Baby Baby M2 Remax (w/Particledots)

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This is an open collab that Bryn posted a Particledots. Very nice piece of music, he posted 40 seconds of music and the idea was for you to download the files and arrange them as you saw fit. I was chopping and re-arranging quite a bit, but i resisted the urge to load it into a sampler as that would be too easy (maybe i'll do another version). Anything that you hear that wasn't on Bryns original is just something i isolated, chopped and manipulated a bit (mostly his voice actually). Basically experimenting with the sample editor, some plugs i just got and automation. i didn't use any synths at all on this one (although Bryn did). Thanks a bunch for the remix opportunity Bryn and for all the swell songs and advice you've been dishing out.

Here is the link to the files and the collab invitation:
http://macjams.com/forum/viewtopic.php?forum=6;showtopic=148576

here is the original that Bryn posted:
http://www.macjams.com/song/48189

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Song Stats

Hits: 4548
Comments: 40
Fans: 25
Plays: 128
Downloads: 128
Votes: 3
Uploaded: Dec 09, 2008 - 05:28:07 PM
Last Updated: Dec 09, 2008 - 05:28:07 PM Last Played: Jan 29, 2019 - 05:23:41 PM

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Keywords:

thanks Bryn (1), love the sound of the lo-fi loop in here (1)

Hardware:

macbook, headphones, my mouse finger

Software:

LE8, KT Granular, the new suite of free Blue Cats AU plugs, randon Logic plugs

Comments

magnatone	magnatone said 3728 days ago (December 9th, 2008)
	Baby Baby M2 this is exceptionally COOL Michael! You and Bryn both have some of the most amazing musical minds I've ever had the pleasure to be anywhere near (cyber speaking only). Love how this turned out! Check out my latest song called Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) and Variations

michael2	michael2 said 3728 days ago (December 9th, 2008)
	well thanks a bunch Karen. actually Bryn gets all the credit, I just put the puzzle together. you should grab the files and have a go at them. It's a handful of AIFs, some really neat things in there. thanks for listening. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

yrp	yrp said 3728 days ago (December 9th, 2008)
	Excellent! Lately I am on a mood for instrumental music and this one really suits my needs. What is the sweeling sound in the background at around 2:00 which goes on until 2:28? I really loved that!It�s a very good remix, Michael. Check out my latest song called North (with Sonny Jim)

michael2	michael2 said 3728 days ago (December 9th, 2008)
	hey carlos that was a fake female vocals track that Bryn made. I just copied it a few times, and then panned the copies and messed with pitch of them; throw on some reverb and you have a sound. thanks so much for listening. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

LunaTrick	LunaTrick said 3728 days ago (December 9th, 2008)
	Interesting take on this... Nice ambience and textures. I might be having a lash too... Check out my latest song called Luna Gypsy Heart II (Eternal Firelight)

michael2	michael2 said 3727 days ago (December 10th, 2008)
	thanks lunatrick. glad you gave this a listen. i think you should do a version, it would be lovely for sure. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

Feter	Feter said 3728 days ago (December 9th, 2008)
	Baby baby very spheric ..cool work and arrangment ..!! Check out my latest song called Roll with it

michael2	michael2 said 3727 days ago (December 10th, 2008)
	thanks feter glad you listened and approved. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 3728 days ago (December 9th, 2008)
	cool alternative cool and different. i dig how some of the repeatetive parts work out. kind has the "big boys don't cry" by 10cc feel to it. nice make-up job, blue boy :-) Check out my latest song called Feeding The Sharks

michael2

michael2 said 3727 days ago (December 10th, 2008)

thanks vic
this was fun for me to play with. i feel like i learn more doing re-mixes and collabs than by recording my own material. forced to think in a different way i suppose. it is repetitive, i started imaging loops in the old school "delay unit" sense as opposed to the drag n drop garageband way. i just got augustus loop and i think that may be my next experiment, it will repeat forever. thanks for listening Vic.

Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

Lennon714

Lennon714 said 3728 days ago (December 9th, 2008)

I don't drink
but whenever I'd go out with my buddies to the bars there was this place in Scottsdale that had tons of plush furniture and cool people music. This is cool people music. I like it, but I'm not hip enough to like it, so I'm kind of breaking some rules.

You and Bryn are on a wavelength. Great sounds by Bryan augmented by your arrangement. Thanks guys!

