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Epitaph cover with surprise vocal

Re: [newmellotrongroup] Epitaph cover with surprise vocal

2015-12-23 by John Wright

I enjoyed while eating my Fruit Loops this morning.  My wife asked if anything was wrong!  Just smiled.  Nice work.

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On Dec 23, 2015, at 6:52 AM, Andy Kinch kinchmusic@aol.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

We're doomed, we're all doomed I tell ye.
 
Merry Christmas anyway ;)
 
 
A little something I've been working on for a while.
 
Enjoy!
 
Andy K
 
I'll leave it up for a while so people who want to can hear it, can. But for obvious reasons I'll be taking it down again shortly.

 

Re: [newmellotrongroup] Epitaph cover with surprise vocal

2015-12-23 by James Parthun

Wonderful!! Thank you!

On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 5:52 AM, Andy Kinch kinchmusic@aol.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 

We're doomed, we're all doomed I tell ye.
 
Merry Christmas anyway ;)
 
 
A little something I've been working on for a while.
 
Enjoy!
 
Andy K
 
I'll leave it up for a while so people who want to can hear it, can. But for obvious reasons I'll be taking it down again shortly.

 




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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Epitaph cover with surprise vocal

2015-12-23 by Bill Rudloff

Powerful stuff.  Listened to it about 4 times in a row in the car.
Bill Rudloff


-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Kinch kinchmusic@aol.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wed, Dec 23, 2015 5:52 am
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Epitaph cover with surprise vocal

 
We're doomed, we're all doomed I tell ye.
 
Merry Christmas anyway ;)
 
 
A little something I've been working on for a while.
 
Enjoy!
 
Andy K
 
I'll leave it up for a while so people who want to can hear it, can. But for obvious reasons I'll be taking it down again shortly.

 

Re: [newmellotrongroup] Epitaph cover with surprise vocal

2015-12-23 by Andy Kinch

The problem with the vocal mp3 was that it wasn't totally isolated. There were other sonic "ghosts" that kept overshadowing it which had to be disguised somehow. Also, it had been recorded far too loudly. There were no dynamics left as everything was hard into the red, so therefore I had to engage in some extreme fader movements to try and get a little bit of light and shade back into proceedings. So if the instrumentation swamps the vocal on the choruses at all, it's all to try and disguise all of the above!
The other basic thing is of course, is that KC didn't record it with a click track as far as I know. The speed was all over the place, so some editing was required
 to keep it in context with the already recorded arrangement.
Pleased with how it turned out tbh.
Been thinking about trying to contact RFs management to see whether they would give official permission to use it more widely, but I somehow think I would be wasting my time.
 
AK
 
 
Andy Kinch
kinchmusic@aol.com
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Rudloff doctorwho8@aol.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 14:33
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Epitaph cover with surprise vocal

 
Powerful stuff.  Listened to it about 4 times in a row in the car.
Bill Rudloff


-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Kinch kinchmusic@aol.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wed, Dec 23, 2015 5:52 am
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Epitaph cover with surprise vocal

 
We're doomed, we're all doomed I tell ye.
 
Merry Christmas anyway ;)
 
 
A little something I've been working on for a while.
 
Enjoy!
 
Andy K
 
I'll leave it up for a while so people who want to can hear it, can. But for obvious reasons I'll be taking it down again shortly.

 

Re: [newmellotrongroup] Epitaph cover with surprise vocal

2015-12-24 by marabus

Andy,
Sounds great!
Pete

On 12/23/15 6:52 AM, Andy Kinch kinchmusic@aol.com [newmellotrongroup] wrote:
We're doomed, we're all doomed I tell ye.
 
Merry Christmas anyway ;)
 
 
A little something I've been working on for a while.
 
Enjoy!
 
Andy K
 
I'll leave it up for a while so people who want to can hear it, can. But for obvious reasons I'll be taking it down again shortly.

 
Posted by: Andy Kinch <kinchmusic@aol.com>



Re: Epitaph cover with surprise vocal

2015-12-24 by Berington Van Campen

Great work, Andy!  Such a CLASSIC... the epitome of a "Mellotron piece."  You did an amazing job at duplicating the original parts, then bringing in Greg Lake's one-of-a-kind vocals.  He had the PERFECT voice for that early K.C. material. What a mood this song sets!

All the best to you ALL. MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!  May your tapes all keep on springin'!

Cheers!
Berington
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