| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
|---|
| 503.1 | Dave decides to submit again.... | BIGALO::BOTTOM_DAVID | | Tue Sep 16 1986 11:34 | 31 |
| Ok I guess I'm sorta first....so
"Crusin' For you": Written by a friend of mine, I arranged it,
programmed the drums (and played the rolls at the end), and played
the lead track. It's only rock and roll.....
Done on my Tascam 234, using my TR-707 for drums, a real bass
player(not often encountered in my livingroom), bass direct out
of a peavy amp of some sort, guitars miked with a PL-95, amp was
my trusty studio lead (fender), rhythm guitar is a Washburn A-20,
leads on my 73 strat. Vocals miked with an AKG D-320, PAIA hot springs
reverb (very slight) and Ibanez DM-1000 digital for slapback.
"Slow thing"
One of my first experiences with multi track (portastudio) we stold
the drums from another 4 track tape, Rhythm guitars Takamine EF360S
run direct, strat, lead 1, double leads strat and lead 1, first
solo strat, second solo lead 1......harmony lead experiment..all
it needs is Stevie Nicks singing something.....
"Prelude"
Totally an acoustic piece used my Takimine EF360S direct with
DM-1000 for echo. Done on my 3340s.
abe abe abe abe that's all folks :-)
dave
|
| 503.2 | Received second submission. | JAWS::COTE | Guadala*J*ara won't do... | Fri Sep 19 1986 12:11 | 6 |
| Received 1 TDK-SA90 from Dave Bottom on 9-18.
Will use tape for Dave's copy of Tape II.
Dave, is that Dolby B?
Edd
|
| 503.3 | Yes dolby b | BAXTA::BOTTOM_DAVID | | Fri Sep 19 1986 13:16 | 1 |
|
|
| 503.4 | Got 'em! | JAWS::COTE | Hey! I can't play these things! | Thu Oct 16 1986 11:08 | 13 |
| Received from Brad....
1. Karl Moeller
2. Jamaican Vacation
3. Dervish
4. John Sauter
5. Garret Marotta/Rik Sawyer
6. Mark Schmeider
7. Did I leave anyone out?
Also received "Black Cat Suite" direct from KMII.
Edd
|
| 503.5 | Dervish? | BARNUM::RHODES | | Thu Oct 16 1986 16:22 | 0 |
| 503.6 | | DYO780::SCHAFER | Welcome to the MIDIwest! | Thu Oct 16 1986 16:33 | 13 |
| Re: .5 (Dervish?)
A.K.A. Rob Davis or NIMBUS::DAVIS (who I *did* like, BTW, and would
have kept the tape had I not agreed to pass the buck).
Re: .4
Edd, I think I screwed up. Check Mark Schmieder's tape and see if it
matches the liner notes. If not, I think I might have sent you the
wrong tape. Let me know via mail or post it here.
8^)
|
| 503.7 | Status? | BARNUM::RHODES | | Wed Nov 12 1986 16:20 | 3 |
| Well, how we doin, Edd? How is the reel-to-reel IC war going?
Todd. who's_interested_in_hearing_tape_II.
|
| 503.8 | I'm tryin' , I really am!!! | JAWS::COTE | Luckless pedestrian... | Wed Nov 12 1986 16:27 | 17 |
| Well, the fuse-blowing problem was solved. (bad diode)
Unfortunately, I neglected to leave a tape with the person
who so graciously is repairing it for free. When I got it home,
I discovered it doesn't blow fuses, but has developed a nasty
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
I'm not too concerned (about the deck), and while I'm not gonna
bust the person's cubes over MTTR, I did threaten to post his/her
NODE::NAME here and let him/her deal with you folks.
Should be apart again this weekend and repaired by end of week.
Sorry folks.
