May 23, 2009 08:15 pm wait... what? did I miss something?
Playing for Change
Posted on May 23, 2009 06:34 pm
Noize2u
Czar of Midi
Administrator Since: Apr 04, 2002
OK, the FTP is set up and working. Those participating will need to email me, its in my profile and on the bottom line of every post I post.
I'll email you the ftp info once I hear from you all.
I'll sticky this thread to the top here in M & C.
We can keep the other thread open for those that might join up later and use this one as more of the were we are thread and a discuss thread.
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May 23, 2009 08:15 pm wait... what? did I miss something?
May 23, 2009 08:17 pm Maybe.
Go here and read up on were we are. And make sure to go to the Playing for Change website and watch them all for inspiration if needed.
www.homerecordingconnecti...mp;frm=4#175707
May 24, 2009 03:32 pm Rollin' right along!
I Sent our confirmation to you, Noize.
I was playing around with the piece a couple of days ago, and the slide-harmony that came up was pretty sweet... I think I may go that way with it. : )
May 24, 2009 07:31 pm Sweet Hue. I think this thread will work fine for upload notes as well. I'll try and keep the top edited with who is were and what not so you can watch for that.
I got email notification on all post's so I'm good. But you guys can all subscribe to this thread and be notified each time there is a posting to it.
May 24, 2009 11:02 pm OK, I have email address and have sent the info to all but the following.
pjk
Cpt. Tripps
Loki
Geoff
Anyone else interested get on board.
May 25, 2009 01:09 am I have successfully logged in and am ready to go with FTP. Thanks Noize.
May 25, 2009 07:59 am www.frappr.com/hrc/map
Here's the Frapper, just to have at hand on this thread.
I'm actually at work today.(Nazis) So, I'll be checking the FTP from here today.
I should've brought my guitar, damnit, It's slow as hell today. : /
May 25, 2009 08:11 am Uhm....
I have the password, but not the login.
Your email didn't include that... it was blank.
May 25, 2009 08:31 am Nevermind. All is well... I see Tuna!
: p
May 25, 2009 09:34 am i'm gonna have to pass. I've got some home / work things to work out, so I won't be working on much hobby stuff.
Sounds like a great project, but alas, I don't want to hold anything up, so i'll have to catch the next one.
May 25, 2009 10:34 am This project is going to take quite a while, so if at any time durring it, should you change your mind, I'm sure we'd be able to squeeze you in.
Just keep an eye on things here, and check on it's progress to see if there's a point that lines up for you.
Hope all goes well with your home / work things. : )
May 25, 2009 10:49 am I thought of that too, in a few weeks /months things may be much different, where I may be wanting to get more into hobby music / production again. I'll certainly keep some tabs on stuff.
May 25, 2009 11:11 am OK, I have been vacant for a bit, I got an FTP email, I know Play for Change may be involved...what's going on...where is it at, what's everybody doing and all that stuff...
May 25, 2009 11:26 am Right now, we're still working with the Nooners riff that's in Captain Tripps profile. The FTP site that Noise set up, I believe is where we send what we come-up with to.
Things we need...
Lyrics, Vocals, Bass, Drums, Guitars, Keys, written bridges/transitions to other pieces of music, and of course other pieces of music that will fit the bill.
May 25, 2009 11:56 am Hey Noize. You sent me the password and login as well.
I just have not had the chance to get a hold of the Theremin player. I think that he took a job that is playing in Hawaii. He should be back in a few days.
I'll hit him up the minute that he returns.
May 25, 2009 12:07 pm As per Captain Tripps request in the other thread, let's get a grip on what each involved is going to be doing on this by keeping a list of what each is designated to...
~Noize2u: Keys/Synth, The Overall Music Mix,/Morphing of the various instruments that have doubles/tripples.
~dB: Bass Guitar.
~Coolo: MC/Rapping, Slide Whistle, Conga, Vox-Acapella.(BH Echo)
~Rob Stemple: 'Dead Milkmen Drums'.
~Deon: Guitars
~Zekthedeadcow: Percussion, and Video mixing.
~Cap'n Tripps: Guitar, Bass, Dums, & Vox-Acapella.
~J-bot: Bamboo Flute, Keys/SynthVox-Acapella/Didgi
~BeerHunter: Guitars, Bass, Drums, Vox-Acapella.
~Colonel Sanders: Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vox-Acapella, and Didgi.(?)
~Geoff: Drums.
~Quincysoin: Guitars Vox-Acapella.
~Loki: Keys/Synth, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vox-Acapella.
