Popdose: Into the Ear of Madness, Week 42 (oops, 32) — Feel the Neil | Popdose
DwDunphy
· 10 months ago
Vent! Vent for our pleasure! Muuwh-waah-haah-haaah!
Eric S.
· 10 months ago
That opening to "Carmelita's Eyes" sounds like a note for note ripoff of his St. Elmo's Fire theme. Not that we expect originality from this guy, but at least pretend you've had an original idea. For instance, note the inventiveness in this Foster story about "Tears Are Not Enough" (courtesy of f Jim Vallance):
After completing the vocal session in Toronto, David and I flew back to Vancouver and booked time at Pinewood Studios and Little Mountain Sound where more musicians were added to the track, including Loverboy's Doug Johnson and Paul Dean, who contributed keyboards and guitar.
Steven Denroche, a member of the Vancouver Symphony, played French Horn. Like the session in Toronto, there was a film crew present, collecting footage for a planned documentary and music video.
It took less than 15 minutes for Steven to record his French Horn part. When he was done, David thought it would sound good if the part was doubled.
David asked Steven to play a single note on his horn, and hold it for about 10 seconds. David recorded the note into his "Emulator", after which he was able to play a perfect French Horn sound on the keyboard.
Using the Emulator, David quickly doubled the "real" French Horn with the "sampled" sound. He thanked Steven for donating his time, and sent him on his way.
A few weeks later I dropped in to the film suite in Toronto to view a rough cut of the documentary, and I found David overseeing the editing.
When it got to the French Horn part I noticed they'd deleted most of the footage of Steven playing, but had kept the part where David records Steven's long note and doubles the real horn.
In the finished film it appears as if Steven contributed nothing more than a single note, with David doing all the rest. I told David I thought it was cruel to fabricate a scene at Steven's expense, particularly after Steven had donated his time to the project. David thought the humour of the "one note" French Horn performance outweighed any concerns over humiliating the musician, and he left it in.
As newspaper magnate William Randolph Heart once said, "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story".
hagen
· 10 months ago
Where'd Terje go? Who is this bitter fellow with foul words to say about The Foss? And how can I convince him to continue?
Sharon
· 10 months ago
I do believe Terje is starting to crack, or rather, he has cracked. When will the madness stop?!
Sharon
· 10 months ago
Interestingly (or not), Foster and Will.I.am collaborated on a song to be debuted on Oprah's Inauguration show (Mon) in DC next week. It was apparently written specifically for the special occasion, which will be part of a "one-time only Music Extravaganza". I'm hoping the Fozz created something other than one of the 3 styles Terje so eloquently wrote about last week. But I doubt it. The occasion calls for something grand (who better than Foster). If I'm not mistaken, Mary J Blige will be doing the major vocals, but Charice is also rumored to be at that show too.
Sharon
· 10 months ago
And because I know you haven't had enough Foster...here's a link to Oprah's site which shows the video from the show and some behind the scenes shots etc. of the "America's Song" Foster & Will.I.Am put together (sung by Will.I.Am, Faith Hill, Seal, Bono and Mary J Blige) last week for today's show. And if you act now, you can download the song (mp3) for free until 1/20-Tues 5 pm ET. woohoo! enjoy... [Videos] http://itsanewday.dipdive.com/#/~/videoplayer/0... [MP3] http://media.oprah.com/video/200901/tows/200901...
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After completing the vocal session in Toronto, David and I flew back to Vancouver and booked time at Pinewood Studios and Little Mountain Sound where more musicians were added to the track, including Loverboy's Doug Johnson and Paul Dean, who contributed keyboards and guitar.
Steven Denroche, a member of the Vancouver Symphony, played French Horn. Like the session in Toronto, there was a film crew present, collecting footage for a planned documentary and music video.
It took less than 15 minutes for Steven to record his French Horn part. When he was done, David thought it would sound good if the part was doubled.
David asked Steven to play a single note on his horn, and hold it for about 10 seconds. David recorded the note into his "Emulator", after which he was able to play a perfect French Horn sound on the keyboard.
Using the Emulator, David quickly doubled the "real" French Horn with the "sampled" sound. He thanked Steven for donating his time, and sent him on his way.
A few weeks later I dropped in to the film suite in Toronto to view a rough cut of the documentary, and I found David overseeing the editing.
When it got to the French Horn part I noticed they'd deleted most of the footage of Steven playing, but had kept the part where David records Steven's long note and doubles the real horn.
In the finished film it appears as if Steven contributed nothing more than a single note, with David doing all the rest. I told David I thought it was cruel to fabricate a scene at Steven's expense, particularly after Steven had donated his time to the project. David thought the humour of the "one note" French Horn performance outweighed any concerns over humiliating the musician, and he left it in.
As newspaper magnate William Randolph Heart once said, "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story".
I'm hoping the Fozz created something other than one of the 3 styles Terje so eloquently wrote about last week. But I doubt it. The occasion calls for something grand (who better than Foster). If I'm not mistaken, Mary J Blige will be doing the major vocals, but Charice is also rumored to be at that show too.
[Videos] http://itsanewday.dipdive.com/#/~/videoplayer/0...
[MP3] http://media.oprah.com/video/200901/tows/200901...