Hello all you lovely mv people!
I hope you are all staying well through this very cold weather. As we are all aware, mv_VII is turning into my "Forth Road Bridge" - no matter how much work gets done, we never seem to get any further.
Part of the problem is that the other day, I working with some 1967 samples, and whilst mixing them together discovered that the track in question might just work out as a very fine charity project. Thus I have split this off from the 7 main project, and built up the track to a decent 13-14mins length. It is presently just a "music bed" awaiting vocal samples to be added at some later date. Sadly, this removes a potential album track, and I am left with a 14 minute hole that could have been filled! Never mind, I have to shelve that right now, as a half finished project that can be sorted out maybe over the summer - due to the number of people I will have to talk to in order to get permissions n sheed.
Messin' Wit' Yo Heads
To go back to VII (we are using Roman and Latin numerals interchangeably for some reason) again, I did make a pretty decent track from a 1968 song - another load of technical legal hassle - which, when messed with and massaged a bit, I managed to crank out a 13min "normal" mix, then a 30min mix I have currently called "extended MKULTRA mix". I am going to work on a really incredible "mess with your head MKULTRA mix" that will remove all the vocals, and instead simply focus on the two bars that matter. Then, I will insinuate loads of "subliminal samples" into the mix, to see what results we end up with. I'm not sure what 30mins of two-bars repeated, with some swirly sounds and subliminals will sound like - or what the legal position is for the tiny clip of tune that is repeated hundreds of times, in fact, MAKES the ENTIRE song, from a rhythmic position. Not to worry. A bridge to cross later on perhaps.
I am listening to the possible charity track as I type. Since the actual principle song is so long, with a couple of specific remixes (one a real surprise to those who know me!) yer punter will get a totally filled CD single - which is something I like in real life.
Size *Does* Matter, Appparently...
We are still debating the size of the album too. It's no secret that I am pushing for an out and out triple-CD set, whilst AEGRE are agreeable, but they have indicated that it would be much better for them if it were to be catalogued as mv_7, 8, and 9 which I *don't* like. I see the reasoning - at some later point in time AEGRE would be able to drop the original triple-CD format and re-release them as single CD albums - but I find all that heavy-bread-head-stuff too rich for my blood. Thus we have for the time being agreed to differ, and we shall meet up again when I actually have the masters ready.
The "concept" of mv_7, which hasn't been discussed too much via the blog and usual PR channels, is based in numerology. Three discs of nine tracks, making up 27, which is a 9. What I want to do is this:
Disc 1: Supporting Feature: Singularly Spectacular Redux
A few years back a very limited edition of non-album and album-based singles was released and promtply deleted - it even had a special catalogue number so as not to spoil the numeric progression of my albums. A shame really, since the track progression layout was nice, and the songs themselves were pretty good. It was an industry thing, and of course, I have a copy (which, I hate to say I have a copy of in the car) and the masters are in good shape. So as an opener for the album, I would like to have SSR - a singles and b sides disc that OPENS an album rather than closing it would be a nice idea too.
Disc 2: Intermission - Go get yer fags and Kia-Ora
This is to get you ready for the third disc, introducing the album-proper, and any innovations in sound since the contents of SSR were produced. I would like for the remaining SSR tracks to blend in to the new VII tracks as seamlessly as possible, so it would make it difficult to see where SSR ends and VII actually properly begins. This could involve mixing one or more tracks together to create some smooth blending. We'll see. It's all still in my head at this stage.
Disc 3: Our Feature Presentation
Lastly, the actual meat of the whole thing. The nine tracks that I feel work best together or flow the nicest - completely the wrong way round! I like this approach immensely - you can think of it as keeping the best till last, or, as I do, just totally different to the usual way things are done! That's me!
Therefore, I am working with a double-disc project comprising 2 and 3, but keeping the tracks and layout of 1 in mind. Ideally, what I really want is a triple-disc album that people will be happy playing start-to-finish, but also feel comfortable working out their own combination and then burning that for their car or whatever.
Worries...
I'm still secretly worried about how to follow Liquidators (mv6). Mrs. mad_vicar, a constant help and comfort to me, indicated that I am not looking at the situation correctly. Liquidators was a special, a one-off (despite it's being included in the official AEGRE mv catalogue as mv6) and should not be compared to anything. It was recorded with a certain direction and purpose - mainly a telling the Chernobyl story set to music - that only Father Cares... (mv4) even slightly resembles.
