Official remix comp results

So Justin has chosen his favorite remixes over at Indaba.  Some great submissions and kind of humbling, to tell the truth.  It seems that he didn't necessarily go for the popular or obvious choice.  I'm hearing all kinds of different interpretations on Spotify, where a remix album was released with all the winners.  Justin took the time to comment personally on a lot of submissions, which I think is above and beyond.  In the past, bands with far less of a following have failed to post up anything until the end of a competition.  I'll link you to the Indaba page for those who may not have Spotify.  Just click on the individual song titles on the right hand side of the page.  As I've said before, all efforts documented on this blog are not related to the contest, other than the sourcing of stems.

Click here.

Evening session

While putting some time in, I had a studio visitor tonight.  Just one picture before I was made to throw her ball a few times.  Still doing some instrumentation and arranging.  Looking for just the right style of bass.  Drums are getting there.  Patience is a virtue.

Bon Iver "winding it down"

Wow.  Can't say I saw this coming, but it kind of makes this effort a little more significant for me.  More thoughts later.

Story here.

Bon Iver live

Here's a link to a free streaming replay of last Friday's show at NYC's Radio City Music Hall. This should be up for a couple of days. Enjoy.

http://t.co/Z9zacCAb

Drill solo

As I work through and audition different tracks, certain ones stand out.  In this case, it's because of a non-traditional instrument being used to emphasize an impactful part of the song.  Justin uses what sounds like a dentist's drill to add an almost tense undertone to the chorus.

Here it is by itself:

And in context (it's audible if you listen close):

Perth - more intro

So to share the direction my first remix is taking me, here's the same guitar clip I sampled and chopped in more of a rough intro context.  Still trying out ideas, but there are also some original vocal samples thrown in and rearranged.  Once I feel comfortable with the general vibe of the intro, I'll most likely start auditioning various chordings in and around Eb and attach a keyboard sound.  However, even I can't bring myself to do this at the moment.  Synthesizers are inherently geeky and should not be part of the Saturday night social calendar.  That would just be sad.

 

Perth - intro

So, Perth.  Like most of the others, it's got plenty of instrumentation.  It's also far from the most complicated song on the album.  The majority of instruments are doing something similar, so it's easier to make changes and "affect" the track a certain way without playing a ton of new parts, or switching things up too drastically.  I also wanted something familiar in the first minute of the recording.  Everyone knows the first song on any album they like.  I've moved some background vocals around and reengineered the main guitar sound that is Perth.  It's that unmistakable guitar riff, only different.  I'll probably post a longer sample as I put more time in, but here is that (soloed) guitar part.