~Hue theWent & the BWP crew: Guitars, Bass, Drums, Vox-Acapella, and the Overall Video Mix
So far, that is who we have, and I think I'm somewhat accurate on what we each are doing, but please let me know if I'm off on anything, and I'll make the edit.
May 25, 2009 12:09 pm Oops! Scratch the Theremin! : p
Oh, and theWent would like the video to be in either MPEG1, or DVX. Anything but MPEG4!!!
DVX would be better.
May 25, 2009 12:23 pm Dean (Dead Milkmen's Drummer) it is!
I'll get a hold of him today.
I also have a friend that owned a large studio here in Philly. I'll have him record the drums. Just because he loves the Milkmen.
And also, he has all of the great toys!
Noize, do you want the mulit track? Or just the stereo mix?
May 25, 2009 12:59 pm That sounds great Rob! Although, we may have to 'lo-fi' it a bit to match whatever other drummers offer, as they most likely would not be recording in a high end studio. : )
Then again, a good drum capture is a good drum capture, so it shouldn't be too far off, right?
May 25, 2009 01:36 pm I'll add that I do drums/perc and can do video mix
May 25, 2009 01:44 pm Rob, multi would be great, but if he can get aq good mix on stereo then that would work as well. I"m sure we may have other percussion elements to work with as well.
But indeed, multi would give the option of deeper edits on the drums as well.
May 25, 2009 02:35 pm Dang! I knew I was missin' someone! Sorry 'bout that Zek. I will add you to the list. : )
May 25, 2009 02:46 pm I've been studying the way alot of those shots were done on the original PFC project, and 'outside' seems to be a prevalent theme. It does well to illistrate the surroundings of the area in which the artist resides. Outside is good, but the fact that we're writing, and recording the song that we will 'lipsynch' to, helps enormously with keeping audio-quality consistant, and also allows for us to be a bit more creative with the filming of the 'performance'. Do consider this when planning-out your video shots, as this added dimention could make for a truly 'interesting' video.
May 25, 2009 04:27 pm FTP working for me too, so no problems.
I mentioned what I play in the other discussion, but I'll throw it here just so it's all in one place.
Bamboo Flutes:
Eb/E (lower pitch)
G (mid-range)
Bb (piccolo-ish range)
And I play piano/keyboard as well. I played trumpet once upon a time, but it's been a number of years. :P
I was also in a university choir for a time, so I can sing/hold a pitch decently enough. I just need to get used to singing with headphones on.
Outside vids do seem to be the prevalent theme. Luckily the apartment I'm moving to has a wrap-around communal deck/balcony sorta thing going on. I could easily run the mic cable or keyboard cables from the window to the office area, and get Heather to film from the window with me playing the flute, or the keyboard, whichever. So it would be kinda an overhead-ish angle. Might work pretty well.
Also, for the intro, I could totally see some humming, or wordless vocals coming in a few bars before the main lyrics come into play. I think it would help give that "soulful" or "human" feeling.
May 25, 2009 05:37 pm Ahhh... I had gotten you and Quincyson mixed up, J-bot.
Sorry, you new guys all look alike. : p
I jest, I jest...
May 25, 2009 05:40 pm OK, just tested the FTP for myself.
And no problems here.
So what's up with the rubber chicken?
May 25, 2009 06:50 pm I will see about getting my daughter to do some backing vox as well.... We have rehearsal tomorrow and I will chat with our band about this project. This is going to be awesome!
May 25, 2009 07:17 pm Hue, you can add me for backing vox/harmonies, conga (percussion), and slidewhistle.
Let me echo BH, this IS going to be awesome.
May 25, 2009 07:41 pm Moving right along.
Rob, the short story on the chicken.
He was/still is the mascot for Tuna's Patrol in boy scouts. The Chicken Patrol. They took their name from a previous patrol that turned out 2 Eagle scouts and were together until they graduated high school. That patrol was 4 guys and very well respected by adults and boys alike.
Needless to say Tuna's group started with 18 boys in 3 patrols. Slimmed down over the first year to combined numbers of about 10 which I took as my single patrol and offered them the chance to choose a new name. They took the name Chicken patrol. I churned out 5 Eagles from that patrol and kept 9 boyz together until they graduated. It is the largest patrol known nationally to ever stay together past their senior year. As a patrol they also hold about 6 other record's in scouting that may never be broken and a couple that had never been achieved before.
So now the chicken tours the states and soon the world and gets his picture taken with them on their journey. No one, adult or boys that knew the chickens wants to forget them.
