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This song started out as a 120 BPM loop fest with lots of synths and effects until I couldn’t stand listening to it anymore. Then I scrapped it and dropped down to 70 BPM and made the loop the bass line. After that I spent a fair amount of time just tweaking drums and editing the bass after establishing it “as is“ in the beginning. Again I added some other loops to the song and thought I was onto something till that turned sour and I scrapped it saving only the bass and drums.
In the end what you hear is “the loop” in the bass, DOD drums, and the rest is mostly my old Fender Mustang and Danelectro guitars played forward, reversed, or cut up and looped with different effects and amp modeling. There are also a few tracks of Oxygen 8 keyboard. Vocals are double or triple tracked in places with different effects and eq’s. To preserve processing power on my grumpy MacBook, the drums and bass (a total of about 10 tracks with a bunch of effects) were premixed and bounced down to one stereo track. This opened more room and juice for the guitars, vocals and the rest (about 16 more tracks).
I haven’t put so much work into one song in a long time. Thanks to Brian for launching the challenge once again. I’m looking forward to hearing all the other entries. As luck would have it I leave to take my daughter to college in Portland, Oregon on the 21st – so it will likely be a week before I get to listen in or comment.
Artwork created on iPhone with SpinArt app.
In the end what you hear is “the loop” in the bass, DOD drums, and the rest is mostly my old Fender Mustang and Danelectro guitars played forward, reversed, or cut up and looped with different effects and amp modeling. There are also a few tracks of Oxygen 8 keyboard. Vocals are double or triple tracked in places with different effects and eq’s. To preserve processing power on my grumpy MacBook, the drums and bass (a total of about 10 tracks with a bunch of effects) were premixed and bounced down to one stereo track. This opened more room and juice for the guitars, vocals and the rest (about 16 more tracks).
I haven’t put so much work into one song in a long time. Thanks to Brian for launching the challenge once again. I’m looking forward to hearing all the other entries. As luck would have it I leave to take my daughter to college in Portland, Oregon on the 21st – so it will likely be a week before I get to listen in or comment.
Artwork created on iPhone with SpinArt app.
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Lyrics
The Loop
when the answers are hidden
and the questions unknown
the reasons forgotten
the purpose is buried
‘neath ashes and bones
what once was a given
is no longer true
or do our ears deceive us
and we can’t hear the tune
it’s been playing for eons
distorted or phased
transposed and inverted
or just rearranged
the loop
it’s all in the loop
the loop…
© Kevin Jones 2009
when the answers are hidden
and the questions unknown
the reasons forgotten
the purpose is buried
‘neath ashes and bones
what once was a given
is no longer true
or do our ears deceive us
and we can’t hear the tune
it’s been playing for eons
distorted or phased
transposed and inverted
or just rearranged
the loop
it’s all in the loop
the loop…
© Kevin Jones 2009
michael2
as soon as I got the page open, i strapped on my trusty headphones to get the full psychedelic experience. this is amazing, sounds so good, and it sounds like a Bud song (and not a house re-mix). yu are smoking on guitar on this one. excellent track. now what i want to know is how in the world did all of the old punks end up liking psych music? have fun in Portland.