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Title: bassoon?
Post by: j.hall on June 30, 2006, 03:25:59 PM

man, this record i'm mixing right now has some of the craziest over dubs for a rock record.

the track i just pulled up has bassoon on it.  

i instantly, scoffed and said out loud (to myself mind you) GAY!

then the part comes up........it's pretty cool......a tiny bit of distortion later and i was loving it.

on this record i've had

toy piano
bassoon
accordian
banjo
radios

any body else ever work on something this adventerous?

Title: Re: bassoon?
Post by: craig boychuk on June 30, 2006, 09:49:17 PM

Well, I just recorded this strange sorta pop record, heavilly influenced by stuff like the Beach Boys, Van Dyke Parks, Zombies, Roberta Flack, other old R&B groups, and a bunch of jazz influences too...weird mix of stuff.

The main instruments were comprised of a bass/drums/keyboards trio, but there was also a woodwind quintet, a vocal quartet and a string quartet. Lots of fun! Close miking an oboe is really hard. The sound kinda half comes from where the keys are, with the rest of it coming from the top of the instrument...tricky to do with one mic. Most of the sound of the group came from room mics, but we had close mics as well just in case we needed to tweak the balance.

And, I even get to play on it! I'm doing some guitar and autoharp parts, and possibly some banjo. Fun fun!


-craig

Title: Re: bassoon?
Post by: ericswan on July 01, 2006, 01:33:26 AM

What's the difference between a oboe and a bassoon?







































A bassoon burns longer....

Title: Re: bassoon?
Post by: j.hall on July 02, 2006, 04:31:33 PM

HAHAHAHA

don't get me started on banjo.......

Title: Re: bassoon?
Post by: Iain Graham on July 02, 2006, 06:19:40 PM

Some of the instruments you talk about are bread and butter to me.

Could mic an accordian in my sleep.

And a banjo. I hate the banjo.

Not as much as highland bagpipes, but it's not far away.

Being staff engineer in a studio in Scotland, I see that stuff at least once every two weeks. Most of the rock guys go south unfortunatly. Starting as a rock engineer, it was tough to mover over to the trady stuff.

The experimental trad stuff is great though.

Uillean pipes, tabla, fiddle, and the rhythm section playing like Cinematic Orchestra works surprisngly well. The Earth, Wind & Fire brass makes it even better.

I would kill for a 4 piece indie rock band to record. Well, one that's decent anyways. The guys in last weekend sucked. Young and inexperienced.

Woops, rant done.

Check out "Wired" by Michael McGoldrick for the trad/table/E,W&F brass thing tho. Is very cool.

Title: Re: bassoon?
Post by: SPGrover on July 05, 2006, 04:17:33 AM

Banjos rule.  



That is all.

Title: Re: bassoon?
Post by: Iain Graham on July 05, 2006, 01:51:10 PM

For hitting a cows arse with?    

Title: Re: bassoon?
Post by: craig boychuk on July 06, 2006, 10:47:37 AM

For use as a makeshift bongo drum if you cut them pesky strings off.

Title: Re: bassoon?
Post by: ericswan on July 07, 2006, 01:19:41 AM

Definition of perfect pitch:

Throwing a banjo into a dumpster and having it land on an accordian.

Title: Re: bassoon?
Post by: drumsound on August 06, 2006, 08:01:42 PM

What's the difference between a banjo and a trampoline?  


















You take your shoes off when you jump on an trampoline.

Title: Re: bassoon?
Post by: Frob on August 08, 2006, 04:21:56 PM

i have only seen the ukulele sound good once in my life, that is when a Hawaiian was playing it. come on guys this stiff really is not all the far out, and nobody has said dulcimer, auto-harp, or one of those nice old wood reed organs.



and for the record, i have never heard a dulcimer sound good.

Title: Re: bassoon?
Post by: E-Train on August 09, 2006, 10:07:05 AM

Not quite as eclectic a list as that, but that chillbilly record I did had:

5-string banjo
6-string banjo (custom tuning)
accordion
pedal steel
cellos/fiddles
dirty-south rap by Scarface

All dancing around each other quite nicely, I might add, thanks to the great players.  Banjos and thug-rap happen to go together well, in this instance.  Oh, the irony...

-- EJ

Title: Re: bassoon?
Post by: E-Train on August 09, 2006, 10:10:46 AM

What is the difference between a banjo laying on the highway and a dead skunk laying on the highway?







Skid marks in front of the skunk.


But I still love the banjo.

Title: Re: bassoon?
Post by: el duderino on August 09, 2006, 11:28:13 AM

once back when i was interning there was some weird experimental jazz session that came in. one of the guys was a great musician and could play pretty much anything. So he had gotten into building weird instruments. The dude had what looked like someone's plumbing. It was a sort of baritone sax made out of PVC piping. there was that plus this really crazy guitar with springs. The "body" was basically a piece of metal that was like an outline of a normal guitar body. That had springs coming from it to the bridge and pickups to keep them in place, sort of. normal neck and tuners. The guy would play and bang and bend and got some really interesting sounds especially with his fx. definitely the oddest thing i've seen.

aside from someone beating the shit out of a piano while playing it.

I once dealt with a 9' marimba but that wasn't that weird. just a pain to put together after it got delivered.

Title: Re: bassoon?
Post by: Frob on August 09, 2006, 04:26:47 PM

my friends band onve used a marimba, so i said "yea ill road for you guys." two shows latter we all convinced that a marimba is not a road instrament.

Title: Re: bassoon?
Post by: Phil on August 09, 2006, 07:13:46 PM

Anybody remember Eugene Chadbourne, with his electric rake? Some years back, I cut several tunes for Eugene at my studio. He was fond of using a guy who always showed up for the sessions on his bicycle, and carrying a khaki duffle bag stuffed with a two-octave Casio and an assortment of noise makers and toys.

He was an unassuming kind of guy who would confer quietly with Eugene, then go into the booth and slip on the headphones. As soon as the track rolled, he would go absolutely insane. He would scream, screech, warble and wail through his repertoire of vocal sounds, while his hands tore into the canvas bag for anything that could be coaxed into making a sound -- any sound.

Once he was laying down a Casio track when he discovered it was out of tune with the rest of the umm, instruments. He held a chord, and adjusted the tuning while the track played. I reached for the STOP button, and noticed Eugene was going nuts. "No! Leave it in there...it's GREAT!"

Eugene did so enjoy his music. Haven't seen him in a while, so I guess he still does.

Title: Re: bassoon?
Post by: minister on August 15, 2006, 03:09:26 AM

j.hall wrote on Fri, 30 June 2006 14:25

then the part comes up........it's pretty cool......a tiny bit of distortion later and i was loving it. on this record i've had toy piano bassoon accordian banjo radios any body else ever work on something this adventerous?

i played in a band in the early 90's that did stuff like this...

done right, it's awesome.

not done right, it's GAY.  as in OVATION guitar gay.