For me, not one day goes by that I don't think about them as a group and all they have done. 8 years together with them embedded them all in my head, 12 years with several of them from cub scouts on.
sniff, sniff
wipes tear's from eyes
May 25, 2009 10:28 pm Coolo: Done, and done.
Noize: That is one cool chicken!
May 26, 2009 08:20 am That slide whistle may morph well with my slide guitar. Just food for a later thought. Like a brain-snack. bah
May 26, 2009 10:18 am OK, looks like I may have everything lined up to record for this weekend.
So, Noize is getting the audio. And Hue is getting the video.
Now Hue, do you want the video to be sent to Noize first? Or, do you have a site that you want it sent to? I could snail mail it if you like.
May 26, 2009 10:41 am I was under the impression that everything goes to the FTP site, where we could all get to them. (?)
May 26, 2009 12:29 pm I guess if the video files are too big, snail mail may be the way to go. I'll pass out an address when the time draws near.
May 26, 2009 03:52 pm Hue, you're a funny guy.
(see BH echo).
May 28, 2009 08:50 am Deleted By Deon
May 28, 2009 08:57 am i cant get it to work. im a dummy.
May 28, 2009 01:23 pm Sorry dudes, I was out of town for 5 days enjoying an extended MD weekend. I will e-mail you tonight Noize.
I am hoping to get up in the mountains with my laptop/ux2/acoustic/vid cam and get a complete track but... it is rainy today so I will have to wait.
Alas, if it is windy up there I will have to record in my studio and simply lip sync the video in the mountains. Should be great footage though, I have a gorgeous spot in mind. I am going to capture video of me setting up the mic etc. for some possible intro footage before the guitar kicks in. Just some filler for the video crew.
May 28, 2009 01:44 pm A mountain-scene sound awesome Cap'n! I mean, c'mon... it's friggin' moutains! Mountains always makes things look cool. lol
I've been touching on the Nooners riff here and there... found that it sound nice as a slide-giutar line, as well. Prolly whree I'll go with it... kind'a Floyd'y.
May 28, 2009 02:52 pm I'm working on some creativity vomit to slop over the Nooners riff. We can use it, lose it, or let it inspire something new. I don't care. I'll post it on the FTP by this weekend. The purpose is to get opinions, not quality tracking etc. I'll post again when its done.
I'm working with the didj, piano (Art Vista Piano for teh win!), and vox. Can't wait to get home and work on this!
Also: Wish me luck, I applied to four recording studio internships around KC. If I'm lucky, I'll get to make coffee for people without getting paid. What a dream!
May 28, 2009 03:01 pm Oh hey, I just had another thought! I know a really talented compositor we may be able to have help.
There isn't ANYTHING interesting to get a scene of where I live, but I can be anywhere we want in front of a green screen. He's worked with Peter Gabriel before and he's doing a music video for a local band right now, so he may have some cool ideas. I'll see if I can get an interest level from him this weekend.
May 28, 2009 05:49 pm Cool, Quincysan! theWent had brought up green screening the other day. As that would be an option under this videos context. This video is going to be so weird.(good thing) lol
Good luck with the internship, man.Opportunities like that don't come to you, so kudos for going out there and finding them. I'm sure they'll appreciate your tenacity.(the one you want to work for will... built in filter!) Remember, one good tablespoon for every two cups of water.
May 28, 2009 06:00 pm If Cap'n Tripps would send us some 'mountain footage', we could all end up on the same hill! lol
May 28, 2009 06:06 pm One good tablespoon for every two cups of water? Is that a recipe? Has your water supply been contaminated? I'm confused...
May 28, 2009 08:36 pm I think he's talking about the coffee. ;)
Also, I got some info back from the fiancee. It's not a wraparound balcony thing like I thought, but a separate deck. Also, no runnign cables from window...something in the lease about not removing screens...bummer.
I'll figure something out though!
Edit:
Oh! but she does have video recording capabilities. She got a new camera that can record video and audio. But I think she still has her old cam still and it records video (but no audio) So shouldn't be any problems getting some footage. Wonder if I do something around the university. Seems theres some places where you can go out and get up on the roof or soemthing.
Here's some pics from around UIowa that she took:
heatherrossi.myphotoalbum...bumName=album02
Pretty scenery.
