all good children go to heaven



track: 34

recorded: 20160615

duration: 7:34

type: electric guitar - live solo performance with drums added after the fact


the second of 8 tracks especially created to showcase over one hour of improvised electric guitar recorded during the making of "planet obelisk" - on the multi-track master of "planet obelisk", on June 15, 2016, I laid down a 65 minute live session comprised of 26 takes - 25 of which are presented here (take one was unusable due to digital distortion - input levels were too hot, so the track had to be scrapped), strewn across the 8 "tracks" so you are getting two, three or even four improvs in each of the 8 "tracks" - this seemed a better option than creating 25 tracks. This track contains takes 5, 6 and 7 of the original 26 takes.

this session was recorded using the remarkable Eventide H9, and in particular, this session featured the "SpaceTime" algorithm, which on the day this was recorded, was a brand new algorithm added to the H9's ever-growing library of amazing sounds.

I decided to try out "SpaceTime", and in honour of that, the original session was known as "SpaceTime Jam 1" - which I think, sums it up nicely.

These tracks are not perfect - they are improvised, but you are hearing them almost in real time - the spaces between them were not altered in anyway, so any "gaps" between the 25 takes that you hear in one or any of the 8 larger tracks presented here, was the actual amount of time I spent between takes - long enough to select the next SpaceTime patch - and away I went again. There were no other effects added - this is the exact sound as recorded on the day.

I hope you will enjoy these live improvs [with added drums] as much as I did - it was a lot of fun, and it also provides a great view of what "SpaceTime" can do for you sonically - another brilliant algorithm from Eventide - I hope they never stop creating new ones...it was an absolute joy to work with.

I particularly enjoy this track as, especially on take 5 (the first of the three sections in this track), there is quite a bit of work done with the expression pedal, varying the speed of the rotating speaker sound, and it's one of the nicest and best things about the Eventide H9s - the implementation of the expression pedals is absolutely brilliant. They sound excellent, and even right out of the box, they are creative, musical and beautiful - really excellent work, and I had a blast using the expression pedals during this session.