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Tributary Records Wrote:We do all the recordings direct onto analog tape machines, the old way. There are some reasons for it. It does demand more from the musicians in that there is no fixing things. We look for a passionate or emotional take before something more sterile. This was all recorded live, and it's a complex piece of music.
It might be that you are hearing the drummer playing in several odd meter time signatures. The ending jam out is in 22/8 meter. A lot of the song is in 5/4 and some in 7/8. There is no click track used either, so it would wander around to some degree.
I agree that live performance is the only thing left, and we try to make sure that any recordings we produce will be an accurate representation of the band that one would go out to seeâ¦. for better or for worse I suppose.
We have some free form jazz stuff with Bindi's Wild Adventure, another band that only plays live "Art Rock Ensemble" and a few other projects in the works like this one.
It does seem to work in that there might be a refreshing feeling to present music in a more human or natural way as opposed to how much of the music today is being heavily manipulated by computer programs etc. Of course everyone has differing tastes that suit them. We just lean more to the natural organic performances, but certainly not simple music exclusively.
I am well aware of the different time signatures and that's commendable, but it's the transition between those different timings that I am talking about. At least that's what I am hearing anyway. I like the way he uses the kit - he's a thinking drummer for sure.
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28-12-2015, 10:48
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This was a big gamble for sure. Staging a Rock Opera in Las Vegas in 1996. Certainly not fashionable at the time, and then having the music be progressive rock put salt in the wounds. It was quite a story, put us on the map a bit and that enabled us to start the label which then afforded a few of the other releases.
Here are some never before seen photos from opening night. This the 10th songâ¦. The Dark (Part 1) along with the photos.
We never did release a DVD of the show, mainly because it is very hard to shoot video in a dark theater. The footage we had was fair, and from 3 cameras, but we felt it would detract from the music and not show the actors as they should be presented. Had we booked the theater and extra day or two to properly light the set for film or video we would have had something to release I suppose. The whole thing got pretty expensive as one might imagine. We probably got a little ahead of ourselves, but in hindsight, I'm really glad we did it. I'll dig up some more stuff on this soon.
[video=youtube;QxYYDNm2qxw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxYYDNm2qxw[/video]
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Highway 13 by Art Rock Ensemble
This song was a commissioned piece for the Department of Forestry Festival (The Visions of the Wild) 50th year celebration of The Wilderness Act. Pretty cool for the guys to be paid to play a song in 13/8 time signature. The promoter loved the band and put them in the headlining slot, ahead of all the current popular genres. The band played 6 songs with the last one called "Snake" that brought the house down. It featured an exotic belly dancer backed by the band playing in an Indian style trance. Will post that one soon as well.
The Ensemble only performs live and is not yet recording albums by choice. A lot of improvisation with the focus on "you have to be there to experience it".
[video=youtube;94EiH4Q48UY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94EiH4Q48UY[/video]
