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jedilaw · Post by **jedilaw** » Sun May 25, 2008 6:14 pm

I've posted another cut, "Unga-Bunga, Baby!" to my Last FM artist page.

The beat started in Stylus RMX, then got heavily tweaked with various FX in Live 7. Most of the synth lines were done with Albino 3, one with Arturia's Mini Moog. Everything was pretty much improvised in a couple of hours, though sonic tweaking/mix adjustment took a good bit longer after that.

I'd love to hear people's thoughts on this cut.

-JL

xoxos · Post by **xoxos** » Mon May 26, 2008 3:20 pm

fun stuff.

jedilaw · Post by **jedilaw** » Mon May 26, 2008 11:50 pm

xoxos wrote:fun stuff.

Thanks, mate.

davidbuhau · Post by **davidbuhau** » Tue May 27, 2008 12:19 am

the genere isn't my cup of tea, but i thought it was reasonably snazzy

i love the minimoog v. big ups for using it

david

jedilaw · Post by **jedilaw** » Tue May 27, 2008 2:15 am

davidbuhau wrote:the genere isn't my cup of tea, but i thought it was reasonably snazzy

i love the minimoog v. big ups for using it

david

Danke! I'm a big Moog fan as well, even though I've only ever played Arturia's version, not the real deal.

VicDiesel · Post by **VicDiesel** » Tue May 27, 2008 1:25 pm

Sounds great. You have a lot going on, with lots of little sounds building up the aural spectrum rather than one instrument dominating it. However, after a while it sort keep going on without much new happening. That one synth sounds like it wants to burst out into a solo, but it never really gets there. I could have used a hook or two at some point.

Victor.

xoxos · Post by **xoxos** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:49 pm

i liked how it sort of wasn't trying to be anything.

jedilaw · Post by **jedilaw** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:42 pm

VicDiesel wrote:Sounds great. You have a lot going on, with lots of little sounds building up the aural spectrum rather than one instrument dominating it. However, after a while it sort keep going on without much new happening. That one synth sounds like it wants to burst out into a solo, but it never really gets there. I could have used a hook or two at some point.

Victor.

I wasn't really thinking of it as a standard pop song, more as a jazz(ish) vamp. The bass groove is the unifying element, everything else comes in and out, and does its own thing, as is often the case with certain types of jazz. I'm thinking of Herbie Hancock's synth-jazz albums like "Thrust" for example. The songs on that album are very free-form, without a verse-chorus structure or even a standard jazz "play the head, solo, solo some more, return to the head again" kind of structure.

Not that I am to the level of even dusting the soles of Herbie's shoes, just that I am taking direct inspiration from the formal elements of some of his songs.

I do kind of want to enhance the cohesiveness a bit, make it more apparent that the song actually is going someplace (it just isn't returning to the same places, hence the feeling that it's too free form).

I'm still very much learning arranging, much less mixing, I think a better mix could improve this song, just not sure exactly what I need to be doing. Thinking about doing sidechain compression tied to the lead synth, so that you can always hear the lead line.

New Track: Unga-Bunga, Baby! (Techno/Hip-Hop/Ambient)