james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Tue, 12 Jul, 2005 at 02:19PM +0000, jmstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx spake thus: > >>james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> >>>On Tue, 12 Jul, 2005 at 11:33AM +0200, Christian Schumann spake thus: >>> >>>>Hi James, >>>> >>>>On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 10:20:30AM +0100, james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>>> >>>>>I've been going back over some stuff I did a while ago, and found >>>>>something that I decided to take in a slightly different direction. >>>>> >>>>>I have a rough cut of the new track at >>>>>http://dis-dot-dat.net/content/music/sv_WIP.ogg >>>>> >>>>>What I want now is a collaborator or collaborators. Mainly vocals and >>>>>guitars. >>>>> >>>>>There're plenty of open spaces in the track for focusing on the new >>>>>parts, so you can show off in the breaks. >>>>> >>>>>If anyone would care to have a listen and knock up some parts, I'll >>>>>fiddle with putting them in the track. >>>>> >>>>>Vocalist must bring own "lyrical skillz" - I've tried writing lyrics >>>>>before and ended up with the most puerile and naive drivel. >>>>> >>>>>I hope someone takes the bait, er, I mean opportunity; it would be >>>>>interesting to see how something like this would work. >>>> >>>>I downloaded it, and I kinda like it. I think I can come up with some >>>>guitars to that. I did some fiddling around to the track Thorsten posted >>>>some time ago, but did not post anything of it, since I was not that >>>>satisfied with my playing on it. >>>> >>>>My vocal abilities are just enough to sing some background in my band. >>>>So I won't do any vocals for that. But in order to get along with vocals >>>>it would be better for a potential vocalist to come with some lines >>>>first, so I can accompany them and we don't get into each others way. >>> >>>I agree that working together rather than in turn is probably best, I >>>wouldn't hold your breath waiting for a vocalist. >>> >>>Singing is a lot more personal than playing or composing and I think >>>people will be far less likely to come forward and bare themselves. >>> >>>I hope somone proves me wrong, of course! >>> >>> >>>>I'll take the track home tonight and see with what I can come up. I >>>>think I can post that tomorrow. >>> >>>That's great. I very nearly wrote about what kind of thing I'm >>>looking for in the original mail, but then decided not to. If I >>>specified the kind of sound I'm after, it would influence people and >>>give us less room to explore. >>> >>>I'll share later, of course and maybe what I'm expecting and what you >>>intend to do will match up. Either way, it should be fun. >>> >> >>Really nice backing track! >> >>In my opinion, the best vocal accompaniment to this track would be a >>spoken voice piece, preferably with a scottish accent (think a cross >>between Iggy Pop and Prolapse in their more laid-back phases, possibly >>Coil). > > > Interesting. I was thinking more like muffled, soulful, slow-paced > singing with lingering notes, cutting to sparkly, faster, more urgent > pieces when everything crashes back in. Sigur Ros meets Portishead > and Bjork. > > >>If I think of some good lyrics I will certainly have a go, but >>I don't think South-Eastern UK accent is quite so up there in the cool >>stakes! > > > Haha, well it's better than what I've got - High-speed dumb-sounding > Blackcountry. > > Ow am ya? > > > >>I'm sure there are hundreds of other ways to go with this track >>though. It will be interesting to see what people come up with. > > > Yup, I can't wait. > > ok, i've got some lyrics to this ... just a few more lines ... gonna just bring this into ardour for the moment and try singing it ... post it in a few hours (maybe .... these kids are driving me nuts!). not sure if it fits any of the styles mentioned, and as i've said before - "i can't sing" - but anyway ... shayne
