Hey hey,
even though Csound played a small part in this track, I wanted to share it:
I took the guiro model from Csound and generated a few samples with slightly different settings. The other element is the heavily flanged cymbals. There are two cymals and a total of four samples with lots of processing. In the end I had to lower them in the mix more than I really wanted to, because that sound in particular was important to me. So thanks Csound for enabling me to create it just right.
If anyone is interested the lyrics are below, it's a very positive, upbeat idea, told in two small episodes.
Best wishes and have a nice Sunday,
Jeanette
*** Lyrics ***
On a rainy day,
She ducks into a bookstore.
Out of courtesy
She buys a book on Ewe folklore.
Next thing you know
She's gonna go
And learn the lingo.
Not practical, but logical who cares
She's on sabbatical.
Eight years later she's mistress of the kidi
She's found her home in the band.
Nice. Thanks for sharing. A very complex and genre-defining song. Cool. Reminding me some of early Genesis I am always encouraging my students to find ways of using Csound in their treacle, songs, games, production work as you are doing and sharing here. Thanks for all your inspiring work.
Dr. Richard Boulanger
Professor
Electronic Production and Design
Berklee College of Music
Hello you three,
many thanks for your warm hearted reception. Even knowing - and liking - the early Genesis, I never saw that. Perhaps too focused on my own particular influences. Although I thought there's a bit of Roxanne, the the chord at the end of the verses and chorus. It might be written as a b flat minor 7 11.
I forgot one other Csound texture, in the first bridge between verse and chorus, based on white noise with some waveguide and more comb filtering for that unearthly, slippery feeling.
I am always encouraging my students to find ways of using Csound in their treacle, songs, games, production work as you are doing and sharing here. Thanks for all your inspiring work.