Monday, May 21, 2012

Cover du Jour : Song to the Siren

My favorite Buckley song, with "Phantasmagoria in Two".
I used Gforce VSM and M-Tron Pro Chambertron on this.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

More iPad Experimentation

Another quick experiment in integrating the iPad to the workflow.
The drums come from my newly acquired Abbey Road 80's Drummer.
Doepfer Dark Energy and Moog synth lines sequenced by Little MIDI Machine on the iPad.
Distorted pad recorded with the Animoog app.


Sunday, May 13, 2012

Bowie du Jour : Funhouse

From my archives, at last finished, a rather obscure song from Bowie.
Prophet 08 and Moog, and Abbey Road 80's Drums.

"Back into the funhouse
Music is sublime
See the lady spinning
She'll show me
We all lie in the funhouse
No one is your friend
No one loves a loser
We love you
We all lie in the funhouse
Girls wag their pain
No one sleeps in the funhouse
They'll show you
Really good time

Back into the funhouse
My dream dogs have arrived
My summer turns to fall
And I'll miss you"


Saturday, May 12, 2012

Remixing the Past : The Fortune Song

Final song remixed on the 2008 "Broken Sails" EP.
Mostly done with the Virtual String Machine from Gforce.

We are coming to grips
With the way things end
The pursuit of fortune
Is the pursuit of death
Empty the boat
Lighten the load
From the river to the sea
The ocean taught us
Things we don’t understand
The pursuit of fortune
Is the pursuit of death

There’ll be no spring
And we won’t harvest
The pursuit of fortune
Is the pursuit of death

Empty the boat
Lighten the load
From the river to the sea

We are coming to grips
With the way things end
The pursuit of fortune
Is the pursuit of death


Friday, May 11, 2012

Remixing the Past : Ghost of India Supreme

Fourth song remixed on the 2008 "Broken Sails" EP.

Sleeping as if already dead
In the foam of a wave
All the pleasures of the world
Left us empty and cold
Oh the pleasures of the world
Left us empty and cold
Our sleep broken
Our lives ashore
All the pleasures of the world
Lost us so far from home
The deafening sound of thunder
The crushing grip of the waves
We crossed over the sea
Where things arise and pass away
From river to the sea
Where things arise and pass away
We crossed over the sea
Where things arise and pass away
This is the house
This is the house of bones
This is the lake
These are the thousand cranes
This is the fish
This is the hollow shell
Craving pleasure and nursing pain
This is the dying summer
The island flood can’t overwhelm
This is the fragile jar
This is the helpless reed
Crushed by the ocean
Free from fear
Death fetches away
The man distracted by the world
The sea takes away
The man deflected by the waves

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Remixing the Past : Empty the Boat

Third song remixed on the 2008 "Broken Sails" EP...

We are the worried men
We are the worried men
Without purpose or claim
We are the worried men

Some know their place and some don’t
Some will be safe and some won’t
Some will sing along
Some be guilty and some innocent

We are the worried men
We are the worried men
Without purpose or claim
We are the worried men

Late in the night as we strode
Past the Cape of Good Hope
On the China Sea we lost our faith
We are the ones who leave no trace

We are the worried men
We are the worried men
Without purpose or claim
We are the worried men

Empty the boat in time
Lighten the load in time
Empty the boat in time
Lighten the load in time

We are the worried men
We are the worried men
Without purpose or claim
We are the worried men