Jul 24 2007

New Sandblaster Demo Track: This Eden

Published by at 5:53 pm under audio tracks,Guitar Project 1,Instrumental,Music,Sandblaster

As you may know, some years ago I undertook the rather ambitious task of creating a custom guitar. It was an educational experience, fraught with unique challenges but, ultimately, rewarding. A friend pointed out that I’d not recorded an example of its various sounds and whatnot, so I did.

I’m including three links here. The first is

      an early attempt
, with a total of 6 tracks. Please be forewarned that the lead is a bit wooly. I hope to improve upon it with some practice. In this early version there are very few effects (some delay and reverb, and gain on the lead).

In

      the 2nd version
, I added 6 additional tracks. Three are individual notes in a chord, sustained by a device called an e-bow, and played at double speed. I also added a bass guitar part (the only track not played on the Sandblaster) and two one-note harmony tracks at the end of the solo.

I’m also including a very brief example of the

      e-bow tracks
, on their own, so you can get a better sense of them.

UPDATE:

A friend suggested that I add

      a spoken word element
to the piece.

After living with this first version for a while, I felt that a different reading of the words would work better. I also added some rather complex effects to the voice.

The result is

      This Eden - V2
.

Read the words.

2 responses so far

2 Responses to “New Sandblaster Demo Track: This Eden”

  1. # Cynthiaon 30 Jul 2007 at 3:16 pm

    Hi Sander – I really liked it! And I recognized that poem too. Really nice, put a smile on my face.

  2. # Mikeon 31 Jul 2007 at 5:04 am

    Sander,
    Excellent, it is well conceived and well executed. I do have a favorite of the 3… can you guess which one?
    Mike

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