16 Apr
2012
16 Apr
'12
6:02 a.m.
I am very happy to report that my old friend Bob has finally released a record that
he's been working on for 21 years.
And... it's prog-rock! Not my style of music, but one that I know is near and dear to
the hearts of Linux Audio enthusiasts.
So here it is at last:
http://pronstar2.bandcamp.com/album/in-your-mind
I played Linux keyboards on quite a few of the tracks. It's been a year or two since
the sessions so I don't remember exactly what I played on what.
I do recall doing some Beatrix, including a few heavily overdriven to get a Deep Purple
kind of sound, some Specimen with Mellotron samples (it's prog rock, you GOTTA have
Mellotron!), and also Fluidsynth with clav samples through a hellacious jack-rack of
plugins.
I can say with certainty that I think that many, if not most, people on this list will
enjoy many, if not all, of the tracks.
Enjoy the Linux keyboard lovin' too.
-ken
16 Apr
16 Apr
6:35 a.m.
Very nice!
You like Gentle Giant? :)
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> wrote:
I am very happy to report that my old friend Bob has
finally released a
record that he's been working on for 21 years.
And... it's prog-rock! Not my style of music, but one that I know is near
and dear to the hearts of Linux Audio enthusiasts.
So here it is at last:
http://pronstar2.bandcamp.com/album/in-your-mind
I played Linux keyboards on quite a few of the tracks. It's been a year or
two since the sessions so I don't remember exactly what I played on what.
I do recall doing some Beatrix, including a few heavily overdriven to get
a Deep Purple kind of sound, some Specimen with Mellotron samples (it's
prog rock, you GOTTA have Mellotron!), and also Fluidsynth with clav
samples through a hellacious jack-rack of plugins.
I can say with certainty that I think that many, if not most, people on
this list will enjoy many, if not all, of the tracks.
Enjoy the Linux keyboard lovin' too.
-ken
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11:37 p.m.
On 04/16/2012 02:01 AM, Ken Restivo wrote:
I am very happy to report that my old friend Bob has
finally released a record that he's been working on for 21 years.
And... it's prog-rock! Not my style of music, but one that I know is near and dear to
the hearts of Linux Audio enthusiasts.
So here it is at last:
http://pronstar2.bandcamp.com/album/in-your-mind
I played Linux keyboards on quite a few of the tracks. It's been a year or two since
the sessions so I don't remember exactly what I played on what.
I do recall doing some Beatrix, including a few heavily overdriven to get a Deep Purple
kind of sound, some Specimen with Mellotron samples (it's prog rock, you GOTTA have
Mellotron!), and also Fluidsynth with clav samples through a hellacious jack-rack of
plugins.
I can say with certainty that I think that many, if not most, people on this list will
enjoy many, if not all, of the tracks.
Enjoy the Linux keyboard lovin' too.
NICE!!
I hear shades of Gentle Giant and Atomic Rooster in the first track.
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17 Apr
17 Apr
9:36 p.m.
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 07:37:26PM -0400, Al Thompson wrote:
On 04/16/2012 02:01 AM, Ken Restivo wrote:
I'll pass along your kind words to Bob. He's been working on this record for
pretty much his entire adult life. Perhaps nobody is more thrilled than me to see it
FINALLY out in the open (I recorded the first demos of it for him on a 4-track in 1993).
Also, you're like the third person who mentioned Gentle Giant. I'll pass that
along too.
By the way, the track "Menager I" has Beatrix all over it. I didn't
originally realize how prominent the organ was going to be mixed, in both the slow part
and the heavy metal part (distorted Beatrix), but it's definitely evident. The clav
stuff I did on one of the other tracks appears not to have made it into the final mix, but
a lot of Mellotron (using Specimen and JackRack with Fons' 4-band parametric EQ) did.
-ken
I am very happy to report that my old friend Bob
has finally released a record that he's been working on for 21 years.
And... it's prog-rock! Not my style of music, but one that I know is near and dear to
the hearts of Linux Audio enthusiasts.
