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

[Shayne O'Connor]

james at dis-dot-dat.net wrote:
> 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.
> 
>



ok, i've got some lyrics to this ... just a few more lines ... gonna 
just bring this into ardour for the moment and try singing it ... post 
it in a few hours (maybe .... these kids are driving me nuts!).

not sure if it fits any of the styles mentioned, and as i've said before 
- "i can't sing" - but anyway ...

shayne