Edd
|
| 503.9 | cassette master anyone ?? | CANYON::MOELLER | Cult of the Gated Snare | Wed Nov 12 1986 18:28 | 6 |
|
Tape II Submission
^
clubs another deck into
|
| 503.10 | Could it be true? | JAWS::COTE | Go ahead, take your cheapest shot... | Mon Dec 15 1986 11:43 | 6 |
|
... deck is back. No hum.
We're in production mode, folks.....
Edd
|
| 503.11 | insert smiley faces here | BARNUM::RHODES | | Mon Dec 15 1986 20:00 | 3 |
| Yea, right Edd. Maybe the noters want to buy some cheap land down in Florida?
Todd.
|
| 503.12 | OK, so who has it? | DECWET::MITCHELL | | Mon Dec 15 1986 21:05 | 3 |
| I'm still waiting for tape I!
John M.
|
| 503.13 | Guess What This Is!! | JAWS::COTE | Let's change the rules and giggle!!! | Mon Jan 19 1987 11:43 | 22 |
|
Side I
"Woo-Woo Love" Karl Moeller
"The Kiss" " "
"Satan Never Sleeps" Mark Schmieder
"Across The Ocean" " "
"Vocal Ease" " "
"I Just Wanna Be On MTV" Rik Sawyer
"Still Loaded" " "
"Cruise Control" Jamaican Vacation (Stevie K)
"Be My Girl" " " "
"Top Of The World" John Sauter
Side II
"Cannes" Edd Cote
"Rio" " "
"Pastorale" Dervish (Rob Davis)
"Sveinung Hovensjo" " "
3 Untitled Dave Bottom
3 Untitled Paul Kent
|
| 503.14 | | 16514::MOELLER | ready...FIRE ! uhh.. aim? | Mon Jan 19 1987 14:56 | 7 |
| Can it be? Eight (well, seven) months in the making ! Tape TWO !
can you spell address for me please? thanking you. (actually I have
it, but, hard to imagine, others might not)
And where might the contributors be sendin' their 'how i did it'
electronic mail ?
|
| 503.15 | Hard to bleeve, a'nit? | JAWS::COTE | Let's change the rules and giggle!!! | Mon Jan 19 1987 16:22 | 19 |
| My address...
Edd Cote
74 South Oxford Rd.
Millbury, MA. (USA) 01527
Here's how I'd like to work it... You send me a tape and postage,
I'll dupe and return post haste. Alternatively, I could use your
submission tape(s) if you send me a nominal 75 cents for postage.
Or send 5.75 and I'll furnish a high quality (SA or UDXL-II) tape
for you.
Please send mail to me at home, not JAWS::! I really wanna make
sure no-one falls through the VAX::CRACKS! Please state what kind
of noise reduction (B, C or dbx) you'd like or get B by default.
Someone really should start a liner notes note.... I'm so tired..
Edd
|
| 503.16 | | MTBLUE::BOTTOM_DAVID | | Mon Jan 19 1987 17:16 | 4 |
| re: 3 untitled by Dave B. see 503.1 for titles and a description
of how I recorded them.....
dave
|
| 503.17 | karl moeller's contributions | 16514::MOELLER | SWSIII-PS/SWAV/SCSW | Mon Jan 19 1987 18:48 | 28 |
| Well, looks like this is the place for this.
"Woo-Woo Love".. done on a Tascam 38. My continually perverse humor
led to the thunderstorm and crowd beginning. Don't nail me for it.
Original tracks were piano accompanying a click track from MXR
digital drums. A friend, Bob the Bod Crump, also of Tucson AZ,
added acoustic guitar mixed opposite the piano and a VERY hot lead.
Unfortunately he didn't phrase the lead lines, just kept blasting,
so I was forced to phrase for him during the hasty mixdown session.
3 synth lines, bass, lead and colors, all done on a Roland Juno-106.
Vocal dubbed last. Yes, fire away, I actually sing.. aging hippies
meet and fall in love. As I don't have the master tape (or a 38)
I can't remix it; I'd rethink the synth lead/guitar lead balance.
