Digitube Collaboration
I think the single most impressive thing about Twitter has been the opportunities for musical collaboration which it has brought about. This, my third significant ‘joint venture’ is with the amazing talent, Scott Lachance, aka Digitube. I really am absolutely thrilled to have an opportunity to work with such wonderful musicians and producers from all over the world.
I’ve only just begun with this and I do have a slight problem with one of the VST instruments drifting slightly out of time (around 2′10″ which I’ll fix). I’m uploading the small amount I’ve done and I guess here will be as good a place as any for Scott and I to exchange ideas as the piece develops. The upload of work in progress has become something of a tradition and people do seem to enjoy chucking in their two pennyworth as a track evolves (which I both seek out and value hugely).
This has not been mixed at all. Levels are definitely awry.
Update: 07/11/2009
FInished track. Mastered by @pure_tone
Update: 24/10/2009
Really great to speak with Scott on the telephone this evening. Felt very inspired after our call and so I did a little more work on this track. Spent quite a bit of time on the percussion and created a kinda funky guitar out of one of the stems (actually came from the drum stem, using BigSeq2 to create the groove).
I’ll have another listen tomorrow, but in truth barring level checks and EQ tweaks, I quite like the place this has got to.
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First Upload: 23/10/2009
Just playing around with some deep percussive ideas for this first upload. No arrangement and no mixing completed so far.
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Digitube Original “Organic Build 2″
Scott published his ‘let’s kick things off’ MP3 on SoundCloud and I’m uploading it here too for reference. Clearly, it’s much more than a ’starter for ten’!
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I like this one! The ‘guitar’ is kinda nice in this piece, along with excellent percussion.
But I also liked the variety of riffs, instruments, and changes of pace and mood in the original “Organic Build 2″.
Interesting collaboration. More please. ;o)
Great talking with you yesterday and as I can hear.. your are now even more inspired, (didn’t know I had this affect on people).
24/10/09 – Nice… the ideas keep flowing..Let’s see if it can be arranged (someday not now) to tell a story, more fluid transitions between the musical and percussive ideas. Maybe intricate little nothings happening in the stereo field…
Really love the little breaks at 2:04 and 4:39. Specially the last one with the Rhodes exposed for a couple of beats nice touch.
Its a pleasure to work with you on this Kieron, you’re a athlete, musical artist and a gentleman!!
Hi Scott,
No problem. I’ll upload the stems to your FTP server and you can have a play around with some of that smoothing. You say “someday, not now”. Should I wait for that before mastering?
Best, K
Kieron, I mean someday, because I don’t want you to feel any pressure to complete, no schedules!!
WOW, nice sub bass. Didn’t know that was even there before.
The feedback seems very good so far, thanks Kieron!