Hear the Wind Sing
I'm at the point where the studio work is getting in the way of my Holidailies commitment. So why not combine the two? Here's one track I've been working on this evening.
It's probably the weirdest song I've so far recorded. It's got backmasked Japanese announcers, overly processed vocals, and arhythmic parts. The lyrics are based on Murakami Haruki's first novel of the same name, Hear the Wind Sing. The music is what I imagine Arcadia would sound like if Meredith Monk and John Zorn replaced Nick Rhodes.
I wrote it for a composition concert back in college. I wanted to convince this guy I had a crush on to sing it. He was too busy, and the logistics of performing this piece proved a bit much. For the longest time, this song was in a key way beyond my range, so I decided to transpose it to something manageable for my limited abilities. I finally recorded the vocals late in 2007, and I have to say I was quite impressed.
Thing is, there are so many things happening in this song that levels are out of whack, and the sound quality is far, far too hot. I need to go back and mix with a more judicious hand, but for now, I have a gist of what the song should eventually sound like.
I wrote it for a composition concert back in college. I wanted to convince this guy I had a crush on to sing it. He was too busy, and the logistics of performing this piece proved a bit much. For the longest time, this song was in a key way beyond my range, so I decided to transpose it to something manageable for my limited abilities. I finally recorded the vocals late in 2007, and I have to say I was quite impressed.
Thing is, there are so many things happening in this song that levels are out of whack, and the sound quality is far, far too hot. I need to go back and mix with a more judicious hand, but for now, I have a gist of what the song should eventually sound like.
