Archived entries for Virgo

  • January 1, 2010
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Tinkly Virgo Opening


One of the challenges of the Zodiacrobatic project is to find ways to make the melodies more interesting than simply repeating them over and over and over again. I spent some time on Virgo today and came up with this little opening bit. Erik will actually begin Virgo by playing the doumbek, then I’ll add the background ostinato, and finally the framework of the accompaniment.

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  • November 28, 2009
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The Virgo Vibe


Some months ago, when Erik and I were sketching out a basic framework for Zodiacrobatic we kind of drew a blank on what exactly we wanted to do with the Virgo melody and how we wanted the track to sound. Last month, though, Erik hit the nail on the head with this beat layer. Though we had a basic idea for the instrumentation of each melody, when I heard Erik’s beat I immediately thought that a languid, straight-tone, upper register tenor sax would fit perfectly. Here are a couple repetitions of the vibe I imagined:

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  • October 31, 2009
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Virgo Beat

I am currently going through all the Zodiac melodies that I think should have sequenced beat tracks. In performance I will be using my turntables + Final Scratch, and my foot controller board to control samples and effects in Ableton. Yet I am still far more comfortable making beats in Reason, since Ableton is still fairly new to me. So at this stage I want to go ahead and use Reason to compose all the beat tracks I know I am going to need, then import the audio into Ableton and spend the next 2 and 1/2 months immersing myself in exactly what I’m going to be doing live. I’m hoping to finish all the beat tracks before Brian gets back from tour in the later half of November. Much of the remainder of the composition will be determined in rehearsal together, I imagine. Here’s my first go at a beat for Virgo, incorporating the notated accompaniment:

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In the beginning will play doumbek drum along with this beat (which also uses sampled doumbek). The melody will first be played on alto recorder. That’s all I know at this point.

Any suggestions?

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