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Kingston · Post by **Kingston** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:05 am

Here's a little something I knocked up today. It's a background arrangement for a chorus of one song of mine.

The full version, also finished, features EXTREMELY massive groovy drums and bass, but the background seems to work well as an independent unit. Have a listen.

http://www.michaelkingston.fi/files/teharranger.mp3

I'll record the vocals sometime this week so maybe I'll post the final mix on KVR as well.

funky lime · Post by **funky lime** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:34 am

A few years ago, back in high school, I got a fortune cookie at lunch. The fortune within read: "Help, I am being held prisoner in a Chinese Bakery!"

Oh, and a compact file format would be nice. (ever hear of mp3 or ogg?

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pretty neat, but i feel this piece is somewhat weak without any kind of context (which is difficult for me to say because I absolutely love some of your other tunes). come back and wow us with the final mix please; I, for one, would love to hear the full arrangement.

Kingston · Post by **Kingston** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:53 am

sorry, it was initially as .wav, but now finally as mp3 for conveniences sake. I wasn't initially going to post this but happened to have the .wav file already online so here we are.

funky lime · Post by **funky lime** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:12 am

eh, i was half-joking

Kingston · Post by **Kingston** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:14 am

Well there's yer half-serious mp3 nevertheless.

Lunatique · Post by **Lunatique** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 4:35 am

The harmonies at some points get a bit messy, and it's not clear where you want to take it, or why you're using those harmonies. It is supposed to express a story, an emotion, a scenery, or what? I normally wouldn't ask or care if it's some mindless trance tune, but orchestral stuff tends to aim higher than that.

Kingston · Post by **Kingston** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:26 am

like I said,

it's "background harmonies" for a song, not originally intended to play on its own.

I agree about the mess, and I've since fixed it to be more clear on harmony lines, instrumentation. Not it's not going to be mindless trance *shrudder*, but soul-pop with big drums and bass. This arrangement will stay somewhat in the background, while drums, bass and vocals will take the foreground.

Orchestral pop arrangement. It's so pretty it hurts.