So here it is at last:
http://pronstar2.bandcamp.com/album/in-your-mind
I played Linux keyboards on quite a few of the tracks. It's been a year or two since
the sessions so I don't remember exactly what I played on what.
I do recall doing some Beatrix, including a few heavily overdriven to get a Deep Purple
kind of sound, some Specimen with Mellotron samples (it's prog rock, you GOTTA have
Mellotron!), and also Fluidsynth with clav samples through a hellacious jack-rack of
plugins.
I can say with certainty that I think that many, if not most, people on this list will
enjoy many, if not all, of the tracks.
Enjoy the Linux keyboard lovin' too.
NICE!!
I hear shades of Gentle Giant and Atomic Rooster in the first track.
17 May
17 May
12:55 p.m.
2012/4/17 Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org>
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 07:37:26PM -0400, Al Thompson
wrote:
I'll pass along your kind words to Bob. He's been working on this record
for pretty much his entire adult life. Perhaps nobody is more thrilled than
me to see it FINALLY out in the open (I recorded the first demos of it for
him on a 4-track in 1993).
Also, you're like the third person who mentioned Gentle Giant. I'll pass
that along too.
By the way, the track "Menager I" has Beatrix all over it. I didn't
originally realize how prominent the organ was going to be mixed, in both
the slow part and the heavy metal part (distorted Beatrix), but it's
definitely evident. The clav stuff I did on one of the other tracks appears
not to have made it into the final mix, but a lot of Mellotron (using
Specimen and JackRack with Fons' 4-band parametric EQ) did.
-ken
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Good prog music, nice voices, interesting mixture of styles on the album...
and profesional instrument sounds using free software...
Congratulations.
Was it recorded and mixed digitally/Ardour?
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On 04/16/2012 02:01 AM, Ken Restivo wrote:
> I am very happy to report that my old friend Bob has finally released
a
record that he's been working on for 21 years.
>
> And... it's prog-rock! Not my style of music, but one that I know is
near
and dear to the hearts of Linux Audio enthusiasts.
>
> So here it is at last:
>
> http://pronstar2.bandcamp.com/album/in-your-mind
>
> I played Linux keyboards on quite a few of the tracks. It's been a
year
or two since the sessions so I don't remember exactly what I played on
what.
>
> I do recall doing some Beatrix, including a few heavily overdriven to
get a
Deep Purple kind of sound, some Specimen with Mellotron samples (it's
prog rock, you GOTTA have Mellotron!), and also Fluidsynth with clav
samples through a hellacious jack-rack of plugins.
>
> I can say with certainty that I think that many, if not most, people
on this
list will enjoy many, if not all, of the tracks.
Enjoy the Linux keyboard lovin' too.
NICE!!
I hear shades of Gentle Giant and Atomic Rooster in the first track.
2:25 p.m.
2012/5/17 Carlos sanchiavedraz <csanchezgs(a)gmail.com>
2012/4/17 Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org>
BTW, your friend's voice reminds me quite a bit of King Crimson 3rd singer,
Gordon Haskell.
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http://www.musix.es
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 07:37:26PM -0400, Al
Thompson wrote:
I'll pass along your kind words to Bob. He's been working on this record
for pretty much his entire adult life. Perhaps nobody is more thrilled than
me to see it FINALLY out in the open (I recorded the first demos of it for
him on a 4-track in 1993).
Also, you're like the third person who mentioned Gentle Giant. I'll pass
that along too.
By the way, the track "Menager I" has Beatrix all over it. I didn't
originally realize how prominent the organ was going to be mixed, in both
the slow part and the heavy metal part (distorted Beatrix), but it's
definitely evident. The clav stuff I did on one of the other tracks appears
not to have made it into the final mix, but a lot of Mellotron (using
Specimen and JackRack with Fons' 4-band parametric EQ) did.
-ken
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Good prog music, nice voices, interesting mixture of styles on the
album... and profesional instrument sounds using free software...
Congratulations.
Was it recorded and mixed digitally/Ardour?
--
Carlos sanchiavedraz
* Musix GNU+Linux
http://www.musix.es
On 04/16/2012 02:01 AM, Ken Restivo wrote:
> I am very happy to report that my old friend Bob has finally released
a
record that he's been working on for 21 years.
