This song was inspired by the printing on the side of a grocery bag from an Asian grocery store.
Check it out:
The lyrics are taken entirely from the text on the bag. Also, for some reason I tried to make the piece sound a bit like a theme from a TV show (from the days when TV shows had songs that introduced them) so it’s short. Of course, due to my stunted imagination, most of my songs are short, so it’s not like I really needed to make excuses.
While being short is not rare, me singing *is* rare. Most of the singing is heavily processed so I felt OK doing it. All the spoken parts are NOT me. They’ve all been synthesized from various web sources all of which I’ve forgotten.
Other than my voice the only other real instrument is my guitars. Everything else was done on the computer.
Elephant Family was recorded entirely in Cakewalk Sonar. The guitar was recorded through a Digitech GNX2 processor.
Happy Listening: Elephant Family
Suzie | 24-Jul-07 at 6:42 am | Permalink
LOVE IT! Love the way it starts out almost Beatles-esque and ends up sounding almost like a dead cat.
The really cool part is that regardless of how far out it goes, you can always hear the structure lurking below the surface.
Brian | 25-Sep-07 at 12:00 am | Permalink
Checking out the site after your post to my Pownce note. I like the way you get inspired by everyday events. Keep it up! (Even if it is only once a month
dave | 25-Sep-07 at 7:23 pm | Permalink
Thanks for the comments Brian! I’ve been enjoying your podcast as well