subscribeA Song A Week 26: The Nemesis – Funeral
As some of you already know, I flew down to California last weekend and attended my grandfather’s funeral on Tuesday. This is kind of a sound collage, combining the Hail Mary prayer from the rosary service, Ave Maria from the funeral, and Taps from the burial. I wish I could have actually recorded the priest reciting the Hail Mary. He had a big, dramatic voice. I could only find one usable recitation on youtube, which I then looped and distorted. I found sheet music for Ave Maria and Taps, then transposed them to the same key and programmed them in FL Studio. This is pretty different from anything I’ve done before… hopefully I’ll bring the rock again next week.
This song also marks the halfway point for the Song a Week project. It’s going by pretty quick, and I’ve actually managed to stay on top of it while still working on other music projects. I guess Virb is going to stop being a free service soon, so I’ll have to find somewhere else that will let me embed music here for free. Any suggestions?
Posted: Friday, July 2nd, 2010 @ 8:46 am
Categories: music, the nemesis.
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July 2nd, 2010 at 1:10 pm
First, my condolences to you. I’m sorry to hear about your grandfather.
Second, the song is amazing–it’s beautiful. I’m really kind of blown away by it, to be honest.
Re: Virb — does soundcloud allow external embedding? Congratulations on making it to the halfway point! Now on to the home stretch–!
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aaron Reply:
July 2nd, 2010 at 1:13 pm
thanks, i wasn’t sure if it would be enough with just the three elements (plus drums), but in all humility i think it came out pretty stunning too.
i’m considering soundcloud… i’m pretty sure you can embed with them. the only problem is you can only host a certain amount for free. i doubt i’d hit the limit any time soon, and i could probably sign up for another account if i did, but ya know.
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