Hi, Here's a new URL for the song, mp3dotcom, from this announcement: http://www.iaxs.net/~rparker/mp3dotcom.ogg DISCLAIMER song contains adult language. if this offends thee, please don't download it. ron --- R Parker <rtp405@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Be careful what you wish for! In response to Dave's > suggestion that we focus on music, I'm posting one > of > my songs. My server is complete crap. If you > experience download problems, you'll have to be > patient. Of course anyone is free to load the song > onto another server. > > Marek, I am tempted to rerecord the vocal track just > for you. But I won't, so, you'll need to replace > every > instance of MP3 with RME. Of course I love RME and > you'll hear why I wouldn't do that. Not even for > you. > :) > > DISCLAIMER > song contains adult language. if this offends thee, > please don't download it. > > Background Info > This song, mp3dotcom, is from a set of around 20. My > order for the band was to write and record the music > for two albums in one session and that each song > must > be a different style of music. We did not record any > previously written ideas. > > I hired my studio partner Bill Bailey to produce and > engineer the album. We designed an itenerary that > started the recording session with drums. We worked > with the drummer for about an hour to warm him up, > judge his capabilities and get tones. About every > hour > there after we added the next logical instrument; > bass, guitar, keyboard, second guitar, percussion, > second bass, etc until we reached the finale where > everyone achieved euphoric stupidity. There were > about > a dozen players involved. Everyone had a specific > time > that they were expected to arrive and we asked them > to > not show up early. Think of it as mahem by design. > Everyone involved agreed that it was the most fun > they > ever had in a studio. > > After 18 hours we had enough music for two albums > and > we began writing lyrics and producing vocals. It > took > about four sessions to complete the vocal tracks and > a > couple more to mix 11 or 12 of the songs. > > Production Details > The music was orginally recorded to 16bit blackface > ADAT. A couple years ago I transfered the > multitracks > to Ardour for remixing. I mastered this song today > using Ardour and JAMin. > > There were transient spikes on the snare hits that > caused distortion and a short loss of audio > immediately following many of the snare hits. I put > the TAP limiter post fader to hold the spikes down > by > -5db or there abouts which corrected that problem. > > Total mix and master time for this song is > definitely > less than 60 minutes. > > I've never released this album although half the > songs > ended up in an indie film that starred one of the > Saturday Nite Live writers. The movie was titled > Jack > Halloween. I appreciate bad movies as much as anyone > but this movie sucked so bad I couldn't even watch > it. > After agreeing to let the producers, City Lights > Media > of NYC, "use my crappy songs in your no budget > movie" > i informed them that they had thrown their money in > the toilet and that the movie wasnt' worthy of > releas. > They agreed about the quality of the movie and I > don't > think it ever saw the light of day. > > I guess this album is about four years old and it's > time to start releasing it one song at a time. One > of > the bass players was murdered in a domestic assault, > and the flute player died of a herione overdose. The > rest of us are just getting older, fatter and losing > our teeth. Damned it all! > > After much TODO: > http://www.multitrack.us/~parker/music/mp3dotcom.ogg > > Long live The Who, > > ron > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo
