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WeeklyBeats.com / Music / colorful grey's music / bucket lute dog improvisation
This started out with me drumming on a bucket. Found it in the move, found it pleasant to drum on. Pitched it down, saturated, resonated, automated. Then put some lute noodling over it, two tracks bucket, two tracks lute. Additional breathing by me. Dogs bark somewhere in there. It captured the moment! :-)
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You definetely get some nice unique atmosphere with those bucket beats. It keeps bringing surprises when you enter that delay aroung one quarter of the song.
Feeling some Los Angeles resonator in there. Definetely a useful tool. Have you tried working with Tension and the Resonator at the same time?
Great work
big choon!
such a nice vibe!
Shout out for sample mangling!
great breathing sound!
this is actually amazing!
that bucket is magic!
yeah that bucket rocks. I'm a huge fan of mangling acoustic recordings. I think you opened a really nice space with good use of reverb. It sounds like the drumming is wandering back and forth trough space. The gentle lutes make a perfect partner in this room. Congrats!
You definetely get some nice unique atmosphere with those bucket beats. It keeps bringing surprises when you enter that delay aroung one quarter of the song.
Feeling some Los Angeles resonator in there. Definetely a useful tool. Have you tried working with Tension and the Resonator at the same time?
Great work
Wow, you know your Ableton sir! Yes, it's Los Angeles! I don't have Tension, I believe... still shying away from the Suite update when there is so much hardware/acoustic stuff that I "could" be buying... well, you know the deal, never ending gear porn addiction. Thanks for the feedback!
Mad skills! Love the middle-eastern shadings. Definitely faved.
Thanks Jim! This time, I wasn't even trying for any particular scale... I sometimes feel that the lute ends up conveying some oud-ness when it's used in "popular music"... maybe that's it. Glad you like!
yeah that bucket rocks. I'm a huge fan of mangling acoustic recordings. I think you opened a really nice space with good use of reverb. It sounds like the drumming is wandering back and forth trough space. The gentle lutes make a perfect partner in this room. Congrats!
Thank you! I was actually quite surprised how interesting the space ended up being. By accident, but nevertheless! That's always the cool thing, right, you end up with something that you didn't even knew was in there. Thanks for stopping by!
Perplex On wrote:yeah that bucket rocks. I'm a huge fan of mangling acoustic recordings. I think you opened a really nice space with good use of reverb. It sounds like the drumming is wandering back and forth trough space. The gentle lutes make a perfect partner in this room. Congrats!
indeed! Accidents often bring the best ideas and inspiration
Thank you! I was actually quite surprised how interesting the space ended up being. By accident, but nevertheless! That's always the cool thing, right, you end up with something that you didn't even knew was in there. Thanks for stopping by!
Excellent sound from the bucket drum, works very well with the lute. Great track!
Mad skills! Love the middle-eastern shadings. Definitely faved.
I agree. I wonder if the "middle-eastern" thing is more to do with the fact(?) that lute-type instruments other than guitars are rarely used in western music these days? So they "sound" more "middle-eastern" because that's a sound people associate with middle-eastern music?
Really nice piece, Mr. Grey.
Really nice sounds all around, impressive. Lute Noodling sounds like an album title.
Awesome piece, really enjoyed your approach this week!
PS: What kind of lute is it?
Awesome piece, really enjoyed your approach this week!
PS: What kind of lute is it?
Thank you! I have a 8-course renaissance lute; it's a student lute so no frills, but it's from a well-known lute builder (who does nice entry level instruments) in the US. Tied frets.
