Hey everyone, I've finished a new song called "Ghost Tram":
On Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Brass ... x_3&ref=ts
On MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/bernarddlc
"Ghost Tram, it'll welcome you aboard,
But you never can alight despite how much you pull the cord,
Ghost Tram, when your mortal days are done
You'll no longer be in Zone One."
It's definitely a bit of a novelty song - part Ghostriders In The Sky, part This Train Will Be Taking No Passengers (Augie March), part One Mechanic Town (Triffids)... but with the subject of Melbourne's adorable and fairly meek & mild tram system. There are a handful of Melbourne references (eg this Batman is not the caped crusader; but one of Melbourne's founders - John Batman).
Again I've done it as a 'demo with big production' and made good use of a few of Live's features and worked in a few effects from PodFarm - particularly the surf guitar sound was fab. I really wanted a muted trumpet (a la the Pulp Fiction song Misirlou... I did it live on community radio & a trumpeter who happened to be in the studio at the time joined me on it - it was awesome! - but I've not managed to get him to reprise his performance for the recording... yet!). I tried all the trumpets & brass variations in Live, on the Triton, & even mouth trumpet... nothing quite hit the spot. Big thanks to Shelly for singing the high ghostly bits and the 'bing bing', and also for the listening committee that gave me some great feedback.
(And thanks guys for the feedback after the last song; I had a listen to your links & meant to reply but promptly misplaced my logon details until now...)
Cheers!
Bernard.