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Put on your dancing shoes grandma (and stop taking music so seriously)!
“I Was There...” was inspired by a T-shirt I remember seeing an American tourist wearing in Italy back in 2006 that read ‘I Survived Hurricane Katrina’. Whether that was in poor taste or not I don’t know, but I thought there was something in bearing witness to events beyond your control. I took that idea, added a 1984 vibe and out came the song (well, a demo anyway). I actually think the lyrics are pretty cool.
The music came out of bass line that I couldn’t get out of my head for most of 2010. I think I played it all year and tried maybe 10 different styles of music to wrap around it. Ultimately I settled on some kind of Frankenstein, lo-fi trashy disco sound. Why? I have no idea. All I know is that you can't take music so seriously.
As is so often the case, I originally intended this track to be a demo but found that I liked the end result too much. I love lo-fi scratchy recordings. Sure, you can hear sounds saturate, levels change and so on, but in the end I always go for feel not polish. In this case it felt right. I think you will agree that it is a really strange mix. You really have to concentrate to pick up all the sounds.
As usual I tried to layer the guitars. I think there are 4 or possibly 5 guitars dueling at various points which probably adds to the lo-fi murky sound. Also, not being a keyboard player I tried to do my best Stevie Wonder / Ray Charles electric piano workout (approx 2:09). It works as long as you are not really paying close attention. There are also some keyboard horns to add some synthetic cheese to the proceedings.
Oh yeah! I accidentally deleted the count-in for the track. So, you can hear me stumble a little with the funky guitar intro (I had to estimate when the track is going to begin).
Noisy, shambolic and rough sounding. Call me crazy but I like it.
I hope you enjoy.
LYRICS...
I was there when they cut my hair - I was there
I was there when they stripped me bare - I was there
I was there when the cities flared - I was there
I was there when the darkness dared - I was there
I was there, I was there...
I was there
I was there, I was there...
I was there
I was there when the children were scared - I was there
I was there when the world didn't care - I was there
I was there when they broke my bones - I was there
I was there and didn't fare - I was there
I was there, I was there...
I was there
I was there, I was there...
I was there
I Was There... by The East Village Vampire is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
"I Was There... (The Frankenstein Disco Demo)"
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- spookytuesday
- Amy Fear
Amy Fear at 0.51 on November 08, 2012 00:51
It's got that groove and energy of Talking Heads Stop Making Sense era live performances.
- The East Village Vampire
- The East Village Vampire
The East Village Vampire at 1.13 on November 07, 2012 22:33
@spanishlilies: Greatly appreciate it. Thanks for listening.
- spanishlilies
spanishlilies at 1.13 on November 07, 2012 17:06
My god , what a riff you got going on here, It's a unique sound you have going on. This is so tight and cool.
- Bakkeno
- MyUko Official
- Jaidog04
Jaidog04 at 3.51 on October 19, 2012 11:02
Such a cool vibe throughout this track man. Love the layering. Just a really fun song! :)
- Electrified Rails
Electrified Rails at 0.34 on October 18, 2012 12:31
Superb groove, love the ryhtmn guitar and bass !
- Gregonovitch
Gregonovitch at 0.23 on October 18, 2012 09:20
You had me from the first guitar groove. Great sound.
- LegalInstrumentals
- Johnny Betancor
- The East Village Vampire
The East Village Vampire at 0.36 on September 10, 2012 23:28
@Commonwealthgirrl: Again, thank you for all the kind feedback.
- Commonwealthgirrl
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- The Sweet Disorder
The Sweet Disorder at 0.52 on September 02, 2012 18:15
Excellent man - I go to Spain and you've managed to write a disco classic!! I'm getting some of the warriors theme song in the intro which I'm loving. You can literally turn your hand to any form of music. Simply great ;-)
- Sankalp Bajpai
Sankalp Bajpai on September 01, 2012 21:35
Oh yeahhhh..Vamp..you did it again..!!!
Wicked sound....and I love the work with the guitar there...
with this song...sure as hell I can say...
Disco aint Dead..!!!! - The East Village Vampire
The East Village Vampire at 2.04 on August 31, 2012 01:54
@J. Martin Recordings: Thanks my friend, we are 100% on the same wave length. That said, people get really annoyed when I do different things. For instance I did an electro track and started getting emails to go back to what they expected of me (they hadn't even listened to the track). It is good to shake things up.
- J. Martin Recordings
J. Martin Recordings at 2.04 on August 31, 2012 01:34
I agree that we as musicians shouldn't always take music so seriously. Many artists in the last 20 years or so have been so self conscious of themselves until everything thing they write and perform sounds so contrived and forced. It is good to not be neurotic and just let loose and jam, let it flow. And I can really appreciate how natural your tracks sound because I also work alone most of the time and it is a challenge to form and build something that sounds like a band all by yourself. So well done on this funky track, thanks for sharing!
- The East Village Vampire
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The East Village Vampire at 2.08 on August 28, 2012 23:42
@andsmith: Thanks man. So funny. I actually thought people would laugh at me for posting this one. Goes to show that I know nothing about music. As always a big thank you.
- andsmith
andsmith at 2.08 on August 28, 2012 14:36
WOW, THIS IS AWESOME . HOW DID I MISS THIS. ONE OF MY FAVORITES. THIS REALLY HAS A GROOVE THING GOING ON. LIKE A BAND PRODUCTION. LOVE THE PIANO. AWESOME!!!!!!
- Redvers West-Boyle
- Alanjwo
- Rock Flexible
- Jaidog04
Jaidog04 on August 24, 2012 08:07
Love the crazy keys in there, nice fuzz tones assets sounds really awesome
- Jaidog04
- The East Village Vampire
The East Village Vampire at 1.51 on August 24, 2012 00:54
@Near Earth Object.: It is great to be on SC and literally see a positive comment comethrough in real time. Thanks so much for listening and thanks even more for liking. Means a lot.
- The East Village Vampire
The East Village Vampire at 1.43 on August 24, 2012 00:54
@JamesNugent: Hey! Nothing better than hearing that you enjoy my music. Dance away my friend.
- Near Earth Object.
Near Earth Object. at 1.51 on August 24, 2012 00:51
I was there to dig on the fat raunchy guitar action and that kick ass vocal mix, damn and those keys!....rock on!
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