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zedsalt	Date: July 2, 2007 @ 5:35 PM I realize that many folks here...maybe most folks here...know quite a bit more about music theory than I do, and I thought that if I could provide a little more info on the tracks I have up for open collab, it might result in more people wanting to play around with them. Here is, to the best of my meager ability, the low down on the unfinished tracks currently in my “It’s Open to Interpretation” folder: 6IOTI: Galloping, distorted, enveloped bass and guitar, tuned to an open C Major (with A at 440)...something along the lines of Pink Floyd's "Astronomy Domine" melody...leading into Neil [sp?] Young and Crazy Horse-ish descending chords. 7IOTI: Jazzy, cool electric piano, organ, tambourine, rototoms, and a metal rule (holding down one end against a table and plucking the free end). The main melody is DB, F#B, EA, then EG. 8IOTI: A dark and "Gothy" ditty in Bm, maybe a little Middle Eastern influence in there. It starts with a swimmy, atmospheric bit comprised of vocals, pennywhistle, arghul, organ, and synthesizer into a melody played on melodica basso, electric dulcimer, rototoms, and tambourine. 9IOTI: It begins with a swimmy atmosphere comprised of organ, melodica basso, an EBowed bass, and a recording I made of the songbirds outside my studio. This atmosphere is punctuated by a backwards piano chord as a melody emerges done with an electric dulcimer; melodica basso; funky, percussive wah wah guitar; rototoms; cymbals; and tambourine. Another backwards piano chord ushers in a second movement done with electric piano and the same percussion, minus the cymbals. Both movements then...more or less...repeat. DFDFBbD and DGDGBbD are both acoustic guitar improvisations, with all of the worst mistakes edited out. Much of it is really pretty, some of it’s pretty funky. There’s kind of a Cool Jazz feel to a lot of it, some Spanish influence, a little Appalachian in spots... Have you ever heard Jerry Garcia’s solo stuff from the “Zabriskie Point” soundtrack? These pieces remind me of those...kinda...sorta.
zedsalt	Date: July 10, 2007 @ 10:51 AM Erk! I just realized that I left in the little editorial note to myself to check on the spelling of Mr. Young's first name. I wonder why it is that some words and names which we are completely familiar with make us feel like we have to check the spelling every time... I am proud of myself for getting the "rule" vs. "ruler" thing right, though.
zedsalt	Date: July 10, 2007 @ 10:52 AM Did I spell "Zabriskie" correctly?
GreatGooglyM...	Date: July 10, 2007 @ 12:49 PM I might be interested in the 8IOTI. Very cool sounds there... Do you have any idea what kind of stuff you'd like me to add there?
GreatGooglyM...	Date: July 10, 2007 @ 1:19 PM I might be interested in the 8IOTI. Very cool sounds there... Do you have any idea what kind of stuff you'd like me to add there?
zedsalt	Date: July 11, 2007 @ 10:52 AM I'd really like to leave that to you and whoever else might wish to add something. That's part of the joy of the process, and judging from what I've heard of your work, I'm especially interested in hearing what you would do with it. Incidently, though, it does bring up the question of how I'd feel if something used my work to make something I really DIDN'T enjoy. The answer is very, very mild disappointment and probably not even that, were it someone I'd never heard of. These are here to be played with towards the end of making them available here at DMusic.
zedsalt	Date: July 11, 2007 @ 10:56 AM Ooh! And if anyone has added something to any of my "It's Open..." tracks, and he/she/they think it has probably deadended for them and not resulted in a "finished" song, please let me know! I'd LOVE to get a copy and see if I can't recruit others to complete it. Hmm. I have some Chris Perren and some Chaos Surfer things that I've done just that with, been sitting on for a long time. I wonder if either of those folks are still here...
zedsalt	Date: July 18, 2007 @ 10:42 AM Bump.
GreatGooglyM...	Date: July 18, 2007 @ 3:28 PM Hey, sorry for not giving any response. I'm still interested, I'm just busy at the moment (summer job, band, etc.) I know, sounds like a generic excuse, but that's just the way it is. I'll see if I can arrange some time on weekend to work on the track, ok?
zedsalt	Date: July 19, 2007 @ 10:39 AM Whenever it happens for you is cool by me!
zedsalt	Date: September 21, 2007 @ 10:47 AM Aw, what the heck- bump! Let's see...these tracks have been downloaded an average of 4.83 times each...if one figures about one in four hundred projects started actually come to fruition...well, crap... I wonder if GGM ever did anything with that track? That'd be cool. I was thinking late last p.m./early this a.m. about posting several different things that are in the same key, making them easier to mix, mashup, fold, spindle, mutilate... I have several things, too, that are pretty much "complete", except for vocals. I was thinking of posting a couplefew of those, y'know, for the talented lyricist/singers around here to play with. I don't know.
HenriRoger	Date: September 21, 2007 @ 7:38 PM Several tracks you posted for collabs turned out very well You should keep posting new stuff and remind people from times to times that it's here . You know how busy we are with our watch list, answering to comments , posting to forum threads ,uploading our stuff and all ...
zedsalt	Date: September 22, 2007 @ 10:23 AM Good Lord, yes! I'm absolutely thrilled with what people have done with my "deadenders"; that's one of the biggest reasons I want MORE. The variety of things you folks have done with them, all the creative choices that I would've never arrived at on my own, the sheer amount of talent and creativity involved...it's a great feeling, borderline addictive!