Chant for the Sick

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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.

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Lyrics

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

Song Stats

Hits: 1819
Comments: 20
Fans: 4
Plays: 191
Downloads: 90
Votes: 15
Uploaded: Jan 02, 2005 - 08:12:27 PM
Last Updated: Jan 24, 2005 - 06:39:53 PM Last Played: Jun 26, 2009 - 03:27:06 PM

Song License

Creative Commons License:
Attribution-ShareAlike

Song Actions

Hardware:

eMac, mAudio Duo

Software:

Ambience, phlegm

Comments

hacked_to_pieces	hacked_to_pieces said 1784 days ago (January 2nd, 2005)
	Um 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 Check out my latest song called blues shuffle

LT	LT said 1784 days ago (January 2nd, 2005)
	Resonant Ecclesiatical and almost subsonic. Love it Check out my latest song called Chick Logic

LT	LT said 1784 days ago (January 2nd, 2005)
	Resonant that should be "ecclesiastical"...hey it's supposed to be a sign of intelligence... Check out my latest song called Chick Logic

Stun Nutz	Stun Nutz said 1784 days ago (January 3rd, 2005)
	meditative ...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? Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected

pooey	pooey said 1770 days ago (January 17th, 2005)
	meditative 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. Check out my latest song called Wake Up (Pooey Remix)

	said 1784 days ago (January 3rd, 2005)
	Mungo Like Tuvans Pass me some of that fermented horse milk. Yum. 7-8-7-7

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_nderscore said 1783 days ago (January 4th, 2005)

something caught in yer throat?
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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pooey	pooey said 1783 days ago (January 4th, 2005)
	something caught in yer throat? 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! Check out my latest song called Wake Up (Pooey Remix)

Dr Skeleton

Dr Skeleton said 1783 days ago (January 4th, 2005)

pprreettttyy awesome
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.
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pooey	pooey said 1783 days ago (January 4th, 2005)
	pprreettttyy awesome 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! Check out my latest song called Wake Up (Pooey Remix)

packosmokes	packosmokes said 1782 days ago (January 4th, 2005)
	Funny 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! Check out my latest song called With You

pooey	pooey said 1782 days ago (January 4th, 2005)
	Funny 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. Check out my latest song called Wake Up (Pooey Remix)

Mystified	Mystified said 1782 days ago (January 5th, 2005)
	Gesundheit 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...? ;) Check out my latest song called Father Time

TobinMueller

TobinMueller said 1782 days ago (January 5th, 2005)

Amen
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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pooey	pooey said 1782 days ago (January 5th, 2005)
	Amen 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! Check out my latest song called Wake Up (Pooey Remix)

mars	mars said 1770 days ago (January 17th, 2005)
	You 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. Check out my latest song called Spin (Live Jan.20)

pooey	pooey said 1770 days ago (January 17th, 2005)
	You Thanks! An honour to be sure. Check out my latest song called Wake Up (Pooey Remix)

Warren Smith

Warren Smith said 1761 days ago (January 26th, 2005)

Sore throat blues
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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Stun Nutz	Stun Nutz said 1378 days ago (February 12th, 2006)
	You know... ... 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! Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected

Ms Miss	Ms Miss said 1366 days ago (February 25th, 2006)
	Well 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! Check out my latest song called Ding Dong Merrily on High/Good King Wenceslas

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