Balance Halten

Balance Halten (Big Band)

ABOUT THE SONG

First I tried to make a calypso song. But I was unable to do it... So I changed it into a 80's style track.

My daughter Daphné (5) wanted to sing on that song, so I recorded her.

Made with Ardour (DAW), Rosegarden (midi), Hydrogen on Ubuntu Studio. I used my voice and my guitar.

Lyrics and music by Buma.
Performed by Daphné & Buma.

LYRICS

Smiling to my kids
and hiding from the sun
But something came to me
I Was remembering

But something came to me

I will try
I will fight for that
I will try
Caribbean style will heat my frozen kind
That’s music we don’t mind
Can I try from the past ?
That’s music we don’t mind

“Ch-ch-ch-changes” in my room
Wrote this list for that man
That’s all my crowded mind
Will fight to succeed

I will try
Can I try from the past ?
That’s music we don’t mind

Avant les limules (feat. Daphné)

Composed, performed and mixed by Julien Vescovi

Cello by Aude Declaf 
https://soundcloud.com/luce-faedda

Softwares and instruments used :
- Studio One 6
- Korg SV2
- Real Guitar 6
- Steven Slate Drums 5
- Waves Bass fingers
- Arturia Analog V
- Arturia Pigments 3
- Izotope Iris 2
- Percussions (bongos and triangle)

PHAROS XXIII (feat. Aude Declaf)

“A song inspired by global crisis about hope and things getting better; to refrain from singing The Blues. Taking influence from Metallica, Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver.”

DON'T LOAD THE BLUES JUST YET

Don’t load The Blues just yet

Take a drink 
This is life 
It ain’t as worse as you think 
Take a step
Run to the cliff 
Go to the edge and dive right in

It’s time to storm the weather 
The past ain’t cement 
It’s going to get tough
Trouble’s been sent 
Don’t load The Blues just yet 

Spit out the pain and hate
Breathe in what remains 
Bounce forward and step by step
Take that turn and hope for the best

© Heart House Records 2024

Written, performed, recorded, produced and mixed by Heart House Records
Mastered by DOLBY

DON'T LOAD THE BLUES JUST YET

Saxophone improvisations from 1987's Resonance.
www.jh0st.com/resonance

"And indeed there will be time
For the yellow smoke that slides along the street,
Rubbing its back upon the window-panes;
There will be time, there will be time
To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet"

- TS Eliot, The Love-Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Resonance

05/05/1987

Talking Of Michelangelo (Resonance 1987)

à défaut de pouvoir remettre le monde à l'endroit, chercher l'envers : une nature encore à peu près préservée, un endroit pour rêver ( à l'envers ? )

la Brière un matin

Cast of Characters:

David Marconi — @david-marconi-917184705 — electric guitar, bass, foundation synth plus midi percussion and assorted traditional voices, production, mix, and composition
Elpiverse — @elpiverse — Elpi -- vocals, vocal composition and production
Ron Lewis — @ron-lewis-779503933 — synth 
TexMex Shaman --  @texmex-shaman –Stephen– sitar and mastering
Mistermark – @user-432503709 – Mark – talking drum
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- Tez – electric guitar
J.J. Terrell-- @j-j-terrell—JJ-- synth flute and ambient synth
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken–drums and percussion
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – 5-string fretless bass
AliasZen (Elpi's husband) — artwork (created with the help of AI)


This song began with David, who wrote it on the guitar, synth, and bass over a programmed beat he created. He and Josh met more than two months ago and decided to do a collaboration, based on mutual enjoyment of and respect for each other's music. Dave had this song pretty much fleshed out, although it was still a skeleton when he offered it to Josh, who, of course, got the rest of the Eclectic Collective involved. 

  Dave asked us all to compose our own parts for the song, so we all got to work right away doing that. We all realized that the first order of business would be to get a real beat on this, so Ken accomplished that task with some dynamic, Eastern inspired drums and percussion, which he plays throughout the song. JJ then stepped in and added his best eastern flute magic. Stephen was next with the perfect-vibe sitar you hear in the first two sections. 

  Josh came next to add his five-string fretless bass to the mix, augmenting David's high, staccato bass with his deep, low tone bass. Then, for the third section, where David's Gilmore-esque guitar solo resides, Josh drops out, allowing for Dave's awesome bass playing in that section. However, Josh does come in again towards the end, in the final section, too. Also, in that section, Tez dropped an augmented, harmonic, electric fire, complementary guitar part. Then, David's frequent collaborator and friend Ron added some well blended, ethereal synth to the first section, too.

  Once we had the instrumental parts pretty much laid down, we began to discuss getting a woman to sing on this, as David was inspired by The Great Gig in the Sky, by Pink Floyd, and we all agreed. Who we found to do it actually blew all of our minds. JJ, being familiar with her music, contacted Elpi first, and we were all lucky enough that she agreed to do it. Having heard Mediterranean music all her life in Greece, she tapped into what her husband said were her "ancient Greek roots," for her spectacular vocal performance. She finds all the modal notes and places them perfectly throughout her sections. 

  But before we were done, Mark came through with some really striking talking drum parts in the first two sections, too. Once we had everything in the can, David took over, both with some masterful editing and production, and with the balanced, dynamic mix. The mix was a formidable task, but he did it with considerable skill, also taking everyone's opinions into account, which is a talent in and of itself. When he was done with the mix, he turned it over to Stephen for the mastering, which the latter did to everyone's satisfaction, as always.

  This is the first song the Eclectic Collective has done with David, Elpi, and Ron, and we all hope it's the first of many, as we welcome them into the EC family. They all have some wonderful music on their pages, too, so do yourself a favor and check out all of them, as well. We hope you enjoy listening to this song as much as we enjoyed creating it.

The Siege : by David Marconi featuring Elpiverse, Ron Lewis & The Eclectic Collective

Analysis -       14 - 11 - 2024

Composition.

2024.

C Dorian - I VI II V

December Jazzy Ballad

My entry for the KVR One Synth Challenge #199 RipplerX

DAW: Studio One
Synth: 13x RipplerX by tilr8/tiagolr

Studio one fx: Pro EQ, Splitter, Bitcrusher, Fat Chanel, Compressor, X-Trem, Autofilter, RedlightDist, Groove Delay, Open Air, Limiter, Pedalboard, TriComp

Other fx: BassKit64, DrumSlam64, ElectroHat64, BassDrive64 (AirWindows), Solaris, Valhalla Supermassive



juergenk_One Synth Challenge #199 RipplerX

Basement tea party

A Christmas Gift From New York (feat. Michael Cunio)

see also Vasco Morais Pag. 1 to 9 (all played and composed by me)
https://vascoribeiromorais.bandcamp.com/?from=viewsite_dashboard
https://vascoribeiromorais.bandcamp.com/album/animal-print-bikini-try-on-haul

Analysis - 14 - 11 - 2024

Vasco Ribeiro Morais (page II)

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