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Count Fernetula

By miraclemiles on October 31, 2022 12:01 am

Our tribute to a wonderful beverage: the illustrious apéritif Fernet Branca.
Also, it's possibly a song about Count Dracula. So happy (late) Halloween! I gave out candy to kids and dressed like a far-out farmer.
This is a first demo of what could become a Sprague Robotics joint (working name, subject to change).
License on the beat, voice and keys. Miles on the low end, synths, voices and the cut.
Moniker with the voice.
Created from a live session from some Saturday night. We went a long time on this. We called it the Heroin Bacon session, not because either of those things were consumed but because I went on a walk earlier and saw a pile of bacon with syringes sticking out of it. In a park. Yikes.
We sipped Fernet and Malort and improvised things. Moniker heard this sweet groove from the other room, snatched the mic from License and improvised a tasty chorus.
While editing today, I poured a little Fernet on the rocks, and (may have) found the essence within the 45 minute session.

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incredible samples!  INCREDIBLE VOCALS

would love to hear some notes on this!!!  LOL this is so wild, your music is always wild but this is like NEXT LEVEL WILDDDDDDDD

orangedrink wrote:

incredible samples!  INCREDIBLE VOCALS

would love to hear some notes on this!!!  LOL this is so wild, your music is always wild but this is like NEXT LEVEL WILDDDDDDDD


Hey, hi, thank you! Ha, time for the next level WILD, get ready! You commented right as I added some late notes. Keeping it live and wild as per usual with the groover License. We had a lot of fun this session, went for a long time.

amazing, i forget that you and License know each other IRL // everything is so good, excited for the album of y'all just going MAX INSANITY

haha that was such a weird session! sauced up and rowdy but smooth. I can't decide whether you made it sound crazier or smoother. maybe both. awesome work weaving all the layers into something that works.

this sounds triphoppy, smooth and drunken at the same time. You had fun, I can hear clearly.

HAHAHAHAHAHA! I’m speechless! big_smile And it’s wonderful how you transition into count dracula, i didn’t even see it coming(i don’t think it ever was, tbh… just kinda appeared all of a sudden… y’know the way Count Dracula would, in real life even!, creepin on ya and sh!t). (i’ve never liked Fernet, tastes gross, but this song makes me envious of your experience of it lol) Epic Next Level Insanity! heart

There must be an epic story behind park bacon with syringes sticking out of it.  And yet I'm not sure I want to know.  This sounds like it must have been a fun jam/recording session.  Lyrics are funny and sound like they could be an advertisement for Fernet-Branca in an ideal world.

This track needed so badly the video of the recording. I was laughing stupidly in front of my customer while listening to this track. That sounds like a party!

orangedrink wrote:

amazing, i forget that you and License know each other IRL // everything is so good, excited for the album of y'all just going MAX INSANITY

thank you! I hope that album comes, it will, we'll make it happen, and yes MAX insanity!

license wrote:

haha that was such a weird session! sauced up and rowdy but smooth. I can't decide whether you made it sound crazier or smoother. maybe both. awesome work weaving all the layers into something that works.


ha, yeah let's go with both. Editing was at first a chore, then it became a lot of fun, which I'm thankful for. It's a v. 1!

Q-Rosh wrote:

this sounds triphoppy, smooth and drunken at the same time. You had fun, I can hear clearly.

Spot on, yes! A lot of fun, glad that came through, when editing I thought about major change, but figured nice at first to keep the essence of the night. Thanks for checking it out.


RajaTheResidentAlien wrote:

HAHAHAHAHAHA! I’m speechless! big_smile And it’s wonderful how you transition into count dracula, i didn’t even see it coming(i don’t think it ever was, tbh… just kinda appeared all of a sudden… y’know the way Count Dracula would, in real life even!, creepin on ya and sh!t). (i’ve never liked Fernet, tastes gross, but this song makes me envious of your experience of it lol) Epic Next Level Insanity! <3

haha, glad you enjoyed and laughed along with us. Yeah I predict count dracula will get cut if we edit this more, it is sooo rando, and I don't remember why it went that way. But hey, we went there, so might as well keep it for now, especially around Halloween! So true though he would just jump outa nowhere when you're chillin with Fernet and ask for your train ticket, or whatever we said, lol. Fernet kind of acquired taste for sure, it's a weird one. Thanks for comment!

