total-recoil
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I have somehow discovered my own particular sound in music and quite pleased with the results. Basically, I'm experimenting with the hippy sixties sound of 1967 - 69. To give you an idea of the kind of thing I'm doing, check out the link below and have a listen (this is not me by the way although I have just made a track that sounds pretty similar):
Feeling and sound - The Heaven Blues - 60's French Hammond organ Funk - YouTube
P.S. I'm not quite as good on percussion organ as this but getting closer the more I listen to other musicians.
This sort of music makes heavy use of the Hammond Organ. In the last sixties, groups such as Beatles, Stones and Santana all used it. In fact, recently I heard George Harrison wrote his song Blue Jay Way on a Hammond. Some bands were combining lead guitar with Hammond lead so to get as close as I can to this sound I synthesised percussion organ with Rock organ, fed in some sustain and played fast. Great sound as well. I was playing it to people and they said, "This is like sixties stuff!"
Really it's quite fascinating to use a synth and do music that was done back then in the late sixties when music was far more creative than today. On my latest track, I got this pretty choppy piano riff and used this as background. I then tried blending a sort of eighties synth bass, added some snappy percussion and then hit the hammond lead. Managed to get a catchy song using the rock organ but was stuck on part B of the track (a transition to something that sounds the same but is different).
To tell the truth it's cool to approach music with a totally free outlook and not be constrained by copying material that is supposed to be "in". I did try doing mainstream club-dance music but just don't like it.
I will leave this now with what I always believed was about the best song ever done because the harmony is so good and it flows so well. Kind of a different sound here but Brian Wilson used a lot of clever techniques and especially overdubbing.
The Beach Boys - God only knows - YouTube
Feeling and sound - The Heaven Blues - 60's French Hammond organ Funk - YouTube
P.S. I'm not quite as good on percussion organ as this but getting closer the more I listen to other musicians.
This sort of music makes heavy use of the Hammond Organ. In the last sixties, groups such as Beatles, Stones and Santana all used it. In fact, recently I heard George Harrison wrote his song Blue Jay Way on a Hammond. Some bands were combining lead guitar with Hammond lead so to get as close as I can to this sound I synthesised percussion organ with Rock organ, fed in some sustain and played fast. Great sound as well. I was playing it to people and they said, "This is like sixties stuff!"
Really it's quite fascinating to use a synth and do music that was done back then in the late sixties when music was far more creative than today. On my latest track, I got this pretty choppy piano riff and used this as background. I then tried blending a sort of eighties synth bass, added some snappy percussion and then hit the hammond lead. Managed to get a catchy song using the rock organ but was stuck on part B of the track (a transition to something that sounds the same but is different).
To tell the truth it's cool to approach music with a totally free outlook and not be constrained by copying material that is supposed to be "in". I did try doing mainstream club-dance music but just don't like it.
I will leave this now with what I always believed was about the best song ever done because the harmony is so good and it flows so well. Kind of a different sound here but Brian Wilson used a lot of clever techniques and especially overdubbing.
The Beach Boys - God only knows - YouTube
