not Cereal Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 last night was so weird. this is a totally true story. the even weirder thing is that things like this happen all the time to me. so yesterday i had a sick day, my last day off of vacation (back at work today - still sick - but).it was pretty miserable but i tried to be productive and worked on some new violin-string samples in my akai. it was difficult because i wasnt thinking very clear and it took about 9 hours of work to do about 4 hours of work. anyway so about 8pm i realize i am hungry as heck (hadn't eaten at all) and i had used up the last remaining food ingredients on "xmas tuna dinner" so i had one pack of ramen noodles and a lemon. off to the store to buy some taco ingredients! i bought a tomato, onion, sauce, flour shells, and 99% fat free ground beef (this fat free ground beef is amazing! you never drain the pan or anything like in the old days - i would have to drain the pan several times cooking ground beef back in the day but this new stuff is awesome.) so i cooks up some taco's and start feeling good. this is where it gets weird; i go back to work on the sampler (its like 10pm then) and this tune pops out of nowhere. so i am not thinking about anything at all, i am just watching myself make this tune. i watched myself play all the parts, i watched myself press all the buttons, fire up protools, hook up vox mikes, dial in guitar tones, everything. when it got time to put vocals down, i had no vocals, just a melody (that i had not written, it was just there somehow) so i picked up a pile of magazines, hit record, and sang whatever words my eyes gazed upon after randomly opening the magazine. then i harmonized them with 6 part harmonies. NOW I ASK YOU TO UNDERSTAND THIS, i did not do any of this. it wasnt me. i am so serious, its so weird and i dont understand it. i got this tune with 3 guitar tracks, 19 vocal tracks, synths out the wazzo, and i have no idea what key its in or even what notes i played. when i was done mixing the tune i looked at the clock, 6am. shit. i spent 8 hours on this thing, and i never did any of it. i listened back to it this morning and i couldnt remember doing any of it. i didnt do it. but i watched it happen. 8i was there, but i wasnt there. this has happened before, like when i am creating a new synth sound i can watch my fingers fly all over the keyboard changing lfo's osc's filters etc. no idea why i am doing what i am doing but getting whatever i am looking for. its almost like i was a musician in a previous life. i swear i aint makin' any of this up. its just so damn weird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brakka Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 You should send half of your royalties to God. Got a link to that tune? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not Cereal Posted December 28, 2002 Author Share Posted December 28, 2002 not yet. my machine is apparently down i cant access it from work right now. it probably got shut down when i ran protools (appletalk thing) and i didnt start the server up again. i dont know if its any good, i cant remember it. its just sooo weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_dog Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 :eek: holy crap myen stuff like that happens to me from time to time scary shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowbell Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 MARKDOG BANNED! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jotown Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 Most great songwriters will tell you that freqently the best things they write just kind of come through them. The best songwriting advice I ever got was: "Put your butt in the proper enviroment,(studio, woods, bedroom, whatever,) and get out of the way of yourself". Let it happen. Jotown:) "It's all good: Except when it's Great" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not Cereal Posted December 29, 2002 Author Share Posted December 29, 2002 just got home and played it. well it's a so-so average ho hum tune. you can suffer through this [url=http://24.116.43.40/stuff/crazysong.mp3]crazy tune[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtoledo3 Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 Nah, Coaster. It's just that that's how it should be. When you don't have to "think/deliberate" over it, it's just like tying your shoelaces or something. You hit the point where you don't have to think about the "mechanics" of what you're doing. Want mix/tracking feedback? Checkout "The Fade"- www.grand-designs.cc/mmforum/index.php The soon-to-be home of the "12 Bar-Blues Project" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wewus432 Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 That's was me you dumb shit. I use your body all the time when I'm asleep. I like my song. You did a good job, that's exactly what I was trying to play. I think I sound kind of like Alan Parsons project in parts of that song.I can make you do anything I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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