May 29, 2009 12:13 pm Well I had planned on me being in that mountain footage but could grab a few clean shots. In the other video I liked that each person recorded their tracks in a nice artistic setting that portrayed their country, state, city etc... Being in Alaska, it's mountains for me :)
May 29, 2009 02:29 pm Yup... the coffee. : )
Yeah, that is true, Cap'n. Showing where you're coming from, physically, is good to say "This is where I'm coming from... physically.", but there's also the "This is where I'm coming from... at the moment.", to consider, as well. Perhaps it should be part of the criteria of the video that we each show a scene of the setting-up of the shoot, and recording area, etc... ???
I don't know. That might be alot of 'Basement/Bedroom/Office' footage, eh? Suburbia! Yay!
May 29, 2009 04:36 pm I had never heard that coffee rule before...good to know though. Thanks Hue. By the way...I've been wondering since I joined HRC...what is your avatar? Rat fanged turtle? Tiny pink walrus? Neither of these seem likely but that's what I have come up with.
Would my Panasonic HDC-SD9 work for video? It's supposed to record in 1080p.
May 29, 2009 06:07 pm My av is a dollar-store, plastic walrus, that my collective family decorated to look like me. The resemblance is uncanny. = p
I know absolutely nothing about video cameras, but someone here can answer that, I'm sure. Should be good, as long as you can render it in a DVX, or MPEG1 format... preferably DVX.(as per Went)
May 31, 2009 02:42 pm Well, my recording session fell apart for his weekend. And next weekend I'm with The Roots.
I'll see if I can get everyone together during the week.
Jun 08, 2009 01:28 am So what's the word birds?
Jun 08, 2009 07:45 am I was really looking forward to doing something with this, this last weekend, but man...
Let's just say, it was 'one of those' weekends.
The only thing I managed to do, musically, was three Craigs List deals.
Jun 09, 2009 02:21 pm Ok, no more farting around. I called and arranged to borrow the $1800 martin acoustic, recruited a camera man, have my gear all packed and will be heading out to capture some video directly after work.
As previously stated I did write another more upbeat part for the song and although I will post it in full fo yall to hear, I can split them up for when I send it to Noize if needed.
Can't wait to get this rolling, also can't wait to hear the riff played on acoustic, the way it was meant to be :)
Jun 10, 2009 02:02 am Alrighty, so I got some pretty decent footage. Suprisingly the audio wasn't horrible, definitely some wind though. I recorded some rough tracks in the studio and just played along to the headphones. Once I get a track I am 100% happy with I will upload it to Noize's FTP.
Also for the video folks, I did quite a few takes if you want them all? They are also 1080p .mts files, should I be encoding to another format before mailing?
Anyways, the raw footage with no dubbed tracks yet...
Jun 10, 2009 02:17 am Friggin awesome cpt! I love the lookaway at the end. So dope.
If nobody else adds anything, I might just have to start busting out the congos to keep this ball rolling.
Jun 10, 2009 11:47 am Congos would be mighty nice :)
Just fyi, I looked really dumb carrying a laptop and guitar while hiking next to all the hippies :) It's a pretty popular spot, I had to leave the beaten path to find some solitude.
Jun 10, 2009 01:26 pm Very well done Cpt... I hope to be heading back to Nelson BC this weekend and I will try and capture some footage while I'm there. If not, there are a few places around here that would work as well. Not exactly sure what I am going to do yet but I will try and put somehting together over the next week.
Jun 10, 2009 01:53 pm Awesome Cap'n!
Anybody made progress on lyrics yet?
Jun 10, 2009 03:38 pm One thing I am unsure on?
Are we submitting parts that are in key for Noize to cut/loop or are we supposed to have a full song.
The riff recorded is less than two minutes so I assume it needs more. As stated before I have another part for it but would really like someone else to write out the bridge so it can be longer and be a true collab.
Jun 10, 2009 07:15 pm Well if it were up to me I would say that the entire song should be recorded by everyone so for example...say that it is 3:30 long then even a guy (me - lol) playing a shaker would play the entire song beginning to end. This would allow the producer (noise) to introduce the parts when needed. Cpt, if you get a chance, could you post a tab for the song?? This would help a lot to put everyone on the same page. Also, I could easily edit what you have to extend it to 3:30 long (or more) with what you have recorded already. I also have some ideas for lyrics which btw - does anyone know if there is a song titled Playing for Change?? It seems as if most I have heard are all covers thus far.
edit: great playing tripps!
Jun 11, 2009 12:37 am I could probably figure out the root notes and post them but haven't a clue how to write tab. Honestly I don't even know what the hell I'm playing note wise except for the B, G and D during the Chorus.
Jun 11, 2009 01:45 am Nice Cap'n! That'll do indeed.
