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Ghost Town

By Cosmic Cairns on June 28, 2016 11:19 pm

I went for an instrumental this week. Watch out for the tumbleweeds.

During the course of recording this my cello suffered a little accident in which the bridge suddenly popped out of place and the whole string mechanism kind of collapsed.  I was able to fix it and carry on, but since I managed to catch the incident on tape and since there's no way I would ever intentionally try to recreate that particular sound, I figured I may as well make use of it and thus the noise at the very beginning of the song was created.

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cool track.  in some parts i get a neutral milk hotel vibe.

paul raygun wrote:

cool track.  in some parts i get a neutral milk hotel vibe.

  Thanks.  I can see the Neutral Milk Hotel comparison.  The acoustic guitar and musical saw alone add to that, I'm sure.

I LOVE  THIS. Needs to be in a Tarantino film.

I can see the tumbleweeds now…

Not quite as bad as my cello accident. I was just thinking I should probably get some kind of humidifier when I heard my soundboard split with a sound like a pistol shot; too bad I wasn't recording at the time. ::)

oh yeah! well done, E!

This is really beautiful - Do I hear some Simon And Garfunkel song in there somewhere?.
I love how it starts off normal and becomes a bit weird (in a good way). I think aswell that it should be in a Tarantino movie!

Awesome! Love the instrumentation, especially the kitchen percussion.  Def could see this in a Tarantino-like film smile Sorry to hear about your cello, but at least you got one suhweet sample out of it. I can see that in an ableton pack for sure wink  Nice work!

brian botkiller wrote:

I LOVE  THIS. Needs to be in a Tarantino film.

  Thanks!  Yeah, I could certainly see this soundtracking a Tarantino film.



Jim Wood wrote:

I can see the tumbleweeds now…

Not quite as bad as my cello accident. I was just thinking I should probably get some kind of humidifier when I heard my soundboard split with a sound like a pistol shot; too bad I wasn't recording at the time. ::)

  Yowza.  That sounds like a bad accident.  Thankfully this one wasn't too bad.  It surprised the hell out of me when it happened though.



cfurrow wrote:

oh yeah! well done, E!

  Thanks!



dj someguy wrote:

This is really beautiful - Do I hear some Simon And Garfunkel song in there somewhere?.
I love how it starts off normal and becomes a bit weird (in a good way). I think aswell that it should be in a Tarantino movie!

  My girlfriend said it sounded like a cross between Ennio Morricone and Simon and Garfunkel.  I think one part of the melody is a little bit reminiscent of Scarborough Fair.



Tone Matrix wrote:

Awesome! Love the instrumentation, especially the kitchen percussion.  Def could see this in a Tarantino-like film smile Sorry to hear about your cello, but at least you got one suhweet sample out of it. I can see that in an ableton pack for sure wink  Nice work!

  Thanks!  The good news is the cello is okay.  No permanent damage, but a good sample indeed.



Ipaghost wrote:


That is right on. 

Absolute Lovely!

m2K7 wrote:

Absolute Lovely!

  Thanks for listening!

brian botkiller wrote:

I LOVE  THIS. Needs to be in a Tarantino film.


AGREED

This is definitely my favorite track of yours!  Incredible and  E P I C

downloaded and favorited!

orangedrink wrote:
brian botkiller wrote:

I LOVE  THIS. Needs to be in a Tarantino film.


AGREED

This is definitely my favorite track of yours!  Incredible and  E P I C

downloaded and favorited!

  Aw, gee, thanks!  That's really nice to hear.

we three kings of orient are, trying to smoke a rubber cigar big_smile

Phil Harmonic wrote:

we three kings of orient are, trying to smoke a rubber cigar big_smile

Would that be the same cigar that exploded and sent them off to yonder star?

Scarborough Fair isn't really a Simon and Garfunkel song anyway. Although they recorded the best known version.

Edmund Snyder wrote:

Scarborough Fair isn't really a Simon and Garfunkel song anyway. Although they recorded the best known version.

  This is true.  Perhaps it would be more accurate to say it's a cross between Ennio Morricone and Traditional.  smile

Old England meets the wild west, brilliant track! Excellent choice of instrumentation.

Plantrain wrote:

Old England meets the wild west, brilliant track! Excellent choice of instrumentation.

Thanks!  Much appreciated.

kudos!

george bowles wrote:

kudos!

  Oh, hey thanks!  Man, I especially dig the comments on tracks that are a couple weeks old.  There's not enough of those.  I think all of us could probably do a little more WeeklyBeats digging.

CosmicCairns wrote:
george bowles wrote:

kudos!

  Oh, hey thanks!  Man, I especially dig the comments on tracks that are a couple weeks old.  There's not enough of those.  I think all of us could probably do a little more WeeklyBeats digging.

i at least attempt to listen to every track, i got behind over the past 3 weeks or so, got caught up yesterday right before another downpour of musical bliss! now to get caught up again! aaaaaaaaaaaaa

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