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The Sky’s Pavane

I think everyone secretly wants to be a

Lisa Hannigan . She is the quiet, beautiful, tiny & ethereal singer who does did backing vocals for Damien Rice. Sometimes she sings so softly she’s like a cloud. I admire her, her former complicity with Mr. Rice and the lovely things they do did, but I am no Lisa Hannigan.

The good news is- more people are listening! Check this out- yup more people outside listening to me. Conscious this time. Unfortunately, they started urinating near my Volvo and I called the non-emergency police when they solicited money from me as I was taking a break from music to change the laundry. Honestly, shouldn’t they have been paying me?

My new song, The Sky’s Pavane was very difficult to execute. I was messing around with the warping functions of Ableton Live which only took me nine months to figure out! If you are unfamiliar with this program, it is the one that Blake Lewis, American Idol 2007 runner-up and beat-boxer of the masses, gave a shout-out to when asked where he came up with his original interpretation of “You Give Love a Bad Name” by Bon Jovi. Ableton is a great program although I have never tried to arrange a Bon Jovi cover on it. But I did do the Pavane at the top of the post, employing a few cool free loops from looperman’s excellent website, some analog drum kits and original midi lines for cello & piano. A Pavane is an old Italian dance from days gone by. I continue to struggle with mastering and compression, but it’s getting better, I think.

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