[linux-audio-user] She's not a human being ("in your face-mix")

james at dis-dot-dat.net james at dis-dot-dat.net
Fri Jul 14 19:25:03 EDT 2006


My socks are considerably rocked.

I love the twiddly break in the middle, the lyrics, the way you sing
like you're taking it all very seriously, eveything!

Thanks!

On Sat, 15 Jul, 2006 at 02:14AM +0300, Esa Linna spake thus:
> Just finishing my new tune:
> www.emvg.net/esa/shesnotahumanbeing.ogg
> 
> and here's a copy from my blog from MySpace:
> 
> My new song should have been a love song for my wife. 
> Unfortunately she
> annoyed me for now forgotten reason (once again) and I wrote 
> a song for
> our cat. Of course the lyrics in the chorus: "she's not a 
> human being,
> she doesn't like Jeff Lynne, she's hairy all over the place" 
> could be a
> perfect insult for my wife!
> 
> This song has been recorded in many sessions, first ones 
> many months ago
> in our bedroom. Drums were made with absolutely great 
> software Hydrogen
> and I played the bass & few guitars through Behringer Tube 
> Ultragain
> MIC200 -preamp/di and added some distortion & simulated cab 
> "feel" with
> great CAPS plugins. Keyboards were played with Yamaha 
> PSR-273 which was
> brought by Santa Claus for my kids. They are still wondering 
> where the
> hell their keyboards are. The keyboard solo inspired heavily 
> by Rick
> Wakeman was played through MIDI & astounding soft synth, 
> ALSA Modular
> Synth. Right now I have fell in love with Bristol, another 
> open source
> soft synth for Linux.
> 
> Then some guitars were played with Behringer V-Tone Guitar 
> GDI21 - a
> cheap but great sounding modelling preamp/DI. And then there 
> were the
> vocals. I did millions of takes and it sounded everytime 
> like shit.
> Finally decided to add "some" tube distortion from MIC200, 
> and now I am
> mostly happy with it.
> 
> I noticed too that mastering and mixing the whole damn thing 
> should be
> done by professionals. I am on my holiday, sun in shining, 
> sixpacks of
> cold beer is calling for my name and I sweat in my garage 
> studio for
> trying to make my song sound like Green Day's Boulevard of 
> Broken
> Dreams. Well, I didn't manage to do that.
> 
> The mix you hear is in-your-face mix, with everything 
> cranked up so that
> you can say bye bye for dynamics. But I am proud for the 
> song, and want
> you to know that all of this wouldn't been possible without:
> 
> Linux & Mandriva Linux 2006
> Jack (jackit.sf.net)
> Ardour
> Alsa Modular Synth
> Hydrogen
> Audacity
> Jamin
> LADSPA plugins like TAP, CAPS and some more
> red wine
> Fosters
> Wojak
> Okocim
> Burgen Pils
> Grafen Walder
> Carlsberg
> bratwurst
> potato salad
> mushrooms (for eating, you fools!)
> 
> 
> and here's the lyrics (I know, they are bad - but purposely)
> 
> She came to my life one august day
> and didn't like the songs I played
> She ran and runs away from me
> Far far away to maple tree
> 
> She's not a human being
> She doesn't like Jeff Lynne
> She's hairy all over the place
> 
> It's not a pretty thing to watch you eat
> those poor little birds and their raw meat
> 




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