>
> And... it's prog-rock! Not my style of music, but one that I know is
near
and dear to the hearts of Linux Audio enthusiasts.
>
> So here it is at last:
>
> http://pronstar2.bandcamp.com/album/in-your-mind
>
> I played Linux keyboards on quite a few of the tracks. It's been a
year
or two since the sessions so I don't remember exactly what I played on
what.
>
> I do recall doing some Beatrix, including a few heavily overdriven to
get a
Deep Purple kind of sound, some Specimen with Mellotron samples (it's
prog rock, you GOTTA have Mellotron!), and also Fluidsynth with clav
samples through a hellacious jack-rack of plugins.
>
> I can say with certainty that I think that many, if not most, people
on this
list will enjoy many, if not all, of the tracks.
Enjoy the Linux keyboard lovin' too.
NICE!!
I hear shades of Gentle Giant and Atomic Rooster in the first track.
6:53 p.m.
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 02:48:14PM +0200, Carlos sanchiavedraz wrote:
2012/4/17 Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org>
Glad you enjoyed it.
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 07:37:26PM -0400, Al
Thompson wrote:
I'll pass along your kind words to Bob. He's been working on this record
for pretty much his entire adult life. Perhaps nobody is more thrilled than
me to see it FINALLY out in the open (I recorded the first demos of it for
him on a 4-track in 1993).
Also, you're like the third person who mentioned Gentle Giant. I'll pass
that along too.
By the way, the track "Menager I" has Beatrix all over it. I didn't
originally realize how prominent the organ was going to be mixed, in both
the slow part and the heavy metal part (distorted Beatrix), but it's
definitely evident. The clav stuff I did on one of the other tracks appears
not to have made it into the final mix, but a lot of Mellotron (using
Specimen and JackRack with Fons' 4-band parametric EQ) did.
-ken
Good prog music, nice voices, interesting mixture of styles on the album...
and profesional instrument sounds using free software...
Congratulations.
On 04/16/2012 02:01 AM, Ken Restivo wrote:
> I am very happy to report that my old friend Bob has finally released
a
record that he's been working on for 21 years.
>
> And... it's prog-rock! Not my style of music, but one that I know is
near
and dear to the hearts of Linux Audio enthusiasts.
>
> So here it is at last:
>
> http://pronstar2.bandcamp.com/album/in-your-mind
>
> I played Linux keyboards on quite a few of the tracks. It's been a
year
or two since the sessions so I don't remember exactly what I played on
what.
>
> I do recall doing some Beatrix, including a few heavily overdriven to
get a
Deep Purple kind of sound, some Specimen with Mellotron samples (it's
prog rock, you GOTTA have Mellotron!), and also Fluidsynth with clav
samples through a hellacious jack-rack of plugins.
>
> I can say with certainty that I think that many, if not most, people
on this
list will enjoy many, if not all, of the tracks.
Enjoy the Linux keyboard lovin' too.
NICE!!
I hear shades of Gentle Giant and Atomic Rooster in the first track.
Was it recorded and mixed digitally/Ardour?
No, sadly, it was recorded and mixed on ProTools HD Mac.
The keyboard parts were all Linux though, primarily Beatrix, Jconvolver, JACK-RACK,
various LADSPA plugins, Fluidsynth, and Specimen. The track "Menager, I" has
Beatrix all over it, in particular.
My friend Bob is the guitarist, composer, producer, and BDFL. He doesn't sing; Matthew
did the vocals.
-ken
18 May
18 May
7:15 a.m.
2012/5/17 Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org>
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 02:48:14PM +0200, Carlos
sanchiavedraz wrote:
album...
Ah, Ok. Your friend did a well job in several ways... and you, of course ;)
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2012/4/17 Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org>
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 07:37:26PM -0400, Al Thompson wrote:
> > On 04/16/2012 02:01 AM, Ken Restivo wrote:
> > > I am very happy to report that my old friend Bob has finally
released
> a record that he's been working on for
21 years.
