-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 05 December 2004 02:33, R Parker wrote: > Hi, > > Here's a new URL for the song, mp3dotcom, from this > announcement: > http://www.iaxs.net/~rparker/mp3dotcom.ogg Thanks, Ron, for this important song. :-) Great! - - Burkhard > > 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 - -- Libre Audio, Libre Video, Libre Software: www.AGNULA.org Public key available here: <http://blackhole.pca.dfn.de:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xFD82303B> key FP 0A65 5E83 F44F 47A5 3DFC 19C5 7779 E411 FD82 303B -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBs5sxd3nkEf2CMDsRAszcAKC18Jq0A/dIcMZ9xEn87Xb8nf8roQCfVCHG od664Ux74t1ua3sEmTy7a48= =X28w -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
