hi.
as i mentioned previously, i'm currently completing a track that was meant to be a cynicide song and releasing it under that name (that would be here: http://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/to-spin-inside-dull-aberrations).
this particular track was written with the assumption that jon & i would switch instruments if it was ever performed, just simply because it's my song and i'd have to play it myself to get it right. but it was meant to have vocals. and, in fact, it turned into the song you know as "day i saw you cry", although i further morphed into it what i now call my fourth symphony.
so, i feel the need to provide you with the opportunity to provide vocals, if you want. it was written with that aim. if you were to do so, i'd center that single around the vocal version and place the instrumental version on the disc i'm working towards. most of the music i was writing in '01 before cynicide & rabit was written out in scores and put aside because i didn't have the resources to get the instrumentation to do it properly. but the technology has now improved to the point that i can use computers to render the tracks realistically, so i'm finally finishing it.
i continually have rough mixes up here:
http://googledrive.com/host/0B5JfVE9XTZikMS1zek9ER0xSU1E/scratchpad/
the track is in process, but it's easy to get the idea, if you want to provide vocals. i'd just ask that you send them back completely isolated so that i can mix them in the way i want to.
the only boundary i'd provide you with is the section between where the sole bass drum comes in up until the third "salsa-jangle part", which i think should be obvious if you listen to it. that's roughly 1:55 - 3:30. the boundary on that part is that i'm going to put in some vocal harmonizing that is roughly similar to the tremolo'd guitar part. there's going to be synths and strings through there as well, so any vocals over that section should be relatively toned down.
the other request is to try and get your head into the space you were in in 2001, if you're going to do it, both in terms of singing style and vocal content.
no pressure. and the opportunity won't be present for future tracks. it's just a chance, for me, to finish something the way it was intended.
j
