Satyagraha
Group: Musicians
Posts: 103
Joined: June 2003 |
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Posted: Sep. 16 2004, 14:35 |
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Thank you very much indeed for your encouraging words, Yuval.
The first part is the only odd meter one, 5/4 + 5/4 + 4/4 + 10/8. Strangely, I didn't purposely make it odd, it just happened that way. However, the two bell parts are extremely polyrythmic, with three, four or even five layers of different meter simultaneously. I really like metric ambiguity, you see.
The bass guitar is played all right, I'd never use a sampled bass. There's hardly any sequencing going on here, except for some of the bells, it's all played by hand. Lots of synth, though – out of necessity.
Yes, the second part, with the bowed bouzouki, is the odd one out. Otherwise, everything is very much interwoven, though perhaps subtly so. But I wanted it fragmented, like an interrail trip or something.
Transvaal ... er, just the name of a South African country. I've loved that mysterious name for a long time. Never been there, will never go there. My Transvaal is a state of mind.
As said, I'm almost finished with a new and much improved version of the track. I've lost that stupid beginning, layered some more sounds, and composed a new ending to it (actually, I've nicked a mediæval tune). And the mix will really kick the old one hard in the arse. I'll post it in a week, I promise.
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Byrði betri berrat maðr brautu at en sé mannvit mikit
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But I give it the thumbs up, and I'd like to hear the other half. 
