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third tone from the sun (stafford)

duration: 4:26

recorded: 20140103

type: active


here we have a pureambient.com “first”, a nanostudio-produced track that was completed and mixed, and then taken into SONAR for further production, where guitars were overdubbed - this is the first time a nanostudio composition has had other instruments added to it. we believe that there is a huge potential in mixing up ipad produced tracks with more traditional instruments, and adding electric guitars and ebows to this track was a great way to test out the theory. personally, I believe it works very well indeed!

that said, the track itself gave me many headaches: an early complete mix from december 5th, 2013 was scrapped due to the guitars not being good enough. on december 29th, 2013, I re-recorded almost all of the ebows and guitars, and created another mix, which was immediately scrapped again on january 2nd, 2014. I recorded all new ebows and guitars on january 2nd, and was too tired and worn out to make a mix. on january 3rd, I got up early, went into the studio, and, you guessed it...scrapped the january 2nd guitars. on january 3rd, I played all new guitar solos and ebow solos once again, did yet another mix – and this mix is acceptable, so it’s the version you are now hearing...

I should note that the "detuned" ebows on the "chorus"were actually successfully recorded on december 29th, so they did not require re-making at any point there after – it was the solo guitars, and solo ebows, that were re-recorded so often. I simply was not happy with what I played, I needed to spend more time on the quite complex guitar sounds, and on january 3rd, it all finally came together in a way I could live with…at last.

I should also mention, that originally, and in several of the mixes made during late december, 2013, this piece did actually contain guitar parts playing the main signature / theme “octave” riff from jimi hendrix’s song “third stone from the sun” – but in the end, it was decided that the sections containing that riff just didn’t work well enough with the backing track, so the “octave” riffs were scrapped – which explains the title, yet, why there is no hendrix guitar “quoted” – it just didn’t work out :-).

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from music for apps: nanostudio - an eternal album, released March 17, 2013
dave stafford: nanostudio application / eden synth / TRG drum sampler; electric lead and energy bow guitars.

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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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