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deconstructing the line
track: 26
recorded: 20170317 - 20170403
duration: 7:15
type: active
not a "vocal mix" of the previous track, "a fine line", but rather, a "sampled vocal-heavy" reconstruction, or deconstruction, of that song - a new song, in it's own right, using the same pool of samples, but, using some new techniques that I have been pioneering, one of which is simply allowing all of the vocal tracks to play simultaneously for a few bars, which gives you a very interesting view of the vocals, and how they could intertwine and interact, as well as providing the sort of repetition that can lull you into it's groove - a very vocal version, very much concentrating on the vocal samples - just extending and drawing out some alternative possibilities, directly after the completion of "a fine line".
I could not resist the opportunity, to break the piece down, and present it in bits and pieces, but also, in the new "all layers" idea, i.e. where all the tracks are playing at the same time, which was never intended and not done in the original track, but is encouraged and repeated in this version - I love the strange and wonderful juxtapositioning of the tracks when you simply leave them all "on" - and I've been using this new device in other songs (note: such as "eventual recognition", for example), too, where I turn on all of the drum tracks, so I have like, five drummers, a bassist, 6 guitars, 4 synths - whatever instruments are in the track, all turned on and carefully mixed together to create a dense and wonderful "loop / all layers" section - and in one upcoming song ("eventual recognition", again, I think), that idea became a long, long outro with an absolutely amazing groove, so I am glad I have hit on this idea in my garage band work.
I mean, I have done something similar in the past, in the multitrack environment, but I have not previously been doing that kind of thing in garage band, so it's a new technique for me in this format. It's such a simple layout, that it's very easy to drag tracks about, and try crazy ideas such as "what if I just lined up all the tracks, and let them all play at once..." and more often than not, it works great. sometimes it's disastrous, but I am surprised at how often, it just sounds fantastic - you get everything at once, and it's a nice way to create a brilliant, repetitive groove - very useful indeed.
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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