mdash 01/04/05 - 12:23:20 PM
that was pretttty much awesome, pooey. I am a fan of pretty much anything ambient -- and this was awesome. I could definitely see myself studying or arting with your sick music in the background. I think you could definitely go somewhere with this or make more of it. basically you need a sore throat permanently to fulfill what I want.
7999

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pprreettttyy awesome &mdash 01/04/05 - 04:16:50 PM
Thanks! Dunno about the having the sore throat all the time part. Next time
my throat goes ape-shit I'll GB til I bleed. Just so I have more material for
next time.

Thanks for the comment!

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Funny &mdash 01/04/05 - 08:44:30 PM
I didn't find this sick at all. I quite dug it! Seems like it
would be perfectly at home in some kind of spiritual
horror film... The Exorcist: Pooeynormal!

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Funny &mdash 01/04/05 - 10:41:05 PM
Heh--thanks, Packo. Yeah it's all calm and meditative and somewhat dark,
until that point where I was having just a little bit TOO much fun with my
newfound subsonics. There was talk about a couple of websites that will sell
your music dot dot dot...thought maybe this one would work for some cheap
snuff film or something.

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Gesundheit &mdash 01/05/05 - 12:52:12 AM
This is such a cool collection of layered vocal effects!
Being a vocalist, myself, I'm always fascinated by creative
treatments of the vocal line..
It's mesmerizing and kind of creepy and amusing--all at
the same time!

(Maybe add some gargling into the mix next round...? ;)


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Amen &mdash 01/05/05 - 08:44:34 AM
Very authentic at moments. Man, you can really get down
there; great job taking advantage of your cold. Yes, it
turned out very neat. Not too much hiss, which is hard to
avoid in a cappella tracks, and you managed it well,
having it come in gently in waves so it is not even noticed.
I thought maybe it should have ended with the first
ending 3/4ths through, but the tagged on bits where kind
of like amens. Amen to this, too, by the way.

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Amen &mdash 01/05/05 - 12:07:11 PM
My first edit had just the first ending. I added the two repeats to do an
Amen-like ending. However I was wembling about reverting back to the
original. With your input I think I'll do that. Won't be able to post it, but
thanks for your help again, Tobin!



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You &mdash 01/17/05 - 10:31:33 AM
You made us laugh.
We laugh so hard. What an idea to record your voice when
you have sore throat.
Honestly, we like it.
It reminds us the prayer to a Buddha.
We are your fans.

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You &mdash 01/17/05 - 12:16:14 PM
Thanks! An honour to be sure.

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Sore throat blues &mdash 01/26/05 - 11:58:58 AM
Enjoyed this piece - making art out of adverse circumstance. I like the way it revels in the sonic depth of the human voice. I've tried this myself a couple of times, as I've noticed my voice drops into a lower register when waging war with cold bugs. But it can be a curse, too. I once knocked out a song with some pretty decent lyrics. However, a week later I came up with a much better kicker line, but by then my voice had returned to "normal," and I couldn't make the fix.

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You know... &mdash 02/12/06 - 10:04:19 PM
... I saw The Dark Crystal a couple months ago and the chanting
muppets made me think of this tune again. I never marked this
as a favorite, so I will now!

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Well &mdash 02/25/06 - 11:21:57 AM
The picture is great. But I took it, so I am biased. The song is nice, but
the ending is too long. Like TobinMueller says. Maybe take it down to a
single phrase.

Good work!

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