There is a fast ascending synth line that I apparently was in love
with. But the guitar stands out during the obligatory solo section
and during the fade. All-in-all, I like it musically as well as for
its stream of consciousness lyrics.
"The Kiss".. the grand piano track was recorded direct to 15ips
half-track during a KXCI "Monday Night Live" recording session,
later aired in stereo on KXCI FM. I have the tapes, and recently a
violinist friend named Damaris overdubbed two parts. She did a nice
job. I like this one.. aficionados will notice the differences between
this version and the MKS-20/Kawai electronic version on my recent
free-to-noters 'double album'.
karl moeller
|
| 503.18 | Should I Shouldn't I ? | MINDER::KENT | | Mon Feb 02 1987 11:11 | 7 |
|
What's happened to tape II ? Is it happening ? Has it happened and
we missed it. Should I be posting my liner notes here? Should I
have got Peter Collins to produce my entry ? Did you hear what he
did to Clapton in/on August ?
Confused of Manchester (U.K.)
|
| 503.19 | I was hopin' to keep this a secret... | JAWS::COTE | All jammed out... | Mon Feb 02 1987 11:37 | 5 |
| Yep, it's done and you're on it.
You can post your liner notes someplace. I forget where.
Edd
|
| 503.20 | But when ? | MINDER::KENT | | Tue Feb 03 1987 06:12 | 11 |
|
More Important than whose on it. When do we get our copy over here
in Europe. Do you want me to send money to cover the mail. By the
way folks, I now have a cold and I'me trying to redo all the vocals
I did in the last year since I had my last cold.
Why should we le Knopfler have the copywrite on that sound ?
Paul
|
| 503.21 | Dopey me.... | DARTS::COTE | All jammed out... | Tue Feb 03 1987 12:01 | 4 |
| Ooops, sorry Paul. Send me your address via VAXmail and I'll have
your copy out on the tape you sent me by the end of the week.
Edd
|
| 503.22 | GET A COPY OR FEEL KINDA POOR!!!! | JAWS::COTE | All jammed out... | Tue Feb 03 1987 16:10 | 22 |
| I was gonna put a note in here along the lines of the revered
"Contribute or Die/Get Real Sick" reply but I'm gonna pass. I
really thought that after months of planning Tape II had died
and noboby wanted a copy. Well, it seems to be untrue. I've already
shipped 2 copies on <12 hour turnaround, there are 2 copies
(Dave Bottom and Paul Kent) in the queue, and I've got requests
for 3-4 other copies from well respected noters.
A couple of comments on tape II....
Some of the tapes I received were incredibly noisey or unbalanced.
For the most part I held back from eq'ing out anything, as I'm not
gonna judge on what sounds right. In one case however, my tweeters
would have flown south had I not cut 10K by a full 8db. I paid
more attention to the level and let the individual submissions
engineering speak for themselves. Is dbx really all that rare?
Some people submitted much more than could be reasonably placed
in a collection of greatest hits. Unless I heard from the submittor,
I picked the entries I thought were representative.
Edd
|
| 503.23 | i'll take one | SKYLIT::SAWYER | | Tue Feb 03 1987 16:20 | 15 |
| re. well-respected noters.
odd, i thought the two were mutually exclusive :-)
can you bring a copy for me tonight at the
BIRTHDAY PARTY
for karen which starts at 6 at T.F.'s and proceeds to some
meheecano place down the road?
it's probably a little late to request this.....
|
| 503.24 | So, like, when's CM III? | PHUBAR::WELLS | Oh? | Tue Feb 03 1987 18:59 | 4 |
| Er, being too lazy to search for it (sorry), to which queue do I
submit my copy request (read: blank tape)?
Richard
|
| 503.25 | | 16514::MOELLER | generic witty comment | Tue Feb 03 1987 19:39 | 3 |
| check w/ Edd JAWS::COTE
didja ever wonder why he's called that?
|
| 503.26 | liner up | BARNUM::RHODES | | Wed Feb 04 1987 12:52 | 13 |
| Hey Paul, how 'bout some liner notes? I really like your submissions!
