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Georgia Scene, 1964
howdy y'all - This week's Kicksville release isn't pretty.... This song is built around a poem written by John Beecher in 1964 about the things he saw firsthand during the Civil Rights protests. This is not the place to get into the politics of his work, but John Beecher is one of the most important poets in American literature. Period. Even Pete Seeger called him "the greatest protest poet America ever produced." This is a good example of why Pete would say that. Stream and/or download the song for free here: http://kicksville.bandcamp.com/track/georgia-scene-1964 And yeah, as with all the stuff coming up in The Singles - Season 5, the song was mixed in Sonar X2.... IIRC, I think all the tracking for this tune was done in Sonar 8.3.1. Anyhoo, enjoy!
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Re:Georgia Scene, 1964
2013/04/17 00:21:16
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Year I was born. :) I like this. The vocal tone is perfect imo. Cadence is right on. Love the bass. Outstanding. Thanks for sharing it.
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kicksville
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Re:Georgia Scene, 1964
2013/04/17 14:43:43
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Thanks a lot, Shad - I really appreciate it!
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Re:Georgia Scene, 1964
2013/04/17 22:54:38
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What a story! Music sounds good. This is different for sure and those lyrics, well, I've said enough.
Peace and blessings, John
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Re:Georgia Scene, 1964
2013/04/18 12:19:28
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This is really thought provoking. You did an outstanding job and left me wanting more.
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Re:Georgia Scene, 1964
2013/04/18 14:35:46
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Re:Georgia Scene, 1964
2013/04/19 02:03:45
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That would explain the tone and cadence hehehe. You have one heck of a cool GP. You will probably be a cool one yourself.
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Re:Georgia Scene, 1964
2013/04/20 16:03:20
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Thanks again, Shad! No kids for me, but my nephews think I'm pretty cool  Little do they know I'm not really as cool as they think.....  Actually, the tone and cadence are all Tone Deaf (one of the Kicksville mainstays), not John Beecher. We didn't have a recording of this poem, so Tone read it. We did the basic structure on the fly, too - I played the synth-y bit and followed along with Tone as he read. And Ever the Pyres of the Dead Burn Thick is another Beecher piece we did with Tone (it's really 3 poems, but we squished 'em together). Tone is doing the 1st and 3rd section, I'm doing the 2nd bit and the reprise at the very end. BTW, I took a few minutes to listen through some of your stuff on the Composers Forum.... Good work! Thanks, and keep an eye out for another Beecher piece coming out in a few weeks!
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Re:Georgia Scene, 1964
2013/04/20 17:08:04
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I should clarify that I meant this talent was in your DNA. "Pyre" is one heck of a good piece. The driving energy of the music lends credence to the lyrics. The casual tone of the second verse was particularly powerful in recreating the surreal experience of a combat report. I have been getting into videography intensely lately and can think of half a dozen ideas immediately for a video. Thanks for listening to my stuff. Its pretty bad, I have no illusions about that. I am a videographer first and got into music for video project needs. I should take that link down, but I leave it up as my own form of limited credibility at least.
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Re:Georgia Scene, 1964
2013/04/20 21:49:38
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The music is very well done - I guess I'm not a fan of Beecher though. Interesting - and the playing is spot on - the mix is really good.
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Re:Georgia Scene, 1964
2013/04/21 14:04:01
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Thanks, Mark - I really appreciate the feedback. Don't give up on Kicksville though...we've got 12 more songs coming out over the next 12 weeks, most of which are not Beecher pieces Question for you though (and it's just curiosity), is it the political nature of the poetry you don't like, or is it just you're not a fan of spoken word? Either way is OK - I certainly don't expect everyone to like everything we do, but I do like getting feedback about *why* folks don't dig something. Thanks again, especially for the very kind words about the performance and mix!
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