CosmicCairns wrote:

There must be an epic story behind park bacon with syringes sticking out of it.  And yet I'm not sure I want to know.  This sounds like it must have been a fun jam/recording session.  Lyrics are funny and sound like they could be an advertisement for Fernet-Branca in an ideal world.

ha, yeah the park bacon was a rando, kind of disturbing find. I was actually walking with my son down a trail that leads to park near downtown, and there it was. A HUGE pile of bacon, with syringes. Hope he wasn't too disturbed. Maybe was good for him to see a grosser side of this kinda gross city. Super fun session, and once again we're talking about food and drink, a common theme probably since we can't think of anything else! I hope we get hired to do ads some day. Not that you asked, but here's a pic:

Kedbreak136 wrote:

This track needed so badly the video of the recording. I was laughing stupidly in front of my customer while listening to this track. That sounds like a party!

haha, awesome, I love that you laughed at this in front of customer! Good party for sure. One of the ones we didn't video, We video sometimes. Here's a WB one from last year with video that was a fun jam about Inspector Gadget!  https://weeklybeats.com/miraclemiles/mu … tor-gadget

license puttin' on his mask

orangedrink wrote:

license puttin' on his mask


WOW that's spot on!! Nice one!


all the hipster vamps are drinkin' amaro these days

heroin in bacon, that is scary, always regret when I have fast food, but yes it tastes good, then I feel sick and then I need to kill it with some scotch, then I wake up with a salt and scotch hangover.  Awesome session, sounds like you guys always have a lot of fun, like the lurching beat and the synth washes and that sinister bass that drops after count dracula.

Dang you channeled those spooky vibes with the vocals and trip hop-like beats.  Cool fx on the vocals too especially on the chorus section.  If I ever see bacon and needles imma run real fast yikes

emily wrote:


all the hipster vamps are drinkin' amaro these days

haha, yes so true! License drinks the amaro, he's secretly a hipster vamp!

Jason Nijjer wrote:

heroin in bacon, that is scary, always regret when I have fast food, but yes it tastes good, then I feel sick and then I need to kill it with some scotch, then I wake up with a salt and scotch hangover.  Awesome session, sounds like you guys always have a lot of fun, like the lurching beat and the synth washes and that sinister bass that drops after count dracula.

Scary and weird sight that was! Yeah I hear you, fast food and alcohol, recipe for disaster hangover. We do have a lot of fun, that's all that matters in the end, grateful for that!

Tone Matrix wrote:

Dang you channeled those spooky vibes with the vocals and trip hop-like beats.  Cool fx on the vocals too especially on the chorus section.  If I ever see bacon and needles imma run real fast yikes

Thanks! Yeah kind of accidentally a little spooky, which was cool. Glad you liked the FX on vox, still trying to learn what's best to make those sound good.

miraclemiles wrote:
emily wrote:


all the hipster vamps are drinkin' amaro these days

haha, yes so true! License drinks the amaro, he's secretly a hipster vamp!

license wrote:

haha that was such a weird session! sauced up and rowdy but smooth. I can't decide whether you made it sound crazier or smoother. maybe both. awesome work weaving all the layers into something that works.

me too heart
frenz - haz you ever had a fernet con cocoa with vanilla icecream float???



miraclemiles wrote:
emily wrote:


all the hipster vamps are drinkin' amaro these days

haha, yes so true! License drinks the amaro, he's secretly a hipster vamp!


lolol I vannnt to succck the bitterrrs

emily wrote:
miraclemiles wrote:
emily wrote:


frenz - haz you ever had a fernet con cocoa with vanilla icecream float???


omg what is this I NEED IT
seriously what are those beautiful specks in the ice cream? are those chocolate chips or little fernet bubbles? win/win imo

btw my own hipster vampire experimentation determined that Fernet Branca is pretty dang good with Barq's root beer instead of Coke too.

license wrote:
miraclemiles wrote:
emily wrote:


all the hipster vamps are drinkin' amaro these days

haha, yes so true! License drinks the amaro, he's secretly a hipster vamp!


license wrote:

lolol I vannnt to succck the bitterrrs

ha ha ha


license wrote:

omg what is this I NEED IT
seriously what are those beautiful specks in the ice cream? are those chocolate chips or little fernet bubbles? win/win imo

btw my own hipster vampire experimentation determined that Fernet Branca is pretty dang good with Barq's root beer instead of Coke too.

i tried to image search fernet coke float & didn't see those chips till it was a larger image so i'm not sure let's say vanilla beans - i made this for my brother who loves fernet & mexican coke for his birthday & we just added ben & jerry's vanilla - it was very yummy!  it was from the book Amaro & i bet that would be super good with Barq's & Ice Cream as well - would watch a video of you doing a taste test... this song would be a perfect soundtrack wink!

emily wrote:


license wrote:


miraclemiles wrote:


emily wrote:


all the hipster vamps are drinkin' amaro these days


haha, yes so true! License drinks the amaro, he's secretly a hipster vamp!


lolol I vannnt to succck the bitterrrs

ha ha ha


license wrote:


omg what is this I NEED IT
seriously what are those beautiful specks in the ice cream? are those chocolate chips or little fernet bubbles? win/win imo

btw my own hipster vampire experimentation determined that Fernet Branca is pretty dang good with Barq's root beer instead of Coke too.

i tried to image search fernet coke float & didn't see those chips till it was a larger image so i'm not sure let's say vanilla beans - i made this for my brother who loves fernet & mexican coke for his birthday & we just added ben & jerry's vanilla - it was very yummy!  it was from the book Amaro & i bet that would be super good with Barq's & Ice Cream as well - would watch a video of you doing a taste test... this song would be a perfect soundtrack wink!


