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Another song entitled “Color” has been posted on the music page. It’s a song from my band from high school (circa 1996). It was a collaborative effort of three of us in the band, however to be fair, the bulk of the song was from our vocalist Raffy Manalo (who wrote the words and basic melody).
It’s very upbeat, which is a welcome break from the previous two, slow songs.
And yet another song has been uploaded to the music section. This time, it’s a religious song composed by my friend (GP Eleria) entitled “Jess”.
He also did the sequencing of the background music, so my role in the song (aside from the vocals) is the mixing and mastering – which was quite a challenge because he sent me a single track for the music. All instruments, loops etc. were already mixed into the track so there was no way to manipulate individual instrument levels.
I finished my newest song. This was my first Filipino written song so I was constantly struggling with the right balance of simple to complex pinoy words. I wanted to make the sentences simple enough for normal speech/singing, but complex enough to sound… lyrical (for lack of a better term). Anyways I still don’t know if I got it right – and ultimately I could never personally judge because I don’t really “compose” in a Filipino mindset.
Tell me what you think, it can be found in my music page, It’s entitled “Hiling”
I remember when I was working in iAyala, that we used to surf Ad-Critic when it was still free, and one of my favorite ads were Fox Regional Sports wherein the concept was for them to show really absurd “sports” just to prove how far they will go to cover regional sporting events.
I must say I loved them.
Read MoreI took a break and fiddled around with the BOSS GT-8 (with the T5 of course), and I thought I ought to at least try recording some of my new material. I have tons of them… but guitar and vocals only.
It’s simple enough to make songs with a guitar and a pen (in my case, the text application of the laptop). The real killer is coming up with the accompaniment to complete the song (bass, drums, strings, etc.). Even if I had a clear idea of the accompaninment – it’s still tedious to sift through the software and pinpoint a patch that is closest to what I had imagined (not to mention having to go surgical with a myriad of plugins and EQ just to shape the tone into what I want).
And that’s only the “laying in of the tracks” part of it. Mixing, then mastering is a whole different beast altogether. Read More