Check out my latest song called Go With What You Know, Do Your Best With the Rest

particledots	particledots said 3728 days ago (December 9th, 2008)
	Where is this place in Scottsdale? I will have to check it out. Is it still there? (BTW I am very far from being one of the cool Scottsdale peoples) :-) b Check out my latest song called Mt St Helen - (Cadence Corrected Mix)

michael2

michael2 said 3727 days ago (December 10th, 2008)

you
know, i am not cool either. just another aging indie rock guy who should probably start wearing something besides tennis shoes. funny to think that experimental and ambient musics have developed into cool people music. i don't drink either, coffee is awesome though. so that alone males us both cool and rule breakers. instead of the rock cliche of hung over, jaded and decadent; we're perky, alert and hoping we're raising or kids right.

Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

Lennon714

Lennon714 said 3726 days ago (December 11th, 2008)

The place
is Mickey's Hangover... or was. Don't know if it's still there or not. It's right across the street from Martini Ranch. Off Goldwater and something or other. Maybe I'm showing off how uncool I am by thinking that place was cool, but I've come to accept that. There just wasn't any of that regular Scottsdale crowd... which sounds like you also have very little room for.

Check out my latest song called Go With What You Know, Do Your Best With the Rest

TG	TG said 3728 days ago (December 9th, 2008)
	Dreamlike Heavy softness and slow waves of smooth light...I like that upbeat 1/3 the way into the song and the subtle flute-like sound in the back, instant download Check out my latest song called Slow Train [with Vic Holman & KTB]

michael2	michael2 said 3727 days ago (December 10th, 2008)
	thanks tg bryn did all of the hard work here. i just had manipulating things. he is like a mad scientist, always quality stuff coming from him. thanks so much for the listen and the kind words. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

kassia	kassia said 3728 days ago (December 9th, 2008)
	softness Very soft ambient feel. I loved the choral feel to the vocals, really filled the piece out. Very cool stuff, both of you. Great remix michael! Check out my latest song called Greensleeves

michael2	michael2 said 3727 days ago (December 10th, 2008)
	thanks kassia i ran the vox through KT granular, and some of them i layered and messed with the pitches of the individual layers. bryns original track actually had a lot of vocal parts, so i cut them apart and played. there is a sound that sounds like feedback, and it is bryn singing. he does great stuff. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

Diviner	Diviner said 3728 days ago (December 10th, 2008)
	Very nice Cool textures and composition. I am doing a remix as well, I have couple ready and a couple of other ideas as well. I like how you have put this together, well done. Check out my latest song called Away ft Lokka

michael2	michael2 said 3727 days ago (December 10th, 2008)
	diviner you are one of the undisputed kings of MJ electronic music, so i cannot wait to hear your take on this. thanks for listening. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

markoo	markoo said 3728 days ago (December 10th, 2008)
	Great stuff Really like this. Laid back,smooth, Ambient, great on the ipod. Thanks for sharing this All the best Check out my latest song called Secret

michael2	michael2 said 3727 days ago (December 10th, 2008)
	markoo thanks a bunch for listening. gotta say that bryn was the magic behind this one. i think i could have done anything with those tracks and they would have ended up pretty good. thanks for dropping us onto your ipod. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

AcetyleneJukebox	AcetyleneJukebox said 3727 days ago (December 10th, 2008)
	Nice. Excellent work on this. Beautiful ambient sound design. Check out my latest song called Kozmik Raze

michael2	michael2 said 3727 days ago (December 10th, 2008)
	thanks so much. very kind of you. thanks for the listen and the comment, means a lot. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

bud	bud said 3727 days ago (December 10th, 2008)
	Great work Michael I know how enticing those tracks are. You did a great job with this - nice isolation and restructure. Like you, I can imagine myself having another go at this - it's just to much fun and Bryn's tracks are so personal and cozy somehow. Excellent collab. Check out my latest song called mixer 2

michael2

michael2 said 3727 days ago (December 10th, 2008)

thanks Bud
those tracks are great huh? bryn really does get some cool stuff together. personal and cozy is a really great description. and they all sounded so good too, i didn't even EQ anything. it would really make my like a lot easier if i could get bryn to record all of my songs and then just let me putz around a bit and put my name on it. thanks for checking this out.

Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

particledots

particledots said 3727 days ago (December 10th, 2008)

Hey Michael
Thank you so much, not only for this remix but also for all the kind words on here...really appreciated

I really like how you have introduced extra space and dimension into this using the original 40 second long snippets...I also love how you have warped the sounds with the effects you have used. It is interesting how you have emphasised different elements that I buried in the original...it kind of reminds me of an aural equivalent of morphing two different photos together to see the same thing from a different perspective.

I would love to hear the version that you might do at some point with the George Harrison like vocal melody...

