Delusions in 7/8

You can comp with this, or you can comp with that

"Vocal comping" is a painstaking, somewhat maddening process that can be like tunneling thru a rabbit hole of your innermost insecurities. Most people do not like the sound of their voice, and I am no exception. So imagine someone has recorded your voice, and not just speaking either, singing words of some import, words that may be slightly embarrasing themselves, and then you must listen to each phrase over and over again, picking out the ones with the most accurate pitch and phrasing, then compiling these disparate phrases into a single "take." I hope that doesn't shatter any illusions about singers and the recording process, but it is the way it is. It can be delerium-inducing but the result is a good, presentable vocal that can stand the test of time, or at least a few minutes. I went under the knife earlier tonite on Saboteur and nearly lost my shit, but we persevered and now Colombo's getting the treatment for his harmony overdubs.
All I wanna do is play guitar. Where did all this singing business enter into it?

That Dylan doc last nite was pretty good, speaking of singers. I doubt they did as much comping back in the day, the technology was just so different (i.e. no computers to make cutting and pasting easy). People say Dylan was no singer but I think he actually has some good pitch, especially on mid-period Highway 61 shit. Listen to From A Buick 6 to hear what I mean. But yeah, I think Scorcese is kind of a tool, but his movie was pretty good. Really though, it's the old footage that makes it cool, so Scorcese doesn't have all that much to do with it. I don't think anyone was fucking cooler than Bob Dylan circa 1965. Just that look he had, like on the cover of Blonde on Blonde, with the big hair and the gaunt cheeks and thousand-mile stare. Sure it was all a consequence of drugs but just as an image it's fucking cool as fuck.

I want to play some fucking guitar man! Come on guys, get yer shit together! :)

posted by Khmer Rouge @ 8:48 PM