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auntie meat



track: 65

recorded: 20171001-20171030

duration 6:55

type: active




I worked on this piece for about a month, and it went through at least 9 iterations to reach the version you are now hearing. this was originally inspired by listening to the sped-up guitar solos from the album "Uncle Meat" by Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention, and hearing those led me to begin this piece - which started with an outstanding rhythm track, I love the bass and drum parts especially - the bass is just outstanding - one of my best performances on my beloved apple "paul mccartney" style bass.

but the sped-up guitars - which all run at double speed, exactly - so twice as fast as I played them - were my joy, and I copied and pasted, I looped, I did anything and everything I could to turn this into an incredible tribute to Frank and "Uncle Meat" and I think it's turned out extraordinarily well. if you listen to the original album, Frank was merely using the sped-up guitars to "play" guitar riffs that his fingers couldn't quite manage - yet. later, Frank's actual playing actually far exceeded the speed and dexterity of these sped-up guitar parts from the late 1960s - but I think that is a perfectly valid thing to do - I can't play this part myself, or rather, I can play it, but only slowly...so I will use my tape recorder to speed up the guitar and then I will have the exact riff I am hearing in my head - that my fingers just cannot quite do yet.

creating this piece was a real journey, but what I have arrived at in the end, exceeds my wildest wishes for this song - I think it's a triumph for what is capable with virtual instruments, and Garage Band in particular - for a complex, active, multi-track song - this may be my Garage Band "masterpiece". we shall see.

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from music for apps: garage band, released November 17, 2016
dave stafford: apple garage band application

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dave stafford Stirling, UK

ambient loop guitarist dave stafford performed on stage with robert fripp and the orchestra of crafty guitarists in early 2009, and again with robert fripp and the symphony of crafty guitarists in 2015, and has worked with ambient music and looping for over twenty years. stafford has a rich back catalogue of ambient and loop music, +rock, prog or acoustic crafty guitar music: www.pureambient.com ... more

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