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Connecting => Community => Gigs => Topic started by: David Houck on May 27, 2018, 07:49:10 PM
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I had the basic idea for the "ambient" structure of this piece months ago, but today I dialed in the tone and effects. It's just a vehicle for working on improvisation. I wanted to record it so I wouldn't forget it, but the recording came out nice enough that I thought it worth sharing here.
As usual, marked private.
https://soundcloud.com/dave-houck/opening-prayer/s-PPyue (https://soundcloud.com/dave-houck/opening-prayer/s-PPyue)
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Very interesting David. Thanks for sharing. Very thought provoking. Cheers!
Joe
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Thanks Joe.
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David, very nice! Shimmering with lots of depth, I like it!
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Thanks Rob.
I'm thinking there might be a bit too much shimmer in there; might try to bring that down some next time I work on it. Also, I'm thinking the relative level of the held opening chord might need to come up.
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I've uploaded another take on this piece (https://soundcloud.com/dave-houck/opening-prayer-v2/s-W9Ea3). I changed the timbre of the opening chord and brought it's level up a bit. On the lead line, I took out some of the shimmer and made some adjustments to the tone. I think the phrasing is better in this one as well.
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Nice variation Dave. :)
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Thanks Gregory!
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Nice, David! From the title I get the impression that it’s an introduction to a larger piece. If so, that will work well, nice photo too :)
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Thanks Rob! At the moment, I'm thinking it could be, as an introduction, the first song on the CD and/or the first song of a live performance. However, I have considered that perhaps it's too short for a song by itself; people might not want to download a tune that short. Another friend said she thought it should be longer. So I don't know.
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It's awesome! And that's an amazing tone!
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I really like this piece. Nice work.
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I was thinking maybe an introduction segment like the beginning of Yes' "And You and I" or the beginning of "Weather Report Suite". After brief introductions, both of those songs then lead into much lengthier segments.
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Thanks JWright and Juan Carlos! And I'm glad you like the tone.
Rob; yes, I thought about that as well. And I do think that it would be nice if the feel of this piece would serve as a natural introduction to whatever follows.
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That's really nice. I like version 2. It has more air in which to expand
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Thanks Steve.
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I uploaded a better balanced version of the tune, so the lead line isn't overpowering the held chord as much.
https://soundcloud.com/dave-houck/opening-prayer-1/s-mLTpv (https://soundcloud.com/dave-houck/opening-prayer-1/s-mLTpv)
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Sorry for showing up late, Dave,
Love the title & composition !
It was both soothing & encouraging at the same time!
everthing's gonna be alright ! we're gonna make it !!
Bless Ya, Dave !
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Thanks, Philip!
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Especially nice soundtrack for breakfast, camping in the southwest Virginia woods this morning, Dave. :)
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Especially nice soundtrack for breakfast, camping in the southwest Virginia woods this morning, Dave. :)
Ah! Being an "Opening Prayer", I can see how the piece would be appropriate; and if the woods there this morning are like the woods here this morning, then it's a beautiful morning for spending time in the woods. Thanks!
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Very nice, David, I like the shimmering effect. Is the piece based on something or entirely your creation? Thanks for sharing :)
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Is the piece based on something ...
Thanks Rob! It started out as just improvising within a scale, learning its rules, and slowly the improvisation is starting to settle into a specific melodic piece. And at the same time, it started out as an attempt to open with a held chord over which I could then play a melodic line. So it just came together, if slowly, and is still evolving; though I think it's getting near to its final form.
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Very nice, Dave. If I didn't know the instrumentation, bass would not be my first guess. How are you getting the organ-like opening chord? The piece seems to beg for impovisational exploration, not unlike Dark Star (meant in a very positive way).
Bill, tgo
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... How are you getting the organ-like opening chord?
Thanks Bill! It's an E major chord which then goes through a pitch shifter; I can't remember off the top of my head, but I think the pitch shifter doubled the chord by adding the same chord a fourth up. Then the signal went through a formant effect, which added a vocal quality to the tone; and then the last part of the chain was a deep hall reverb which had the hold switch. I think all of those effects also had EQ adjustments which kept things from getting too muddy. It took me a while to get it all worked out.