I think it would be well served, outside of the various other instruments, to have another acoustic track of the very same riffs, that we could punch in and out of for added thickening and punch. No pun intended. Maybe another one of you, Cap'n?... playing a different guitar, in a different setting, perhaps??? Whatdy'a think?
Jun 11, 2009 11:06 am Oh, that was just the video camera audio of me playing a takamine. I have a doubled track of me playing my friends new Martin that I recorded in the studio, I plan on re-doing again as I was not too happy with it. I will figure out the roots tonight and post em. I was in a toss up between the mountains and the boat harbor on the docks, maybe I can do another soon.
On the video captures.... Mpeg1 or DivX (which is based on MPEG4), does he want them downsampled to a certain resolution or should I just leave that to him. Once again mine are .mts files at 1080p, just want to make sure I get conversion right.
edit: Root Notes (heh, I just played them through my toneport tuner to figure em)
Verse : B Db A Gb G A D
Chorus: B G D Db A (A is only on the second time around for the ring out)
I played it out on a bass for yall to hear/download if you like.
www.homerecordingconnecti...ype=2&src=2
Jun 22, 2009 04:56 pm Jeez, I haven't gotten any of these updates to the thread in email. And I know I pinned this thread to the top and its un-pinned now.
I've got some catching up to do.
I was going to be messing with some percussion this afternoon and was looking for the original BPM if it was 82 exactly or somewhere there about.
Jun 22, 2009 05:07 pm This friday, I will be attempting to lay down some congos loops. I've never mic'd the congos before, so we'll see how it goes. I only have the one mic stand so I'm thinking of giving the sm57 a whirl. But will prolly try out all three mics (57, 58 and neumann). I think the original loop is at 82.
Also, I couldn't download the nooners file from Cpt's profile, so I played it on the media player and tried to capture the sound from the soundcard. Not sure if that is gonna work or not. Is the original nooners file up on the FTP?
Jun 22, 2009 05:31 pm coolo, I'll drop the file on the FTP in about 5 minutes. I'll shoot a post up here when its up.
Jun 22, 2009 05:34 pm OK< its up and good to go.
Jun 28, 2009 09:15 pm Noize, thanks, I got the mp3.
Unfortunately, I tried to record a congo track, and I am not happy with the sound I was getting. Also, my conga playing sucked wet donkey nuts, so I'm leaning towards scrapping that idea and just going with vocals. I have written about 8 (out of 16) bars for a rap verse...
Jun 28, 2009 10:18 pm hey Cap'in that was really cool.
i like the feel. should i be learning that on guitar?
i have ideas for vox too.
would be good if i could get that guitar bit for download Cap'in.
is that possible?
Jun 28, 2009 10:33 pm Ya, I'm having huge issues finding a scratch drum I am happy with as well.
I know exactly what I want to hear to transition from an intro you can rap over into the guitar portion but I'm beating myself up trying to get it exactly how it should be to work that way.
You should just shoot a couple different version's up to the ftp and we can see how it fits in later as well. you might be suprised at what can fit later with a bit of tweaking.
Jun 29, 2009 02:22 am Hmm, the rap I'm writing matches the rhythm of capn's guitar piecs very closely. I could prolly make it work with any beat, but it works really well with that guitar part.
I deleted all the conga tracks I recorded. They were really horrible, trust me. Maybe once some other instruments are added it will be easier to add them and I may try again.
Jun 29, 2009 04:22 pm Ya, that is why I'm beating myself in the head on a scratch beat for it. I'm trying to keep it extremely tight to the rhythm of the guitar part.
Do you have a scratch of any vocal bit's yet? That might help work a scratch drum track out.
Jun 29, 2009 05:16 pm Hey Deon, the guitar part is on the ftp. Give that a try now since you have the compatibility mode thing fixed. That might have been buggering things up.
Otherwise you can grab it here.
www.pigpenstudio.com/files/Tripps_TheNooners.mp3
Jun 29, 2009 07:02 pm Tripps... I will inquire as to what resolution he's needing to work with.
Hey Noize, how exactly do we download that file from the ftp?
Jun 29, 2009 08:58 pm Ah, didn't you get the email?
I'll send it again to ya with the direction's to the ftp.
You just right click and save as or if your using an ftp client simply drag and drop.
OK, it's sent to both you and Deon.
There are simple direction's as to what to do.
Jun 29, 2009 11:54 pm your gonna kill me Noize, but it wont lemme download it, says something or rather "access denied".
Jun 30, 2009 12:36 pm Deon, just grab it from the link I posted about 5 or 6 post's up from here.