Therefore if I am competing at all, I am really competing with mv5, which was deliberately a happy and fun album to produce after the "dark double" of mv3 and mv4. Soooooo, given all that, I feel easier about 7 now - it will be different, and not "follow" any album. Plus the concept and design is so far away from anything I've done before
Whispers regarding "Participant in the Liquidation of the Accident Consequences (mv6)"
Some interesting whispers about Participant in the Liquidation of the Accident Consequences (mv6) that came about as a result of one of the AEGRE meetings that was going nowhere. We got to talking about the album's reception and consistent interest. Liquidators is agreed amongst us all to have been a phenomenal success - more importantly, it raised the issue of the forgotten victims of Chernobyl and helped raise awareness of needy charities. I myself never did and still do not make any money at all from Liquidators - I made sure that all the rights were signed away well before I actually made any of the tracks (well, all but one - I had already recorded "Shining Sparkling Fire" before the Liquidators concept came along).
Weeeeelllll, April 26th next year (2011) will be the "silver jubilee" of the disaster. Liquidators has been available constantly since released on April 26th 2007 (21st anniversary) BUT we have briefly tossed around the idea of producing a silver jubilee edition. This MIGHT POSSIBLY involve some new tracks, some remixed original Liquidators tracks, and, for the DVD, a pile of new information, images, and maybe even some spoken word stuff by yours truly. This is ONLY a possibility but the great thing about being with AEGRE is that they think a lot like me, actually like my stuff, listen to me, give me total artistic freedom, and only occasionally do they wear their bread-head hats. And that's usually only to protect me from something, or an idea that really sucks!
Notice that there were nine tracks on Liquidators? Me and my numerology. My special numbers are 9 and 13, so they tend to appear almost by chance in my music and on my albums. I was born on Friday 13th, so when most people are scared even to get out of bed, I go out and have a simply wonderful day. Odd that.
Anyway, I have gone on too long, and it's way past my bedtime. Love to all of the mv people out there, and I hope to see you real soon.
Take care,
mv
I hope you are all staying well through this very cold weather. As we are all aware, mv_VII is turning into my "Forth Road Bridge" - no matter how much work gets done, we never seem to get any further.
Part of the problem is that the other day, I working with some 1967 samples, and whilst mixing them together discovered that the track in question might just work out as a very fine charity project. Thus I have split this off from the 7 main project, and built up the track to a decent 13-14mins length. It is presently just a "music bed" awaiting vocal samples to be added at some later date. Sadly, this removes a potential album track, and I am left with a 14 minute hole that could have been filled! Never mind, I have to shelve that right now, as a half finished project that can be sorted out maybe over the summer - due to the number of people I will have to talk to in order to get permissions n sheed.
Messin' Wit' Yo Heads
To go back to VII (we are using Roman and Latin numerals interchangeably for some reason) again, I did make a pretty decent track from a 1968 song - another load of technical legal hassle - which, when messed with and massaged a bit, I managed to crank out a 13min "normal" mix, then a 30min mix I have currently called "extended MKULTRA mix". I am going to work on a really incredible "mess with your head MKULTRA mix" that will remove all the vocals, and instead simply focus on the two bars that matter. Then, I will insinuate loads of "subliminal samples" into the mix, to see what results we end up with. I'm not sure what 30mins of two-bars repeated, with some swirly sounds and subliminals will sound like - or what the legal position is for the tiny clip of tune that is repeated hundreds of times, in fact, MAKES the ENTIRE song, from a rhythmic position. Not to worry. A bridge to cross later on perhaps.
I am listening to the possible charity track as I type. Since the actual principle song is so long, with a couple of specific remixes (one a real surprise to those who know me!) yer punter will get a totally filled CD single - which is something I like in real life.
Size *Does* Matter, Appparently...
We are still debating the size of the album too. It's no secret that I am pushing for an out and out triple-CD set, whilst AEGRE are agreeable, but they have indicated that it would be much better for them if it were to be catalogued as mv_7, 8, and 9 which I *don't* like. I see the reasoning - at some later point in time AEGRE would be able to drop the original triple-CD format and re-release them as single CD albums - but I find all that heavy-bread-head-stuff too rich for my blood. Thus we have for the time being agreed to differ, and we shall meet up again when I actually have the masters ready.
