"Penguin" & other songs by illwobble
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kapoo:
still loving it illwobble great tune. I think I like the faster one of the two, though you started nailing the melody there for a while in the slower one all good, as they say.
Thanks again for the input Kapoo!
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The track is coming along. Here's the latest take:
Me and Magnus have begun work on a couple of sketchy ideas for songs, plus a cover of Macca's Hope of Deliverance, aiming towards how I think this song - which has such beautiful lyrics - should sound, although nowhere near achieving it yet I'm afraid... -
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illwobble:
The track is coming along. Here's the latest take:
Me and Magnus have begun work on a couple of sketchy ideas for songs, plus a cover of Macca's Hope of Deliverance, aiming towards how I think this song - which has such beautiful lyrics - should sound, although nowhere near achieving it yet I'm afraid...always a pleasure listening in illwobble, good stuff. gradually inching towards Penquin perfection you have it pretty well nailed down. can you guys double track vocals and guitars on top of each other, just curious? I totally could hear that song on a commercial or something. call Steve Jobs, he uses stuff like that!
Thanks again Kapoo. Can't wait to hear your cover too! Hadn't thought of double-tracking, so no idea really. You can double-track your cover!! What is this commercial thing?? I just don't get it but it's freaky because a friend who listened to it said pretty much the same thing independently. Very confused!
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kapoo:
Regarding the cover, you have to give me some time on that one. Right now I?m out of the recording business. I?ve had the screws put on my career. My Flip camera broke but I need to learn Penguin, this is true. Once that happens I?ll figure something out. Regarding the commercial comment, its got a memorable, advertisement-like jingle quality to it I?d say.. that?s funny someone else said that too! like the song creates a very defined ambiance or something, and that ambiance is really inviting. I swear Apple has used songs in that musical vein before in TV commercials. Unaffected vocal / guitar accompaniment, simple yet beautiful melody. I noticed you whistle the solo in it. You do a nice job on the whistle, and its one of the rare cases I think a whistle might actually work in a song, in general. Usually don?t care for it, but it sort of ads to that warm inviting vibe the song has going for it. Here?s a song of mine that I go whistle on, but I only whistled that cause I had no means to double track a guitar solo.
I always start good whistling, but then lose it after a while..I was in no way seriously putting pressure on you to cover my song, Kapoo, so do not feel you need to make excuses. It would be pretty awesome though! Especially if it was before I'd recorded my own definitive version! My whistle is probably my best instrument really. I can sing ok, and can manage a bit of piano or trumpet if I practice a lot, but whistling I can do a lot more. I always whistle along with Dance Tonight and End of the End when I listen to MAF. I might even say I'm better that Paul in that dept, if I dropped my British modesty entirely for a moment!! I really like that song of yours. Very nice work on that one. All your own work? Like the "lunar sea / lunacy" word-play a lot. I'm guessing that was your starting point when you wrote it?
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kapoo:
I hear you, thanks illwobble, no pressure at all. I just wanted you to know my situation as far as being able to record music also. I would like to play that one, its got a nice acoustic guitar feel. Magnus plays it really well, don?t know if I even could do it exactly like he does. But I?d work something out. Its along the same lines as my fascination where I had to learn ?My Baby?s Request? by Paul. Its just a song that sits right. Hum?s cool, thanks for listening. Did you hear how I flubbed the whistle? I had the chords and progression of it first, and then initially had a straight (and very boring) love song lyric to it. the song was basically called ?If You Only Knew?, as the hook line in both verses initially was endeared you in my heart, if you only knew. Initially it started I finally got it right this time with you, a feeling that is so sublime its true.. was so lame so I re-wrote the lyrics trying to use outerspace themes, but yet keep it a love song. And I just worked in references to the sky and moon and lunar seas. I changed the rhyme scheme in the second verse to accommodate the_lunacy_ rhyme to end it, and almost wanted to call the song ?Lunacy? (probably should have).. but to me it was all about the vibe of hearing the Hum of stars. and I arranged it up so that line would end the song! I did such a crap version there, need to re-do it for sure. I think audi was talking about doing some work on top of my track, that will be so much better than my piece of crap version. Audi?s got skills. A lot of people on this board who have skills part of the reason I like it here so much ! that and McCartney
It was only on my 4th listen that I was able to hear any whistle flubbing. I was just enjoying it. It's nice. I was already wondering whether 'lunacy' would be a better title, but not sure actually. It maybe sounds a bit odd. It's certainly not a piece of crap version - that's way harsh. On the other hand, wouldn't it be cool if you could get Nigel Godrich to produce it with ethereal orchestration and strings and stuff...