Jun 30, 2009 08:04 pm ok Noize no worries now. it wouldnt let me save it or anything from here before now either, but now it is. wierd.
is this going to be longer this track? its very catchy.
Jun 30, 2009 08:32 pm OK, then I'm thinking the ftp thing is on your end as well.
Do you have some funky firewall that might be cutting the ftp off?
I believe everyone else is getting in.
Maybe Australia is blocking you from getting the ftp hooked up.
And ya, its gonna be getting much longer.
I'm waiting on the final recording from Tripps for the acoustic and trying to bang out a scratch drum track to lengthen it out for others to mess with.
Jun 30, 2009 10:32 pm ok, be keen to take a look when that's done, be quite a "different" drum track im guessing, quite funky and custom precussive for that song.
i can get onto the ftp no probs now but i couldnt download it from there is all, but maybe i can now, i couldnt from here before, but now i can, something changed somewhere.
Jul 01, 2009 12:19 am Noize, I will try and record some scratch vocals by the end of the week. Maybe thursday.
Jul 01, 2009 10:25 am I had the same issue, Deon. I haven't tried to DL it yet, but may be able to try this evening.
Jul 01, 2009 04:45 pm If your DLing with IE8 make sure you have compatibility mode on and then I might suggest looking to the right and clicking on the Page menu, then select Open in Windows Explorer. That will ask you to re-enter the login and password but will allow you to then drag and drop the file to wherever you want it.
Otherwise guys, install Firefox as it works just splendidly without any hiccups and you can drag and drop or click left click the file and it brings up a save menu right off.
I am guessing chrome does the same but I have not tried it yet in Chrome.
Jul 01, 2009 04:54 pm Sent you guys a separate email as well.
Jul 01, 2009 05:07 pm Coolo, I'm off on Friday and am going to work on a beat again. I think I might just do something completely straight hip-hop. I've been trying desperately to cross a hip-hop groove with a bit of a 4 on the floor flavor and I just keep ending up unhappy with it.
I've been working it thinking of your style of rapping as well so I wasn't just going at it blindly. I cheated a bit by listening to nearly all your stuff again and working from that.
I think I might need a switch to a less rock style kit as well. Maybe I'm just using too big of a drum sound and that is what is driving me nuts. I need to go old school jazz kit or lo-fi or something.
Jul 01, 2009 07:18 pm I'm using Firefox, and when I drag the file over to the destop, it simply acts as a link.
Jul 01, 2009 08:10 pm hey Hue, yeah thats what mine was doing, and now its all good. actually i "saved target" from the link here. ^
i can send it to yer email if you want?
Jul 01, 2009 09:56 pm Did you try just clicking the file in FF? It should just bring up the save menu.
Jul 02, 2009 07:08 am Hey noize, on the lo-fi kit sound, have you taken a look at the mini drumz from DSK? Its supposed to emulate some of those older drum machines, and they released a version 2 not too long ago. In version 2, they have an option for loading an sf2 kit alongside the drum machine, which I thought was interesting. I thought it might be worth looking at, and I've gotten some pretty decent results using it. (StarDust on t61 was an example using mini drumz version 1 and a breakbeat style) Anyway, it's a nice little VST that I turn to if I'm looking for a certain sound or feel.
Hmmm....my desk is shak-oh...train's going by again, doh!
Jul 02, 2009 11:15 pm Yep, I've got drum samples coming out my arse. I've just not come up with a complete kit I like on this yet. Nor a decent structure top the beat.
Although thanx to our local boy here Prince I think I've been inspired to give it another shot. The local public station here The Current is playing a ton of his more obscure stuff as its the 25th anniversary of Purple Rain and they are playing tons of his old stuff. I think a bit of inspiration hit after listening to some of it.
Jul 03, 2009 02:36 am princes old stuff rocks mate. the guy is demon on guitar too. very talented little dude.
he is a real musician.
Jul 05, 2009 11:37 pm Well, I finished writing a verse, though I didn't get around to recording it. I will try to record it early this week....
Jul 08, 2009 01:40 am I recorded the verse and added it to the ftp. It's called "PlayingForChange-baceverse.wav" It is just the acapella and you can start it at the same time as the nooners mp3 in the multitrack. One bar of silence at 82 bpm and it starts in along with the guitar.
Let me know what you think/if you get it to work/line up.
Jul 08, 2009 04:31 am well i cant friggin log in.
so, i enter the address into the browser, i then hit
'page" and open ftp blah blah blah.
then i get to the page with "incoming" on it which i click on and then i get to hrcpfc, so i click on that, and then i get the files.
so i click on one of those and it asks me for the log in details again, and again and again and wont let me log in or whatever im supposed to do.
am i doing some thing wrong?? please advise.
