My socks are considerably rocked. I love the twiddly break in the middle, the lyrics, the way you sing like you're taking it all very seriously, eveything! Thanks! On Sat, 15 Jul, 2006 at 02:14AM +0300, Esa Linna spake thus: > Just finishing my new tune: > www.emvg.net/esa/shesnotahumanbeing.ogg > > and here's a copy from my blog from MySpace: > > My new song should have been a love song for my wife. > Unfortunately she > annoyed me for now forgotten reason (once again) and I wrote > a song for > our cat. Of course the lyrics in the chorus: "she's not a > human being, > she doesn't like Jeff Lynne, she's hairy all over the place" > could be a > perfect insult for my wife! > > This song has been recorded in many sessions, first ones > many months ago > in our bedroom. Drums were made with absolutely great > software Hydrogen > and I played the bass & few guitars through Behringer Tube > Ultragain > MIC200 -preamp/di and added some distortion & simulated cab > "feel" with > great CAPS plugins. Keyboards were played with Yamaha > PSR-273 which was > brought by Santa Claus for my kids. They are still wondering > where the > hell their keyboards are. The keyboard solo inspired heavily > by Rick > Wakeman was played through MIDI & astounding soft synth, > ALSA Modular > Synth. Right now I have fell in love with Bristol, another > open source > soft synth for Linux. > > Then some guitars were played with Behringer V-Tone Guitar > GDI21 - a > cheap but great sounding modelling preamp/DI. And then there > were the > vocals. I did millions of takes and it sounded everytime > like shit. > Finally decided to add "some" tube distortion from MIC200, > and now I am > mostly happy with it. > > I noticed too that mastering and mixing the whole damn thing > should be > done by professionals. I am on my holiday, sun in shining, > sixpacks of > cold beer is calling for my name and I sweat in my garage > studio for > trying to make my song sound like Green Day's Boulevard of > Broken > Dreams. Well, I didn't manage to do that. > > The mix you hear is in-your-face mix, with everything > cranked up so that > you can say bye bye for dynamics. But I am proud for the > song, and want > you to know that all of this wouldn't been possible without: > > Linux & Mandriva Linux 2006 > Jack (jackit.sf.net) > Ardour > Alsa Modular Synth > Hydrogen > Audacity > Jamin > LADSPA plugins like TAP, CAPS and some more > red wine > Fosters > Wojak > Okocim > Burgen Pils > Grafen Walder > Carlsberg > bratwurst > potato salad > mushrooms (for eating, you fools!) > > > and here's the lyrics (I know, they are bad - but purposely) > > She came to my life one august day > and didn't like the songs I played > She ran and runs away from me > Far far away to maple tree > > She's not a human being > She doesn't like Jeff Lynne > She's hairy all over the place > > It's not a pretty thing to watch you eat > those poor little birds and their raw meat >
