jOE dEVINE dot com » My Music http://www.joedevine.com the media and musings of jOE dEVINE Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:03:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Parker’s Second Record – “What’s Your Name Again?” http://www.joedevine.com/family/parkers-second-record-whats-your-name-again/ http://www.joedevine.com/family/parkers-second-record-whats-your-name-again/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:07:06 +0000 joedevine http://www.joedevine.com/?p=237 I originally wrote this in first person for Parker to sing, but she’s not quite up to this level of verbalization.  So she makes a cameo, and I do the tune in third person.

True.

What’s My Name Again (remix)?.mp3

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I guess it doesn’t help that her favorite song is “Insane In The Membrane” by Cypress Hill.  Daddy’s fault.

Anywho, here’s a “chill out” (listen on headphones, repetitive themes that sloooooow yooooou doooooown) tune I whipped up from some of her freestyle riffs in my studio.  It’s repetitive yes, but hey, I had little to work with ;)

Get a glass of wine and put on the headphones and chill out for three and half minutes.  Not bad for a five year old.

Spring.mp3

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Cigarette Away.mp3

]]> http://www.joedevine.com/music/my-music/cigarette-away-2/feed/ 0 It’s a bit politically insensitive…but…funny http://www.joedevine.com/music/my-music/my-songwriting-demos/its-a-bit-politically-insensitivebutfunny/ http://www.joedevine.com/music/my-music/my-songwriting-demos/its-a-bit-politically-insensitivebutfunny/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:52:26 +0000 joedevine http://www.joedevine.com/?p=180 So I wrote a little chord progression for a song, and my boys Ben Smith and Matt Parmenter decided to make it happen one night.  They just slapped some stuff on top of my riff and this is the result.

I laughed my ass off when I heard this.  No, it’s not PC.  So what?  It was pretty funny considering all they had was the piano track.  I am not sure, but that may be me playing the drums..

Enjoy “Shake for Me” ’cause I know I did.

Shake For Me.mp3

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Now – I am starting to work on music with these guys and I got to tell you it’s a blast.  Both are very talented musicians in their own right, and I’ve been lucky enough to get to remix some of their stuff.

Matt plays bass in a great Austin banned called Quiet Company – they also have a myspace page.

Matt and Ben both also play with James Kinney, a local Austin musician.  I am going to see them at Speakeasy on April 30th, time permitting.

This song is fully realized on Ben’s myspace page, but here’s the acoustic version I whipped up last week.  Just Ben and his guitar.  His vocals and songwriting talent really shine on  this one.

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I added a little instrumentation and remixed this years-old Acid track in Logic Pro.  Used the opportunity to learn about FX automation (note the vocal delays) – so it was a good learning experience. 

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This was an experiment I did last weekend.  Jon Mellen and I modified the lyrics and music to one of his tunes, just coming up with a verse and a chorus.  We then recorded it over a piano and a click.

I then used Logic 8 and an assortment of plugins and virtual instruments to test a full production.  Turned out ok, considering it’s the first time doing this on the Mac and with Logic.

I did get to use some cool tools while doing this, including:

  • Softube’s Amp Room (on rhythm guitars) and Acoustic Feedback (on the lead guitar)
  • Steinberg’s Virtual Guitarist 2 (acoustic guitars)

If we were going to finish this, we’d obviously write a couple of more verses, but you get the idea.  Repetitive, but hey, it was a test project.

]]> http://www.joedevine.com/music/my-music/production-work-with-logic-jon-mellens-how-do-i-get-through/feed/ 0 Comping Old Tunes With Megan Fong http://www.joedevine.com/music/my-music/my-songwriting-demos/comping-old-tunes-with-megan-fong/ http://www.joedevine.com/music/my-music/my-songwriting-demos/comping-old-tunes-with-megan-fong/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:44:49 +0000 joedevine http://www.joedevine.com/music/my-music/my-songwriting-demos/comping-old-tunes-with-megan-fong/ The Voices.mp3

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Megan and I worked on some more tunes last night.  Other than a misdirected mic (don’t ask!), no more tech woes.  This is a song I wrote about fifteen years ago.  Megan picked it up and comped on the keys while she sang.  With a little work I think we’ll have a pretty nice track. 

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After we got over some of our technical issues, we recorded this through a Neumann TLM 103 into a DBX 586 tube pre (not my favorite pre, I am going to get an Avalon soon I hope).  One mic, ambient, just a songwriter and her craft. Next time I capture this talented singer I will do a much better job (probably a different mic) but one can still hear the potential on this track.  She’s awesome.  

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A little techno-house something something I did.  Can’t remember when.

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