Jul 08, 2009 06:36 am Coolo... I'm trippin' here at, well... too early am...
Dude. I was wondering just what you'd come up with for a rap n this....
... Uhm.... wow! That is friggin' bad-***! This would make a great overall chorus part! Great lyrics... right on top of the beat! Awesome!
I know Went is gon'na dig this as well. Nice work, Coolo!
Deon... I'm starting to worry 'bout you. ; p
Jul 08, 2009 11:17 am Oh damn!!! And I'm at work when I read this, can't wait to hear it. Perhaps it will inspire me on some harmonies to add. I think once we get past this first stage and have a blueprint of the entire song, things will start moving quick.
Anyway, I have been stupid busy but do have an acoustic version of the riff with finger squeaks and all. I will try to upload it tonight. I'm not sure if I would consider my final version, but it's more fitting than the electric tone.
Jul 08, 2009 06:15 pm WTF... "530 Login incorrect" ????
I worry me, now.
Jul 08, 2009 08:56 pm coolo, I'm going to get it now. I'll post if I have any problems. And lining up isn't going to be an issue here I'm sure. Hopefully I'll get a few minutes to try and drop a scratch drum for it just so we can get moving. I had an intro piece worked out that would let it drift into the guitar and rap, possibly rap over that as well, but I dropped it into a folder that was unmarked and now I can't locate the friggin thing.
I'll try the ftp from work as well and see if I can figure out what is holding things up. IF you are getting as far as the folder then its got to be something set on your end more then likely. I can get in with anything.
Try a dedicated ftp app like cute ftp or something like that. Or get friggin PowerDesk for god sake. I've never regretted the $29 it cost, or 19 or whatever it was.
Jul 08, 2009 09:32 pm Oh ya baby. That's got it!!!!!!
I'll give that a double wOOt.
wOOt! wOOt!
I just dropped it in and gave it a quick listen but it fit right in. Tomorrow I'll give it a good shot and make sure its on target. But it sounds like it tonight.
Very cool by the way due, very cool!
Jul 08, 2009 10:29 pm Well, I basically just joined the forum but I might be interested in contributing if it's not too late and if I would only need to supply video (not separate audio). I play baritone sax by the way.
By the way, this is one of those inspiring ideas that combined with actually taking action gets flaming little bubbles floating up your spine all the way to your head.
Oh, and I am friends with a drummer, piano player, and a bassoon player. So I guess I could mention this to them.
Jul 09, 2009 01:07 am Thanks guys. It's hard to tell without drums, but the timing may be just a teensy bit off here and there, but that's what happens when you record raps over no drums... Anyhow, I also feel like I may have been a bit too close to the mic (word clarity issues), so if anyone else feels that way let me know, I'll be happy to retrack. Also, if you guys want, I can do a backing track of "emphasis" vocals.
Kinley, we'd love to have you, but I'll let the people handling the mixing of the audio decide if a video feed audio track is going to be sufficient.
Jul 09, 2009 01:21 am im always worried about me Hue.
but like i said i have compatibiltiy view on etc and when i go to log in after hittng page etc it just keeps bringing back up the log in window no matter what i put in there.
its saying cant log in with passord or whatever.
Jul 09, 2009 11:33 am Ok, I uploaded the acoustic version of the guitar riff, I still don't love it but it's better than nothing.
And yeah, I added the coolo track to my project just to give it a spin, badass dude... I can hear harmony already.
I love it when a plan comes together.
Jul 09, 2009 01:41 pm Wow, that's hilarious, when I woke up this morning, before I got out of bed, my mind was wandering and landed on A-Team. Then I come in here, and this is staring at me. Coincidence? I think not.
Jul 09, 2009 01:58 pm Quote:
Coincidence? I think not.
Bwahahahahaaaa!!!
Jul 09, 2009 04:24 pm Tripps, I'll grab it and drop it in tonight or tomorrow.
coolo, I'll use a straight up beat and check it against the vox. I can always move it or what have you. I'm a cuttin fool.
Kinley, I do believe we can accommodate another. I can make anything with an audio track work. If you need we can point you to some free recording application's as well as a nice shareware one that you can use for free for awhile. Interesting selection of instruments as well.
Deon, I'll look up a couple of free dedicated ftp app's and see if you can get in on one of them.
And you did try Firefox as well?
