"Twelve Bar Floyd": Pink Floyd tribute

[jgsidak]

This new song, inspired by Pink Floyd and finished today, is a variation on a twelve bar blues. I wanted a restrained piece.

http://www.gregorysidakmusic.com/compon ... lbum_id,4/

Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the song.

All sounds made on the Oasys. No external sequencing, signal processing, or mixing. No mixdowns to stereo audio tracks were used.

Greg

[CrazyFoo]

Nice job Greg, I really like the notes you're playing with the Rhodes sound, give it a nice funky vibe.
By the way, is that a stock sound from the O or did you custom make it?

Regards
AJ

[jgsidak]

Thanks. It is a stock Oasys sound: 3-Way Suitcase E.Piano, I-B016. I run it through the Stereo Dyna Compressor, which accentuates the attack.

[peter m. mahr]

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[Charlie]

As a seasoned PF-Fan I had to listen - well, I agree to PMM - it's hard for me to see the connection to PF - perhaps a bit to the PF of the 90's?

Anyhow, liked this one. Esp. what you are doing to the sound around 2:35, the E-Piano grooves and the sweeping sound in the background. Guitar-patterns are surprising as always. Cool!

[Akos Janca]

Dear Greg,

I liked the song very much especially the various guitar sounds and themes and how they work together complementing each other. My favorite part is at 2:30. This is done by KARMA isn't it?

I'm glad the writer's block is over, it was not serious. I think your other song about Aung San Suu Kyi is also a powerful one - just like her great personality - and sounds very good.

As Kevin wrote somewhere you have awesome amount of high quality music. It's very impressive - thank you for sharing, Mr. Professor.

Best regards,
Akos

[jgsidak]

Charlie, Peter, and Akos,

Thanks for your comments. Glad you like the song.

I understand why it would not remind you so much of Pink Floyd. I don't play many blues notes; harmonically and melodically, the piece is more pentatonic. That is more Gilmour-like than Waters-like. I don't have a lot of blues notes in me.

But here are the Floyd influences I hear. First, the altered blues structure is found in a number of PF songs, including "We Don't Need No Education." Second, the simple, firm bass line is influenced by my recollection of Waters. Third, the synth washes over the modified blues pattern is my idea of how Richard Wright might add some of his characteristic ether to the mix. Fourth, the guitar riffs are intended to conjure up restrained Gilmour licks, as opposed to more dramatic licks in a blues song like "Money."

An earlier draft of the song had the Gilmour-like licks running through a talk-box effect. It gave the piece a harsher, slightly sinister feel that was probably closer to a Floyd sound. But my in-house critic found it too abrasive; so I used some wah and phasing instead.

If a real Stratocaster were played on an audio track, I think I would have you hearing the Floyd content more.

I'm glad you like what is happening around 2:30 on the electric guitar. That is indeed KARMA-enabled picking. However, the licks preceding it are not KARMA-enabled.

Akos, thanks for the comments on "Aung San Suu Kyi." I like that song a bit more than "Twelve Bar Floyd." It is closer to what I typically write.

Greg

[gnbutt]

WOW, I have always been a huge ELP fan, your tribute song is amazing, you have captured the essense of the organ sound on the OASYS very much like the way Keith would have played it. I have been to several ELP concerts in Toronto, Ontario, they also came thru Thunder Bay, Ont. years ago on a Canadian tour, I have a photo of Keith and my son, Mike, backstage, on my wall, it was a great concert.
Keep up the fantastic work, you are a very skilled musician.
GNB

[jerry6681]

Hi Greg,

I don't comment on songs very often but I thought that was quite excellent.

Jerry