Same goes for Dervish. How 'bout some liner notes explaining the
instruments used, etc.??
Come to think of it, Mark, Rik, and Steve havn't published any, have they?
...Smokin' chops in woo-woo, KMII!
Where's Len's/KM#1's stuff - Tape III?
Todd.
|
| 503.27 | They Went Home | DRUMS::FEHSKENS | | Wed Feb 04 1987 14:26 | 6 |
| After being publically bashed by certain individuals for the
primitiveness of my compositions I suppressed them from the tape.
I guess I'm not ready to go public yet.
len.
|
| 503.28 | | BARNUM::RHODES | | Wed Feb 04 1987 15:33 | 8 |
| > After being publically bashed by certain individuals for the
> primitiveness of my compositions I suppressed them from the tape.
I'm glad these folks didn't hear my compositions for tape 1 before I submitted
them...
Todd.
|
| 503.29 | | REGENT::SCHMIEDER | | Wed Feb 04 1987 16:07 | 8 |
| I sent liner notes to Brad, which I only recently erased from my own account.
Since the three submissions that were selected for the tape had shorter liner
notes than the rejected (improper word, since I sent too much material)
submissions, I should be able to bring my prinout from home and re-enter them
here (the appropriate place?).
Mark
|
| 503.30 | tape II note | ELGAR::KLOSTERMAN | Stevie K | Wed Feb 04 1987 16:25 | 56 |
| It may not belong here, but here's the liner notes for my submission.
My motivation for doing it was to have a good time and record some of my
favorite tunes. This is extremely unrepresentative of what I usually do
musically, but a lot of fun to play.
Demo tape of the band Jamaican Vacation. Rock/reggae original music.
Contents:
Don't Stop Lovin' Me
Cruize Control
Be My Girl
Roughed Up
Girls
Go To Town
Last Scream
Musicians:
Con Murphy Lead vocals, rhythm guitar, lyricist
Ibanez Artist Guitar
Musicman RD50 amp
Aria stereo chorus
Crybaby Wah
Dan Fanger Lead guitar, backup vocals
Gibson E335 Guitar
Dean Markley 80RD amp
Stevie K Bass, backup vocals
Fender Precision bass, fretless
Peavey Combo 300 amp
Marcus Edmunds Drums
Some sudsy Slingerland set
Engineers:
Bill Buckley, Derek Speed
Recorded: 11/21/85 in a barn in Northboro, Mass
Tascam 244 cassette recorder, 4-track w/ DBX,
8x4 Soundcraft Mixing Panel,
Stereo 12-band graphic EQ,
Effectron 1024 delay unit,
Drums - Seinhauzer 442 mikes,
Amps - Electrovoice mikes,
Vocals- Shure SM58 mikes,
Bass - direct to board
Mixdown: RCA VT550 VHS HI-FI VCR
Copied to MAXELL XLII, Dolby B onto Tascam 225.
|
| 503.31 | Copy to La Suisse ? | GVADG1::HANNA | Just another multi-tracker | Wed Feb 04 1987 16:52 | 6 |
| Edd,
If I want to get a copy of Tape II (remember I'm in Switzerland) how do
you want I go about it ?
zayed
|
| 503.32 | WHERE TO/HOW TO GET TAPE II !!! | 16514::MOELLER | generic witty comment | Wed Feb 04 1987 17:10 | 9 |
| See note 503.15
See note 503.15
See note 503.15
See note 503.15
See note 503.15
See note 503.15
See note 503.15
See note 503.15
|
| 503.33 | Relief... | JAWS::COTE | Let them eat cake... | Wed Feb 04 1987 19:12 | 10 |
| Thanks Karl....
With all due respect to the noters...
PLEASE READ 503.15!!!!!
I've been deluged with personal requests (by mail) that could easily
be answered by reading the file.