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kapoo:
illwobble:
On the other hand, wouldn't it be cool if you could get Nigel Godrich to produce it with ethereal orchestration and strings and stuff...
you're a funny man. you know what band I'd ideally love this song for? Maroon 5. I think they could really do it in their loud, sparse, funky style. big 1's and 3's, in terms of the count. and I think Adam Levine could kill the vocal. wonder who produced their album Songs About Jane? now I'll need to look that one up... these are the things I daydream about truth is if Nigel Godrich wanted to have a go at it I'd be game however if he happens to read this forum he probably dislikes me with a passion
I bet the guy has a dart board in his bedroom with your face on it!
kapoo:
so btw, how did you guys record penguin, do you have a mac, mix board, etc? what app?
No, nothing fancy at all. Just a little digital recorder (of Magnus's - not sure of the specs) and Audacity on my computer. Could do something a bit more fancy next, but no need so far.
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Snorckle:
I LOVE PENGUINS!!!!
Awwww me too!!
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Wrote a few songs on holiday last week in South Wales. Here's rough demos of three of them:
Oh, and here once again is the latest take of Penguin (unchanged - link for your convenience only!) -
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kapoo:
Whassup illwobble! Not bad man, you are hilarious with your style going on there. Flaunted Vice sounds like it should be used in a Farrelly brothers comedy! Hey, how awesome would it be to have a tune used in a movie!? I think it?d be sweet, and that song seriously be considered! its got that same singers story telling voice. Crazy how you came up with the theme too. Great job writing to that line. Especially as yours is a story telling lyric, rather than a sort of abstract, stream of consciousness thing. Yours is actually well thought out. Grasshopper was a fun listen also, I see a similar theme to that of Penguin, contrasting our lives with the life of an animal or creature. Nice tune, Penguin?s the A-side of that 'all nature' single IMO. And I need to check out the 3rd song still. an Homage to Mr. Harrison? you go quiet for a few days, and come back with 3 new songs! I like it! personally I hope thats what our friend audi is doing too that guys gone really quiet. he must be working on his 'Sgt Pepper'
KPU man, what are you on? My Penguin song in a TV ad? Flaunted Vice in a movie? Can't even begin to understand how either of those even remotely fit, but there you go... Thanks for your interest once again. I really appreciate all your comments. There are demos of a further 2 songs to be put up soon once they're edited too. It was a productive week's holiday. Doubt I'll manage that level of output again for a while!! PS There Goes The Sun won't take you long to listen to: it's only just over a minute long!
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kapoo:
illwobble:
KPU man, what are you on?
kapoo:
just listened twice, I like the tune, well done. clever lyrics, working around some of the 'Here Comes The Sun' lines. and I like the last chord ending. I like 'cliff hanger' song endings. however on this song, I think you should speed it up a little. I think the melody would work well as a more uptempo song. however that would shorten it even more, so possibly not. would work if you rearranged it though, maybe add a verse or just repeat one of the ones you have. either way though nice tune. just throwing out an idea for ya
Yeah thanks, good idea to speed it up a little. Not sure it being shorter is even a problem. Why not have a song shorter than a minute? Gives it a unique selling point! There are PLENTY of 3-4 minute songs already, and people have shorter and shorter attention spans!!
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