Comments on: Scrap Heap Songs

Scrap Heap Songs

goodnewsfortheinsane — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 20:01:34 -0800

We're just blowing our own horns. We're just growing our own horns.

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:55:17 -0800

Goddam, son. Beautiful. There's a great feeling of minimalist fullness, if that makes any sense: just enough in the arrangement (the piano, the tremelo vibe) to really hit that Oh Hell Yes part of the gut, and not a smidgen more.

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:25:14 -0800

RPM?

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:43:18 -0800

I'm still on the RPM fence. I originally recorded this for the new album proper, but now I am not sure.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:08:09 -0800

This is really beautiful and inspriring. Re: minimalist fullness, hell yea. I've always been a fan of simple but meaningful structure and you nailed it. Put me on your fan club mailing list.

By: micayetoca

micayetoca — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:18:16 -0800

I couldn't hear it yesterday, now that I came back to hear it I'm mind blown. It's a really good song, mate. What did you use to record it?

Just an opinion, if you are going to put this song in an album, I think it would make a great hidden track. I think the hiss of the recording serves the mood of this song. Post more, yeah?

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:06:21 -0800

micayetoca, it's spanish guitar and vocals live, spaced pair of MXL 990s (LDC) at fret hand (facing down) and near bridge, vocals SM-58 without ball, pop filter in front. Window was open, hence the traffic. Rhodes and piano were VSTs recorded after the fact.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:06:53 -0800

VSTis, rather.