Topic: I Was A 16 Year-Old Girl's Session Musician (Read 3392 times)

Johnny C · « **on:** 07 Oct 2010, 00:32 »

http://gravitykillschildren.bandcamp.com/

Emmelia, who's from a town of about 500 people in rural Saskatchewan, contacted Urban Planning with a four-song demo and we brought her into town and played the record over the course of two days. It was super ramshackle but we basically tried to add as much to this girl's songs as possible. The result sounds like a less precious Arcade Fire, maybe?

I'm on drums on every track except "See," in which I literally play the sink. I also did a handful of guitar overdubs (basically the gnarliest sounding guitar) and I think I did the keyboard overdub on the last track? But this ain't about me, it's about Emmelia's awesome pop songs.

Johnny C · « **Reply #1 on:** 07 Oct 2010, 00:34 »

Oh, and the rest of the backing band was comprised of my other band, Architects & Builders.

KvP · « **Reply #2 on:** 07 Oct 2010, 00:38 »

Pretty good!

squawk · « **Reply #3 on:** 07 Oct 2010, 00:51 »

Sick shit. Now I don't feel as special.

How to remedy this: befriend the girl!

KvP · « **Reply #4 on:** 07 Oct 2010, 00:55 »

(I think you're awesomer, tbh)

squawk · « **Reply #5 on:** 07 Oct 2010, 00:56 »

that's not the point i really like her voice it is good stuff.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #6 on:** 07 Oct 2010, 01:01 »

Pretty nice music for car adverts or a romantic comedy for middle aged women maybe.

KvP · « **Reply #7 on:** 07 Oct 2010, 01:06 »

Oh it's going to be one of those threads, is it

KharBevNor · « **Reply #8 on:** 07 Oct 2010, 01:08 »

What I was just giving some helpful hints as to how I think the music could be marketed. You can make a lot of money from putting songs in adverts, jeez.

scarred · « **Reply #9 on:** 07 Oct 2010, 01:11 »

Quote from: KvP on 07 Oct 2010, 01:06

Oh it's going to be one of those threads, is it

I was going to listen to this but then it cost money to download so I was like pff fuck that

thelightguy · « **Reply #10 on:** 15 Oct 2010, 20:59 »

Reverrrbbbbbbbbbbb! Holy shit that's a lot of mud.

No complaints about the drumming, but I universally hate what the engineer did with the mix. What could have been some OK springsteen-esque riffs are just buried, one on top of another with no definition between the instruments.

Also, her voice has too much presence in the mix.

E: Okay so yeah this came across an more of an assholish thing than I intended. v

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Johnny C · « **Reply #11 on:** 16 Oct 2010, 22:48 »

i honestly don't like where her voice is in the mix BUT there you have it

winli · « **Reply #12 on:** 01 Nov 2010, 00:08 »

What I was just giving some helpful hints as to how I think the music could be marketed. ugg boots bailey buttonYou can make a lot of money from putting songs in adverts, jeez.

JD · « **Reply #13 on:** 01 Nov 2010, 00:14 »

Is that a bot trying to give constructive criticism?

squawk · « **Reply #14 on:** 01 Nov 2010, 00:16 »

a bot with a 'tude, no less
what is that "jeez"???

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