Re: [LAU] Finally, some prog rock for you!

2012/5/17 Ken Restivo <ken@email-addr-hidden>

> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 02:48:14PM +0200, Carlos sanchiavedraz wrote:
> > 2012/4/17 Ken Restivo <ken@email-addr-hidden>
> >
> > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 07:37:26PM -0400, Al Thompson wrote:
> > > > On 04/16/2012 02:01 AM, Ken Restivo wrote:
> > > > > I am very happy to report that my old friend Bob has finally
> released
> > > a record that he's been working on for 21 years.
> > > > >
> > > > > And... it's prog-rock! Not my style of music, but one that I know
> is
> > > near and dear to the hearts of Linux Audio enthusiasts.
> > > > >
> > > > > So here it is at last:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://pronstar2.bandcamp.com/album/in-your-mind
> > > > >
> > > > > I played Linux keyboards on quite a few of the tracks. It's been a
> > > year or two since the sessions so I don't remember exactly what I
> played on
> > > what.
> > > > >
> > > > > I do recall doing some Beatrix, including a few heavily overdriven
> to
> > > get a Deep Purple kind of sound, some Specimen with Mellotron samples
> (it's
> > > prog rock, you GOTTA have Mellotron!), and also Fluidsynth with clav
> > > samples through a hellacious jack-rack of plugins.
> > > > >
> > > > > I can say with certainty that I think that many, if not most,
> people
> > > on this list will enjoy many, if not all, of the tracks.
> > > > >
> > > > > Enjoy the Linux keyboard lovin' too.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > NICE!!
> > > >
> > > > I hear shades of Gentle Giant and Atomic Rooster in the first track.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I'll pass along your kind words to Bob. He's been working on this
> record
> > > for pretty much his entire adult life. Perhaps nobody is more thrilled
> than
> > > me to see it FINALLY out in the open (I recorded the first demos of it
> for
> > > him on a 4-track in 1993).
> > >
> > > Also, you're like the third person who mentioned Gentle Giant. I'll
> pass
> > > that along too.
> > >
> > > By the way, the track "Menager I" has Beatrix all over it. I didn't
> > > originally realize how prominent the organ was going to be mixed, in
> both
> > > the slow part and the heavy metal part (distorted Beatrix), but it's
> > > definitely evident. The clav stuff I did on one of the other tracks
> appears
> > > not to have made it into the final mix, but a lot of Mellotron (using
> > > Specimen and JackRack with Fons' 4-band parametric EQ) did.
> > >
> > > -ken
> > >
> >
> > Good prog music, nice voices, interesting mixture of styles on the
> album...
> > and profesional instrument sounds using free software...
> > Congratulations.
> >
>
> Glad you enjoyed it.
>
> > Was it recorded and mixed digitally/Ardour?
> >
>
> No, sadly, it was recorded and mixed on ProTools HD Mac.
>
> The keyboard parts were all Linux though, primarily Beatrix, Jconvolver,
> JACK-RACK, various LADSPA plugins, Fluidsynth, and Specimen. The track
> "Menager, I" has Beatrix all over it, in particular.
>
> My friend Bob is the guitarist, composer, producer, and BDFL. He doesn't
> sing; Matthew did the vocals.
>
> -ken
>

Ah, Ok. Your friend did a well job in several ways... and you, of course ;)

-- 
Carlos sanchiavedraz
* Musix GNU+Linux
  http://www.musix.es

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