Come see us at The Bridge this Friday march 6 with 3 other bands
Because A: it will be fun
B: we might do some songs we hardly ever play, like light in the distance. maybe.
C: I made a video about it!
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Listening to Don't Take It So Hard mix version 1
Oh goody we got DTISHOM back from mixing and now it's listening time.
Yay.
Good times.
Wanna hear it? Gonna have to come to a show. We wont be releasing this one for a little while.
Did I mention all the new songs coming into the set? No? oh.
We've been busy.
Meanwhile, it's time to listen to this song in detail and make notes.
Stormtrekkies transmit their respect for Leonard Nimoy as he beams up one last time
Mr Wizard and I are both Star Trek fans, Original and Next Gen respectively, but like so many on planet earth right now, we're expressing sadness at the passing of Leonard Nimoy and giving thanks for his work.
Stories and Myths are as important to humans as language, and maybe as evolutionarily influential (citation required lol).
They give us Heroes to aspire to and the belief in things unseen (ok not always a good thing but in this case yeah).
I wonder how many humans now think of Logic and when they do, a little picture of Leonard Nimoy as Spock pops into their head.
Vale Leonard Nimoy, Accidental Ambassador for Logic, a kind of thinking we could use a great deal more of.
You were a mensch!
Q: How do you tell when your drummer is happy? A: Hand Puppet + Bongo
We've had some down time of late (yay), although it has been populated by rehearsal and Yet More Song Development.
Last night saw us working on Rosies new reggae type thing (previously mentioned under lyrical fail #23).
When we requested some nice light drumming for the song, Theo asked 'since when has this band all gone soft, let's give it some stick.'
However, for the purposes of recording the guide track onto a single microphone, we needed to drop the level of the bongo somewhat and were at a loss as to what to do until a solution presented itself.
Adding 'Hype' effects to Don't Take It So Hard On Me
Greetings fellow cellar dwellers.
Yesterday was Recording Vocals Day for DTISHOM (btw Rosie has requested that all future song names be 1 or two words max)
The song is more or less finished, sounds pretty much as we play it live. Good-o, finished.
Not quite.
Whilst doing the main Vocals, Michael McG decided we needed something through the breakdown section and encouraged me to do some James Brown stuff.
That occasioned my very best James Brown catchphrase attempts, but it wasnt quite right. What we needed was a Hype Man. A what?
A Hype Man. Someone who adds vocalisations during your song, such as the legendary Flavor Flav
YEAH BOYYY!!!
So what sort of vocalisations do I mean? Whoops, Get On Ups, Get Down, Yah, yeah, woot, etcetera.
Very kindly, Michael volunteered to have a go.
The funny thing was, that after thse vocalisations, I went back in to redo a phrase from the main Vocals that I wasn't happy with and wound up re-doing the main vocals completely - having the Hype in the background of the song made me smile a great deal and as a result, improved my singing tone and produced a better take. There ya go.
We won't get this one mixed for a week or so but it's a cracker.
Meanwhile, here's a song Michael turned me on to whilst we were talking about sampled vocalisations.
Luke Million: Arnold [OFFICIAL VIDEO] from Alanedit on Vimeo.