WOW I had no idea you were such a flavor genius heart thank you very much for all the bitter wisdom!!!

license wrote:
emily wrote:


license wrote:


miraclemiles wrote:


emily wrote:


all the hipster vamps are drinkin' amaro these days


haha, yes so true! License drinks the amaro, he's secretly a hipster vamp!


lolol I vannnt to succck the bitterrrs

ha ha ha


license wrote:


omg what is this I NEED IT
seriously what are those beautiful specks in the ice cream? are those chocolate chips or little fernet bubbles? win/win imo

btw my own hipster vampire experimentation determined that Fernet Branca is pretty dang good with Barq's root beer instead of Coke too.

i tried to image search fernet coke float & didn't see those chips till it was a larger image so i'm not sure let's say vanilla beans - i made this for my brother who loves fernet & mexican coke for his birthday & we just added ben & jerry's vanilla - it was very yummy!  it was from the book Amaro & i bet that would be super good with Barq's & Ice Cream as well - would watch a video of you doing a taste test... this song would be a perfect soundtrack wink!


WOW I had no idea you were such a flavor genius <3 thank you very much for all the bitter wisdom!!!

This has made my mouth water, such  bitter wisdom indeed! Bitter Wisdom also needs to be the tile of something.  hmm I have some Dr Pepper in the house, maybe I"ll have to try that and Fernet tonight

miraclemiles wrote:
license wrote:
emily wrote:


license wrote:


miraclemiles wrote:


emily wrote:


all the hipster vamps are drinkin' amaro these days


haha, yes so true! License drinks the amaro, he's secretly a hipster vamp!


lolol I vannnt to succck the bitterrrs

ha ha ha


license wrote:


omg what is this I NEED IT
seriously what are those beautiful specks in the ice cream? are those chocolate chips or little fernet bubbles? win/win imo

btw my own hipster vampire experimentation determined that Fernet Branca is pretty dang good with Barq's root beer instead of Coke too.

i tried to image search fernet coke float & didn't see those chips till it was a larger image so i'm not sure let's say vanilla beans - i made this for my brother who loves fernet & mexican coke for his birthday & we just added ben & jerry's vanilla - it was very yummy!  it was from the book Amaro & i bet that would be super good with Barq's & Ice Cream as well - would watch a video of you doing a taste test... this song would be a perfect soundtrack wink!


WOW I had no idea you were such a flavor genius <3 thank you very much for all the bitter wisdom!!!

This has made my mouth water, such  bitter wisdom indeed! Bitter Wisdom also needs to be the tile of something.  hmm I have some Dr Pepper in the house, maybe I"ll have to try that and Fernet tonight

emily wrote:
miraclemiles wrote:
license wrote:
emily wrote:


license wrote:


miraclemiles wrote:


emily wrote:


all the hipster vamps are drinkin' amaro these days


haha, yes so true! License drinks the amaro, he's secretly a hipster vamp!


lolol I vannnt to succck the bitterrrs

ha ha ha


license wrote:


omg what is this I NEED IT
seriously what are those beautiful specks in the ice cream? are those chocolate chips or little fernet bubbles? win/win imo

btw my own hipster vampire experimentation determined that Fernet Branca is pretty dang good with Barq's root beer instead of Coke too.

i tried to image search fernet coke float & didn't see those chips till it was a larger image so i'm not sure let's say vanilla beans - i made this for my brother who loves fernet & mexican coke for his birthday & we just added ben & jerry's vanilla - it was very yummy!  it was from the book Amaro & i bet that would be super good with Barq's & Ice Cream as well - would watch a video of you doing a taste test... this song would be a perfect soundtrack wink!


WOW I had no idea you were such a flavor genius <3 thank you very much for all the bitter wisdom!!!

This has made my mouth water, such  bitter wisdom indeed! Bitter Wisdom also needs to be the tile of something.  hmm I have some Dr Pepper in the house, maybe I"ll have to try that and Fernet tonight

It worked rather nice, so many flavors, I couldn't even smell the paint fumes that bombarded me as I painted walls ... makes you go

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