Edd
|
| 503.34 | my Volume II submissions | REGENT::SCHMIEDER | | Wed Feb 04 1987 19:39 | 71 |
| Of course, all of this material is ancient by now, but then I haven't done
anything new (except in my head) since September 1986 anyway. I am assuming
that the long version of "Satan Never Sleeps" was included here. I should
comment that this particular cut is my reaction to COMMUSIC Volume I and my
embarassment over having nothing "mainstream" to offer.
-------------------------
1. Across the Ocean (Mark Schmieder) 2:00
Recorded:
October 1985
Instruments:
clarinet w. Digitech PDS1000 digital delay
G&L L1000 bass guitar
Yamaha RX-11
Gibson ES-125 jazz guitar
Comments:
Needs a lead line on top of current arrangement.
Needs a longer arrangement.
-------------------------
2. Vocal Ease (Mark Schmieder) 3:20
Recorded:
February 1986
Original Version:
October 1985
Instruments:
Yamaha RX-11
G&L L1000 bass guitar
Gibson ES-125 jazz guitar w. Polytone reverb
Comments:
The original version was an a capella improvisation.
Mixing problems due to unbalanced punch-ins.
-----------------------------
3. Satan Never Sleeps (long version) (Mark Schmieder/Cecelia Schmieder) 2:58
Recorded:
April 1986
Original Version:
June 1985
Instruments:
vocals w. Korg SDD-2000 sampling digital delay
Gibson ES-125 jazz guitar
Yamaha RX-11
G&L L1000 bass guitar
Casio CZ-101 synthesiser
Digitech PDS2000 digital sampler
Comments:
this track would definitely benefit from an 8-track recorder
track separation would benefit from female vocals
-----------------------------
The sources were recorded on a Tascam 234 4-track recorder.
I made the transfers on my Nakamichi BX-300 using dolbyB.
Mark
|
| 503.35 | PeeKay The liner notes II | MINDER::KENT | | Thu Feb 05 1987 09:03 | 77 |
|
re .26
Does this mean you have a copy of the said tape ? If so when's the
review note starting ?
As to liner notes the following will have to do.
As I had to produce this tape whilst in the throws of re-organsing
my studio around a new mixer the ventual quality was not up to the
standard I would have liked. The monitoring had to be done on my
old Sennheiser headphone and consequently the evntual mix was very
"toppy" and not to well seperated. Can't wait for tape III so I
can show off the capabilities of the TASCAM M216.
The songs were recorded as follows.
1 You're The Best Thing.
This was back from the old days "about 6 months ago" and was an
attempt at producing a big brassy sound in a rock context. The only
equipment I had at the time was:
CX5 BASS, BRASS, ORGAN.
CZ1000 More Brass.
RX21 Drums.
Ibanez DDL on drums and vocals.
All sequenced by the good old CX5.
JUST LIKE YOU
By Now we've come on a bit and added one or 2 extra bits and pieces
to the set up.
As I remember it All percussion is the Korg DDD 1
Bass and piano is the FB01
Guitars is my new (old) Strat.
I haven't managed to get an upgrade module for
my voice. I'me just waiting for a cold before
I do my vocals.
Organ is CX5 (I think)
Plus there must be some CZ in their somewhere.
The midiverb is also apparent in here.
Sequencing was QX5
INSTRUMENTAL
This, I am afraid to say, was just an experiment with the tuning
capabilities of the DDD cowbell. For those of you who don't know
the DDD allows you to record a pattern and then play about with
the tuning of the instruments with a data slider. I was quite pleased
with the overall sound of this piece although I wouldn't say it
was very representative of my stuff.
Bass was Fb01
Synths Cz
Solo strings more FB
Sequenced on the CX5
All recordings were on the trusty old 144 portastudio which I still
don't own. I just wish the guy who owns it would ask for it back
so I could justify getting something better.
Paul.
|
| 503.36 | Me? | JAWS::COTE | Let them eat cake... | Thu Feb 05 1987 11:41 | 51 |
| ...'spose I should tell you what I contributed.
