Re: [linux-audio-user] She's not a human being ("in your face-mix")

My socks are considerably rocked.

I love the twiddly break in the middle, the lyrics, the way you sing
like you're taking it all very seriously, eveything!

Thanks!

On Sat, 15 Jul, 2006 at 02:14AM +0300, Esa Linna spake thus:
> Just finishing my new tune:
> www.emvg.net/esa/shesnotahumanbeing.ogg
>
> and here's a copy from my blog from MySpace:
>
> My new song should have been a love song for my wife.
> Unfortunately she
> annoyed me for now forgotten reason (once again) and I wrote
> a song for
> our cat. Of course the lyrics in the chorus: "she's not a
> human being,
> she doesn't like Jeff Lynne, she's hairy all over the place"
> could be a
> perfect insult for my wife!
>
> This song has been recorded in many sessions, first ones
> many months ago
> in our bedroom. Drums were made with absolutely great
> software Hydrogen
> and I played the bass & few guitars through Behringer Tube
> Ultragain
> MIC200 -preamp/di and added some distortion & simulated cab
> "feel" with
> great CAPS plugins. Keyboards were played with Yamaha
> PSR-273 which was
> brought by Santa Claus for my kids. They are still wondering
> where the
> hell their keyboards are. The keyboard solo inspired heavily
> by Rick
> Wakeman was played through MIDI & astounding soft synth,
> ALSA Modular
> Synth. Right now I have fell in love with Bristol, another
> open source
> soft synth for Linux.
>
> Then some guitars were played with Behringer V-Tone Guitar
> GDI21 - a
> cheap but great sounding modelling preamp/DI. And then there
> were the
> vocals. I did millions of takes and it sounded everytime
> like shit.
> Finally decided to add "some" tube distortion from MIC200,
> and now I am
> mostly happy with it.
>
> I noticed too that mastering and mixing the whole damn thing
> should be
> done by professionals. I am on my holiday, sun in shining,
> sixpacks of
> cold beer is calling for my name and I sweat in my garage
> studio for
> trying to make my song sound like Green Day's Boulevard of
> Broken
> Dreams. Well, I didn't manage to do that.
>
> The mix you hear is in-your-face mix, with everything
> cranked up so that
> you can say bye bye for dynamics. But I am proud for the
> song, and want
> you to know that all of this wouldn't been possible without:
>
> Linux & Mandriva Linux 2006
> Jack (jackit.sf.net)
> Ardour
> Alsa Modular Synth
> Hydrogen
> Audacity
> Jamin
> LADSPA plugins like TAP, CAPS and some more
> red wine
> Fosters
> Wojak
> Okocim
> Burgen Pils
> Grafen Walder
> Carlsberg
> bratwurst
> potato salad
> mushrooms (for eating, you fools!)
>
>
> and here's the lyrics (I know, they are bad - but purposely)
>
> She came to my life one august day
> and didn't like the songs I played
> She ran and runs away from me
> Far far away to maple tree
>
> She's not a human being
> She doesn't like Jeff Lynne
> She's hairy all over the place
>
> It's not a pretty thing to watch you eat
> those poor little birds and their raw meat
>
Received on Sat Jul 15 08:15:03 2006