3 Dec
2009
3 Dec
'09
4:43 a.m.
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> wrote:
Wow, another great track! Very nice arrangement. And
great to see how you did it on video too.
Ah, thanks! I think it's one of my stronger pieces in terms of arrangement.
It's good to see someone using a Monome in Linux.
In fact, I think this is the first Monome video I've ever seen. Mostly it's been
Mac guys (Daedelus, etc.)
That guitar sample is very evocative, sounds a bit like the Mermen.
I'm very, very proud of the guitar. It was transposed and chopped
from a sample that sounds absolutely nothing like the final product,
and the CAPS plugins provided the shaping and tasteful distortion to
really bring the flava' out. It's one of my best sample mangling
achievements.
You might want to get this stuff out to the clubs, do
some live sets, and see how it goes over. I'll bet you'll have 'em dancing.
Slowly, slowly! I don't really have enough material at the moment to
do live sets of any reasonable length, but I'm definitely keeping that
outcome in mind. Getting over habitual perfectionism ("man this track
isn't done yet even though I've spent two years on it already") is a
laborious process, but I'm keeping at it.
Again, thanks for the kind words and encouragement!
-w