> > >
> > > And... it's prog-rock! Not my style of music, but one that I know
is
> near and dear to the hearts of Linux Audio
enthusiasts.
> > >
> > > So here it is at last:
> > >
> > > http://pronstar2.bandcamp.com/album/in-your-mind
> > >
> > > I played Linux keyboards on quite a few of the tracks. It's been a
> year or two since the sessions so I don't remember exactly what I
played
on
> what.
> > >
> > > I do recall doing some Beatrix, including a few heavily overdriven
to
> get a Deep Purple kind of sound, some
Specimen with Mellotron samples
(it's
> prog rock, you GOTTA have Mellotron!), and
also Fluidsynth with clav
> samples through a hellacious jack-rack of plugins.
> > >
> > > I can say with certainty that I think that many, if not most,
people
> on this list will enjoy many, if not all, of
the tracks.
> > >
> > > Enjoy the Linux keyboard lovin' too.
> > >
> >
> > NICE!!
> >
> > I hear shades of Gentle Giant and Atomic Rooster in the first track.
> >
>
> I'll pass along your kind words to Bob. He's been working on this
record
> for pretty much his entire adult life.
Perhaps nobody is more thrilled
than
> me to see it FINALLY out in the open (I
recorded the first demos of it
for
> him on a 4-track in 1993).
>
> Also, you're like the third person who mentioned Gentle Giant. I'll
pass
> that along too.
>
> By the way, the track "Menager I" has Beatrix all over it. I didn't
> originally realize how prominent the organ was going to be mixed, in
both
> the slow part and the heavy metal part
(distorted Beatrix), but it's
> definitely evident. The clav stuff I did on one of the other tracks
appears
not to
have made it into the final mix, but a lot of Mellotron (using
Specimen and JackRack with Fons' 4-band parametric EQ) did.
-ken
Good prog music, nice voices, interesting mixture of styles on the and profesional instrument sounds using free
software...
Congratulations.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Was it recorded and mixed digitally/Ardour?
No, sadly, it was recorded and mixed on ProTools HD Mac.
The keyboard parts were all Linux though, primarily Beatrix, Jconvolver,
JACK-RACK, various LADSPA plugins, Fluidsynth, and Specimen. The track
"Menager, I" has Beatrix all over it, in particular.
My friend Bob is the guitarist, composer, producer, and BDFL. He doesn't
sing; Matthew did the vocals.
-ken
15 Jun
15 Jun
8:25 p.m.
Hi Ken!
This is an interesting album. Let me first get the criticism of my chest: I
don't like the bass drum. It somehw sounds flat and sometimes has too much
release. The other bit is, that for my taste it sometimes gets too American.
Musically as well as arrangement-wise. But that no more than personal taste.
Doesn't say anything about the musical quality.
Now let's get to the rest: More than once it reminded me of the good old
times. The first piece had its moments, where it reminded me of Gentle Giant
somehow. The singer brings back Genesis and Gabriel.
I like the purely instrumental passages, when they get up to the
rhythmically interesting bits. Almost Yes-esque here and there. It sounds
liike I think this album to be a copycat of a lot of bands. I do not, it
definitely has its own sound. It may remind me of a lot of other bands in
places, but the whole has something, I haven't heard before.
Where did they take the mellotron from? Is it the Gigatron?
I love all the jazzy songs in the later part of the album. In my current
mod, that appeals very much to me. Besides, it has such a calming effect on
me. It's so outside of time. Starting with Menager I (the French one) I really
enjoy the album without a break. The trumpet is rather cool! and I like the
organ: I assume, this is Beatrix?
Also the snare in Menager sounds terribly 70s.
If in my ears this album has a constant lack, then it is, that he tends to
compose things too much alined to each other in the verses. Never mind.
sometimes this is very pleasant and makes a very good difference to the
rhythmically diverse sections.
all in all: I enjoyed the album. Good - if sparse - instrumentation. The
recording is good quality and the instrumentalists are good. I already spoke
about my favourable impression of the singer.
Well pass on my thanks for this beautiful piece of music.
Warm regards
Julien
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