Jul 09, 2009 05:42 pm I use filezilla ftp. it's free. I'm using linux, but I think it will work with windows as well (don't quote me on that one though).
Jul 09, 2009 09:02 pm www.google.com/search?q=F...lient=firefox-a
Yep, FileZilla and Smart ftp are both good and work in windows.
Jul 17, 2009 12:20 pm Ok, so who's next.
Am I going to have to start writing vocal melodies and lyrics?
Jul 18, 2009 06:08 pm I'm trying to make a little time to stretch it out a bit and work an intro for it. Then we will have a quick sketch to work around.
If you have any idea's for the lyrics feel free indeed.
Jul 21, 2009 11:33 am As soon as the quick sketch is complete I can begin working on other things, be it drums, bass or harmony, whatever is needed.
Jul 21, 2009 09:52 pm I ran out of time this weekend to fill it out a bit. But I did get a better working beat behind it. So I'll try and chop quick bass reference and beat and put up the start, hopefully with and idea for an intro as well. by the end of the week.
Jul 27, 2009 11:24 am I had a small brainstorm on this just now; How about each of us goes walking around with like a hand recorder/voice recorder...something...and collect some noises from our local areas just say, walking down the street, or something. We can get those chopped up how we want, and crossfade them into each other....and maybe have someone start humming the root notes for the melody, and fade that into the acoustic for a bar or two, and then bring in the rest?
It was a thought, and I was trying to think in a worldly sense, since we're all spread out quite a bit. I thought it might be a cool thing to do.
-J
Jul 27, 2009 11:48 am I like the idea but have no hand held recorder. Oh, I do have a vid cam though... audition is pretty nice for removing just audio... I'll see what I can do.
Jul 28, 2009 06:47 pm Yep, that is something we can think of doing for sure. I'm all about noize!
Aug 01, 2009 11:02 pm Hey, how far along are we on this?
I finally get a chance to talk to Dean from the Milkmen tonight. He is still interested in playing the drums for this. But, we won't get a chance until mid August.
Not to late I hope?
Aug 02, 2009 04:27 pm Not to late at all Rob. I'm running way behind on even getting just the scratch mix fleshed out so they have something a bit longer to work with. I'm hoping to give it a go tonight and at least get a moderate beat behind it so the others can get an idea to work with.
Sep 03, 2009 05:35 pm Any word on this? Anyone even thinking about it still?
Sep 03, 2009 05:35 pm Any word on this? Anyone even thinking about it still?
edit:
My bad on the DP! Please don't hate me...
Sep 03, 2009 10:50 pm You double poster you!!
And ya, I am. I'm trying to get through the week of crap and hope to have a loop of the mix up and make some stems quick for others to download and work out other parts. I finally got a beat that I think is workable.
Sep 04, 2009 12:10 pm I have been checking the post count everyday to see if anything has happened, I am locked, loaded and ready to deploy as soon as their is an update.
Jun 02, 2010 04:51 pm Ok, so, I revisited the guitar riff that Cpt did and my verse, and decided I'm gonna do something with it. Of course if everyone else is still interested, I'd love if you all wanted to jump back on board. Otherwise, I'm just going to sample the riff and make my own song out of it. Ahem. I just uploaded an mp3 to my profile. It's Cpt's guitar riff sampled and looped, plus a drum loop that I created (hip hop style more or less), my verse I did a while ago, plus me improvving some singing hook ideas that need to be tightened up and redone. But I thought it might give some of you some ideas? If there are no takers I'll write another rap verse, throw some keyboard bass on it, redo the chorus and see where it goes... Anybody in?
Jun 03, 2010 01:44 am Well done coolo! I have some ideas to contribute. i am away for a few days though and won't be able to put anything down but I have downloaded the file and will mess with it in the next week.
Jun 03, 2010 12:05 pm Was wondering if anything was gonna happen with this ever. Anyway, I took the riff and wrote a song out of it awhile ago but I think your version sounds kickass and I really like the idea of the singing chorus you did. Bravo!
What was the tempo of that riff? I will send you a better one using my semi-hollow if you want a little more body and cut.
Jun 03, 2010 01:24 pm Thanks guys. The tempo is 82 bpm.
BH, I'm leaving town tomorrow for about a week, so no worries.
Cpt, I'd love to hear a better sounding version, but I'm surprised you say that, cuz the original version, well, I'm kind of in love with it. ha ha.
Jun 03, 2010 02:40 pm Meh, it's an acoustic based riff recorded on an electric, I personally hated it :) I only uploaded as a... placeholder of sorts so people working the project had a base to work from.
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