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Hymn to Ka-Ching Being the conclusion of the project started here. Words by Ray Cochrane
Music by moi (distantly based on Gustav Holst's "Thaxted")
Constructed in Logic Pro / Vocal by Synthesizer V
Try as I might (and I did try!) I could not fit any BIAB parts into this pieceAll hail oh gracious commerce Accept the coin we bring That we who buy our favour May serve the great Ka-Ching Now weather kills tomorrows Wind blows no good, just ill We satiate thirst great Ignoring bitter pill We satiate a thirst so great Ignoring bitter pill Each one on Earth reviewing What we create today We set the Earth a-blazing As profit's hand won't stay For we may freely plunder For 'tis the gift might sends We take rape and plunder For ours is but to rend We take rape and plunder For ours is but to rend The life on Earth's lost splendor Is certain now to die Its weakened grip surrendered To those who sell and buy Now taken from the future Bathwater and baby thrown Earth's wounds beyond suture The passive masses grown Earth's wounds beyond suture The passive masses groan
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Nice one Mark, thank you.
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Very cool colab... Love the intriguing Lyrics and Vox.
Cool how the drums come in, but I wish the drummer was playing more of a 6/8 feel.
I'm listening to "Onyx" now and it's blowing my mind......
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Very cool colab... Love the intriguing Lyrics and Vox.
Cool how the drums come in, but I wish the drummer was playing more of a 6/8 feel.
I'm listening to "Onyx" now and it's blowing my mind...... Thanks and thanks... I don't hear the 6/8 (2*3 vs. 3*1) but I appreciate the time taken and thought given. As for "Onyx", I didn't know anyone would see that without being pointed to it! I do have it teed up for "release" but I hesitate to post too much too frequently, plus it also is non-BIAB. But thanks thanks thanks!!! If I were posting it, here's what I would say: "A while ago, I watched a movie of Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock – where I saw him close up, in 1969, right at the foot of the stage, with a warm beer in my hand (no I am not in the movie) – and, inspired, made a recording of myself noodling on my guitar. Later, I took that audio recording and pitch-analyzed and MIDI-replicated it to include a number of voices, all different renderings of the original performance. This is just that one session of guitar noodling, turned completely out of hand in the 21st Century." https://soundcloud.com/mark_hayes/onyx
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Regarding "Onyx" (sorry for spilling da beans), I thought it was very interesting and creative... I know what you mean about posting "too much too frequently" a conundrum.
Back to the OP, I still think you should experiment with some different drum grooves... Still, very cool... You and Ray make quite a pair.
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Nice!
Good AI vocal with some very interesting lyrics
Very good blend
Two thumbs up
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Mark, I really liked that free form Onyx!
Very creative and some excellent chops
Two big thumbs up
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Back to the OP, I still think you should experiment with some different drum grooves... Oh, listening again I can definitely hear a need for improvement there, if not in those terms. As Captain Beefheart would say, "The music was... thud-like." I now hear the drums starting to sound unpleasantly repetitive pretty quickly, so thanks again. If it were a quick fix I'd do it right now but I'm not sure how that will go, I don't really know my way around Logic's Drummer all that well. I used to fiddle with my back feet.
Music for a black onyx.
My tar room absorbed every echo.
The music was… thud-like.
The music was… thud-like.I usually played such things as rough-neck and thug.
Opaque melodies that would bug most people.
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Nice!
Good AI vocal with some very interesting lyrics
Very good blend
Two thumbs up
Mark, I really liked that free form Onyx!
Very creative and some excellent chops
Two big thumbs up Big thanks to you both, all four[?] thumbs! =8^)
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Interesting and musical!  The lyric "We satiate thirst great" seems to be needlessly hard to parse. I know you're going for a particular flavor of language, but this only serves to make the lyric harder to understand... and as a lazy listener, I hate to work.  As for the drums, adding some flams and drags might help a bit. Have you played with the latest release of SynthV? I haven't had a chance to try it out, but there's now support for styles ("whispered", "belt") that could help with adding some contrast. I like your new avatar!
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Interesting and musical! The lyric "We satiate thirst great" seems to be needlessly hard to parse. I know you're going for a particular flavor of language, but this only serves to make the lyric harder to understand... and as a lazy listener, I hate to work. As for the drums, adding some flams and drags might help a bit. Have you played with the latest release of SynthV? I haven't had a chance to try it out, but there's now support for styles ("whispered", "belt") that could help with adding some contrast. I like your new avatar! Thanks, David. For the record, Ray wrote "satiate a thirst so great" and I collapsed it a la Emily Dickinson. Point taken, though; if one didn't have the lyrics to read it would be near impossible to decode a line like this just by hearing it. Full Discloser: I don't know what flams and drags are. I'll look it up. This is what happens when you give non-drummers drum software and they think that makes them drummers. I have not played with any new features in Synth V, will see what I have. PS – I cannot get the avatar function to work reliably, last night I changed it to pug but didn't see that 'til this morning. Now I tried to change it to a different pug and it's Ukraine again. I have no idea what out of the 4 possibilities I'll see when I submit this...
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Full Discloser: I don't know what flams and drags are. I'll look it up. This is what happens when you give non-drummers drum software and they think that makes them drummers.
Sorry... think of these like rapid trills, or a really short drum roll fit into a quarter note beat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY2lF31WM8MYou can do this in MIDI by putting 32nd notes in at very low velocities on the snare. Too high velocity it'll sound like a roll, but at low velocities it's subtle buzz stroke. In any event, it's a different tone color you can get from the drum.
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Cool song Mark!
The vocal sounds so real.
Very special music.
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Mark / Ray,
Very nice collaboration. A good mix and haunting sound...
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This is a very cool song. The vox really suits this song. Has the feel of a 15th century tune with a modern instrumentation. Excellent lyric as well. Very well done.
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Thank you RnAM, rsdean, Scott C!
And again, thanks for Ray for this time in the collaboratorium.
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The church organ sound with the cold synthesized vocal are a perfect match for this hymn to the almighty dollar.
Excellent write and great collaboration Ray and Mark!
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Hi Mark,
I liked the use of the organ fading out to make room for the piano and other musical instruments. It's very well done and the lyrics well written.
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The church organ sound with the cold synthesized vocal are a perfect match for this hymn to the almighty dollar. Excellent write and great collaboration Ray and Mark! I liked the use of the organ fading out to make room for the piano and other musical instruments. It's very well done and the lyrics well written. Many thanks, folks. I'm feeling short on inspiration at the moment, this helps. Be well.
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