Archive for May, 2008

And Here Comes the Ice Pick in the Forehead!

May 28, 2008
By Mick
And Here Comes the Ice Pick in the Forehead!

This was a very productive evening, following a bit of research over the last few days, I have written and recorded the basic backing parts for a whole new song. It is an upbeat, almost 50′s style, song about the antics of neurologist Walter Freeman. He came up with the idea of the transorbital...
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The Bell Curve

May 27, 2008
By Mick
The Bell Curve

Another set of backing tracks have been completed, this time for a short spoken-word piece by Sean, called “The Bell Curve“. It is a very laid-back track, starting with an atmospheric build up of synth textures which give way to a gentle string-based backing. This was the first time I’ve extensively used my ‘new’...
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Dum Dum

May 21, 2008
By Mick

I’m progressing well with the base tracks I’m putting together, but took a little detour tonight. Shortly after we recorded ‘The Unofficial National Anthem’, Sean wrote a song called ‘PKD dum dum‘, which had a set of pretty complex chords. Not unplayable, but certainly hard to commit to memory. I’ve been sitting on it...
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Busy Busy

May 19, 2008
By Mick
Busy Busy

Collaborations It’s been a hectic month or two, mostly due to the day job, but there has been a little progress on various musical fronts. Non-Lunacy Board collaborations are ticking over very slowly. One is a duo with an electronic musician from Manchester – so far I have a handful of his pieces that...
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