[linux-audio-user] Re: Call for collaboration

[james at dis-dot-dat.net]

On Tue, 12 Jul, 2005 at 02:19PM +0000, jmstone at dsl.pipex.com spake thus:
> james at dis-dot-dat.net wrote:
> > On Tue, 12 Jul, 2005 at 11:33AM +0200, Christian Schumann spake thus:
> >> Hi James,
> >> 
> >> On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 10:20:30AM +0100, james at dis-dot-dat.net wrote:
> >> > I've been going back over some stuff I did a while ago, and found
> >> > something that I decided to take in a slightly different direction.
> >> > 
> >> > I have a rough cut of the new track at
> >> > http://dis-dot-dat.net/content/music/sv_WIP.ogg
> >> > 
> >> > What I want now is a collaborator or collaborators.  Mainly vocals and
> >> > guitars.  
> >> > 
> >> > There're plenty of open spaces in the track for focusing on the new
> >> > parts, so you can show off in the breaks.
> >> > 
> >> > If anyone would care to have a listen and knock up some parts, I'll
> >> > fiddle with putting them in the track.
> >> > 
> >> > Vocalist must bring own "lyrical skillz" - I've tried writing lyrics
> >> > before and ended up with the most puerile and naive drivel.
> >> > 
> >> > I hope someone takes the bait, er, I mean opportunity; it would be
> >> > interesting to see how something like this would work.
> >> I downloaded it, and I kinda like it. I think I can come up with some
> >> guitars to that. I did some fiddling around to the track Thorsten posted
> >> some time ago, but did not post anything of it, since I was not that
> >> satisfied with my playing on it.
> >> 
> >> My vocal abilities are just enough to sing some background in my band.
> >> So I won't do any vocals for that. But in order to get along with vocals
> >> it would be better for a potential vocalist to come with some lines
> >> first, so I can accompany them and we don't get into each others way.
> > 
> > I agree that working together rather than in turn is probably best, I
> > wouldn't hold your breath waiting for a vocalist.
> > 
> > Singing is a lot more personal than playing or composing and I think
> > people will be far less likely to come forward and bare themselves.
> > 
> > I hope somone proves me wrong, of course!
> > 
> >> I'll take the track home tonight and see with what I can come up. I
> >> think I can post that tomorrow.
> > 
> > That's great.  I very nearly wrote about what kind of thing I'm
> > looking for in the original mail, but then decided not to.  If I
> > specified the kind of sound I'm after, it would influence people and
> > give us less room to explore.
> > 
> > I'll share later, of course and maybe what I'm expecting and what you
> > intend to do will match up.  Either way, it should be fun.
> > 
> 
> Really nice backing track!
> 
> In my opinion, the best vocal accompaniment to this track would be a
> spoken voice piece, preferably with a scottish accent (think a cross
> between Iggy Pop and Prolapse in their more laid-back phases, possibly
> Coil).

Interesting.  I was thinking more like muffled, soulful, slow-paced
singing with lingering notes, cutting to sparkly, faster, more urgent
pieces when everything crashes back in.  Sigur Ros meets Portishead
and Bjork.

> If I think of some good lyrics I will certainly have a go, but
> I don't think South-Eastern UK accent is quite so up there in the cool
> stakes!

Haha, well it's better than what I've got - High-speed dumb-sounding
Blackcountry.

Ow am ya?  

 
> I'm sure there are hundreds of other ways to go with this track
> though. It will be interesting to see what people come up with.

Yup, I can't wait.

> James
> 
> 

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