Learning by mistake August 7, 2009
So… three weeks I didn’t write anything… what’s up ? well, my “Untimely tales” album recording project takes more time than I expected. Actually, the idea I had on the overall sound I wanted to get was wrong.
I already told you about the time I spent on the drums programming : I had that hip hop beat idea in mind but it didn’t really work… Most of the songs are too fast, so I had to use cymbal sounds instead of hi hats… Well, the drums are closer to a rock style approach, but with looping I feel it’s totally boring…
The second issue is about the guitar, using it as the main instrument. I recorded a few songs with that formula, and it sounded like classic indie pop rock songs… well, I didn’t feel comfortable with it… I had to find something a little bit different… Worse, I spent a lot of time trying to get a decent guitar sound, but the way I play them, on the bass notes, resulted in frequency conflicts with the bass and the mellotrons, so the overall sound was muddy…
So one day (this week actually) i got rid of the guitar on one song, and it fit far better… I also changed the drum pattern, the tempo and the drums sounds, flipping them with mellotron noise samples, and it was totally different. Closer to a style we could classify into what is maybe called indietronica, or folktronica… I don’t know… It just means there is something more surprising and unusual…
Well, because of all of this, I’m going to start the project again with that new approach, focusing on mellotron sample beats, bass guitar, and mellotron melodies… guitar is still an option, but in a sparse way…
October was a good goal, i’m not shure anymore to release the album in october. But I still keep it in mind… Let’s see what will happen… Well, it doesn’t really matter if i’m a bit late… The most important is to get something I’m really satisfied with…
I’m living Paris again tomorrow in order to visit my family… for ten days… so i’ll only be able to work again on it by mid august… A shame I had to stop the working flow several times… well, next time I won’t have to stop again…
Hope you’re on holidays, enjoying the time you spend somewhere else…