1. "Cannes". I got into 'easy listening' mode one night and started
playing with the Mirage string sample. My effort was
to do a real lush string thing. A week later I wasn't
at all satisfied. Just for giggles, I cranked the tempo
up. Voila! Visions of Rock Hudson and Doris Day flying
over the coast of southern France dance in my head!
This was the last tune I did before I bought my 12
chanell board, so everything is hard left or right
except the drums. This version is a bit faster than
I like, but it was the cleanest copy I had,
Strings - Mirage
Bass - JX3-P
Piano - DX21
George Benson - DX21
Drums - RX21
Sequencer - QX21
2. "Rio" This was the result of a marathon studio session I
collaborated on with one of my FS cronies. A MIDI
jam session, nothing more.
The drum track on this is boring as all hell. Wasn't
supposed to be that way. Lots of time was spent programming
the drum track. Just before this take, I made a small
hi-hat accent tweak to the pattern you hear. It was
only supposed to play for 16 bars. However, given my
state of 'consciousness' at the time, I forgot to put
the RX back in 'song' mode. (Never noticed a thing til
the next day!). The 16th note high hat pattern makes
the reverb seem too heavy during the intro.
Patch changes abounded, so it's hard to identify many
of the sounds, but some I remember are...
BASS - DX21
Electic Piano - DX21
Trumpet - Mirage
Drums - QX21
Latin Perc. - SCI TOM
Other - Roland JX3-P and Alpha Juno 2
Sequencers - QX21 (2)
Other - Midi-verb, various flangers and stuff.
Both tunes were recorded direct to cassette, no overdubs.
Edd
|
| 503.37 | is this right? | SKYLIT::SAWYER | | Thu Feb 05 1987 11:56 | 112 |
|
my intent:
to get my stuff (some of it, at least) recorded in a
presentable manner so's i can present it to some one with enough
money/power/influence in the "business" to present me with large
sums of money and awards to hang on the wall of my own recording
studio that i bought with all the recording residuals thanks very
much.
equipment: see dave dreher
some rack mounted metal boxes with buttons and knobs and dials
this tape machine with lights and levers
this long box with percussion stuff in it. owned by some
guy named lynn or lin.
keyboards....2 or 3 or 4 of them
all different.
dave's guitar
my guitar
this mixing board with lots of buttons and levers and things.
a sequencer...msq100?...
still loaded
------------
was mainly recorded/engineered by garret marrotta. It was his
first attempt at using dave drehers studio solo. I just stood around
and did the rolling. Occasionally I'd get the beers.
the basic premise and all the words were thrown together
after a certain night i had in about 4 hours.
did i say that right?
no, i didn't..
i'll try again...
i had this night, see...
and then i woke up the next morning...
and then i wrote 95% of this and taped it on a boom box.
took 'bout 4 hours
the extraneaous but well designed key segments were created
engineered produced by garret.
arrangment was done by both of us.
though i like his intent and REALLY like the key/guitar
interplay i felt the song didn't really come off the way i intended.
mayhaps, too 80's ish...?
i'm happy with this piece but feel that if he/we had
a second chance to record it i'd make it punchier.
also, the final mix was a little tooooo quick....trying
to get the tape to...whoever...which eventually became a moot
point cuz here it is 6 or 7 years later and it's just started
making the rounds.
i'm currently re-recording this at Ray Grimards 16 track
studio....
MTV
---
cute tune.
i'm tired of it, now, though.
maybe mtv will buy it from me.
have no recollection as to when/why/how i wrote this but
i did write it.
i believe.
Dave Dreher and Garret worked in conjunction on this.
not bad....again, got that 80's ish style about it...
