Finished me an album: Bluebird

syrupcore · Post by **syrupcore** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:23 am

It was actually recorded in 2005. A couple of moves, a stolen laptop and a daughter later, my friend did some lovely artwork for it and I finally got it out. This was the last test mix I could find - the protools files were stolen.

Nerd info: It consists almost entirely of a tenor ukulele and a roland sh-101 recorded onto a Boss BR-8 in a hotel room in san francisco. Mostly a 4047 or akg d1000 through one of the the little belari pres. I had just moved from Maui and it was what fit in my bags. Drums are either beating the uke, sounds from the sh-101 or pots/pans and junk (57, tomb ribbon or v67g). Mixing and some overdubs were done in the box with occasional excursions outside of it to play with my space echo.

http://bridgeportmusic.com/ to stream or download. If some one wants to swap CDs or something, lemme know.

Will

edit: er, this shoulda been in the "listen to my stuff" forum. sorry.

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:13 am

the synth and uke blend surprisingly well. nice work!

syrupcore · Post by **syrupcore** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:46 am

thanks smitty.

jakeao · Post by **jakeao** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:38 pm

This is some great stuff. I love the juxtaposition of the ukelele, and the synths. this is the best new music I've heard in a long time.

lukievan · Post by **lukievan** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:55 pm

wow - really good stuff here. great sounds and songs and i love how you have totally transcended what on paper sounds limited...

just goes to show ya!

syrupcore · Post by **syrupcore** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:37 am

hey, thanks yunz.

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:00 pm

I'll check this out tonight...it sounds like it's gonna be really interesting. I'm just now learning the uke...what a fun instrument to play.

j_howell · Post by **j_howell** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 12:03 pm

Incredibly lovely music. Thanks!

percussion boy · Post by **percussion boy** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:13 am

Very slightly OT, I love the web design on the download page. Real clear, real classy.

Oh, and nice 101 pickin'. It's surprising how big the last cut sounds, given the minimal equipment list.

LeedyGuy · Post by **LeedyGuy** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:09 am

So within the first 5 seconds of hearing the first tune in streaming mode, I headed straight back for a download. This is super fun music! The SH-101 is a secret weapon of mine. You can hear it here www.myspace.com/nickafflittomusic on a tune called Ohh Na Na. There's an instrumental section at the end of the tune where the SH-101 takes over.

Thanks for the tunes! Love it.

dynomike · Post by **dynomike** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:46 pm

very nice. i like the synth groove on 'cold jones' especially

Jay Reynolds · Post by **Jay Reynolds** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:27 pm

awesome!

CraigS63 · Post by **CraigS63** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:29 am

What brand of uke? gCEA tuning?

depthofield · Post by **depthofield** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:14 pm

Man, this is great stuff. Perfect combo of acoustic/electro elements; still retains a nice intimate feel.

Thanks for making all this available for free public consumption. What a treat!

syrupcore · Post by **syrupcore** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:09 pm

wow. leave for a while and people say the nicest things. Thanks everyone.

Craig, it's Mele mahogany tenor. Some songs are GCEA some are DGBE. Nice thing about a tenor.

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