After I have moved and settled in to my mew place, I think I will return to this myself as well...maybe incorporating elements that people have used in this open collab

Again, thank you...I think this is brilliant

b

Check out my latest song called Mt St Helen - (Cadence Corrected Mix)

michael2

michael2 said 3727 days ago (December 10th, 2008)

Bryn
the pleasure was all mine, i really had a lot of fun with this one. I will try and do the one with vox. I don't have any lyrics yet, but that's pretty much par for the course. they usually come when i turn the mic on. i can't wait to hear what you do with this. thanks for giving me the opportunity to play with your sounds, and for the constant source of inspiration you provide.

Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

Henke

Henke said 3725 days ago (December 12th, 2008)

Very meditative and cool!
Even if you could say it's a bit repitative, there is plenty of things to listen for, so it never gets boring. Big difference ;-)

My brother's old band Datahysteri - just released their first CD of music from the 80's - available on iTunes - I think Bryn might like?! Well, they had a song called Repetition is a form of change (possibly a citation, I'm not sure), but I often think about that. Our senses only work as long as there is change, if there is none the brain does it for you to an extent. That's part why "repetitive" songs can be cool. Pretty cool, huh?

Thanks for sharing, well done both of you!

/Henke

Check out my latest song called Summer (Promenade) (WIP)

Estella	Estella said 3725 days ago (December 12th, 2008)
	to both you and particle dots... wonderful! downloaded. Check out my latest song called Insomnia

egobandit	egobandit said 3725 days ago (December 12th, 2008)
	almost for a moment I flew out of my chair floated around and said good night to all the creatures in the forest. Then the song was over and it just stayed playing inside my mind and all was right with the world! excellent! Check out my latest song called the unheard

HenriROGERsoloandbands	HenriROGERsoloandbands said 3725 days ago (December 13th, 2008)
	"Piano" bassline This "bass lefthand piano" line is taking a lot of room in the mix . It's less interesting as melody or sound than all the others sounds. Maybe it could come and go :-) I like all the other sound work you've done with the collab track , the mood and the construction .

craft	craft said 3725 days ago (December 13th, 2008)
	this is 2 cool Love the space ambient and the beat... Well done Check out my latest song called Valarty & AJ Craft - Burn (Alternative version)

echoroom	echoroom said 3724 days ago (December 14th, 2008)
	I hope that... .. guy in the picture is sucking an ice cream ... .... Lovely PD soundbed, nice put in the blender. Wish you'd sung on it, though. steve Check out my latest song called Light Sleeper

rsorensen	rsorensen said 3721 days ago (December 16th, 2008)
	very cool remix great music to work to. i like what you've done with this - especially the vocal chopping. Check out my latest song called Again

egobandit	egobandit said 3720 days ago (December 17th, 2008)
	plugs fingers and this comes out, you guys are strechin out on this! smooth! Check out my latest song called the unheard

Alannah	Alannah said 3718 days ago (December 19th, 2008)
	Somewhat .... ... mezmerizing and Zen ..... nice mix Check out my latest song called Sleep (w JScott and Alannah)

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 3717 days ago (December 20th, 2008)
	it's like this flowing maybe it's water, or ice floating down a river, or it's the aurora borealis, i'm quietly watching fog drift out of the woods and spill out onto the road, it's like breathing, it's like slow motion waves and then it's gone thanks Check out my latest song called Farther

Dj French Toast	Dj French Toast said 3716 days ago (December 21st, 2008)
	What up mike duce Ill be doin a little ditty to this shortly the version bud did maybe ill send you my vocal track and you can have a chop at it : ) Cool mix up man ! Check out my latest song called Sweeter no doubt (Beat by Sweet 79)

Heightened	Heightened said 3714 days ago (December 23rd, 2008)
	Oh, it has been too long! Catching up will definitely make this Christmas all the more merrier. Check out my latest song called Caldari

Green44

Green44 said 3713 days ago (December 25th, 2008)

Doug
Love the music. Honestly its awesome, I've downloaded a few of your ambient tracks. Though this one sounded really familiar. I was trying to figure it out and if you ever watched Doug on Nickolodean they have a song with the same chord pregression i guess you would say.
Took me forever to find this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGhVgMDYMIg&feature=related the 'calling me calling me' part.
Love this song even more now.

Thank you for the memory, and the beautiful music.

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angelahope	angelahope said 3291 days ago (February 20th, 2010)
	lovely and the music is so soothing the sounds are what get me. just visualizing things here and they are lovely. thanks for sharing. Check out my latest song called Love Is In Motion (feat. Grand Daddy Mack)

	say said 1956 days ago (October 17th, 2013)
	Baby Baby This is really beautiful, it's on replay . Wanted to hear the original but it is nolonger here. Looking forward to hear the other versions on this. Tx :)

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Name: michael2
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I'm a guy who never wanted to do anything but play music. I grew up with classic rock and prog rock before discovering punk and the new york dolls once I got to high school. As i got a little older (and less angry), I developed a love of ... [see more]

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