The "concept" of mv_7, which hasn't been discussed too much via the blog and usual PR channels, is based in numerology. Three discs of nine tracks, making up 27, which is a 9. What I want to do is this:
Disc 1: Supporting Feature: Singularly Spectacular Redux
A few years back a very limited edition of non-album and album-based singles was released and promtply deleted - it even had a special catalogue number so as not to spoil the numeric progression of my albums. A shame really, since the track progression layout was nice, and the songs themselves were pretty good. It was an industry thing, and of course, I have a copy (which, I hate to say I have a copy of in the car) and the masters are in good shape. So as an opener for the album, I would like to have SSR - a singles and b sides disc that OPENS an album rather than closing it would be a nice idea too.
Disc 2: Intermission - Go get yer fags and Kia-Ora
This is to get you ready for the third disc, introducing the album-proper, and any innovations in sound since the contents of SSR were produced. I would like for the remaining SSR tracks to blend in to the new VII tracks as seamlessly as possible, so it would make it difficult to see where SSR ends and VII actually properly begins. This could involve mixing one or more tracks together to create some smooth blending. We'll see. It's all still in my head at this stage.
Disc 3: Our Feature Presentation
Lastly, the actual meat of the whole thing. The nine tracks that I feel work best together or flow the nicest - completely the wrong way round! I like this approach immensely - you can think of it as keeping the best till last, or, as I do, just totally different to the usual way things are done! That's me!
Therefore, I am working with a double-disc project comprising 2 and 3, but keeping the tracks and layout of 1 in mind. Ideally, what I really want is a triple-disc album that people will be happy playing start-to-finish, but also feel comfortable working out their own combination and then burning that for their car or whatever.
Worries...
I'm still secretly worried about how to follow Liquidators (mv6). Mrs. mad_vicar, a constant help and comfort to me, indicated that I am not looking at the situation correctly. Liquidators was a special, a one-off (despite it's being included in the official AEGRE mv catalogue as mv6) and should not be compared to anything. It was recorded with a certain direction and purpose - mainly a telling the Chernobyl story set to music - that only Father Cares... (mv4) even slightly resembles.
Therefore if I am competing at all, I am really competing with mv5, which was deliberately a happy and fun album to produce after the "dark double" of mv3 and mv4. Soooooo, given all that, I feel easier about 7 now - it will be different, and not "follow" any album. Plus the concept and design is so far away from anything I've done before
Whispers regarding "Participant in the Liquidation of the Accident Consequences (mv6)"
Some interesting whispers about Participant in the Liquidation of the Accident Consequences (mv6) that came about as a result of one of the AEGRE meetings that was going nowhere. We got to talking about the album's reception and consistent interest. Liquidators is agreed amongst us all to have been a phenomenal success - more importantly, it raised the issue of the forgotten victims of Chernobyl and helped raise awareness of needy charities. I myself never did and still do not make any money at all from Liquidators - I made sure that all the rights were signed away well before I actually made any of the tracks (well, all but one - I had already recorded "Shining Sparkling Fire" before the Liquidators concept came along).
Weeeeelllll, April 26th next year (2011) will be the "silver jubilee" of the disaster. Liquidators has been available constantly since released on April 26th 2007 (21st anniversary) BUT we have briefly tossed around the idea of producing a silver jubilee edition. This MIGHT POSSIBLY involve some new tracks, some remixed original Liquidators tracks, and, for the DVD, a pile of new information, images, and maybe even some spoken word stuff by yours truly. This is ONLY a possibility but the great thing about being with AEGRE is that they think a lot like me, actually like my stuff, listen to me, give me total artistic freedom, and only occasionally do they wear their bread-head hats. And that's usually only to protect me from something, or an idea that really sucks!
Notice that there were nine tracks on Liquidators? Me and my numerology. My special numbers are 9 and 13, so they tend to appear almost by chance in my music and on my albums. I was born on Friday 13th, so when most people are scared even to get out of bed, I go out and have a simply wonderful day. Odd that.
Anyway, I have gone on too long, and it's way past my bedtime. Love to all of the mv people out there, and I hope to see you real soon.
Take care,
mv
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