"Happy" drug commercial

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2005/02/20 01:11:13 (permalink)

"Happy" drug commercial

Feb Fun was co-written by Hannah Ford and me. The production was done by yours truly. This wordless jingle sounds like it could be used for a Prozac ad or some other happy pill.

Any ideas on how to make this one better would be appreciated.

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    kiwisdontdrinktea
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    RE: "Happy" drug commercial 2005/02/20 03:23:26 (permalink)
    Pretty good. I like the cymbal swells and the envelope on the Accoustic guitar.

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    RE: "Happy" drug commercial 2005/02/20 04:34:05 (permalink)
    very smooth. To make it a little more "ethereal" you could interchange your Gmaj7 FMaj7 feel with the relative minors, but make them minor 9ths (Emin7 add F# on top) (Dm7 add E on top). First you could do it the way you are doing, then for variation do the minor with the same amount of measures. Then you could do Gmaj7 Em9 Fmaj7 Dmin9-one measure on each. Actually the last way sounds good if you just make them straight minor 7ths.

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    RE: "Happy" drug commercial 2005/02/20 09:20:29 (permalink)
    Nice and smooth. I feel tranquil now, after listening.



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    RE: "Happy" drug commercial 2005/02/20 12:55:40 (permalink)
    hi jonas,
    i heard something inbetween the "la la"s that i thought
    might work .. might not .. but see what you think..

    Feb Fun w/ extra endorphins

    i also added a mild pad at 11:00 .. but i'm not sure about it ...

    jeff
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    RE: "Happy" drug commercial 2005/02/20 14:07:49 (permalink)
    Love the synth fills! What did you use for that? I'm thinking about getting an Alesis Ion witihin the next couple of days for that sort of thing. If you've got the MIDI handy for that part I'd appreciate it if you'd send it to me. Otherwise I'll get of my fatty posterior and fake it myself.

    I like the sound of the synth pad. What was that? I'm not sure about the note choices though.

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    jsaras
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    RE: "Happy" drug commercial 2005/02/20 14:10:02 (permalink)
    Hey Mike,

    Thanks for that idea. I'll give it a go. Who woulda thunk that you'd have to tell a jazz player to use the relative minor chord substitution

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    RE: "Happy" drug commercial 2005/02/20 16:26:22 (permalink)
    hi jonas,
    i put a bundle file at : Feb Fun Bundle

    for some reason .. the link was weird .. so it's

    http://www.jeffmarkham.com/jsaras/feb_fun_jm.cwb

    my isp apparently serves the CWB files out as .wavs .. but, if you
    save it with a .cwb extension .. should be well.


    i used the TTS1 for the sine-wave lead .. and a aurturia minimoog for the pad .. which i froze
    just in case you don't have one....

    jeff
    post edited by jmarkham - 2005/02/20 21:00:50
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    RE: "Happy" drug commercial 2005/02/20 16:38:56 (permalink)
    Liked Michael's suggestion - to add some interest. It's pretty bland, as is; but I guess that's why you said it "sounds like it could be used for a Prozac ad or some other happy pill."

    Liked Jeff's additions. Definitely in character with what you have so far.

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    RE: "Happy" drug commercial 2005/02/20 22:04:41 (permalink)
    Great suggestion by Michael and great little additions by Jeff.

    Looking forward to hearing the next version, Jonas.

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    RE: "Happy" drug commercial 2005/02/21 02:07:53 (permalink)
    Great track.. I like the fills addes by jmarkham

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    RE: "Happy" drug commercial 2005/02/21 12:50:28 (permalink)

    ORIGINAL: michael japan

    very smooth. To make it a little more "ethereal" you could interchange your Gmaj7 FMaj7 feel with the relative minors, but make them minor 9ths (Emin7 add F# on top) (Dm7 add E on top). First you could do it the way you are doing, then for variation do the minor with the same amount of measures. Then you could do Gmaj7 Em9 Fmaj7 Dmin9-one measure on each. Actually the last way sounds good if you just make them straight minor 7ths.


    wow, how do your hear this? I have no clue what key the song is even played in .

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    RE: "Happy" drug commercial 2005/02/21 13:14:12 (permalink)
    I think I listened to a doctored version, doctor, but it sounds happily drugged to me.

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    RE: "Happy" drug commercial 2005/02/21 19:22:15 (permalink)
    Very nice touch Jeff!

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    RE: "Happy" drug commercial 2005/02/21 20:57:27 (permalink)
    Jonas,

    Thanks for sharing. If you ever need a guitar player then let me know. My Taylor would sound pretty good on this song.

    Darryl


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