GREAT SOLO by DAVE DREHER thank you dave very much!!!!!
nice arrangement....though i'm currently doing it a
little differently.
this was recorded when garret knew very little about
recording and dave was in his infacy. I know that both could
do a better job now. Which isn't to say that i don't like the
result. I do like it.
but again, what i hear in my head and how it comes out
when i play it with a band is really different from these tapes.
both pieces had the infamous midi-wife, ellen dreher, on
vocals with some seriously lacking help from the rest of us.
not everyone can sing, ya know....
thanks ellen.
though i really think these two are male oriented vocal tunes.
which is what i'm attempting at ray grimards.
(I'm not singing...someone else is...)
(i do backup.....ok rik, keep backin up until we can no
longer pick up your voice....)
observation:
take a song
record it all today
set it aside
call it version 1
come back in 2 days or a month
re-record the same song
call it version 2
set it aside
come back in 2 days or a month or a year
re-record the same tune
call it version 3
set it aside
listen to all 3 versions
isn't it amazing how totally different they are?
and you say these are all the same song?
|
| 503.38 | | REGENT::SCHMIEDER | | Thu Feb 05 1987 17:25 | 11 |
| I have reason to suspect that the wrong tapes were used for my submission to
Volume II. If so, I take full blame for the mistake. As soon as I receive my
copy I can verify this, and if it is the case I will ask that people only
review the material by MAIL to me since the wrong tape is considerably older
and less polished than the newer tape and it would be a great embarassment to
me. It wouldn't be an embarassment to me if people don't like the new tape,
since that's the music as I want it to be heard (minus any qualifications in
the liner notes).
Mark
|
| 503.39 | Eurovision Version of Tape II | MINDER::KENT | | Fri Feb 06 1987 13:37 | 12 |
|
To all you euro noters. I.E. Svein, Zayed, Mr Duce of Reading et
al. I have taken on the role of Euro distributor as with tape 1.
The European "master" should be arriving at my place sometime next
week. Please mail me direct for your copy. I suggest that the best
approach is to mail me a tape and I will copy onto it and return
it to you. The inter europe mail costs are on me provided this doesn't
become to big a problem. In the case of Peter and Zayed it is probably
safe enough to use internal mail.
Paul.
|
| 503.40 | Dervish liner notes | NIMBUS::DAVIS | | Tue Mar 24 1987 13:53 | 44 |
|
My apologies for being so remiss in my noter duties, but it's really
been crunch time at work the last month or so. Anyways, here's my
lineer notes, better late than never.
Dervish has been an ongoing project for better than 5 years now,
starting as a duet with myself on guitar and Jon Coe on Farfisa
organ, both going thru the same Echoplex, doing improvisations in
the style of Terry Riley or Fripp/Eno. About three years ago we
added a second keyboard player/synthesist, Jeff Block ('cause he
had a nice electric piano and a synthesizer), and have been steadily
adding equipment and evolving a more compositional style. The two
pieces that are on the tape, Sveinung Hovensjo and Pastorale, are
actually very old ( > 2 yrs) and were not really what I had intended
to submit (my own fault for not following up), but are representative
of what we were doing then. Both were recorded on my Dokorder 4 track
and then mixed/mastered at a little 8 track studio in Boston.
Instrumentation for both pieces is:
Rob Davis - guitar, ARP 2600
Jon Coe - Farfisa organ
Jeff Block - ARP elctric piano, Korg Monopoly
(effects were assorted stomp boxes and an Echoplex)
Sveinung Hovensjo -
The name belongs to a bass player who played with Terje Rypdal,
we thought the bass riff sounded sort of like something he would
do. The drum parts were done by Jeff on the Monopoly with the
arpegiator, a great machine that has since been retired.
Pastorale -
This was a jam that didn't really come together ... until we listened
to it at double speed. Then we added some normal speed overdubs,
on the Korg I think, just to confuse people.
I'm sorry to say that there's actually very little to do with
"computer" music on these pieces, but hopefully I can submit something
a bit more recent for the next compilation. Since these were done
we've added a C-64 as controller for the group, a Mirage and an
ESQ-1, and various digital effects units (most recently a Microverb,
but that's a different topic).
|